Beautiful model is ship-shape

A stunning scale model of the paddle steamer PS Duchess of Fife, which saved 1,633 troops from Dunkirk during World War II, has been gifted to the Scottish Maritime Museum. Sharon Barnett and Neil Davis made the trip up from South Gloucestershire and Yorkshire to pass the handmade model of the Duchess of Fife, built by their father Gordon Davis, into the Museum’s care. Gordon built the model vessel painstakingly over five years, beginning in 1964 and finishing in January 1983. PS Duchess of Fife left minesweeping duties to make four perilous crossings to save the Allied troops.

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