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Over 338,000 soldiers were evacuated during Operation Dynamo, cramming into military ships, fishing trawlers, ferries and tugboats.
The location of previously undiscovered shipwrecks from the evacuation of Dunkirk in France during the Second World War have been found.
The 330ft-long vessel was among some 1,000 military, merchant, fishing and civilian 'little ships' that famously helped rescue 338,226 Allied troops from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940.
Historic England and its French counterpart, Drassm, have carried out detailed surveys of 30 wrecks showing their position, characteristics and condition in 'remarkable detail'.
The locations of three boats used in the Dunkirk evacuation in the Second World War have been uncovered for the first time by a detailed survey of 30 shipwrecks off the French coast.