Det
Britiske skipet NF-17 var en av mange skip som tok del i den allierte
evakueringen av Dunkirk i mai 1940, operasjon Dynamo. NF-17 ankom Dunkirk
den 28. Mai 1940 og plukket opp 800 menn, men kolliderte på vei ut fra
Dunkirk i et vrak som var senket kun noen få timer senere av miner.
NF-17 sank på en dybde av tretten meter, og alle ombord kom fra det
med livet i behold. Vraket hviler idag delvis intakt utenfor Dunkirk,
men akterseksjonen er borte. Skovlhjulene kan fortsatt ses ca. femten
meter fra resten av vraket...
The British vessel NF-17 was one of many
ships that took part in the Allied evacuation of Dunkirk in
May 1940, operation Dynamo. NF-17 arrived Dunkirk on 28. May
1940 and picked up 800 men, but collided on her way out from
Dunkirk with a wreck that had been sunk only a few hours before
by mines. NF-17 sank on e depth of thirteen meters, and everybody
on board got away with their lives safe. The wreck rest today
partly intact outside Dunkirk, but the stern section is gone.
The paddles can still be seen approximately fifteen meters from
the rest of the wreck...
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NF-17 |
Brighton Belle |
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200,0x 24,8x 8,2 f. |
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( UK ) 1900 |
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Picture: © Thanks
to Pandora
for the information and the picture.
Rebuilt 1904, hull lengthened
by 30f.
Renamed Brighton Belle in 1923,
NF-17 in 1940 under Operation Dynamo.
141 nhp. Compound engines.
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