Dunkirk 1940 photos. Some never seen before .

I did crop the other ship out of the photo.
info on the photo La Panne but they often get it wrong
Princess Lily
Could she have drifted along the coast? Here she is next to a truck
Keith

 

Inscription on backside: "Durch Bomben vernichteter engl. Frachter bei La Panne"

 

Princess Lily. She was abandoned so the german guy got it wrong on the back of the photo.
She arrived off the beaches at Dunkirk in the morning of Friday 31st May and continued to work between Malo–les–Bains and La Panne until she fouled her propeller and could only go astern. She finally succumbed to engine trouble forcing her crew to abandon her at 22:00 off La Panne on Friday 31st May.

 

I am fairly certain that the text refers to the ‘Devonia’ in the background.
As for the location, I suspect that ‘De Panne’ was used as a well-known reference point:
Precise geographical differentiation was probably much less interesting to contemporaries at the time than it is to modern military history nerds like us.

 

[ I am fairly certain that the text refers to the ‘Devonia’ in the background. ] me i am half asleep

 

Link to colour photos from Life. DUNKERQUE et son histoire | En Flandre 1940 | Facebook

 

Tanks with 28 [ 5 Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards ] Dunkirk area. Photo 1 just came in the post. Photo 2 from my negative . Photos from my collection.
Keith

 

Looks like the same pair to me:

 

A few more. Photo from my collection
Keith

 

Dunkirk port captain - Harbour master sign
Keith

 

First photo came in the post 2nd one from my album. same area.
Keith

 

Looks like a shipwreck on the far right.
Photo from my collection
Keith

 

I’d say so, yes. Something on the horizon to its left I think too, between the second and third posts - afloat though.

 

The guys on the extreme right ... Dunkirk 1940 photos. Some never seen before .

 

Probably been mentioned (probably by me among others) that the Dunkirk movie showed a burning Spit that clearly had no engine mounted. There was a rod running through the engine compartment that lead to a motor to turn the prop. Would have been ... uncomfortable ... for any pilot.

 

L`Adroit and Floride.
Photo from my collection
Keith

 

The guy who took the photos was not that good. Photo from my collection
Keith

 

The same regiment but not the exact same vehicles. The two beached tanks are ALPINE HUT and COMMANDER and they appear to have stayed put long after the rest of the detritus of war was removed.
The Light tanks near the bridge are also from 5IDG and also hung around for a while as that area (a huge dump of trucks etc) was cleared.

 

Three tanks on the beach and one sinking into the sand [Could still be there] better start digging.
keith

 

Carriers and two tanks with 28 number. Photo from my collection
Keith