Dawson (Mark Rylance) is closely based on Charles Lightoller, second officer of RMS Titanic, who took his yacht "Sundowner" to Dunkirk at the age of 66. Like Lightoller, Dawson refuses to let the Navy crew his boat, "If anyone takes her, it will be me", and takes one of his sons with him. Like Lightoller, Dawson had lost a son in the Royal Air Force (Brian, shot down in a Wellington bomber on the second day of the war) who taught him how to evade air attack. Also like Lightoller, he packs the boat so full (four stood in the bathtub) that the disembarkation officer couldn't believe over 55 men were aboard it (Lightholler managed to pack over 130 men aboard the "Sundowner")

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