Best of luck to the The Hussars Museum as they raise funds to preserve this amazing monument to #DDay tankers. "Holy Roller" and "Bomb" (Sherbrooke Fusiliers) were the only two Canadian tanks to make it from Juno Beach to V-E Day. cbc.ca/news/canada/lo…

Year 6 pupils at Coedffranc Primary School, Skewen have been painting Juno! #lv72 #juno #junolightship #lightship #lightvessel

Two more paintings of LV72 Juno by Year 6 pupils at Coedffranc Primary School, Skewen #lv72 #juno #junolightship #lightship #lightvessel

An inspiring song by the pupils of Coedffranc primary school in Skewen, South Wales Bring Juno Back To Life youtu.be/T9lPIOHWBUU via YouTube #lv72juno #lv72 #juno #lightship #lightvessel #trinityhouse Trinity House Coedffranc Primary

artistic images of LV72 on three stations. JUNO, VARNE and EW Grounds, thanks to coastpics for sharing the images #lv72 #juno #varne #lightship #lightvessel #trinityhouse Coastpics

77 years ago today LV72 was towed to the Trinity House depot at Blackwall, London to prepare for her next roll, she would be next towed to Cowes before finally being towed over to Normandy on the 17th, and become the active JUNO lightvessel on the 18th of June 1944 #lv72 #WW2

imagine being the crew being sent out to man a lightvessel in an active war zone off the coast of France, no doubt they would have read news reports about the horrors of the ongoing invasion , what must have been going through their minds as they set off 77 yrs ago today #lv72

Lv72 on her first assignment on Morecambe Bay, she was posted there in 1903 to replace her sister Lv70 which had been sunk in a collision shortly after being placed on station #lv72 #lightship #lightvessel #morecambebay #trinityhouse #maritmehistory

lightvesselsandlightships instagram challenge using the derelict LV72 at Neath Abbey, #lucyslightvessel72 #lighthousegang art_by_weller @deepalisoodchaudhr @mazartworksz OddHomes @leartedibuja Vanessa Monteil.arts @the.curious.sketcher @jennypenny_arts @valerie_sketch

Gull and another lightvessel at Harwich c1894 Trinity House #harwich #lightship #lightvessel #maritimehistory

Nice to see this YouTube video by military historian and author Dr Mark Felton, it still helps to keep raising awareness about her m.youtube.com/watch?v=PHIEC3…

50 years ago LV72 serving on the E.W.Grounds was brought into Swansea docks to be retired out of service, and put up for sale, she would remain there untill May 1973 when having been sold for scrap she was towed the short distance over to the River Neath #lv72 #lv72juno #neath

Article by Clare Fitzgerald on war history online, a little more factually correct compared to other articles warhistoryonline.com/news/light-ves…

LV91 in Swansea is LV72’a closest neighbour

Here is the full brochure that has been sent around the UK this month, outlining the nation's 'official' guidance to taking part in the #DDay80 commemorations. It comes from Pageantmaster Bruno Peek and was sent, largely unsolicited, to a small D-Day group I'm part of.

World Poetry day 2023 Poems inspired by no72 Lightvessel #worldpoetryday #lightship #lightvessel

Light Vessel 72, or LV72, was used as a marker for shipping headed towards Juno Beach in the days after D Day. WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Ves…

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Happy birthday to this 121 year old, LV72 lightvessel at Neath Abbey. photo Cheryl Hadley #lightships #lightvessel #lightship #lv72 #neathabbey #southwales #trinityhouseuk #maritimehistory

80 years ago today, LV72 was established off the Normandy coast