Post by Administrator on Sept 23, 2012 3:31:54 GMT
BARRY ISLANDS: Silver Queen:
"Her Name Was the Silver Queen"
About the Boat:
Silver Queen was built in Southampton in 1926. Throughout the 1920s and 30s she worked as a tripper boat off Barry Island in Wales. At the outbreak of WW2 the peaceful trips off the beach were interrupted as she was requisitioned by the government to take part in Operation Dynamo.
Little more than a near beach tourist boat the Silver Queen was a heroine in her own time.
A Barry and Dynamo forgottten.
LINK: silverqueencruises.com/about/