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InspirationII

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ADLS ID 931 Ship Name InspirationII
Operations Used Dynamo Ship Type Motor Yacht
Length 30 ft Beam 9 ft
Draft 2 ft 6 ins Displacement Not known
Engine 2 x BMC Commodore Diesels Builder William Osborne, Littlehampton
Build Year 1931 Construction Pitch pine on oak
Archive Association of Dunkirk Little Ships Language en
Source ADLS Website https://www.adls.org.uk/little_ship/inspirationii
ADLS Member Yes
Present in Red List Present in Orde Report Present in Small Craft Service List
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*This infomation may be subject to errors or omissions in research and is provided by the 3rd party research website https://www.operationdynamo.navy, presence in the Orde Report includes a narrative, Orde may have references to the ship not participating but other evidence may contradict this.

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Anniversary Returns Attended

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1940 2026

Ship History

William Osborne's long established yard in Littlehampton had been famous for strongly built and well designed motor cruisers in the 1920s and '30s and it still exists today. Inspiration II was built there in 1931 and at 30ft was one of the smallest of the Little Ships to set out across the English Channel during the first days of the evacuation. Like so many of the smaller craft, she was towed across to save fuel, and to increase her speed. No one knows quite what happened on the way. Perhaps she broke her tow or had her lines severed in an aerial attack, but she was found drifting on the tide by the tug Kenia who picked her up and as with many other damaged vessels, helped her back to the port of Dover. In 1988, Inspiration II was sold to Dennis Wells who also owns Warrior. Inspiration II is a pretty boat, who’s brightly painted red hull has now been painted in the original white to be preserved just as she was built nearly sixty years ago. BACK TO LITTLE SHIPS INSPIRATION II: Project The Association of Dunkirk Little

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