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Estb: 1929. Location: Findhorn, Moray Firth, Scotland.
Peter Edwards, 1
April 2018
image located by Peter Edwards, 3 April 2018
Estb: 1945.
Burgee: Pennant 5:7 (image). Blue field superimposed by a
white St George's Cross and with a yellow Byers stockless anchor in the upper
hoist quarter.
Note: "The Admiralty Ferry Crew Service was "Formed by
Lt/Cmdr. C.D. Barber in 1942 . . . The number of personnel . . . was roughly
1,600 and boats moved by these crews numbered 1,020. . . At the end of the war,
those who served formed the Admiralty Ferry Crew Association . . . "
Sources:
Image, Lloyd's Register of Yachts 1960. Quote,
https://rlymyc.org.uk [About Us/Archives Bulletin 1966].
Peter
Edwards, 1 April 2018