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Champion
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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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- Ship type: French Tug
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
6 pagesImaged document collections containing pages whose OCR text or table data has been tagged with the name Champion. Open a collection to view the page images and transcriptions.
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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| TAW TORRIDGE AND NORTH DEVON SAILING CLUB. Est. 1905. Entrance Fee, £1 1 0. Annual Subscription, From £1 11 6 to £2 12 6. COM. Col. F. W. Evatt. V.-C. Miss M. O'Brien. R-C Col. G. H. Champion de Crespigny, C.B.E. H. TREAS. Dr. R. H. Miller. H. SEC. Dr. Ellis Pearson, The Sailing Club House, Instow, N. Devon. Club House: Instow, N. Devon. | ROYAL TAY YACHT CLUB. Est. 1885. Annual Subscription, £1 0 0. COM. V.-C. George G. Scott. R.-C. Lanyon L. Scott. H.SEC.& R. Brown. TREAS. Hayswell, Leuchars Fife. Club House: Broughty Ferry. | TEIGN CORINTHIAN SAILING CLUB. Est. 1883. Annual Subscription: Sailing Members, £1 1 0. Ordinary Members, £0 10 0. COM. Capt. L. Lindsay Smith. V.-C. F. C. Morgan Giles. R.-C. O. F. Ahlmann. H. TREAS. H. C. Young. H. SEC. C. H. G. Proctor, Algoa Lodge, Teignmouth. Headquarters: London Hotel, Teignmouth. |
Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199 790. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Lynano Dyram. 20% 362 B14/0/1289 368 SECRET 9/6/40 28 Ripon Road Wallary bhuthire Sir I ham the honour to ambmit the following part. g has any on 25/5/40 ti pround to buy cat 0721 to join D.B.II Hmd. Bornif heat. R.N.V.R. as Fint huntment crew of him rating as follows L./S. A. Thomson Jx 136822 branning 0/5 A. Marshell JX 184062 o/s W. huch JX 184013 0's g. brondend IX 182951 0/5 W. Wearn IX 184186 o/s P. gonking NiN L. Champion D/K 63225 LLSt. Morse 25 x 89264 E.R.A. N.Kelly R. 16246 1100 S talk one che ship for the Duch tain having game receipts in Duch and Enjuih ship's in stars life - board 26/5/46 al-1230 after Weping four times mander Rebertion R.M.R. reports and S and push puld to Southment Pir for 60m/m adjustment I cannot say enough of the Officers and crews of all the M.T.B's and M.A.S.B's and it was an honour to command I consider that the young Officers who commanded their these boats them. acted with great skill and courage and handled boats in a cool and unhurried manner under heavy artillery
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407 - 409 si B.O. B.Adm. For initincivo, recource and siving life. L/Son.J.Cry. C.P.O. P.O. G.Stodm. P.O. J.Shinsr. C.S.B.A. A.Sidey. for ecolares and officiency in S.R.A. G.Chnnell. their particular departments. L/Sto. T.N.Picherugill. Sto. U.S.B.Brown. S.B.A. Welch. 25. In addition I visable to again of the involueble web done by the Outain of with complete disregard for Ma CITD autoty, his ship on fire and sinhing, to the directly regensible the aving the lives of any sounded Branch troops. : regret I him DO record of Ma ano- 20, amount B a Direct H Sir, Your Obstiont Direct, (Sd). R.J. H. COUCH, Vico Address, Mostement Champion, Dover. VICE ADMIRA AL 12 JUN 1940 ADMIRAL Conscribing Officer.
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SECRET 44 Dynams 153. 43 H.M.S. "Brandaris," c/o. G.P.O. London. 6th June, 1940. The Co mander-in-Chief the Nore Synamo 202 - to 39 9/6/40 28 Ripon Road Walliary bhutine Sir; I ham the honour to submit the following g was report. ordered on 25/5/40 to pround to Filburg al-0730 to your D.B.H. H.m. huntinal Barnif, with Lt. S.b. Minard R.N.V.R. as find and crew of nine returns as fallows. L/S. A. Thomson Jx 136992 6/5 A. Marshall JX 184017 o/s W. Luck JX 184013 0/5 g. brondand JX 182951 0/5 W. Weaner IX N/N 184/86 L/st n. Champion D/K 63225 0/5 P. junkins Lists. g Morse DK R. 16246 X 89064 E.R.A. W. Kelly took our the ship from the Dated at. 1100 I having grown receipts in Dated board. and captain for ship stores left on times On 26/5/40 Roburton RNR. reported relisfaction Company and English at 1230 after Wiping from g Commanike procuded with pilot to Southernd Pir for
Source: The National Archives, Kew, Unclassified 1. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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407 - 409 si B.O. B.Adm. For initincivo, recource and siving life. L/Son.J.Cry. C.P.O. P.O. G.Stodm. P.O. J.Shinsr. C.S.B.A. A.Sidey. for ecolares and officiency in S.R.A. G.Chnnell. their particular departments. L/Sto. T.N.Picherugill. Sto. U.S.B.Brown. S.B.A. Welch. 25. In addition I visable to again of the involueble web done by the Outain of with complete disregard for Ma CITD autoty, his ship on fire and sinhing, to the directly regensible the aving the lives of any sounded Branch troops. : regret I him DO record of Ma ano- 20, amount B a Direct H Sir, Your Obstiont Direct, (Sd). R.J. H. COUCH, Vico Address, Mostement Champion, Dover. VICE ADMIRA AL 12 JUN 1940 ADMIRAL Conscribing Officer.
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SECRET 44 Dynams 153. 43 H.M.S. "Brandaris," c/o. G.P.O. London. 6th June, 1940. The Co mander-in-Chief the Nore Synamo 202 - to 39 9/6/40 28 Ripon Road Walliary bhutine Sir; I ham the honour to submit the following g was report. ordered on 25/5/40 to pround to Filburg al-0730 to your D.B.H. H.m. huntinal Barnif, with Lt. S.b. Minard R.N.V.R. as find and crew of nine returns as fallows. L/S. A. Thomson Jx 136992 6/5 A. Marshall JX 184017 o/s W. Luck JX 184013 0/5 g. brondand JX 182951 0/5 W. Weaner IX N/N 184/86 L/st n. Champion D/K 63225 0/5 P. junkins Lists. g Morse DK R. 16246 X 89064 E.R.A. W. Kelly took our the ship from the Dated at. 1100 I having grown receipts in Dated board. and captain for ship stores left on times On 26/5/40 Roburton RNR. reported relisfaction Company and English at 1230 after Wiping from g Commanike procuded with pilot to Southernd Pir for
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