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Little Ship Club
The Little Ship Club was founded in London in 1926 by a group of yachtsmen for the purpose of providing training and lectures over the winter months. The club operates from its riverside clubhouse at Bell Wharf Lane, London. They are the only yacht club operating from within the City of London.
==History==
The club's inaugural meeting was at The Ship restaurant in London on the 5th November 1926. Notable founder members included Claud Worth, Maurice Griffiths, and Higley Halliday.〔http://www.seran1926.com/uploads/1/9/3/5/19352197/3899436_orig.jpg?443〕 The training function of the club was so successful that, by 1936, they were training members of the Royal Naval Supplementary Voluteer Reserve Force (RNSVR).〔http://www.seran1926.com/vi-little-ship-club.html〕 As a result, the First Sea Lord invited the club to apply for a defaced blue ensign. This is the only known instance of such an invitation being made.〔http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb~ylsc.html〕 The close link with the RNSVR led to Little Ship Club members taking part in the World War 2 evacuation of Dunkirk in which the military comandeered hundreds of private "little" ships to bring troups from land to larger navy vessels that could not pull in close to shore.〔http://littleshipclub.co.uk/content/how-lsc-got-involved-dunkirk-little-ships-0〕 The club still includes what is possibly one of the original Dunkirk Little Ships, ''Sheemaun''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sheemaun )〕 Two defaced blue ensigns that were recovered from the beach at Dunkirk are displayed at the club.
The club moved to the Old Ship tavern in 1928, and from there to Beaver Hall in 1932 as member numbers expanded.〔E.G. Martin and John Irving, "Cruising and Ocean Racing" page 565, 1945 Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.〕 In 1962 the club moved to Bell Wharf Lane.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first yachtsman to complete a non-stop single-handed circumnavigation, became club President in 1995.〔http://www.robinknox-johnston.co.uk/〕 There are also two Honorary Life Vice-Presidents: Dr Jean Plancke, Commander of the Legion of Honour, and Norman Hummerstone MBE.〔http://www.nordlittoral.fr/calais/jean-plancke-entre-passions-et-valeurs-ia10b0n34894〕 Norman Hummerstone was honoured with an MBE in 2001 for his work with the Little Ship Club〔http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2001/birthday_honours_2001/1390850.stm〕 and was awarded an RYA Lifetime Commitment award by Princess Anne in 2007.〔http://www.rya.org.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/sportsdevelopment/Web%20Documents/RYA%20Community%20Awards/Vol%20awards%202006%20-%202009/Community%20Award%20Winners%202007.pdf〕 The 2015 Commodore is Michael Forbes Smith.〔http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/29703/Michael-Forbes-Smith〕
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