Sea Captured In Historical Photos

My Girl a Weymouth pleasure vessel was requisitioned by the army for war service in 1939 and throughout the Second World War with her skipper Ron Hill at the helm she ferried troops from the Royal Artillery Regiment to and from the Breakwater Forts guarding Portland Harbour and the naval base. This was a prime target for enemy bombing raids. The vessel also carried shells for the big guns of the forts paraffin for the searchlights stores mail and the welcome ENSA Concert Parties to entertain the troops. My Girl played her part in 1944 in the build up to D-Day and beyond as the harbours of Weymouth and Portland witnessed the departure of half a million American troops bound for France to participate in the liberation of Europe.