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.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: 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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306	Log in to enlarge	204 TRIPLICATE # continued. informing me that the approaches had been sown with magnetic mines By compase vas behaving very strangely and I decided to return via route Y. Shortly after this I observed H.N.S. Skipjack enveloped in red flame and then disappear. * The ship was then attacked from the stern by a German *** Aeroplane * Fire VSS opened by the 12 pounder and the aeroplane immediatley and black smoke and dropped a very large bomb which shook the ship 2: two thousand feet astern * llany of my ships company state definitiey that the aeroplane also crashed into the sea in company with its bomb but I was engaged in manoeuvring the ship and did not personally observe this. H.N.S. Fitaroy returned to Dover and disembarked 67 officers and man and then nade fast to No.4 Buoy.nt 1915. On secortaining the inability of U.V.S. fune Fitaroy to return to Dunkirit owing to the failure of the d/g gear and as minor enginerrom repairs were also necassary the following officers and men volunteered to go in other ships and proceeded as follows..- H.M.S. Winchelsea- Widshipman Bryce R.N.R Signalman D. #intere/JX155114 W. Ward Stoker * 0/1007894 H.M.S. Halsyon Sub Leiutenant D.A. Shaw Signalman Proggat 0/JX144084 Ordinary Seaman At 9930 the 19 pounder amunition of H.N.S.Pitzeoy	Skipjack Black Bryce Dover Shaw Ward

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Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 306.

204
TRIPLICATE
#
continued.
informing me that the approaches had been sown
with magnetic mines By compase vas behaving very
strangely and I decided to return via route Y.
Shortly after this I observed H.N.S. Skipjack
enveloped in red flame and then disappear . *
The ship was then attacked from the stern by a
German *** Aeroplane * Fire VSS opened by the 12
pounder and the aeroplane immediatley and
black smoke and dropped a very large bomb which shook
the ship 2: two thousand feet astern * llany of my
ships company state definitiey that the aeroplane
also crashed into the sea in company with its bomb
but I was engaged in manoeuvring the ship and did
not personally observe this.
H.N.S. Fitaroy returned to Dover and
disembarked 67 officers and man and then nade fast
to No.4 Buoy.nt 1915.
On secortaining the inability of U.V.S.
fune
Fitaroy to return to Dunkirit owing to the failure
of the d/g gear and as minor enginerrom repairs were
also necassary the following officers and men
volunteered to go in other ships and proceeded as
follows..-
H.M.S. Winchelsea- Widshipman Bryce R.N.R
Signalman D. #intere/JX155114
W. Ward Stoker * 0/1007894
H.M.S. Halsyon
Sub Leiutenant D.A. Shaw
Signalman Proggat 0/JX144084
Ordinary Seaman
At 9930 the 19 pounder amunition of H.N.S.Pitzeoy