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.

Showing only pages tagged with the vessel name Folkestone Belle. Tags are exact matches from this collection’s OCR tag index. Clear vessel filter ×

1 matching pages. OCR may contain transcription errors.

List page 1 of 1 Showing document pages 711–711 of this collection

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Page	Image	OCR text	OCR tags
711	Log in to enlarge	242 OPERATION 22? NO.17 SHIP:- SKYLARK, SOUTHEND. STATEMENT BY & Date of Date of Name arrival Service leaving at Dover Boats. ø P.O. R.A.Smith Pensiorer Two trips to East of Dunkirk. On the last occasion were A.B. J.T.Wheatley subjected to fire from coastal batteries, bombing and machine A.B. H.T.Morgan gun fire, during which the French Destroyer T.41 was sunk. E.R.A. N.Grother 23.V. Picked up 50 survivors. 4.VI.40 Returned to Dover 31/5 with A.B. S.Fleming boat unseawcr thy and took over Folkestone Belle. The A.B. F.Thackrey crew were splendid.	Boat Folkestone Belle Skylark Dover Last Morgan Smith SMITH R.A