The tug 'Foremost 22' took part in the evacuation ... wrecks of ships lost during the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk during World War Two. More than 305 vessels were sunk during ...

while many of the boats that came to their rescue were sunk, with heavy loss of life. Ten days later the German army marched through Paris, but the evacuation from Dunkirk has since become a ...

The remarkable evacuation ... Dunkirk alive… Everything was on fire. The whole of Dunkirk was alight. There were so many fires it was like daylight… "The ship we were supposed to board was sunk.