{"id":4061,"date":"2025-10-14T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T10:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fifescapes.co.uk\/?p=4061"},"modified":"2025-12-11T11:18:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:18:15","slug":"national-maritime-museum-cornwall-14-oct-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fifescapes.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/national-maritime-museum-cornwall-14-oct-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"National Maritime Museum Cornwall (14 Oct 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In theory this day was intended for me to talk from St Ives across to Penrith, but I had had enough of walking so I took the train to Falmouth to visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/nmmc.co.uk\/\">NMMC<\/a> there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was delighted to see both Superdocious &#8211; Rodney Patterson won gold in the 1968 Olympics in this boat &#8211; and Rita which Ben Ainslie won Olympic sailed to Olympic Gold in 2004, 2008 and 2012 &#8211; on display. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However there was only one exhibit that I took a photo of, a Dutch Pram Dinghy which was a refugee boat. The first part of the text on the information plaque reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even before the beginning of World War Two, many Jews sought to escape from countries under Nazi control. After the war began, escape became much more difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite Dutch neutrality, Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940, some nine months after the war started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In late May 1940, this Dutch pram boat was used my Mr &amp; Mrs Zeyimake, a Jewish Dutch could from Haarlem, capital of North Holland, to escape persecution from the Nazi regime.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It then gives an outline of the subsequent history of the boat. This exhibition truly moved me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"973\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/fifescapes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PXL_20251014_134736033_0973.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifescapes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PXL_20251014_134736033_0973.jpg 973w, https:\/\/fifescapes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PXL_20251014_134736033_0973-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fifescapes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PXL_20251014_134736033_0973-508x382.jpg 508w, https:\/\/fifescapes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PXL_20251014_134736033_0973-24x18.jpg 24w, https:\/\/fifescapes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PXL_20251014_134736033_0973-36x27.jpg 36w, https:\/\/fifescapes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PXL_20251014_134736033_0973-48x36.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 973px) 100vw, 973px\" \/><\/figure>\n<ul id=\"wp-image-\" class=\"exif\"><li class=\"shutter_speed\">Shutter speed:\u00a01\/25s<\/li><li class=\"aperture\">Aperture:\u00a0&#402;\/1.9<\/li><li class=\"iso\">ISO:\u00a0198<\/li><li class=\"focal_length\">Focal length:\u00a05.43mm<\/li><li class=\"created_timestamp\">Taken:\u00a014 October, 2025 13:10<\/li><li class=\"camera\">Camera:\u00a0Pixel 8a<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In theory this day was intended for me to talk from St Ives across to Penrith, but I had had enough of walking so I took the train to Falmouth to visit the NMMC there. 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