'Greta' took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940, she is the oldest active Dunkirk Little Ship.

'Greta' returned to Dunkirk for the 60th anniversary of the evacuation.

It was a wondeful Millennium crossing with Dick, Bert, & Sid three veterans aboard recalling the memories of their tip across the English Channel in WWII.'Greta' was one of the 70 Dunkirk brave little ships onn the crossing.

Dick thought it was strange to get the picture from the Dunkirk Little Ships point of view.

Sixty years earlier he had been on the beaches, waiting in the water to be picked up. After the trip Dick wrote to us, sharing his thoughts on the day. “Until now I had never seen it from the Little Ships point of view.

I was a soldier on the beach. I, like thousands of others had no idea how long it had taken those frail craft to reach us. All I knew was that they were there & help was at hand. Now I was on one of those little ships that had actually taken part in the evacuation. I could feel the tension as we prepared to enter Dunkirk Harbour.

Slowly we edged our way through the lock gates where an amazing sight met our eyes. Dense crowds lined the water’s edge, cheering & clapping, shouting words of welcome. Ships were sounding their sirens, the noise was deafening. We three veterans, stood together on the bows of 'Greta', we were the only ones to cross the channel on the Little Ships.

The crowd, seeing the medals glinting in the sunlight gave us a special greeting.

Skipper Steven Norris spoke with Prince Charles while moored in Dunkirk harbour.

Unfortunately Prince Charles was too busy to take a special charter, but congratulated Steven on his beautiful well-kept barge.

The TV commentator clearly had no idea that Prince Charles would make this impromptu stop. You could hear papers being shuffled as he tried desperately to find out details of the vessel & the namke of its skipper. that Prince Charles was talking to, then of course he mis-pronounced 'Greta's' name.

While taking part in the commemoration, a service was held on board for William Horne, a veteran who had passed away before he could make this anniversary trip. His niece had brought his ashes along & represented William's family as he'd promised.

Two sailors from HMS Somerset were posted onboard whilst the rest of the little ships were circling. An RAF memorial flight flew overhead as Steven took 'Greta' out.

The ensign was lowered while William’s ashes were scattered in the sea as a glass was raised in his memory.