'The Lady Gay', one of the Dunkirk Little Ships* which rescued troops during the evacuation of Dunkirk in the Second World War has been destroyed after fire blazed through boatyards at at Platt’s Eyot, an island in the River Thames early this week

The London Fire Brigade believe the fire started accidentally and may have been caused by a stray ember from a nearby fire.  At the height of the fire 100 firefighters tried to bring it under control. No one was injured.

A fundraising page set up to support those affected by the fire, click here for more

* THE SPIRIT OF DUNKIRK
Operation Dynamo May - June 1940

The Dunkirk evacuation​, code-named Operation Dynamo, also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The object of the Association is to keep alive and preserve for posterity the memory and identity of those ‘Little Ships’ that went to the aid of the British Expeditionary Force in 1940 and took part in Operations Dynamo, Cycle and Aerial and to preserve the “Spirit of Dunkirk” by forming a registered Association of their present day owners and of those closely associated.

Click here for more on the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships

Click here for the ADLS Facebook page and a picture of the recently restored Lady Gay