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The '''Guide of Dunkirk''' was a | The '''Guide of Dunkirk''' was a lifeboat whose construction by was funded by the [[Girlguiding UK|Girl Guides]] in 1940. She is self-righting and designed for launch from a beach. As one of the [[Little Ships of Dunkirk]] she was used in the [[Operation Dynamo|evacuation of Allied soldiers from Dunkirk]] in World War II. Between 1941 and 1963 she was stationed as a lifeboat in Cornwall, UK. In 1963 she passed into private ownership. | ||
== Before Dunkirk == | == Before Dunkirk == | ||