Oostende voor Anker 2015 - program
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sailorman
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FMYC expect more boats visiting this year with some Virgin NuBe`s on a first crossing
Bru
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We've decided not to make a fixed passage plan for our Spring Cruise beyond the definite intention of reaching furrin' parts so it's a case of if the wind blows us in the direction of Oostende at the right time we'll see you there and if not, so be it
sailorman
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We might see you then
sailorman
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[h=2]75TH ANNIVERSAIRY OF THE OPERATION DYNAMO[/h]In the weekend of 23 and 24 may 70 “Little ships” will remember the 75th anniversairy of the operation Dynamo in Duinkirk.
As a remembrance for those died the two-masted sailingship “Nele”, will represend Ostend and the festival Ostend at anchor at Dunkirk. On the 26 May the fleet will attend the historical evacuation to Ramsgate like 75 years ago. After this navigation, some of the “little ships” will sail to Ostend, to participate to the maritime festival Ostend at Anchor.
The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 27 May and 4 June 1940. The operation was decided upon when large numbers of British, French, and Belgian troops were cut off and surrounded by the German army during the Battle of France in the Second World War. In a speech to the House of Commons, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called the events in France "a colossal military disaster", saying that "the whole root and core and brain of the British Army" had been stranded at Dunkirk and seemed about to perish or be captured. In his We shall fight on the beaches speech on 4 June, he hailed their rescue as a "miracle of deliverance".
On the first day of the evacuation, only 7,669 men were evacuated, but by the end of the eighth day, a total of 338,226 soldiers had been rescued by a hastily assembled fleet of over 900 boats. Many of the troops were able to embark from the harbour's protective mole onto 39 British destroyers and other large ships, while others had to wade out from the beaches, waiting for hours in the shoulder-deep water. Some were ferried from the beaches to the larger ships by the famous little ships of Dunkirk, aflotilla of hundreds of merchant marine boats, fishing boats, pleasure craft, and lifeboats called into service for the emergency. The BEF lost 68,000 soldiers during the French campaign and had to abandon nearly all of their tanks, vehicles, and other equipment (50000 engines).
As a remembrance for those died the two-masted sailingship “Nele”, will represend Ostend and the festival Ostend at anchor at Dunkirk. On the 26 May the fleet will attend the historical evacuation to Ramsgate like 75 years ago. After this navigation, some of the “little ships” will sail to Ostend, to participate to the maritime festival Ostend at Anchor.
The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 27 May and 4 June 1940. The operation was decided upon when large numbers of British, French, and Belgian troops were cut off and surrounded by the German army during the Battle of France in the Second World War. In a speech to the House of Commons, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called the events in France "a colossal military disaster", saying that "the whole root and core and brain of the British Army" had been stranded at Dunkirk and seemed about to perish or be captured. In his We shall fight on the beaches speech on 4 June, he hailed their rescue as a "miracle of deliverance".
On the first day of the evacuation, only 7,669 men were evacuated, but by the end of the eighth day, a total of 338,226 soldiers had been rescued by a hastily assembled fleet of over 900 boats. Many of the troops were able to embark from the harbour's protective mole onto 39 British destroyers and other large ships, while others had to wade out from the beaches, waiting for hours in the shoulder-deep water. Some were ferried from the beaches to the larger ships by the famous little ships of Dunkirk, aflotilla of hundreds of merchant marine boats, fishing boats, pleasure craft, and lifeboats called into service for the emergency. The BEF lost 68,000 soldiers during the French campaign and had to abandon nearly all of their tanks, vehicles, and other equipment (50000 engines).