Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO HELM AND FIGUREHEAD FROM THE RMS MONAS QUEEN AT THE OPERATION DYNAMO MUSEUM. 14-7-2022 LAUNCHED IN APRIL 1934 THE RMS MONAS QUEEN WAS A PASSENGER STEAMER THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE 2486 PASSENGERS AND 83 CREW. BUILT FOR THE ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET COMPANY SHE SERVED WITH THEM ON THEIR MAIN ROUTE FROM DOUGLAS TO LIVERPOOL. IN 1935 SHE APPEARED IN THE GEORGE FORMBY MOVIE NO LIMIT A MUSICAL COMEDY SET AT THE ISLE OF MAN TT RACES. ON 3RD SEPTEMBER 1939 SHE WAS REQUISITIONED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WHO INITIALLY RETAINED HER AS A MERCHANT SHIP BUT BY MAY 1940 SHE WAS BEING USED TO EVACUATE REFUGEES FROM HOLLAND AND FRANCE. DURING OPERATION DYNAMO SHE SUCCESSFULLY EVACUATED 1200 TROOPS ON 27TH MAY THE FIRST SHIP TO MAKE A SUCCESSFUL ROUND TRIP. AT 5.30AM ON 29TH MAY HOWEVER SHE STRUCK A MAGNETIC SEA MINE IN THE EAST CHANNEL OFF DUNKERQUE HARBOUR AND SUNK WITHIN TWO MINUTES. TWENTY-FOUR OF HER CREW WERE LOST WITH THIRTY-TWO BEING RESCUED. HER HELM AND FIGUREHEAD HAVE BEEN RECOVERED AND PRESERVED. MUS�?©E DUNKERQUE 1940 - OPERATION DYNAMO DUNKERQUE NORD FRANCE 14TH JULY 2022 COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) A WILSON PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO AWILSON-9851 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is copyright (PHOTO AND TEXT) AWILSON obtained from FLICKR and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY
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Type: Photograph
Theme: Transportation
Sub-Theme: Aeroplane
Number of Items: Single
Period: 1945 - Present
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