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Lijns

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ADLS ID 1100
Ship Name Lijns
Operations Used Dynamo
Ship Type Motor Yacht
Length 42ft
Beam 10ft
Draft 4ft 2ins
Displacement 18 tons
Engine 2 x BMC 3.8l Diesels
Builder de Vries Lentsch jun. Amsterdam.
Build Year 1934
Construction Steel
Archive Association of Dunkirk Little Ships
Language en
Source ADLS
Website https://www.adls.org.uk/lijns
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.

Inclusion in the lists above does not necasarily refer to this ship, some ships had duplicate names and further research should be conducted. The records contained on this page may contain ancedotal or 3rd party narrative or evidence.

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Ship History

Lijns is a substantial steel-hulled motor yacht constructed and well fitted out by de Vries Lentsch in Holland shortly before World War II. Records indicate that the vessel participated in the evacuation of Dunkirk; however, detailed information regarding her precise activities during that period, as well as her history prior to the war, remains unknown.

Due to her robust construction, Lijns has endured many years of neglect following the war. Several owners have undertaken restoration efforts over time. At one point, the yacht was stored under tarpaulins at Beacon Boat Yard in Borstal on the River Medway. During this period, then-owner Stephen Peel installed two reconditioned BMC Commodore diesel engines and new hydraulic steering gear.

Currently, Lijns is owned by Morris Tolhurst and is securely housed under cover at Beacon Boatyard in Rochester.

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