Category: Skylark history
All timeline stories.
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To the Scottish Maritime Museum
The local Boys Brigade salute Skylark IX as she leaves, by road, for an outline condition survey and emergency repairs at the Scottish Boat Building School…
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To the River Clyde Boatyard
Skylark IX is towed from the River Leven across Loch Lomond to Cameron House, lifted out of the water by Galt Transport…
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Skylark IX Recovery Trust is established
The Vale of Leven Remembrance Day Association, Leven Cruising Club and Alternatives West Dumbarton Community Drug Service come together to form…
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Skylark is afloat….
After deteriorating under water for two long years, Skylark IX is afloat but the future is uncertain until….
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Skylark sinks
Skylark IX’s hull is pierced in a collision and she sinks at the moorings two days after the 70th Anniversary of Dunkirk.
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Skylark IX retires
As the cost and time it takes to maintain her ageing hull becomes prohibitive, the Sweeney family retire Skylark IX.
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A final sail with veterans
It’s the 60th Anniversary of Dunkirk. Skylark IX takes veterans for a final sail before the Dunkirk Veterans Association (DVA)…
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Spotted by her Wartime Commander
Charles Alfred Fairman, Skylark IX’s wartime commander at Poole (1941), recognises his former vessel whilst on holiday at Loch Lomond…
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A symbol of weekend long Remembrance
As Skylark IX becomes an established vessel of Remembrance, local commemorations move from Helensburgh to Balloch for services onboard and…
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Remembrance on Loch Lomond
John Sweeney is now the first owner since Jake to connect Skylark IX with Dunkirk. He begins giving free Remembrance…
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Recognised by a veteran
Colin White of the Dunkirk Veterans Association (DVA) Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch, recognises Skylark IX from Dunkirk during…
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Sold to Sweeney’s of Loch Lomond
Skylark IX is sold to Sweeney’s Cruise Company Loch Lomond, a family business founded in the 1880s. They transport her…