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Offline davidships

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Veterans gather for Dunkirk
« on: May 19, 2016, 06:34:57 PM »
Preparing for filming of "Dunkirk", is an interesting gathering at Dunkerque:

French destroyer of 1950s, MAILL

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Re: Veterans gather for Dunkirk
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2016, 01:43:16 AM »
ROGALAND now painted as a hospital ship
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Re: Veterans gather for Dunkirk
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2016, 01:33:56 PM »
Here are details of the historical background:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation (in english language.)

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Dynamo (in german language.)

Some details in german language (Source: http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/40-05.htm):

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« Last Edit: May 29, 2016, 01:40:03 PM by PHa »

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Re: Veterans gather for Dunkirk
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2016, 07:28:56 PM »
Tug KINGSTON arrived IJmuiden to tow a "museum ship" to Weymouth for further filming. Apparently, despite being drydocked and prepared for the tow the ship was refused by the towage surveyor on the grounds that it didn't have a valid load line certificate.

Anyone know what museum ship this was?

[later] I am informed that it was CASTOR.  But why would she be towed?  I thought she made her own way to Dunkerque and back - and she steamed back to Amsterdam and subsequently to Rotterdam.
« Last Edit: August 06, 2016, 03:41:56 PM by davidships »

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Re: Veterans gather for Dunkirk
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2016, 03:32:37 PM »
A first, short teaser for the movie has been posted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM9BWtppzko

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