Challenge

15th Annual General Meeting of the Dunkirk Little Ships Restoration Trust - Oct 3rd

The 15th AGM of the Dunkirk Little Ships Restoration Trust (DLSRT) will be held aboard the Steam Tug Challenge at Shoreham at 1130. All members are welcome. Further information form the Hon Secretary Mrs Diana Cox.

3. October 2009 - 11:30 - 14:30

Challenge

Boat Specification
Boat Name: 
Challenge
Boat Type: 
Steam Tug
Boat Length: 
110ft
Boat Beam: 
26ft 3ins
Boat Draft: 
6ft 5ins
Boat Displacement: 
238 tons
Boat Engine: 
Steam, triple expansion 1100hp
Boat Construction: 
Steel
Boat Builder: 
Alexander Hall, Aberdeen
Boat Year: 
1931
Member of the Restoration Trust

Challenge was the last steam tug to serve on the Thames and spent her whole working life based on the river. One of the memorable events of her career was taking part in the evacuation of the Allied Army from Dunkirk in May/June 1940, when as a part of the armada of Little Ships, she helped to save some of the 338,000 servicemen from the advancing German Armies.

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