Any famous boats left?

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   Hi Clive,

Indeed,  I know both sides of the expoxy debate! each to thier own I will just say then, don't have my own boat,  just work on others. Still no word ex the Canadians, although top man is a naval officer so could be busy do that.

JohnK 

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johnk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 March 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1355	Post Options Post Reply Quote johnk Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 December 2008 at 12:44pm
	Hi Clive, Indeed, I know both sides of the expoxy debate! each to thier own I will just say then, don't have my own boat, just work on others. Still no word ex the Canadians, although top man is a naval officer so could be busy do that. JohnK

Magic Fingers Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 19 March 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 113	Post Options Post Reply Quote Magic Fingers Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 December 2008 at 10:12pm
	Jimmy P, The definitive list of Dunkirk ships/boats is John De S Winsers book "BEF Ships Before At and After Dunkirk". MTB24 is not listed. MTB25 is. It is also the belief of the ADLS and the MTB102 Trust that MTB102 is the only Navy survivor of Dunkirk. This situation will remain until someone can prove positively otherwise. Official Navy records cannot! Coastal Forces craft that took part were MA/SBs 5,6,7,9 and 10 and MTBs 16,22,25,29,67,68,69,102 and 107. 102 and 107 were the last to leave after the block ships were sunk. Nearly forgot the first Fairmile A, ML100, was there brand new. Edited by Magic Fingers - 23 December 2008 at 10:15pm
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jimmy p Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 September 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 283	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimmy p Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 January 2009 at 3:49am
	Thanks for that magicfingers. Thought it was in Bryan coopers book that she was there but who knows as it happened 35yrs before i was born so cant give firsthand account. Will reread it but reckon she was prob being refitted after her run through the canal du midi just before the fall of france. If theres any of her original crew left they're the only ones who can say for sure! That said mate i just want to preserve history before we repeat past mistakes, i wouldn't dare presume it could be rewritten(thats for unhinged socialist goverments to do lol, and then they came for me and there was nobody left to speak out) I'm of the opinion they should all be saved but it would be nice to know the full story of what we're trying to save. Old boats are like land, they stopped making it a long time ago and its a lot easier to lose than to save
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