TNA ADM 199 792

Collection details

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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OCR table 1 from document page 203
FROM:	COMMANDER M/S.
DATE:	5TH SEPTEMBER, 1940.
TO:	FLAG OFFICER COMMANDING DOVER.

Calvi Comfort Nautilus Bill Cook Dover May

Raw OCR

Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 203.

Ref No. GD. 733/11
B271936
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251
249
FROM:
COMMANDER M/S.
DATE:
5TH SEPTEMBER, 1940.
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TO:
FLAG OFFICER COMMANDING DOVER.
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With reference to your letter No. B22/1502/40
by
dated 1st July, the report of Lieutenant R. Bill R.N.
rt"
in connection with the sinking of H.M. Trawler "CALVI"
is forwarded herewith.
No official report has been received on the
loss of H.M. Danlayer "COMFORT". Her failure to
return and suspected loss was reported to the Flag
Officer Commanding Dover on 30th May, 1940.
vor
Unofficial reports state that she was shelled
and finally sunk by ramming, by one of our own vessels.
Wakefuls
rebort
to
Commander M/S.
VICE ADMIRAL 1940
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DOVER
1e
el
=
'Nautitus
Two of "Nautilus" crew were left behind as crew of a
large ship's lifeboat which was working in conjunction with a flat
bottomed motor punt.
The "Nautilus" transferred between 700 and 800 B.E.F. to
the two destroyers.
The crew of the "Nautilus" were grand, in particular the
Skipper, 2nd engineer, and the cook.
(Continued over).