Skylark could be centrepiece of new Dumbarton boat building attraction
The Dunkirk Little Ship is currently undergoing restoration, but could return to the area as part of a new boatbuilding museum and workshop.
Mary Burch, chair of the Skylark IX Recovery Trust at the launch of plans for a Boatbuilding Museum and Workshop in Dumbarton. (Image: Skylark IX Recovery Trust)
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A SHIP that saved hundreds of lives in the Second World War, sank twice, was rescued from a watery grave and made thousands of holidaymakers happy on Loch Lomond is to have a new purpose, and a new home near Glasgow. Who remembers the Skylark IX? Skylark IX at Portobello Beach. She also served as a pleasure boat on Loch Lomond. Built as a pleasure boat in 1934, Skylark IX became one of the famous Dunkirk Little Ships in May 1940 when she served during Operation Dynamo, the mission to save 338,000 Allied soldiers from Dunkirk. (She is one of only two Operation Dynamo ships to survive today.)
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The ship was considered one of the family
Dunkirk Little Ship Lady Gay seen during happier times on the ADLS Veterans Cruise, River Thames, in September 2015 (Image: Tom Allett)
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The Lady Gay - a Dunkirk evacuation ship - and its 87-year long history were totally lost after being destroyed in a Hampton fire this week.