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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FROM. CAPTAIN AUXILIARY PATROL, DOVER.	280
DATE 3rd August, Sept. 1940. No. BK/520/11/AP.	283
To. FLAG OFFICER COMMANDING, DOVER.

Boy Roy Doris Duchess H.A.C. Paxton Brooker Dettman Dover Le May

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Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 249.

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Royal Chatham. Naval Barracks,
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285
15th June, 1940.
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CAPTAIN AUXILIARY PATROL, DOVER.
DATE
3rd August, Sept. 1940.
No. BK/520/11/AP.
283
To.
FLAG OFFICER COMMANDING, DOVER.
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101
:
The following report on the loss of
H.M.S. "Boy Roy" is submitted in accordance with Dover
No. B.22/1502/40 dated 1st July, 1940.
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2.
On 27th May, 1940 at approximately 1800
on
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