Admiralty records concerning Operation Dynamo and the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, dating from 1940.
Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199/790. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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405 407 15. On arrival off Distin, a booking ruid CD the hertour and shipping cutalido RIS in program. I circled at 20 knoto off the Instem jetty and VSS again fortunato in avoiding any dango, then the mid consed I entered the horbour and after coberting a for troops the ordered to proceed to the assistance :1 S.S.PRACUS. This chip crild not be found, int shile sourching, the S.S.SCOTTA the aighted ID fire and in a ninling condition. I cloud it fall mood, and enterned about 1000 French troops including a largo embor of badly wunded. 10. While lying alongoide the TOTA, enong bookers attached no, but did DO dango. 270 other bonking attache ware delven off by 3 not : give to placed bursts along the line of night to stremit. 17. then the veod but boto elenred of bon, I tools CO board the Cytain of the SOUTH, at 209 turned to Dover, loowing the survivors in boats to to collected by trunters, to bad by this the arrived in adopante force. 10. as 2030, State the June, RUS proceeded to Dunkirs, and about DCO French troops from the jotty. Shore the motting of the hurbour at jetty but not sufficiently to inberess 10a to noro troops boing available, 1 left the harbour and returned to Dover, without birther institute, and to not again required for daty in the ommation.