Association of Dunkirk Little Ships

Glala's origins are unclear. Entries in Lloyd's List show that she was
designed by A R Luke and that construction began in 1915 at Luke &
Sons' yard on the River Hamble. For some reason she and a sister
vessel were put aside unfinished and lay incomplete until 1919 when
they were sold to Camper & Nicholson in Gosport, who fitted them out
as a motor yachts.

Glala was launched in 1920. Initially called Pampa II and then Doris,
she appears to have spent most of the 1920s on the Scottish Lochs. In
1935 she was bought by Lord Brockett of Mallaig who named her Cupid