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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973

OCR table 1 from document page 973
	(Grimsby)	31.5.40.	arrived	arrived	badly wounded men.	0700 hrs. (3.6.40)			Dunkirk.
6	"QUAIL" (Portsmouth)	0900 hrs.	Not arrived	Not arrived	Not used engines broken down	Out of action	Out of action	-
7	"SWALLOW" (Woolwich)	p.m. 30.5.40.	Did not return	Returned Ramsgate 2200 (2 propellers damaged) 30 + 750	Not usable - broken down	Back empty 0700 hrs. (3.6.40)	Returned full of leaks 0720	780	31.5.40. Arrival at Dunkirk - propellers damaged - did an all day Ferry Service - Beach to ships. 4th trip. (night) Engr.Cherry & A.B.Hay steamed up & down shore 2 hrs. but could not find anybody.
8.	"WOLFE" (Sheemess)	p.m. 50.5.40	29	30 1950 hrs.	2 trips 17 & 2 badly wounded sailors. 0630 (2.6.40)	Out of action	Out of action	78
	9, "VULTURE" (Harwich)	p.m. 30.5.40.	32	26 French 2150 hrs.	27 French & British 2000 hrs. 116	Out of action	Out of action	85
	TOTAL		112	936	143	920		2147

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Raw OCR

Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 973.

(Grimsby)
arrived
arrived
badly
Dunkirk.
31.5.40.
wounded
0700 hrs.
men.
(3.6.40)
0900 hrs.
Not
Not
Not used
Out of
Out of action
-
6 "QUAIL"
arrived
arrived
engines
action
broken
(Portsmouth)
down
31.5.40. Arrival at Dunkirk
7
"SWALLOW"
Did not
Returned
Not usable
Back empty
Returned full of leaks
780
p.m.
- propellers damaged - did
return
Ramsgate 2200
- broken
an all day Ferry Service -
(Woolwich)
30.5.40.
(2 propellers
down
0700 hrs.
Beach to ships.
damaged)
(3.6.40)
0720
4th trip. (night) Engr.Cherry
& A.B.Hay steamed up & down
30 +
shore 2 hrs. but could not
750
find anybody.
2 trips
8.
"WOLFE"
p.m.
29
30
17 &
Out of
Out of action
78
1950 hrs.
2 badly
action
(Sheemess)
50.5.40
wounded
sailors.
0630
(2.6.40)
p.m.
32
26 French
27 French &
Out of
Out of action
85
9,
"VULTURE"
30.5.40.
British
action
(Harwich)
2150 hrs.
2000 hrs.
116
112
936
143
920
2147
TOTAL