Gerfalcon
Built 1937
A striking 34-foot motor yacht with authentic wartime character, Gerfalcon is a Dunkirk Little Ship preserved in Royal Navy Patrol Service colours. Built in 1937 with a mahogany-on-oak hull, she combines elegant period lines with exceptional historic provenance and a powerful screen-ready presence.
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Gerfalcon is a beautifully preserved 34-foot motor yacht built in 1937 by William Osborne of Littlehampton, with a mahogany-on-oak hull and the classic lines of a pre-war private yacht. Requisitioned by the Royal Navy in June 1940, she served in the Dunkirk evacuation and later with the Royal Navy Patrol Service, carrying the hard-edged character of Britain’s wartime coastal defence story. Restored in 2025 and presented in Royal Navy Patrol Service colours, she offers a vivid period appearance with genuine Dunkirk Little Ship provenance. Her history includes participation in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Pageant in 2012, membership of the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships, inclusion on the National Register of Historic Ships UK, and a return to Operation Dynamo commemorations in 2025 and 2026.
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Built in 1937 by William Osborne of Littlehampton and later requisitioned by the Admiralty immediately after Dunkirk, Gerfalcon served for one year and two months with the Royal Navy Patrol Service before her last patrol at Ramsgate on 8 August 1941. She was a Dunkirk Little Ship, returned to the water for the 85th Anniversary of Operation Dynamo in 2025, and was again commemorated in 2026 during her final wartime patrol anniversary. The vessel is associated with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Pageant in 2012 and is recognised on the National Historic Ships UK register and by the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships.
