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The £5000 needed to buy a lifeboat was one of the targets of the [[Guide Gift Week]] appeal of 1940. Money was donated by Guides throughout the British Empire from their salaries or, for those too young to work, by earning money doing odd jobs. | The £5000 needed to buy a lifeboat was one of the targets of the [[Guide Gift Week]] appeal of 1940. Money was donated by Guides throughout the British Empire from their salaries or, for those too young to work, by earning money doing odd jobs. | ||
The Guide of Dunkirk was built by Rowhedge Iron Works in | The Guide of Dunkirk was built by Rowhedge Iron Works in Colchester, UK, and was unnamed when she was called into service straight from the builders' yard for the Dunkirk evacuation on [[June 1]], [[1940]]. She had the designation ON826. | ||
== Dunkirk == | == Dunkirk == | ||
