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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843	Log in to enlarge	36, PRINCIPAL SEA TRANSPORT OFFICE FRENCH PORTS, 2 MINISTRY OF SHIPPING, 338 ROOM 8009 BERKELEY SQUARE HOUSE, FP/YX/4. SHEERNESS BERKELEY SQUARE, LONDON. W.1. 20th June, 1940. The Director of Sea Transport. Sir, I have the honour to bring to your notice Lieutenant C.V. Brammell R.N.R. of H.M.S. "GULZAR". 2. On the evening of. 26/27th May, 1940, I was informed by Vice Admiral, Dover, that H.M.S. "GULZAR" was placed at my disposal to go to Calais to take water and stretchers, and to bring back wounded. 3. Lieutenant Brammell brought his ship into Calais, it being a very dark night, turned round, and secured with slip lines alongside the steps of the Gare Maritime. All this was done without noise, which enabled the officers landing to get ashore unnoticed. On entering the channel, the complete absence of any firing raised suspicions that the enemy might already have taken the town, suspicions which were confirmed when the landing party got ashore and had to return hurriedly to the yacht. 4. Lieutenant Brammell slipped his lines very quickly and got away just in time, as a heavy fire from rifles and machine guns was opened on the yacht from the neighbourhood of the steps as she proceeded down the entrance. 5. It was due to the quiet discipline in his ship that the landing party got ashore unnoticed, and due to his seamanship and smartness that we got quickly away; any delay might have entailed severe casualties. /6.	Evening Gulzar London Dover May

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Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 843.

36,
PRINCIPAL SEA TRANSPORT OFFICE
FRENCH PORTS,
2
MINISTRY OF SHIPPING,
338
ROOM 8009
BERKELEY SQUARE HOUSE,
FP/YX/4.
SHEERNESS
BERKELEY SQUARE,
LONDON. W.1.
20th June, 1940.
The Director of Sea Transport.
Sir,
I have the honour to bring to your notice Lieutenant
C.V. Brammell R.N.R. of H.M.S. "GULZAR".
2. On the evening of. 26/27th May, 1940, I was informed by
Vice Admiral, Dover, that H.M.S. "GULZAR" was placed at my
disposal to go to Calais to take water and stretchers, and to
bring back wounded.
3. Lieutenant Brammell brought his ship into Calais, it
being a very dark night, turned round, and secured with slip
lines alongside the steps of the Gare Maritime. All this was
done without noise, which enabled the officers landing to get
ashore unnoticed. On entering the channel, the complete absence
of any firing raised suspicions that the enemy might already have
taken the town, suspicions which were confirmed when the landing
party got ashore and had to return hurriedly to the yacht.
4. Lieutenant Brammell slipped his lines very quickly and
got away just in time, as a heavy fire from rifles and machine
guns was opened on the yacht from the neighbourhood of the
steps as she proceeded down the entrance.
5. It was due to the quiet discipline in his ship that the
landing party got ashore unnoticed, and due to his seamanship
and smartness that we got quickly away; any delay might have
entailed severe casualties.
/6.