The owner of a steam tugboat which participated in the pivotal Dunkirk evacuation says the vessel is in "desperate need of repairs" as it is one of the last operational steam tugs in the country.

In a few moments the cause was known. The boiler of the steam-tug A.S. Field, lying at the dock between Bates and Randolph streets, had exploded, and the boat was a total wreck. Thither the ...