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THE WELSH AT GALLIPOLI PDF.
The Paddle Steamer Barry is featured on page 18.
The last ship to take troops away from Suvla Bay was
HMS Barryfield – formerly Paddle Steamer Barry that
had been a boat more associated with pleasure than
war prior to 1914. HMS Barryfield worked throughout
the Gallipoli campaign ferrying men and provisions to
the beaches, sustaining some damage to one of its
paddles when hit by a mine. In World War 2,
renamed HMS Snaefell, it was one of the “little ships”
that rescued men from the Dunkirk beaches.
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