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Levant Schooner Trials. Coastal Forces Base, Beirut, Lebanon, March 1944.
LEVANT SCHOONER TRIALS. MARCH 1944, COASTAL FORCES BASE, BEIRUT. ONE OF THE LEVANT SCHOONERS IN HER FINAL TRIALS AND SOME OF THE ADVENTUROUS YOUNG MEN ON BOARD HER. (A 23343) A schooner of the Levant forces heading out to sea with sails spread from the harbour at Beirut. She also has an engine installed.
LEVANT SCHOONER TRIALS. MARCH 1944, COASTAL FORCES BASE, BEIRUT. ONE OF THE LEVANT SCHOONERS IN HER FINAL TRIALS AND SOME OF THE ADVENTUROUS YOUNG MEN ON BOARD HER. (A 23343) A schooner of the Levant forces heading out to sea with sails spread from the harbour at Beirut. She also has an engine installed.
LEVANT SCHOONER TRIALS. MARCH 1944, COASTAL FORCES BASE, BEIRUT. ONE OF THE LEVANT SCHOONERS IN HER FINAL TRIALS AND SOME OF THE ADVENTUROUS YOUNG MEN ON BOARD HER. (A 23343) A schooner of the Levant forces heading out to sea with sails spread from the harbour at Beirut. She also has an engine installed. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205155443
LEVANT SCHOONER TRIALS. MARCH 1944, COASTAL FORCES BASE, BEIRUT. ONE OF THE LEVANT SCHOONERS IN HER FINAL TRIALS AND SOME OF THE ADVENTUROUS YOUNG MEN ON BOARD HER. (A 23343) A schooner of the Levant forces heading out to sea with sails spread from the harbour at Beirut. She also has an engine installed. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205155443
LEVANT SCHOONER TRIALS. MARCH 1944, COASTAL FORCES BASE, BEIRUT. ONE OF THE LEVANT SCHOONERS IN HER FINAL TRIALS AND SOME OF THE ADVENTUROUS YOUNG MEN ON BOARD HER. (A 23346) The Commanding Officer of a Levant schooner (No 10), Sub Lieut C A Thwaites, RNVR, of Sunderland, at the tiller. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205155445
LEVANT SCHOONER TRIALS. MARCH 1944, COASTAL FORCES BASE, BEIRUT. ONE OF THE LEVANT SCHOONERS IN HER FINAL TRIALS AND SOME OF THE ADVENTUROUS YOUNG MEN ON BOARD HER. (A 23346) The Commanding Officer of a Levant schooner (No 10), Sub Lieut C A Thwaites, RNVR, of Sunderland, at the tiller. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205155445
LEVANT SCHOONER TRIALS. MARCH 1944, COASTAL FORCES BASE, BEIRUT. ONE OF THE LEVANT SCHOONERS IN HER FINAL TRIALS AND SOME OF THE ADVENTUROUS YOUNG MEN ON BOARD HER. (A 23347) Gunner Alfred G Bye, former fitter and turner of Wandsworth, framed in the rigging while about his duties in a Levant schooner. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205155446
LEVANT SCHOONER TRIALS. MARCH 1944, COASTAL FORCES BASE, BEIRUT. ONE OF THE LEVANT SCHOONERS IN HER FINAL TRIALS AND SOME OF THE ADVENTUROUS YOUNG MEN ON BOARD HER. (A 23347) Gunner Alfred G Bye, former fitter and turner of Wandsworth, framed in the rigging while about his duties in a Levant schooner. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205155446
LEVANT SCHOONER TRIALS. MARCH 1944, COASTAL FORCES BASE, BEIRUT. ONE OF THE LEVANT SCHOONERS IN HER FINAL TRIALS AND SOME OF THE ADVENTUROUS YOUNG MEN ON BOARD HER. (A 23348) Coxswain of the schooner, Petty Officer N G Ware, at Lewis gun firing practice. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205155447
LEVANT SCHOONER TRIALS. MARCH 1944, COASTAL FORCES BASE, BEIRUT. ONE OF THE LEVANT SCHOONERS IN HER FINAL TRIALS AND SOME OF THE ADVENTUROUS YOUNG MEN ON BOARD HER. (A 23348) Coxswain of the schooner, Petty Officer N G Ware, at Lewis gun firing practice. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205155447
THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR (A 23344) Two sailors hoisting the sail during trials at a coastal forces base, Beirut. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205187047
THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR (A 23344) Two sailors hoisting the sail during trials at a coastal forces base, Beirut. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205187047
Levant Schoonermen; Trooper William Watt, ex-motor mechanic of Warcop, Westmorland, and Gunner Norman Burgoyne, former steel erector, of Manchester.
Levant Schoonermen; Trooper William Watt, ex-motor mechanic of Warcop, Westmorland, and Gunner Norman Burgoyne, former steel erector, of Manchester.
Levant Schooner Vessels
LS 3, one of the smaller Caiques used.
LS 3, one of the smaller Caiques used.
ADMIRAL TENNANT TOURS GREEK PORTS. DECEMBER 1944, CHIOS AND SALONKIA. ACTING VICE ADMIRAL W G TENNANT, CB, CBE, MVO, FLAG OFFICER, LEVANT AND EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, MADE A TOUR OF GREEK PORTS. (A 26955) Vice Admiral Tennant boarding HMAHS 6, one of the Anglo-Hellenic schooners which, with the caiques, have been doing ferry work in the Aegean. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205158481
ADMIRAL TENNANT TOURS GREEK PORTS. DECEMBER 1944, CHIOS AND SALONKIA. ACTING VICE ADMIRAL W G TENNANT, CB, CBE, MVO, FLAG OFFICER, LEVANT AND EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, MADE A TOUR OF GREEK PORTS. (A 26955) Vice Admiral Tennant boarding HMAHS 6, one of the Anglo-Hellenic schooners which, with the caiques, have been doing ferry work in the Aegean. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205158481
Small vessels ferrying supplies from the mainland towards the Special Boat Squadron vessels Tewfik and Takiarkis.
Small vessels ferrying supplies from the mainland towards the Special Boat Squadron vessels Tewfik and Takiarkis.
Caïque LS 31 or AHS 31, Tewfik of the Levant Schooner Flotilla, a 180-ton schooner that served as the Special Boat Squadron officers’ mess and Headquarters.
Small vessels ferrying supplies from the mainland towards the Special Boat Squadron vessels Tewfik and Takiarkis.
Commander Freddie Hallaghan and Lieutenant Commander Adrian Seligman (RNR) in coversation onboard Caique LS.8 en-route for Cyprus in September 1943.
Commander Freddie Hallaghan and Lieutenant Commander Adrian Seligman (RNR) in coversation onboard Caique LS.8 en-route for Cyprus in September 1943.

Castel Orizzo Harbour
M.S. boat in Castel Orizzo Harbour.
M.S. boat in Castel Orizzo Harbour.
M.S. boat in Castel Orizzo Harbour.
M.S. boat in Castel Orizzo Harbour.
M.S. boat in Castel Orizzo Harbour.
THE LEVANT SCHOONER FLOTILLA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR (HU 108251) Buildings on fire along the waterfront of Castel Orizzo (Castelrosso) during 1943. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205303066
Raid on Santorini (Thera), April 1944
1ST SPECIAL BOAT SERVICE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND AEGEAN, 1943-45 (HU 71427A) Boarding for the Santarini Raid. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205302727
1ST SPECIAL BOAT SERVICE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND AEGEAN, 1943-45 (HU 71432) ‘Setting out for the Santerini Raid. Enemy losses: 30 killed. Our losses: 2 killed – Lieutenant Casulli and Sergeant Kingston.’ Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205302734
1ST SPECIAL BOAT SERVICE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND AEGEAN, 1943-45 (HU 71434) Standing lower left: Lieutenant Casulli killed in the Santarini raid in 1944 and top right: Captain Anders Lassen VC MC and 2 bars, killed at Lake Comacchio, Italy, April 1944. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205260194