TNA ADM 199 792

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TNA ADM 199 792

Admiralty records concerning Operation Dynamo and the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, covering 1940–1941.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: ADM 199 792

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199/792. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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141	Log in to enlarge	Page 6. 197 Leading Seaman Wordhouse. Motor hoat. 199 Whilst pushing the towing vessel into position, the bombing formation came over. I let go and sheered off, the first salvo lifting the boat almost out of the water. Messerschmidt fighters attacked us with machine gun and cannon (Bombs were also dropped) for just a few minutes short of an hour. L.S. Hicks watched their flight and gave me helm and engine orders, the boat not being hit though a couple of cartridge cases dropped into us. We found ourselves out of sight of the ship, had a little council of war, and decided, knowing the ship was out of wireless communication to make Dunkirk for help. We headed west, and not far outside the harbour two troopships were bombed and sunk. We picked up what we considered a safe complement, tried to get in touch with a vessel to assist Basilisk. In this were not successful and were told to make England. We drew a rough chart and set our course, arraving Ramsgate roughly eight hours later. I then turned over the boat to the Naval authorities. We reported that Basilisk was badly hit and were assured that help had been sent.	Boat England Few Hicks Little Page West

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Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 141.

Page 6.
197
Leading Seaman Wordhouse.
Motor hoat.
199
Whilst pushing the towing vessel into position,
the bombing formation came over. I let go and sheered off,
the first salvo lifting the boat almost out of the water.
Messerschmidt fighters attacked us with machine gun and
cannon (Bombs were also dropped) for just a few minutes
short of an hour. L.S. Hicks watched their flight and gave
me helm and engine orders, the boat not being hit though a
couple of cartridge cases dropped into us. We found our-
selves out of sight of the ship, had a little council of
war, and decided, knowing the ship was out of wireless
communication to make Dunkirk for help. We headed west,
and not far outside the harbour two troopships were bombed
and sunk. We picked up what we considered a safe complement,
tried to get in touch with a vessel to assist Basilisk.
In this were not successful and were told to make England.
We drew a rough chart and set our course, arraving
Ramsgate roughly eight hours later. I then turned over the
boat to the Naval authorities. We reported that Basilisk
was badly hit and were assured that help had been sent.