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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1 matching pages. OCR may contain transcription errors.

List page 1 of 1 Showing document pages 1,101–1,101 of this collection

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Page	Image	OCR text	OCR tags
1101	Log in to enlarge	606 570 ch other by single planks. shorthy before midnight we ade our last trip. The Princess Elizabeth was full up nd the object of much shell-fire; our We-boat was lowly breaking up and the cnew were exhausted fter a day of fairly continuous fire from land nd bombing and machine gun attacks from the air. They could not have carried on any longer. We were iken onboard the Princess Eligabeth and arrived it mangate next morning. I reported with my cnew it Dover and on being informed that we would not enle required any further, returned to H.M.S. Excellent. I have the honome to be Sir, w Your absectent servant. 13 JUN 1940 WHALE ISLAND Q.W. m. Matthew. (sub heat. R.N) 2A he Captain life H.M.S. Excellent. own	Boat Princess Princess Elizabeth Day Dover Last Matthew Whale