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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980	Log in to enlarge	-4- - 499 68 470 command are The submitted:- following casualties to H.M. Vessels under my 7 26th May. "Botanic" and "Maretta" heavily bombed on return from Calais. Both ships damaged. (Maretta 3 weeks refitting). 28th May. "Thomas Bartlett" mined on own field. 10 survivors. 29th May. "Comfort" believed rammed. "Nautilus" damaged by bombs, and destroyed by fire. All saved (See report of Lieutenant Gelling No.4). "Calvi" bombed and sunk - Dunkirk Harbour. "Polly Johnson" badly damaged, and sunk by "Arley" (See report No.5c). 1st June. "Brock" damaged by several near misses. VICE A14/0/1407 ADMIRA 6- JUN 1940 * * T DOVER	Arley Botanic Brock Calvi Comfort Maretta Nautilus Polly Polly Johnson Dover Gelling Johnson May Thomas Weeks

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Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 980.

-4-
- 499 68
470
command are
The submitted:- following casualties to H.M. Vessels under my
7
26th May.
"Botanic" and "Maretta" heavily bombed
on return from Calais. Both ships
damaged. (Maretta 3 weeks refitting).
28th May.
"Thomas Bartlett" mined on own field.
10 survivors.
29th May.
"Comfort" believed rammed.
"Nautilus" damaged by bombs, and
destroyed by fire. All saved (See
report of Lieutenant Gelling No.4).
"Calvi" bombed and sunk - Dunkirk
Harbour.
"Polly Johnson" badly damaged, and
sunk by "Arley" (See report No.5c).
1st June.
"Brock" damaged by several near misses.
VICE A14/0/1407 ADMIRA
6- JUN 1940
*
*
T
DOVER