Operation ST200: Saving ‘Phantom’ for Dunkirk

Field notes

Phantom is presented as a wooden ST 200 Class tender with twin period-accurate Perkins S6M diesels, while the campaign continues a forensic search for her wartime hull number. The stated restoration path runs through a move to Doncaster, where Structural Repairs is expected to work on the original timber and mechanical systems. The project’s longer-term target is a 2027 English Channel crossing tied to Dunkirk commemorations, though that remains a stated plan rather than an observed outcome.