TNA ADM 199 790

Collection details

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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691	Log in to enlarge	224 OPERATION DYNAMO 212 ENCLOSURE No.9. SHIP: Motor Boat SOUTHERN QUEEN. Officer Reporting: SUB.-LIEUT. DEMATTOS. Went with Sun XI. Picked up about 200. All French and women and children. 2 Loads from East Mole, 2 from small West Mole. Back 10 miles under own power, then tow by Sun X. Suggest Officers speaking French to send Frenchmen into boats, as they refuse to go in small boats. First trip towed by VREDE, broke down and we towed her clear of shipping and returned. Second trip towed by RIKA, sent back under own power from 2 miles off Dunkirk.	Boat Broke Queen Rika Southern Queen Sun Sun X Sun XI Vrede Miles West

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Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 691.

224
OPERATION DYNAMO
212
ENCLOSURE No.9.
SHIP: Motor Boat SOUTHERN QUEEN.
Officer Reporting: SUB.-LIEUT. DEMATTOS.
Went with Sun XI. Picked up about 200. All
French and women and children. 2 Loads from East Mole,
2 from small West Mole. Back 10 miles under own power,
then tow by Sun X.
Suggest Officers speaking French to send Frenchmen
into boats, as they refuse to go in small boats.
First trip towed by VREDE, broke down and we towed
her clear of shipping and returned.
Second trip towed by RIKA, sent back under own power
from 2 miles off Dunkirk.