Following up to nobody

Meanwhile, the Royal Navy, with the willing help of countless
merchant seamen, strained every nerve to embark the British and
Allied troops; 220 light warships and 650 other vessels were
engaged

I have seen one of the "little ships" a canal boat 50-60 ft long,
6'10" beam with *no keel* sailed across the channel in the
mercifully calm weather. Another was a coastal fishing boat, more
used to pulling in lobster pots, skippered by a survivor of The
Titanic.
--
Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
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