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Levant Schooner Trials. Coastal Forces Base, Beirut, Lebanon, March 1944. |
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![Levant Schoonermen; Trooper William Watt, ex-motor mechanic of Warcop, Westmorland, and Gunner Norman Burgoyne, former steel erector, of Manchester.](https://worldwar2-sof.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/lsf-6.jpg)
Levant Schooner Vessels |
![LS 3, one of the smaller Caiques used.](https://worldwar2-sof.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/lsf-ls3-1.jpg)
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![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](https://worldwar2-sof.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/lsf-8.jpg)
![Small vessels ferrying supplies from the mainland towards the Special Boat Squadron vessels Tewfik and Takiarkis.](https://worldwar2-sof.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sbs-tewfik-2-1.jpg)
![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.](https://worldwar2-sof.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sbs-tewfik-1-1.jpg)
Castel Orizzo Harbour |
![M.S. boat in Castel Orizzo Harbour.](https://worldwar2-sof.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/lsf-10.jpg)
![M.S. boat in Castel Orizzo Harbour.](https://worldwar2-sof.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/lsf-11.jpg)
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Raid on Santorini (Thera), April 1944 |
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