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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101

APPENDIX I.
160
to
Operation "DYNAMO"
Narrative of Events.
162
-
LIST OF H.M. SHIPS, PERSONNEL SHIPS AND HOSPITAL CARRIERS
TAKING. PART.
A.A. CRUISER:
CALCUTTA
DESTROYERS:
ANTHONY
HARVESTER
MALCOLM
VIVACIOUS
BASILISK
HAVANT
MONTROSE
WAKEFUL
BLYSKAWICA
ICARUS
SABRE
WHITEHALL
CODRINGTON
IMPULSIVE
SALADIN
WHITSHED
ESK
INTREPID
SCIMITAR
WINCHELSEA
EXPRESS
IVANHOE
SHIKARI
WINDSOR
GALLANT
JAGUAR
VENOMOUS
WOLFHOUND
GRAFTON
JAVELIN
VANQUISHER
WOLSEY
GRENADE
KEITH
VERITY
WORCESTER
GREYHOUND
MACKAY
VIMY
(40)
SLOOPS:
BIDEFORD
GUNBOATS:
LOCUST
MOSQUITO
UNESWEEPERS:
ALBURY
HEBE
QUEEN OF THANET
BRIGHTON QUEEN
HALCYON
ROSS
BRIGHTON BELLE
KELLETT
SALAMANDER
DEVONIA
LEDA
SALTASH
DUNDALK
LYDD
SKIPJACK
DUCHESS OF FIFE
MARMION
SANDOWN
EMPEROR OF INDIA
MEDWAY QUEEN
SNAEFELL
EL
FITZROY
NIGER
SPEEDWELL
GLENAVON
ORIOLE
SUTTON
GLENGO
PANGBOURNE
SHARPSHOOTER
GOSSAMER
PLYNLIMMON
WAVERLEY
GRACIE FIELDS
PRINCESS ELIZABETH WESTWARD HO
A/S VESSELS:
ARLEY
COMFORT
MARETTA
BOTANIC
CONIDAW
NAUTILUS
BROCK
FYLDEA
POLLY JOHNSON
CALVI
GULZAR
SANGASSO
CHICO
JOHN CATLING
STARLIGHT RAYS
re
SPECIAL SERVICE CRESTED EAGLE
GOLDEN EAGLE
ROYAL EAGLE
ESSELS:
"LL" TRAWLERS: INVERFORTH LORD INCHCAPE OUR BAIRNS THOMAS BARTLETT
it
A/S TRAWLERS:
ARGYLLSHIRE
KINGSTON ANDALUSITE STELLA DORADO
ore
BLACKBURN ROVERS
KINGSTON OLIVINE
THURINGIA
CAYTON WYKE
LADY PHILOMENA
WESTELLA
an
GRIMSBY TOWN
SAON
WOLVES
ue
KINGSTON ALALITE
SPURS
OLVINA
all
INE RECOVERY
FIDGET
JACKETA
SILVER DAWN
RIFTERS:
FISHER BOY
LORD CAVAN

Albury Anthony Argyllshire Arley Bideford Botanic Brock Błyskawica Calcutta Calvi Cayton Wyke Chico Comfort Conidaw Crested Eagle Cruiser Dawn Devonia Duchess Duchess of Fife Dundalk Emperor of India Fidget Fisher Boy Fitzroy Fyldea Gallant Golden Eagle Grimsby Town Gulzar Hebe Intrepid Inverforth Ivanhoe Jacketa Jaguar Javelin Kingston Alalite Kingston Andalusite Kingston Olivine Lady Philomena Lord Cavan Lord Inchcape Lydd Mackay Maretta Montrose Mosquito Nautilus Olvina Our Bairns Pangbourne Polly Polly Johnson Princess Princess Elizabeth Queen Royal Eagle Sabre Sandown Saon Sharpshooter Silver Dawn Skipjack Speedwell Spurs Starlight Rays Verity Vivacious Westward Westward Ho Whitshed Windsor Wolsey Wolves Fisher Johnson Malcolm Ross Thomas

114

OCR table 1 from document page 114

DESTROYERS	PERSONNEL SHIPS	MINESWEEPERS	PADDLE MINESWEEPERS	SKOOTS	FRENCH DESTROYERS
SHIKARI 700	LADY OF MANN 180	SPEEDWELL 300	MARMION 198	DOGGERS BANK 50	LA FLORE 410
VENOMOUS (I) 957	ROYAL SOVEREIGN 1500	DUNDALK 399	MEDWAY QUEEN 481		BOUCLIER 340
SABRE 500	KING GEORGE V 1460	ALBURY 200	DUCHESS OF FIFE 300
WINDSOR 1022	ST. HELIER 500	NIGER 430	WESTWARD HO 48
WINCHELSEA 152	TYNWALD 1200	PANGBOURNE 43	ORIOLE 750
ESK 500	COTE D'ARGENT 955	GOSSAMER 400
WHITSHED 82	NEWHAVEN 396	HALCYON 416			29,525
VANQUISHER 37	ROUEN 1286	KELLETT 364			Total
CODRINGTON 44	7307	2552
VIVACIOUS 38 VENOMOUS (II) 1500	DRIFTERS	TRAWLERS	MISCELLANEOUS	HOSPITAL SHIPS	FOREIGN VESSELS
WORCESTER 900	STARLIGHT RAYS 319	TOPAZE 118	LOCUST (Gunboat) 800		ANDRE MARCEL 50
	MIDAS 43	CAYTON WYKE 300	GULZAR (Yacht) 140		H.51 ) Belgian 88
	YORKSHIRE LASS 25		SARGASSO 252		0.318)
	FORECAST 108	418	GLENWAY (Barge) 213	FOREIGN VESSELS	JEAN BART 102
	NETSUKIS 119		NEWHAVEN Lifeboat 51	(Contd.)	DUTCH M. v.M. 23
	GOLDEN SUNBEAM 163		SUN XI (Tug) 188		GEORGE EDOUARD 401
	UT PROSIM 49		SUN X " 211	4 French	MANA ELENA 120
	LORD HOWARD 100		ST.OLAVES " 200	Drifters 42	BARBARA AUGUSTE 65
	Various 1600		FOREMOST = 91	AUSA 47	CORJESU (Coaster) 191
			S.O.1 6	2.25 84	GUIDO GEZHLLE 145
			37270 10	0.318)	BERNADETTE DE LISIEUX 79
	2526		2 Fishing Boats 103	H.51 ) 88	SIDERES LOUISE)
			D.G.950 47	6 French boats	LUCIEN GAIGY ) 157
			MARLBOROUGH	318	SARZIK 16
			(W.D. M/L) 34	A.5 229	BELGE 300
			D.G.694	A.73 23	DUPENE 307
			2.26 199	COASTER 233	PATRIE (Fr.Trawler) 350
			D.C.715	JEUNE FRANCE 12	PINETTE 7 3565
			B.P.1 72		LA CERE 30
			K.L. 36		ABEL DEWULF) 16
			Z.40 87		CODS CENADE Barges 90
			5 Motor launches 94		N.53 19
			Lifeboat & Launch 69		V.P.19 59
			" & 2 launches 115		GILDA 83
					CONSTANT LEOPOLD) 867

Abel Dewulf Albury Ausa Barbara Bart Bernadette Cayton Wyke Duchess Duchess of Fife Dundalk Forecast Glenway Golden Sunbeam Guido Gulzar Jeune France King George King George V Lady of Mann Lord Howard Marlborough Midas Netsukis Newhaven Pangbourne Patrie Pinette Queen Rouen Royal Sovereign Sabre Sargasso Sarzik Speedwell St. Helier Starlight Rays Sun Sun X Sun XI Sunbeam Topaze TS King George V Tynwald Vivacious Westward Westward Ho Whitshed Windsor Yorkshire Lass Barge De George King Mann Page

191

SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL.
238
2nd June, 1940.
The Flag Officer in Charge.
Harwich Naval Base.
240
Copy Captain M/S.
WAVERLEY
Sir,
I have the honour to submit my report on the operations ordered by your 1016/28.
The Flotilla viz. Waverley, Oriole, Marmion and Duchess of Fife arrived off La Panne at 2345 and
28/5
anchored.
At dawn positions were taken up along the coast and embarkation of troops commenced. Ships boats were used as the only means of conveyance available at the time, and we passed a line secured on shore to haul the boats across the tide which was running. Thus the process was necessarily a slow one until the use of beach punts and boats accelerated the flow of troops.
first
29/5
At approximately 1,0.00 on the 29th May, Oriole who had gone close to the beach found herself unable to
Pame get off. Meanwhile she was crowded with troops boarding her and it was necessary to relieve the ship from overcrowding.
1e
Marmion and Duchess of Fife embarked troops nearer
Dunkirk and left about mid-day, each taking about 300.
About 1500 Waverley had embarked approximately y
your ahandoned in a smking condition (the sponsons being under water), the position new hi
T busy.
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The confidential books in safe were qu macessable, onco on bridge r in W/T Room relieved o
to C.13. officer Door.
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Dawn Duchess Duchess of Fife Bridge Day May

554

APPENDIX I.
to
Operation "DYNAMO"
-
Narrative of Events.
LIST OF H.M. SHIPS, PERSONNEL SHIPS AND HOSPITAL CARRIERS
TAKING. PART.
RUISER:
CALCUTTA
YERS:
ANTHONY
HARVESTER
MALCOLM
VIVACIOUS
BASILISK
HAVANT
MONTROSE
WAKEFUL
BLYSKAWICA
ICARUS
SABRE
WHITEHALL
CODRINGTON
IMPULSIVE
SALADIN
WHITSHED
ESK
INTREPID
SCIMITAR
WINCHELSEA
EXPRESS
IVANHOE
SHIKARI
WINDSOR
GALLANT
JAGUAR
VENOMOUS
WOLFHOUND
GRAFTON
JAVELIN
VANQUISHER
WOLSEY
GRENADE
KEITH
VERITY
WORCESTER
GREYHOUND
MACKAY
VILY
BIDEFORD
TS:
LOCUST
MOSQUITO
EEPERS:
ALBURY
HEBE
QUEEN OF THANET
BRIGHTON QUEEN
HALCYON
ROSS
BRIGHTON BELLE
KELLETT
SALAMANDER
EL
DEVONIA
LEDA
SALTASH
DUNDALK
LYDD
SKIPJACK
DUCHESS OF FIFE
MARMION
SANDOWN
EMPEROR OF INDIA
MEDWAY QUEEN
SNAEFELL
FITZROY
NIGER
SPEEDWELL
GLENAVON
ORIOLE
SUTTON
GLENGOWER
PANGBOURNE
SHARPSHOOTER
GOSSAMER
PLYNLIMMON
WAVERLEY
GRACIE FIELDS
PRINCESS ELIZABETH
WESTWARD HO
ESSELS:
ARLEY
COMFORT
MARETTA
BOTANIC
CONIDAW
NAUTILUS
BROCK
FYLDEA
POLLY JOHNSON
CALVI
GULZAR
SARGASSO
CHICO
JOHN CATLING
STARLIGHT RAYS
AL SERVICE CRESTED EAGLE
GOLDEN EAGLE
LS:
ROYAL EAGLE
TRAWLERS: INVERFORTH LORD INCHCAPE OUR BAIRNS THOMAS BARTLETT
RAWLERS:
ARGYLLSHIRE
KINGSTON ANDALUSITE STELLA DORADO
BLACKBURN ROVERS
KINGSTON OLIVINE
THURINGIA
CAYTON WYKE
LADY PHILOMENA
WISTELLA
GRIMSBY TOWN
SAON
WOLVES
KINGSTON ALALITE
SPURS
OLVINA
RECOVERY
FIDGET
JACKETA
ERS:
SILVER DAWN
FISHER BOY
LORD CAVAN

Albury Anthony Argyllshire Arley Bideford Botanic Brock Błyskawica Calcutta Calvi Cayton Wyke Chico Comfort Conidaw Crested Eagle Dawn Devonia Duchess Duchess of Fife Dundalk Emperor of India Fidget Fisher Boy Fitzroy Fyldea Gallant Golden Eagle Grimsby Town Gulzar Hebe Intrepid Inverforth Ivanhoe Jacketa Jaguar Javelin Kingston Alalite Kingston Andalusite Kingston Olivine Lady Philomena Lord Cavan Lord Inchcape Lydd Mackay Maretta Montrose Mosquito Nautilus Olvina Our Bairns Pangbourne Polly Polly Johnson Princess Princess Elizabeth Queen Royal Eagle Sabre Sandown Saon Sargasso Sharpshooter Silver Dawn Skipjack Speedwell Spurs Starlight Rays Verity Vivacious Westward Westward Ho Whitshed Windsor Wolsey Wolves Fisher Johnson Malcolm Ross Thomas

568

OCR table 1 from document page 568


DESTROYERS	PERSONNEL SHIPS	MINESWEEPERS	PADDLE MINESWEEPERS	SKOOTS	FRENCH DESTROYERS
						1
SHIKARI 700	LADY OF MANN 18	SPEEDWELL 300	MARMION 198	DOGGERS BANK 50	LA FLORE 410
VENOMOUS (I) 957	ROYAL SOVEREIGN 1500	DUNDALK 399	MEDWAY QUEEN 481		BOUCLIER 340	18
SABRE 500	KING GEORGE V 1460	ALBURY 200	DUCHESS OF FIFE 300			17
WINDSOR 1022	ST. HELIER 500	NIGER 430	WESTWARD HO 48			75
WINCHELSEA 152	TYNWALD 1200	PANGBOURNE 43	ORIOLE 750			06
ESK 500	COTE D'ARGENT 955	GOSSAMER 400
WHITSHED 82	NEWHAVEN 396	HALCYON 416
VAINQUISHER 37	ROUEN 1286	KELLETT 364
CODRINGTON 44
VIVACIOUS 38
VENOMOUS (II) 1500	DRIFTERS	TRAWLERS	MISCELLANEOUS	HOSPITAL SHIPS	FOREIGN VESSELS
WORCESTER 900
	STARLIGHT RAYS 319	TOPAZE 118	LOCUST (Gunboat) 800		ANDRE MARCEL 50
	MIDAS 43	CAYTON WYKE 300	GULZAR (Yacht) 140		H.51 ) Belgian 88	88
	YORKSHIRE LASS 25		SARGASSO " 252		0.318)	37
	FORECAST 108		GLENNAY (Barge) 213	FOREIGN VESSELS	JEAN BART 102	52
	NETSUKIS 119		NEWHAVEN Lifeboat 51	(Contd.)	DUTCH M.v.M. 23	04
	GOLDEN SUNBEAM 163		SUN XI (Tug) 188		GEORGE EDOUARD 401	06
	UT PROSIM 49		SUN X " 211	4 French	MANA ELENA 120	39
	LORD HOWARD 100		ST.OLAVES " 200	Drifters 42	BARBARA AUGUSTE 65	93
	Various 1600		FOREMOST " 91	AUSA 47	CORJESU (Coaster) 191	32
			S.O.1 6	Z.25 84	GUIDO GEZTHLE 145	65
			37270 10	0.318)	BERNADETTE DE LISIEUX 79	59
			2 Fishing Boats 103	H.51 ) 88	SIDERES LOUISE)	98
			D.G.950 47	6 French boats	LUCIEN GAIGY ) 157	82
			MARLBOROUGH	318	SARZIK 16	.) 60
			(W.D. M/L) 34	A.5 229	BELGE 300	145
			D.G.694 )	A.73 23	DUPENE 307
			Z.26 199	COASTER 233	PATRIE (Fr.Trawler) 350
			D.C.715 )	JEUNE FRANCE 12	PINETTE 7
			B.P.1 72		LA CIGIRID 30
			K.L. 36		ABEL DEWULF) 16
			2.40 87		CODS CENADE Barges 90
			5 Motor launches SE		N.53 19

Abel Dewulf Albury Ausa Barbara Bart Bernadette Cayton Wyke Duchess Duchess of Fife Dundalk Forecast Golden Sunbeam Guido Gulzar Jeune France King George King George V Lady of Mann Lord Howard Marlborough Midas Netsukis Newhaven Pangbourne Patrie Pinette Queen Rouen Royal Sovereign Sabre Sargasso Sarzik Speedwell St. Helier Starlight Rays Sun Sun X Sun XI Sunbeam Topaze TS King George V Tynwald Vivacious Westward Westward Ho Whitshed Windsor Yorkshire Lass Barge De George King Mann Page