As part of the Dunkirk Evacuation Memorial Programme today,live & 70years to the day the IOMSP vessel was sunk, the
sea anchor was raised from the seabed LIVE as part of the proceedings. The BBC commentator gave credit to the companies' ships & said that one in fourteen of the soldiers rescued travelled to safety on Manx boats. The anchor is to brought home & erected at The Sound as a memorial.
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