Admiralty records concerning Operation Dynamo and the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, covering 1940–1941.
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CONFIDENTIAL. APPENDIX. VI. 179 to Operation "DYNAMO" - Narrative of Events. 177 5 Enemy aircraft destroyed by ships' fire. Ship. Locality. Time. Polish T.B.D. BLYSKAWICA Dunkirk Roads. H.M.S. VIVACIOUS 0315/27 Dunkirk Roads. H.M.S. VIVACIOUS 1130/27 Dunkirk Roads. H.M.S. WOLFHOUND 1140/27 Dunkirk Roads. H.M.P.M/S MEDWAY QUEEN 1500/27 North Goodwin. HcM.Sc MONTROSE Dawn/28 Near Kwinte Buoy. M.T.B. 16 1500/28 Bray. 1530/28 H.M.S. SABRE and other ships Dunkirk Harbour. 1630/29 H.M.S. BIDEFORD Dunkirk Roads. 1700/29 H.M.S. EXPRESS Dunkirk Roads. 1700/29 H.M.S. MOSQUITO Bray. 1900/29 S.S. LEVENWOOD (Store ship} Bray. S.S. LEVENWOOD ( - do 1210/31 Bray. 1220/31 H.M. Skoot AMAZONE Dunkirk Roads. 1440/31 H.M.S. HEBE La Panne. 1700/31 af H.M.S. SCIMITAR and other ships Bray. 1700/31 S.S. LADY OF MAN (Trassport) Dunkirk Roads. 1700/31 nd H.M.Y. ARONIA La Panne. 1830/31 H.M.S. WHITSHED Dunkirk Roads. 1930/31 H.M.S. SALTASH Bray. 2000/31 S.S. NEPHRITE (Store ship) On Route X. 2030/31 H.M.Y. GRIVE Dunkirk Roads. 2030/31 H.M.Y. ARONIA Dunkirk Harbour. 0500/1 H.M.S. IVANHOE La Panne. 0530/1 is H.M.S. LYDD Bray. 0600/1 H.M.S. HARVESTER Dunkirk Harbour. 0600/1 H.M.S. HARVESTER and other ships Dunkirk Roads. 0610/1 H.M.Ships CODRINGTON, 3 HARVESTER and others Off Gravelines. 0750/1 S H.M.S. SKIPJACK La Panne. 0900/1 H.M.S. MALLARD On Route X. 1015/1 H.M.S. CALCUTTA Between W and Y Buoys. 1020/1 H.M.P. M/S MEDWAY QUEEN West of Dunkirk. 1600/1 H.M.Y. ALOUETTE Off Gravelines. 1700/1 H.M.Y. CRISTOBEL II and other ships La Panne. 1730/1. H.M.S. WORCESTER Dunkirk Roads. 2000/1 TOTAL: 35 enemy aircraft definitely destroyed by ships' gun fire between 0300/27 and 2000/1. ery In addition over the same period 21 others were heavily damaged by ships' fire (and seen in distress but NOT seen to crash definitely) of H.M. Ships HARVESTI IVANHOE, VIVACIOUS, WINCHELSEA, WOLFHOUND, SABRE, LOCUST, FITZROY, LYDD, MALLARD, MOSQUITO, WOLSEY, EXPRESS, JAGUAR, GLEN AVON, ORIOLE, H.N.Y. ARONIA, as Storeship NEPHRITE and French M.T.B.24. )p] Note: On 30th May flying conditions were bad and few enemy aircraft operated. After the 1st June operations proceeded only between dusk and day. i