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.

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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 110
DESTROYERS	PERSONNEL SHIPS	MINESWEEPERS	PADDLE MINESWEEPER		FRENCH DESTROYERS
WHITEHALL (I) 655	ST. SEIRIOL 178	SALAMANDER 324	MEDWAY QUEEN 450	HONDSRUG 500	SIROCCO 509
EXPRESS (I) 1067	ROYAL IAFFODIL 1599	SHARPSHOOTER 273	PRINCESS ELIZABETH 460	PACIFIC 523	IMPETUEUSE 581
VERITY 104	PRINCESS MAUD 4	SKIFJACK 231	ORIOLE 567	PASCHOLL 400	FOUDROYANT 763
GREYHOUND 506	ROYAL OVEREIGN 1200	PANGBOURNE 450		ZEUS 401 ;	BOUCLIER 767
WOLSEY (I) 4		GOSSAMER (I) 451		VREDE 473
WOLSEY (II) 1065		FITZROY 679		HILDA 305
WOLSEY (III) 608		SUTTON 193		RIKA 295
SCIMITAR (I) 312		GOSSAMER (II) 561		GORECHT 47
VANQUISHER (I) 582		LYDD 300		TWENTE 399
SHIKARI 417		JACKETA 150		AEGIR 350
CODRINGTON 799		ALBURY 445		PATRIA 1200	51733
MALCOLM (I) 772		KELLETT 550		ORANJE 501
WORCESTER 875		ROSS 453		DELTA 203°	Total
ANTHONY 886		NIGER 51		BRANDARIS 164
ESK 884		LEDA 537		TILLY 294
VIMY (I) 524		HEBE 550		DOGGERSBANK 350
WINCHELSEA 458	DRIFTERS	HALCYON 213	MISCELLANEOUS	FRIS 350
VIVACIOUS (I) 537		SANDOWN 860		LENA 300
HAVANT 291	Various 800	LORD GREY 400	SULTAN 193	CARIBIA 350
MALCOLM (II) 868	FIDGET 150		MOSQUITO (gunboat) 563
EXPRESS (II) 864	GOLDEN SUNBEAM 117		BIDEFORD (Slcop) 315
SCIMITAR (II) 521	TORBAY II 52	TRAWLERS	CHICO (Echo sound- 217	HOSPITAL SHIPS	FOREIGN VESSELS
VANQUISHER (II) 622	GIRL GI ADYS 58		ing Yacht)
WHITEHALL (II) 593	EILLEN EMMA 114	JOHN	SARGASSO M/S Yacht) 123	ISLE OF	LOUISE MARIE 157
WINDSOR 606	NETSUKIS 209	CATTLING 77	GULZAR (Danlayer) 153	GUERNSEY 480	LUTTER
VIMY (II) 948	LORD HOWE 277	FYLDEA 41	No.7 38	WORTHING 300	CHASSEUR RIE
VIVACIOUS (II) 486	STARLIGHT RAY 91	ARLEY 45	SAVIOUR 22		ANGELE
SABRE (I) 1200	FISHER LOY 150	LORD GREY 123	THYFORSA 66	780	THERESE LOUISE 697
SABRE (II) 500	SILVER IAWN	CORNELIA 77	BELFAST 61		DAME FRANCHE )
	BULLFINCH &	SAON 359	HALFWAY 140		ARRAS 600
	FORSA 913	CONIDAW 80			SOURCOUF DU
		BANK 308	TARRET (A/S Yacht) 550		QUESCLIN 35 171
307		DOGGER 6	BLACKPOOL 250		SIMOUN 550
1854		BROCK	ROYAL EAGLE )Sp.Serv.	1700	6 French
			GOLDEN EAGLE)A.A.Ships	500	sloops 360
			SILICIA (Coastal		31st May
			steamer) 314		72
			GANDIA (Tug 14

Aegir Albury Anthony Arley Bideford Blackpool Brandaris Brock Bullfinch Bystander Caribia Chico Conidaw Dame Franche Delta Doggersbank Fidget Fitzroy Forsa Fyldea Golden Eagle Golden Sunbeam Gorecht Gulzar Halfway Hebe Hilda Hondsrug Jacketa Lena Lord Grey Lord Howe Lydd Marie Mosquito Netsukis Oranje Pacific Pangbourne Pascholl Patria Princess Princess Elizabeth Princess Maud Queen Rika Royal Eagle Sabre Sandown Saon Sargasso Saviour Sharpshooter Silicia Simoun St. Seiriol Sultan Sunbeam Tarret Thyforsa Tilly Torbay II TSS Princess Maud Twente Verity Vivacious Vrede Windsor Wolsey Worthing Zeus Fisher Malcolm Maud May Ray Ross

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OCR table 1 from document page 564
DESTROYERS	PERSONNEL SHIPS	MINESWEEPERS	PADDLE MINESWEEPERS	SKOOTS	FRENCH DESTROYERS
WHITERHALL (I) 655	ST. SEIRIOL 178	SALAMANDER 324	MEDWAY QUEEN 450	HONDSRUG 500	SIROCCO 509
EXPRESS (I) 1067	ROYAL LAFFODIL 1599	SHARPSHOOTER 273	PRINCESS ELIZABETH 460	PACIFIC 523	IMPETUEUSE 581
VERITY 104	PRINCESS MAUD 4	SKIFJACK 231	ORIOLE 567	PASCHOLL 400	FOUDROYANT 763
GREYHOUND 506	ROYAL OVEREIGN 1200	PANGBOURNE 450		ZEUS 401	BOUCLIER 767
WOLSEY (I) 4		GOSSAMER (I) 451		VREDE 473
WOLSEY (II) 1065		FITZROY 679		HILDA 305
WOLSEY (III) 608		SUTTON 193		RIKA 295
SCIMITAR (I) 312		GOSSAMER(II) 561		GORECHT 47
VANQUISHER (I) 582		LYDD 300		TWENTE 399
SHIKARI 417		JACKETA 150		AEGIR 350
CODRINGTON 799		ALBURY 445		PATRIA 1200
MALCOLM (I) 772		KELLETT 550		ORANJE 501
WORCESTER 875		ROSS 453		DELTA 203
ANTHONY 886		NIGER 51		BRANDARIS 164
ESK 884		LEDA 537		TILLY 294
VIMY (I) 524		HEBE 550		DOGGERSBANK 350
WINCHELSEA 458	DP TERS	HALCYON 213	MISCELLANEOUS	RISO 350
VIVACIOUS (I) 537		SANDOWN 860		LENA 300
HAVANT 291	Various 800	LORD GREY 400	SULTAN 193	CARIBIA 350
MALCOLM (II) 868	FIDGET 150		MOSQUITO (gunboat) 563
EXPRESS (II) 864.	GOLDEN SUNBEAM 117		BIDEFORD (Sloop) 315
SCIMITAR (II) 521	TORBAY II 52	TRAWLERS	CHICO (Echo sound-	HOSPITAL SHIPS	FOREIGN VESSELS
VANQUISHER (II) 622	GIRL GI ADYS 58		ing Yacht) 217
WHITEHALL (II) 593	EILEEN EMMA 114	JOHN	SARGASSO	ISLE OF	LOUISE MARIE 157
WINDSOR 606	NETSUKIS 209	CATTLING 77	M/S Yacht) 123	GUERNSEY 480	LUTTER
VIMY (II) 948	LORD HOWE 277	FYLDEA 41	GULZAR (Danlayer) 153	WORTHING 300	CHASSEUR MARIE
VIVACIOUS (II) 486	STARLIGHT RAY 91	ARLEY 45	No.7 38		ANGELE =
SABRE (I) 1200	FISHER LOY 150	LORD GREY 123	SAVIOUR 22		THERESE LOUISE 697
SABRE (II) 500	SILVER LAWN,	CORNELIA 77	THYFORSA 66		DAME FRANCHE )
	BULLFINCH &	SAON 359	BELFAST 61		ARRAS 600
	FORSA 913	CONIDAW 80	HALFWAY 140		SOURCOUF DU
		DOGGER BANK 308	TARRET (A/S Yacht) 550		QUESCLIN 35
		BROCK 6	BLACKPOOL 250		SIMOUN 550
			ROYAL EAGLE Sp.Serv.	1700	6 French
			GOLDEN EAGLE)A.A.Ships	500	sloops 360

Aegir Albury Anthony Arley Bideford Blackpool Brandaris Brock Bullfinch Caribia Chico Conidaw Dame Franche Delta Doggersbank Eileen Eileen Emma Fidget Fitzroy Forsa Fyldea Golden Eagle Golden Sunbeam Gorecht Gulzar Halfway Hebe Hilda Hondsrug Jacketa Lena Lord Grey Lord Howe Lydd Marie Mosquito Netsukis Oranje Pacific Pangbourne Pascholl Patria Princess Princess Elizabeth Princess Maud Queen Rika Royal Eagle Sabre Sandown Saon Sargasso Saviour Sharpshooter Simoun St. Seiriol Sultan Sunbeam Tarret Thyforsa Tilly Torbay II TSS Princess Maud Twente Verity Vivacious Vrede Windsor Wolsey Worthing Zeus Fisher Lawn Malcolm Maud May Page Ray Ross

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OF SHIPS WHICH TOOK PART IN OPERATION "DYNAMO" - 26TH MAY - 4TH JUNE, 1940
PART I - BRITISH SHIPS (continued)
PORTSMOUTH A/P YACHTS
AHOLA
CARYANDA
NONETA
ANLAH
EILA II
SERIOLA
ANKH
LAHLOO
THELE
BOUNTY
MASAYRU
MISCELLANEOUS H.M. SHIPS (small craft)
A.L.C. 5
GREY MIST (Dan-laying
A.L.C. 15
Vessel)
-
A.L.C. 16
# GRIVE (F.A.A. Yacht)
A.L.C. 17
KINDRED STAR (Drifter)
ALOUETTE II
# KING ORRY (Armed Boarding
(Echo Sounding Yacht)
Vessel)
# AMULREE (Harbour Defence
LLANTHONY (Examination
Patrol Craft)
Service Vessel)
ARONIA (Yacht)
LORMONT (Armed Boarding
BEN AND LUCY (Drifter)
Vessel)
BLUEBIRD (M.B.)
MONARDA (Drifter)
BYSTANDER
MONA'S ISLE (Armed Boarding
(Echo Sounding Yacht)
Vessel)
CALETA (Harbour Defence
ST. OLAVES (Rescue Tug)
Patrol Craft)
TARRET (A/S Yacht)
CHRYSTOBEL II (Harbour
THRIFTY (Drifter)
Defence Patrol Craft )
V. 4 ("Vernon' s" pinnace)
"DOLPHIN'S" MOTOR-BOAT
VELIA (Armed Trawler)
EVELYN ROSE Trawler)
VERNON I
"EXCELLENT'S" A/A MOTOR-BOAT
VIVIANA (A/S Trawler)
GAVA (Trawler)
Ambleve.
Escaut.
transferred
GLALA (Harbour Defence Patrol
Meuse.
from
Craft)
Sambre.
Semoise.
page 9.
yser.
DUTCH SKOOTS (Commissioned with Naval Crews)
ABEL TASMAN
DOGGERSBANK
PACIFIC
PASCHOLL
AEGIR
FREDANJA
PATRIA
ALICE
FRISCO
PRINCESS JULIANA
AMAZONE
GORECHT
REIGER
ANTJE
HEBE
RIKA
ATLANTIC
HILDA
RUJA
BART
HONDSRUG
BORNRIF
HORST (Abandoned)
SAN ANTONIO
SURSUM CORDA
BRANDARIS
JAVA
TILLY
CARIBIA
JUTLAND
TINY
DELTA
KAAPFALGA
TUNG
DEMOK I
LENA
TWENTE
DENEB
ORANJE
VREDE
DESPATCH II
ORANGE YREESWIJH
ZEUS
(Continued)
# Sunk

A.L.C. 15 A.L.C. 16 A.L.C. 17 A.L.C. 5 Abel Tasman Aegir Ahola Alice Alouette II Amazone Ambleve Amulree Ankh Anlah Antje Aronia Atlantic Bart Bluebird Boat Bornrif Bounty Brandaris Bystander Caleta Caribia Caryanda Delta Deneb Despatch II Doggersbank Dolphin Drifter Eila II Escaut Evelyn Rose Excellent's Fredanja Frisco Gava Glala Gorecht Grey Mist Grive Hebe Hilda Hondsrug Horst Java Jutland KaapFalga Kindred Star Lahloo Lena Llanthony Lormont Meuse Mona's Isle Monarda Noneta Oranje Pacific Pascholl Patria Princess Reiger Rika Rose Ruja Sambre San Antonio Seriola Sursum Corda Tarret Thele Thrifty Tilly Tiny Twente Velia Vernon Vernon I Vrede Zeus Crews King May Page Rose

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Operation "DYNAMO" - Recommendations of Personnel.
Dutch Skoot H.M.S. AMAZONE - Lieutenant Commander Laurence
Henry Phillips, R.N.
French Packet S.S. NEWHAVEN.
Recommendations.
OFFICER.
Lieutenant Commander Laurence Henry Phillips, R.N.
Commanding Officer of H.M.S. AMAZONE.
Completed 3 trips to Dunkirk beaches in AMAZONE
and 2 in Personnel Vessel the French Packet NEWHAVEN, in which he was embarked as moral stiffener to the
French Master, trouble having been experienced in getting the civilian manned personnel vessels to enter Dunkirk harbour.
In AMAZONE this officer displayed marked initiativ and determination under air attack and artillery fire and succeeded in lifting a large number of troops from the beaches. Whilst on board NEWHAVEN that vessel completed 2 trips satisfactorily. When in Dunkirk be harbour with no troops in sight on the pier, went nel ashore and personally conducted a French Colonel and sh
1,000 of his troops on board.
Recommended for mention.
RATING.
d,
Ordinary Seaman Vincent Wakeham, P/JX. 194588, Newfoundland
Ewbank, Dominion
Rating.
Showed exceptional coolness and good seamanship in handling various abandoned motor boats and the
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AMAZONE'S dinghy in the surf. Great persistence and resource. An outstanding rating, whose conduct under fire amounted to gallantry.
DSM
Recommended for decoration.
Dutch Skoot H.M.S. BRANDARIS)
W.D. Launch MARLBOROUGH
W.D. Launch WOLF
~~~
Commander Charles Euman, R.N. (Ret.)
Personnel Vessel AUTOCARRIER - Master, C.M. Masters.
Recommendations.
OFFICER.
Commander Charles Euman, R.N. (Ret.). Commanding Officer of
BRENDARIS, MARLBOROUGH, WOLF.
Carried out 3 trips in the BRANDARIS, 5 in the
MARLBOROUGH and WOLF as Commanding Officer, and one round trip in the personnel vessel AUTOCARRIER as moral stiffener to the Master and crew.
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Operation "DYNAMO" - Recommendations of Personnel.
Dutch Skoot H.M.S. BRANDARIS &c. (Continued).
In the majority of these voyages was under constant bombing and machine gun attack, as also when in
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Dunkirk harbour and lying off the beaches. This officer worked unceasingly without rest throughout the 9 days of the operation, with conspicuous success.
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Recommended for mention.
Dutch Skoot H.M.S. DOGGERSBANK - Lieutenant Donald Terry
McBarnet, R.N.
This vessel remained off the Flanders coast for a greater period than the other skoots, and whilst under incessant attack from the air succeeded in recovering from the beach and from Dunkirk harbour more than
1,500 troops.
be nel
Recommendations.
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OFFICER.
Lieutenant Donald Terry McBarnet, R.N.
Displayed exceptional initiative and pertinacity in a variety of difficult circumstances off Bray beach, in Dunkirk harbour and Dunkirk beach. When necessary grounded his ship on the beach and devised, many ingenious and seamanlike methods of taking off troops from the beach by means of life rafts, abandoned life-boats and other craft which came to
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hand, normal boat work being impossible with his small crew. At all times undeterred and undismayed by frequent air attacks to which his vessel and boats were subjected.
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Recommended for deocration.
RATING.
Engine Room Artificer, 4th Class, Eric Matthew Horne. MX.62572
In charge of the engine room department of
DOGGERSBANK. Took over the engines from Dutch engineer who spoke no English, and succeeded in keeping the engines running perfectly throughout the 10 days of the operations.
In addition to engine room duties, generally assisted the Commanding Officer at all times in work outside the department, assisting in the operation. Behaviour under fire was exemplary.
DSM
Recommended for decoration.
Dutch

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utch Skoot H.M.S, AMAZONE -
rench Packet S.S. NEWHAVEN.
Recommendations.
OFFICER
Lieutenant Commander Laurence Henry Phillips, R.N.
Commanding Officer of H.M.S. AMAZONE.
and in which 2 Personnel he Vessel the French Packet NEWHAVEN, AMAZONE
Completed in 3 trips to Dunkirk beaches in
French Master, trouble having been experienced in was embarked as moral stiffener to the getting the civilian manned personnel vessels to enter Dunkirk harbour.
In AMAZONE this officer displayed marked initiative and determination under air attack and artillery fire and succeeded in lifting a large number of troops from the beaches. Whilst on board NEWHAVEN that vessel completed 2 trips satisfactorily. When in Dunkirk harbour with no troops in sight on the pier, went ashore and personally conducted a French Colonel and
1,000 of his troops on board.
Recommended for mention.
RATING.
Ordinary Seaman Vincent Wakeham, 194588, Newfoundland
Rating.
Showed exceptional coolness and good seamanship in handling various abandoned motor boats and the
AMAZONE'S dinghy in the surf. Great persistence and resource. An outstanding rating, whose conduct under fire amounted to gallantry.
Recommended for decoration.
Dutch Skoot H.M.S. BRANDARIS)
W.D. Launch MARLBOROUGH
Commander Charles Euman, R.N. (Ret.)
W.D. Launch WOLF
Personnel Vessel AUTOCARRIER - Master, C.M. Masters.
Recommendations.
OFFICER.
Commander Charles Euman, R.N. BRENDARIS. (Ret.). Commanding MARLBOROUGH Officer WOLF. of
Carried out WOLF as Commanding AUTOCARRIER as one
3 trips in the BRANDARIS, Officer, 5 in and the
MARLBOROUGH in and the personnel vessel and crew. /In moral round trip stiffener to the Master

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Operation "DYNAMO" - Recommendations of Personnel. Page
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tch Skoot H.M.S. BRANDARIS &c. (Continued).
In the majority bombing Dunkirk officer the 9 days harbour worked and machine of and these voyages as was under constant beaches. in success. of the operation,witht conspicuoushout This
Recommended for mention.
Dutch Skoot H.M.S. DOGGERSBANK - Lieutenant Donald Terry
McBarnet, R.N.
greater incessant attack the other skoots, and whilst for a
This period vessel than remained off the Flanders coast from the beach and from the air succeeded in recovering under
1,500 troops.
from Dunkirk harbour more than
Recommendations.
OFFICER.
Lieutenant Donald Terry McBarnet, R.N.
Displayed exceptional initiative and pertinacity in a variety of difficult circumstances off Bray beach, in Dunkirk harbour and Dunkirk beach. When necessary grounded his ship on the beach and devised many ingenious and seamanlike methods of taking off troops from the beach by means of life rafts, abandoned life-boats and other craft which came to hand, normal boat work being impossible with his small crew. At all times undeterred and undismayed by frequent air attacks to which his vessel and boats were subjected.
Recommended for deccration.
RATING.
Engine Room Artificer, 4th Class, Eric Matthew Horne. MX.62572.
DOGGERSBANK. keeping engineer the who engines spoke a generally
In charge Took of the in the engine room department of room of the operations times in operation.
Recommended for decoration.
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