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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471	Log in to enlarge	21 20 . 20 'Alice' had to abandoned as bullets had penetrated the lubricating system, causing a seize up of her engine on attempting to start up, I flooded her ballast tanks in an endeavour to submerge the ship below bullet holes, and thereby flood the engine room. I retrieved 'Alice's' charts and recognition signal tables and with her crew boarded 'Caap Falga', taking over command from Lt.Culmer, R.N.V.R. who had by this time refloated 'Caap Falga'. We proceeded to a destroyer but was unable to inter-sept her, I thence set course for the Downs. 'Able Tasman' unloaded small arms ammunition at La Panne and proceeded to Dover at 1715. Mayes Mastin (H.R. Wykeham-Martin) Lieutenant R.N. RC * JUN 14JUN 1940 ADMIRA AL ZOIN	Alice Endeavour Culmer Dover Martin Mastin Wykeham-Martin

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'Alice' had to abandoned as bullets had penetrated the lubricating
system, causing a seize up of her engine on attempting to start up,
I flooded her ballast tanks in an endeavour to submerge the ship
below bullet holes, and thereby flood the engine room. I retrieved
'Alice's' charts and recognition signal tables and with her crew
boarded 'Caap Falga', taking over command from Lt.Culmer, R.N.V.R.
who had by this time refloated 'Caap Falga'.
We proceeded to a destroyer but was unable to inter-sept her, I
thence set course for the Downs.
'Able Tasman' unloaded small arms ammunition at La Panne and pro-
ceeded to Dover at 1715.
Mayes Mastin
(H.R. Wykeham-Martin)
Lieutenant R.N.
RC
*
JUN 14JUN 1940
ADMIRA AL ZOIN