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Ramsgate Royal Harbour, 5 September 2020. In the 14th Century, Ramsgate was a 'Limb' of the defensive Confederation of the Cinque Ports, being established as a subsidiary of Sandwich, one of the five Cinque Ports. The Harbour played a vital role in WWII when the RN Coastal Forces base of HMS Fervant was established here for Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Gun Boats and armed Motor Launches to operate in the English Channel and North Sea. In addition, the harbour contributed large numbers of the famed civilian 'little ships' which evacuated the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in 1940, aswell as large numbers of French troops (half of which later returned to Occupied France, however).
Ramsgate Royal Harbour, 5 September 2020. In the 14th Century, Ramsgate was a 'Limb' of the defensive Confederation of the Cinque Ports, being established as a subsidiary of Sandwich, one of the five Cinque Ports. The Harbour played a vital role in WWII when the RN Coastal Forces base of HMS Fervant was established here for Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Gun Boats and armed Motor Launches to operate in the English Channel and North Sea. In addition, the harbour contributed large numbers of the famed civilian 'little ships' which evacuated the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in 1940, aswell as large numbers of French troops (half of which later returned to Occupied France, however).