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Bucephalus
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ORDE Registry
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Small Craft Service List
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Red List (1939–40) — OCR
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Ship Details
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Lloyd’s Yacht Register (1939)
Source: Lloyd’s Register Foundation, Heritage & Education Centre, Lloyd’s Register of Yachts 1939, digitised via Internet Archive. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Images have been converted, resized and watermarked for web display; machine-generated table OCR has been added.
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Document Collections — Tagged Pages
5 pagesImaged document collections containing pages whose OCR text or table data has been tagged with the name Bucephalus. Open a collection to view the page images and transcriptions.
Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199 2429. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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| BUCEPHALUS (ex VENTURE, ex | TL | 1905 | R (T98D) | 193 | MS | 27.11.39 | 2.2.40 | $48.5.0 |
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| DASHER (ex VENTURE) renamed | VENTURE, | renamed | BUCEPHALUS | " - q.v. | Laid up | 3,44 |
Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199 795. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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VESSEL OWNER REMARKS BOY FRED G.L. Good To V.A. Dover. BUCEPHALUS C.J. Watkins Did not go - for Dynamo. MA J BETTY R.F. Skinner A.P.S. BEVERLEY Thompson & Rordroy Reported abandoned at Dunkirk. MAJOE BRENART K. Frisby & Returned to owners 2.6.40. MALDO A.E. Harrison Kamble. BAT Messrs. Pickfords Returned to owners. MALVI BEE Murrell " MOLLY P. Robinson MARE 1 MARCH Sons, MARGHI Wright CACHALOT J. Powers T.98. A.P.S. MARINA CAIRNGORE MARSAY H.W.S. Wright Re-allocated to A.P.S. CAMELLIA R.F. Money A.P.S. MARINA CARIAD F.E. Jeffs T.98. Returned to owners 6.6.40. CAVERSHAM E. Crouch ARICEI Returned to owners. CECILLE Mansfield Markham A.P.S. CHARLOTTE ARY Capt. The Hon. Waterlogged Sandwich (now at Ramsgate ARY HO M.T. Henderson with Receiver of Wrecks). CYS ARY IR) Chelsea Yacht & Boat No information of return from Co. Dunkirk. ARY ROS CHRISCRAFT 25' R. Hayes No report received from list of missing vessels. COMMODORE RY SPE Bonniface No information of return from Dunkirk. RY SPE/ Now presumed lost. CONSTANT NYMPH ILDA B.A. Smith T.98. Returned to owners. CORDELIA J.E. Lambe CORA-ANN T.98. Returned to owner. BELLE Col. F.L. Newhouse CARONIA Re-allocated to A.P.S. LOWER W. Light (6A) CORSTIR Re-allocated to Spl. Admy. Service. Dr. Tiby COURT BELLE II Returned to owner. c. Whatford & Son DER No report received from list of CRECLE missing vessels. AIDEN D.N. Clark Returned to owner. EY COUNT DRACULA K.A. Creiner Returned to owner. ANT CURLEW E.T. Holme A.P.S. CERVATES V.H. Cooper A.P.S. LICENT I CHAMOIS Messrs. Pickfords Returned to owners. CARAMA (15' Punt) A. Moody Lost at Dunkirk. CLARA BELLE (Wherry) A. Liddle Lost at Dunkirk. OSA CRUISER H.J. Sharp IKOI Returned to owner. CARMEN H. Garnett Returned to owner. CHANTECLER R.E. Hodgman DRU II Returned to owner. AUR NY DAB II Lt.Col. Hardie RASOL Re-allocated to A.P.S. DAPHNE Mrs. C.M. Smith T.98. Returned to owner. DAWN 108 A.C. Wills DEENAR Mr. Dunsbier T.98. Returned to owner 6.6.40. MADGE Returned to owner. DEFENDER MING R. Harvey DESEL II MODESTY Dudley Stone Damaged. Returned to owner. DESIREE Capt. N. Dore A.P.S. Now returned to owner. AH NA DEVILFISH T.98. Returned to owner. Pete Knapp No report received from Ciron. of RCH list of missing vessels. ROSE Motor Boe Motor Boa 2 or Torpedo tor Ferries SME
Source: The National Archives, Kew, CAB 103 191. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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OF ESSEL OWNER REMARKS JY FRED G.L. Good To V.A. Dover. BUCEPHALUS C.J. Watkins Did not go - for Dynamo. BETTY R.F. Skinner A.P.S. BEVERLEY Thompson & Rordroy Reported abandoned at Dunkirk. BRENART K. Frisby & Returned to owners 2.6.40. A.E. Harrison BAT Messrs. Pickfords Returned to owners. BEE If " " " " CACHALOT J. Powers T.98. A.P.S. CAIRNGORE H.W.S. Wright Re-allocated to A.P.S. CAMELLIA R.F. Money A.P.S. CARIAD F.E. Jeffs T.98. Returned to owners 6.6.40. CAVERSHAM E. Crouch Returned to owners. CECILLE Mansfield Markham A.P.S. CHARLOTTE Capt. The Hon. Waterlogged Sandwich (now at Ramsgate M.T. Henderson. with Receiver of Wrecks). CYS Chelsea Yacht & Boat No information of return from Co. Dunkirk. CHRISCRAFT 25' R. Hayes No report received from list of missing vessels. COMMODORE Bonniface No information of return from Dunkirk. Now presumed lost. CONSTANT NYMPH B.A. Smith T.98. Returned to owners. CORDELIA J.E. Lambe T.98. Returned to owner. CORA-ANN Col. F.L. Newhouse Re-allocated to A.P.S. CARONIA W. Light (6A) Re-allocated to Spl. Admy. Service. CORSTIR Dr. Tiby Returned to owner. COURT BELLE II C. Whatford & Son No report received from list of missing vessels. CRECLE D.N. Clark Returned to owner. COUNT DRACULA K.A. Creiner Returned to owner. CURLEW E.T. Holme A.P.S. CERVATES V.H. Cooper A.P.S. CHAMOIS Messrs. Pickfords Returned to owners. CARAMA (15' Punt) A. Moody Lost at Dunkirk. CLARA BELLE (Wherry) A. Liddle Lost at Dunkirk. CRUISER H.J. Sharp Returned to owner. CARMEN H. Garnett Returned to owner. CHANTECLER R.E. Hodgman Returned to owner. DAB II Lt.Col. Hardie Re-allocated to A.P.S. DAPHNE Mrs. C.M. Smith T.98. Returned to owner. DAWN A.C. Wills T.98. Returned to owner 6.6.40. DEENAR Mr. Dunsbier Returned to owner. DEFENDER R. Harvey Damaged. Returned to owner. DESEL II Dudley Stone A.P.S. Now returned to owner. DESIREE Capt. N. Dore T.98. Returned to owner. DEVILFISH Pete Knapp No report received from Ciron. of list of missing vessels.
Source: The National Archives, Kew, MT 40 36. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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| 14 | BUCEPHALUS | C.J. Watkins |
Operation Dynamo Map — Movement Logs
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