← Document collections
TNA / ADM 199 788 A

TNA ADM 199 788 A

TNA ADM 199 788 A
Collection details

TNA ADM 199 788 A

Admiralty records of Operation Dynamo and the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, part A, dating from 1940.

Holding archive
TNA
Collection reference
ADM 199 788 A
View the archive catalogue entry ↗

Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199/788 A. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing only document page 47. Show all matching pages ×

1 matching pages. OCR may contain transcription errors.

List page 1 of 1 Showing document pages 47–47 of this collection
Page ImageOCR textOCR tags
47 Page 47 Log in to enlarge

249/1
From:- Lt. A.W. McMullan, R.N.R.
Date:- 5th June, 1940.
To:-
Naval Officer in Charge, Ramsgate.
30th May.
Left Ramsgate in schoot "Twente" with Sub.
Lt. Adderley, R.N.V.R. as 1st Lieut.
2230
Arrived 11/2 miles E. of Dunkirk roads.
Remained anchored off all night but due to
Jri shortage of boats was unable to embark any troops until 0500 on 31st May when a motor boat and two cutters were requisitioned with which 400 troops were embarked. These were disembarked at Margate.
Returned to Ramsgate and anchored off the harbour for further orders.
1st June.
Schoot "Twente" not required so joined power boat "Hague" with Cmdr. Troop R.N., Lieut. de
Mauny R.N. and Sub. Lt. Hollingswear R.N.R.
and proceeded to the inner harbour at Dunkirk where French soldiers were embarked and ferried across to a waiting transport in the roads
3rd June.
0200
Were struck whilst leaving the harbour (with 39
on board) on the port side successively by a by troops a French motor cutter and then again
French trawler.
"Westward Ho", being in the vicinity, "Hague" took off all the as no time was allowed the by damage. "Westward soldiers and crew and the the was
Ho" abandoned to ascertain the extent of
"Westward Ho" landed our troops and survivors of the "Hague" at Margate.
Boat Twente Westward Westward Ho Adderley De Mauny May Miles Roads

Raw OCR

Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 47.

249/1
From:- Lt. A.W. McMullan, R.N.R.
Date:- 5th June, 1940.
To:-
Naval Officer in Charge, Ramsgate.
30th May.
Left Ramsgate in schoot "Twente" with Sub.
Lt. Adderley, R.N.V.R. as 1st Lieut.
2230
Arrived 11/2 miles E. of Dunkirk roads.
Remained anchored off all night but due to
Jri
shortage of boats was unable to embark any
troops until 0500 on 31st May when a motor
boat and two cutters were requisitioned with
which 400 troops were embarked. These were
disembarked at Margate.
Returned to Ramsgate and anchored off the
harbour for further orders.
1st June.
Schoot "Twente" not required so joined power
boat "Hague" with Cmdr. Troop R.N., Lieut. de
Mauny R.N. and Sub. Lt. Hollingswear R.N.R.
and proceeded to the inner harbour at Dunkirk
where French soldiers were embarked and ferried
across to a waiting transport in the roads
3rd June.
0200
Were struck whilst leaving the harbour (with 39
on board) on the port side successively by a
by troops a French motor cutter and then again
French trawler.
"Westward Ho", being in the vicinity, "Hague" took off
all the as no time was allowed the by damage. "Westward
soldiers and crew and the the was
Ho" abandoned to ascertain the extent of
"Westward Ho" landed our troops and survivors of
the "Hague" at Margate.