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TNA ADM 199 790

TNA ADM 199 790
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TNA ADM 199 790

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

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ADM 199 790
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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199/790. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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inst as 10:00 Treath as "ery 11th and there was 3 THE mail rad as soob are (8) their non Untto the Than ONE the growted, tip
01 area with the assistance 02 some of the through and by as any to their managed to get her float in flost with 15 meen 0230 two of my crew as board 1 0100 Do and two of my C. in Hie dinghy, the wheler WAS to a great struggle as therevere only Whree 0022 in 10, as 1021
these wave got on troun I sent the that nd directing smother Train Ith traging arrived back with * Officer and getting Than are the heach, hise capsi mall in She Burf but fortuni she THE DOB tilease nen vere being yot 01. board ve were:
Jumber 00 If studi out to suu to well for 30 will we bonber 310
us une fullowed us out bombing us but they fell way vide office work, as soon as I decmed it advisable I steamed Thick for the
H
les
JEI
At about 1730, a motor beat hailed us that he broken down, could we do anything about it. Took off)
Lieut. Irving R.N.R. and crew n.board, and decided motor boat. The officer had been going backwards and from the beach Since Tuesday without stopping with inexperienced crew, and both he and they had done 15
Job or work and were uttely exhausted.
At about 1800 an led an L.O. full of trops aboard 34 troops and one padre. E.L.C. was broken the decidersin chargeynComeender Shoul and her deaboard. They aleashed been on the move since Tuesday
Descrest. Ascitimes greatly desired that the 368.00 should fall into enemy hands, it wasstaken in 1845
quite impossible to get more troops abourd, and at all washshaped for (SheePnes; as the hadoto be
.CIX DJDOS
All this time, there had been several dive boald vision 702 02 sew MI
no of the beaches. UAB we weldame came past Dunkirk It was being enemy attoraft and theirishäre artillery still subjected to a dénsiderable air your
Hombers were brought down. has телода of 6851095
Whens. HeOp between Dunkirk and B# budy, broke
4a must mind twice and WHE finally secured by fourlatout Dines.
based and tide for Horse Channel.
off N. Foreland 0300 for
Sheerness at approx. 0945.
landed in all, 2 Naval Officers, 6 ratings, cot asses among them, Tand one padre. edd instituted
0752 natural d'more B/W 11 DAMAGE TO SHIP. vrew od has 3200 badeawal only in places were scored, and on buoys in the were launch the petrol
Two calcium flares amestied up.
userg was fractured and glass broken in shteldelong redamaged the propeller shafts. rboard buraterks, shrapnel from shell fire. Shells which suray beam, was damaged by motor boat which ramaed the has in the food Itam at
221v ones SOD.
Sub.

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inst as 10:00 Treath as "ery 11th and there was 3 THE mail
rad as soob are (8) their non Untto the Than ONE the growted, tip
01 area with the assistance 02 some of the through and by as
any to their managed to get her float
in flost with 15 meen 0230 two of my crew as board 1 0100 Do
and two of my C. in Hie dinghy, the wheler WAS to
a great struggle as therevere only Whree 0022 in 10, as 1021
these wave got on troun I sent the that nd directing
smother Train Ith traging arrived back with * Officer and
getting Than are the heach, hise capsi mall in She Burf but fortuni
she THE DOB tilease nen vere being yot 01. board ve were :
Jumber 00 If studi out to suu to well for 30 will we bonber 310
us une fullowed us out bombing us but they fell way vide office
work, as soon as I decmed it advisable I steamed Thick for the
H
les
JEI
At about 1730, a motor beat hailed us that he
broken down, could we do anything about it. Took off)
Lieut. Irving R.N.R. and crew n.board, and decided
motor boat. The officer had been going backwards and
from the beach Since Tuesday without stopping with
inexperienced crew, and both he and they had done 15
Job or work and were uttely exhausted.
At about 1800 an led an L.O. full of trops
aboard 34 troops and one padre. E.L.C. was broken
the decidersin chargeynComeender Shoul and her
deaboard. They aleashed been on the move since Tuesday
Descrest. Ascitimes greatly desired that the 368.00 should
fall into enemy hands, it wasstaken in 1845
quite impossible to get more troops abourd, and at
all washshaped for (SheePnes; as the hadoto be
.CIX DJDOS
All this time, there had been several dive boald
vision 702 02 sew MI
no of the beaches. UAB we weldame came past Dunkirk It was being
enemy attoraft and theirishäre artillery still
subjected to a dénsiderable air your
Hombers were brought down. has телода of 6851095
Whens. HeOp between Dunkirk and B# budy, broke
4a must mind
twice and WHE finally secured by fourlatout Dines.
based
and tide for Horse Channel.
off N. Foreland 0300 for
Sheerness at approx. 0945.
landed in all, 2 Naval Officers, 6 ratings,
cot asses among them, Tand one padre. edd
instituted
0752 natural
d'more B/W 11 DAMAGE TO SHIP. vrew od
has 3200 badeawal only
in places were scored, and on buoys in the were launch the petrol
Two calcium flares amestied up.
userg was fractured and glass broken in shteldelong
redamaged the propeller shafts. rboard buraterks,
shrapnel from shell fire. Shells which suray
beam, was damaged by motor boat which ramaed the
has
in the food Itam at
221v ones SOD.
Sub.