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![[Thames Motor Yacht Club]](../images/g/gb~tha2.gif)
image by Clay Moss, 16 July 2007See also:
The history of the Thames Motor Yacht Club is posted at
http://www.tmyc.co.uk/p30/tmychist.htm. The TMYC is one of the oldest
boating clubs on the River Thames. The flag shown above represents how the
ensign (evidently) is currently portrayed.
Clay Moss, 16 July 2007
Their history does not record that the special ensign was granted in 1951, on
the club's 21st anniversary, in recognition of the club's services during World
War Two,
particularly at Dunkirk in 1940. Before 1969 when the name was changed, the club
badge was different. The letters then were TMCC and, if I remember correctly,
all on one line.
David Prothero, 16 July 2007
![[Thames Motor Yacht Club]](../images/g/gb~tha.gif)
image by Clay Moss, 16 July 2007
Jonathan Dixon sent me a recent picture of a TMYC ensign on a boat and the defacement is placed in the lower fly quarter. Also, the TMYC's website shows a small illustration of an ensign, with the defacement in the lower fly corner. This image represents how the ensign is illustrated in some publications and on a couple of websites that I have seen.
![[Thames Motor Yacht Club]](../images/g/gb_thb.gif)
image by Clay Moss, 16 July 2007
Where the burgee is concerned, this represents the burgee as seen on the
club's website and in another photo that Jonathan sent.
Clay Moss, 16 July 2007
![[Thames Motor Yacht Club]](../images/g/gb_thb2.gif)
image by Clay Moss, 16 July 2007
An
alternative design is seen on several websites.
Clay Moss, 16 July 2007
![[Thames Motor Cruising Club]](../images/g/gb~tmcc.jpg)
image by Clay Moss, 7 December 2011,
The Thames Motor Yacht Club was formerly the Thames Motor Cruising Club. The
old burgee can be seen at their website at
http://www.tmyc.co.uk/tmyc/club. The old ensign itself can be seen
at http://cgi.ebay.com/180624974256.
As it turns out the T of TMCC is the anchor,
which probably is the reason for uncertainty about that, and the
MCC is written in a straight line, with the T going through the first C. The
ensign shows only the middle part of the burgee, which fills up the entire
wreath.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 20 February 2011
![[Thames Motor Cruising Club]](../images/g/gb~tmcc2.gif)
image by Clay Moss, 7 December 2011,
based on
this image located on eBay by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 20 February 2011
![[Thames Motor Cruising Club]](../images/g/gb~gl@tcb.gif)
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 29 August 2012