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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751	Log in to enlarge	3. 272 261 GUILLEMOT and KINGFISHER weighed and proceeded at 1910 and met AUTO CARRIER with LADY OF MAN some distance astern at the North GOODWIN Light Vessel at 2200. Two floating mines were sighted while on passage, and a third was sunk off GRAVELINES by GUILLEMOT by orders of KINGFISHER, at 2215. Ship arrived off DUNKIRK at 2300 and went to the WESTERN MOLE at 2355. It was high water and owing to the shape of the MOLE the ship could not lie close enough for the brow to reach. This difficulty was solved by heaving the bow in and utilising the flare of the bow. The ship secured past H.M.S. "SPEEDWELL" which was lying at the outboard end of the MOLE. There were about six hundred French Troops ashore, and after thirty one minutes of embarkation the ship was full, and cast off from the MOLE, leaving about two hundred troops behind. Boats were seen approaching the MOLE and it was thought that the remaining troops would be collected by them. GUILLEMOT cast off at 0225. There was considerable conjestion at the entrance and Collision was with difficulty avoided. Aircraft flares were seen on the return Journey but no attacks were made on the ship. Thick fog came down at daylight, a nd the ship anchored near the FORELAND BUOY at 0428 for one hour, arriving at MARGATE at 0700 and disembarked 387 Officers and man. Irade	Gravelines Guillemot Speedwell Light

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Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 751.

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261
GUILLEMOT and KINGFISHER weighed and proceeded at 1910
and met AUTO CARRIER with LADY OF MAN some distance astern at the North
GOODWIN Light Vessel at 2200. Two floating mines were sighted while on
passage, and a third was sunk off GRAVELINES by GUILLEMOT by orders of
KINGFISHER, at 2215. Ship arrived off DUNKIRK at 2300 and went to the
WESTERN MOLE at 2355. It was high water and owing to the shape of the
MOLE the ship could not lie close enough for the brow to reach. This
difficulty was solved by heaving the bow in and utilising the flare
of the bow. The ship secured past H.M.S. "SPEEDWELL" which was lying at
the outboard end of the MOLE. There were about six hundred French Troops
ashore, and after thirty one minutes of embarkation the ship was full,
and cast off from the MOLE, leaving about two hundred troops behind.
Boats were seen approaching the MOLE and it was thought that the
remaining troops would be collected by them. GUILLEMOT cast off at 0225.
There was considerable conjestion at the entrance and Collision was
with difficulty avoided. Aircraft flares were seen on the return Journey
but no attacks were made on the ship. Thick fog came down at daylight,
a nd the ship anchored near the FORELAND BUOY at 0428 for one hour,
arriving at MARGATE at 0700 and disembarked 387 Officers and man.
Irade