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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346	Log in to enlarge	NL $ 14 NTRAL 8060 SECRET OFFICE OF THE FLAG OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, LIVERPOOL, FERENCE 420/1 ROYAL LIVER BUILDING, LIVERPOOL, 3. To:- Secretary of the Admiralty, Whitehall, London, S.W.1. 4th June 1940. H.M.S."BRIGHTON QUEEN". The attached report from the Commanding Officer of the forwarded. above vessel was handed to my office this morning, and is A report that Confidential Books have been left on Board X". was forwarded in my Message 1229/4/6 Thore MAINTENANCE CAPTAIN VICE ADMIRAL, FLAG OFFICER IN CHARGE, LIVERPOOL. * ADMIRAS ces of determination, H.M.S. "SALTASH" being laid alongside the wreck until the tast man was taken off. All confidential books remain in the ship. They were placed in a weighted sack ready to be jettisoned in the Commanding Officer's cabin, but this cabin was flooded before it could be reached. The more important books werelanded at Harwich on May 30th, 1940. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Obedient Secrant, The Secretary of the Lieut, Admiralty, a Stabbs Second Sea Lord's Department, see R.N.R. 1.10932/40 40 Rex House, Regent Street, LONDON. (below) I regret that probably 50% of the French Colonial troops must have been lost, as a result of the explosion by drowning.	Colonial London Queen May

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NL
$
14
NTRAL 8060
SECRET
OFFICE OF THE
FLAG OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, LIVERPOOL,
FERENCE
420/1
ROYAL LIVER BUILDING,
LIVERPOOL, 3.
To:- Secretary of the Admiralty,
Whitehall,
London, S.W.1.
4th June 1940.
H.M.S."BRIGHTON QUEEN".
The attached report from the Commanding Officer of the
forwarded. above vessel was handed to my office this morning, and is
A report that Confidential Books have been left on Board
X".
was forwarded in my Message 1229/4/6 Thore
MAINTENANCE CAPTAIN
VICE ADMIRAL,
FLAG OFFICER IN CHARGE, LIVERPOOL.
*
ADMIRAS
ces
of
determination, H.M.S. "SALTASH" being laid alongside the wreck until the tast
man was taken off.
All confidential books remain in the ship. They were placed in
a weighted sack ready to be jettisoned in the Commanding Officer's cabin, but
this cabin was flooded before it could be reached. The more important books
werelanded at Harwich on May 30th, 1940.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your Obedient Secrant,
The Secretary of the
Lieut,
Admiralty,
a Stabbs
Second Sea Lord's Department,
see R.N.R. 1.10932/40 40
Rex House, Regent Street, LONDON.
(below)
I regret that probably 50% of the French Colonial troops must have been lost,
as a result of the explosion by drowning.