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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Bru/0/307 Dynoms 377 B1c I 561 bject: REPORT ON E.M. HORNE, H.M.S. Fredanja MX. 62572, ENGINE ROOM ARTIFICER 4TH CLASS. at Poole. om: THE COMMODORE, ROYAL NAVAL BARRACKS, CHATHAM. 55 } Commanding officer. H.M.C Doggwsbank. report that on our 4 ⁵ June. ved in the approachesto isked another ship, which Commoclove R.N. Bawachio whether we were required Chathern. * needed there we I beg to submit the ent alongside the Eastern llowing velort on E.M. Horne X 62572 E.R.A. 4: Class who sail not later than 0330 10 lun in plavge of the Sugm. t that time we remaine on depav/ment of this ship ad about 400 soldiers uning the time she has feen 3 eng is that they were ommissioned 00 one of H.M. ships. of the pier before us, He tooks ovu the enquies two m 4 on the jetty at Le Autch engineer who shoh. no glish & has lean complately was sighted shortly after lue returned by smpetint with them from the tart. Besides his duties in alongside adminity PL Garge of the machinery he bus 28th May 285-298 about tons of stores Deary and fresh water were put Dunkiik, onboard and 20 on May2915 we again Sailed for S. proceeding at 0800 by Route N in company with H.M jaba'. anchored as close to the beach as possible about immediately lowered our two skiffs howev the one mile we to the Eastward of the Eastern arm toland at mo 1400 and embark troops 2t was soon found, stoles that the embarkation was getting ahead of the discharge 6 and