19 SEPTEMBER 1952, Page 16

A Duchess at Dunkirk

Snt,—I am delighted to learn from Mr. Rickard's letter in your issue of August 29th that the Duchess of Fife is one of the steamers in service on the Clyde. It so happens that this was the ship that brought me home from Dunkirk in May, 1940, and she therefore has a special place in my affections. I have often wondered whence she came for this adventure, and whether she survived the war. To come upon her name now is like hearing news of an old friend after a lapse of many