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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OCR table 1 from document page 111
DESTROYERS	PERSONNEL SHIPS	MINE SWEEPERS	PADDLE MINESWEEPERS	SKOOTS
WINCHELSEA 925	TYNWALD 1153		EMPEROR OF INDIA 217	AMAZONE 338	BRANLEBAS 520
CODRINGTON (I) 1901	MAID OF ORLEANS 1100	GOSSAMER 500	BRIGHTON QUEEN 160	PASCHOLL 138	IMPETUEUSE 650
IMPULSIVE (I) 1112	BEN-MY-CHREE 2015	SKIPJACK 450	PRINCESS ELIZABETH 385	DEMOK I 100	MARGEAUX 369
ESK (I) 1041	ROYAL DAFFODIL 1817	SALAMANDER 393	PLINLIMMON 900	FRISCO 357	FOUDROYANT 487
MALCOLM (I) 681	ST. HELIER 500	FITZROY 3	SNAEPELL 520	TINY 300
WIDGEON 151	PRAGUE 1039	HEBE 270	MEDWAY QUEEN 500	HORST 800
WORCESTER 800	MANXMAN 951	WESTWARD Ho 752		AEGIR 350
VENOMOUS (I) 670	MALINES 700	NIGER 205		TWENTE 350
WHITEHALL 1300	ROYAL SOVEREIGN 1502	DUNDALK 450	2682	ANTJE 443
SHIKARI 600	KING GEORGE V 500	ALBURY 130		DENEB 100	62919
BASILISK (I) 420	ROUEN 800	LYDD 450		DOGGERSBANK 400
HARVESTER (I) 1207	COTE D'ARGENT 400	LEDA 379		DELTA 300	Total
IVANHOE 1290		KELLETT 200
WHITEHALL 943		SUTTON 110
ICARUS (I) 781		HALCYON 422
EXPRESS (I) 482 SCIMITAR 568	DRIFTERS	TRAWLERS	MISCELLANEOUS	HOSPITAL SHIPS	FOREIGN VESSELS
BASILISK (II) 338 HARVESTER (II) 808	FISHER BOY 225	STELLA DORADO 51	M.T.B.102 20	DINARD 90	PRESIDENT BUARS 166
	JACKETA 203	OLVINA 244	GRIEVE (F.A.A.	WORTHING 300	DEVINS PAPIN 177
WINDSOR (I) 658 CODRINGTON (II)	FIDGET 304	WOLVES 50	Trng. vessel) 325	PARIS 230	GAMBOUL 14
478 WOLSEY	FISHER BOY &	GLENAVON- 652	LOCUST (Gunboat 620	ST.JULIAN 287	DILIGANTE 346
425	JACKETA 402	GLENGOWER 800	BIDEFORD (Sloop) 436		COMD. DELAGE 287
HAVANT (I) 932	LORD HOWARD 105		AGNES CROSS		BORDEAUX 281
VIMY 300	CALETA 35		(Lifeboat) 3		DUTCH DAFFIL 100
ICARUS (II) 682	SHIPMATES 127	1797	GULZAR (Yacht		CACHIN 600
BASILISK (III) 357	YORKSHIRE LASS 194		Danlayer) 221		EMMA LASTUS 35
EXPRESS (II) 467	MONARDA 80		ADVENTURERS (Exam.Serv.	82	HDAYA 300
HAVANT (II) 533	UT PROSIM 218		H.M.S. Unknown 54
IMPULSIVE (II) 353	GIRL GLADYS 117		RAMSGATE Lifeboat 17		MISCELLANEOUS (Cont.)
VENOMOUS (II) 408	FORECAST 78		SARGOSSO (M/S Yacht)80		HYTHE (Coastal
WINCHELSEA (II) 1172	GOLDEN GIFT 150		HOPPER No.24 400		Steamer 749
MALCOLM (II) 1014	3 Various 700		LAROC, F.W.23 &	3177	ROEBUCK -do- 342
WINDSOR (II) 588			KINGFISHER (A/S Exp.		PERSIA (Tug) 27
KEITH 200	2938		Ship) (I) 268	2977	KINGFISHER (A/S Exp.Ship) (II)
ANTHONY 1137			SMALL VIKING 62		DWARF 34
			GLENWAY 64

Aegir Agnes Cross Albury Amazone Anthony Antje Ben-my-Chree Bideford Bordeaux Caleta Delta Deneb Dinard Doggersbank Dundalk Dutch Daffil Dwarf Emperor of India Fidget Fisher Boy Fitzroy Forecast Frisco Gamboul Girl Gladys Glenway Golden Gift Gulzar Hebe Horst Hythe Ivanhoe Jacketa King George King George V Laroc Lord Howard Lydd Maid of Orleans Malines Manxman Monarda Olvina Paris Pascholl Persia Plinlimmon Prague President Buars Princess Princess Elizabeth Queen Roebuck Rouen Royal Daffodil Royal Sovereign Shipmates Skipjack Small Viking St. Helier Tiny TS King George V Twente Tynwald Vera Viking Westward Westward Ho Widgeon Windsor Wolsey Wolves Worthing Yorkshire Lass Fisher George King Malcolm May

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OCR table 1 from document page 565

DESTROYERS	PERSONNEL SHIPS	MINE SWEEPERS	PADDLE MINESWEEPERS	SKOOTS
WINCHELSEA (I) 925	TYNWALD 1153		EMPEROR OF INDIA 217	AMAZONE 338	BRANLEBAS 520
CODRINGTON (I) 1901	MAID OF ORLEANS 1100	GOSSAMER 500	BRIGHTON QUEEN 160	PASCHOLL 138	IMPETUEUSE 650
IMPULSIVE (I) 1112	BEN-MY-CHREE 2015	SKIPJACK 450	PRINCESS ELIZABETH 385	DEMOK I 100	MARGEAUX 369
ESK (I) 1041	ROYAL DAFFODIL 1817	SALAMANDER 393	PLINLI'MON 900	FRISCO 357	FOUDROYANT 487
MALCOLM (I) 681	ST. HELIER 500	FITZROY 3	SNAEFELL 520	TINY 300
WIDGEON 151	PRAGUE 1039	HEBE 270	MEDWAY QUEEN 500	HORST 800
WORCESTER 800	MANXMAN 951	WESTWARD Ho 752		AEGIR 350
VENOMOUS (I) 670	MALINES 700	NIGER 205		TWENTE 350
WHITEHALL 1300	ROYAL SOVEREIGN 1502	DUNDALK 450		ANTJE 443
SHIKARI 600	KING GEORGE V 500	ALBURY 130		DENEB 100
BASILISK (I) 420	ROUEN 800	LYDD 450		DOGGERSBANK 400
HARVESTER (I) 1207	COTE D'ARGENT 400	LEDA 379		DELTA 300
IVANHOE 1290		KELLETT 200
WHITEHALL 943		SUTTON 110
ICARUS (I) 781		HALCYON 422
EXPRESS (I) 482 SCIMITAR 568	DRIFTERS	TRAWLERS	MISCELLANEOUS	HOSPITAL SHIPS	FOREIGN VESSELS
BASILISK (II) 338 808	FISHER BOY 225	STELLA DORADO 51	M.T.B.102 20	DINARD 90	PRESIDENT BUARS 166
HARVESTER (II)	JACKETA 203	OLVINA 244	GRIEVE (F.A.A.	WORTHING 300	DEVINS PAPIN 177
WINDSOR (I) 658	FIDGET 304	WOLVES 50	Trng. vessel) 325	PARIS 230	GAMBOUL 14
CODRINGTON (II) 478 WOLSEY 425	FISHER BOY &	GLENAVON 652	LOCUST (Gunboat) 620	ST.JULIAN 287	DILIGANTE 346
	JACKETA 402	GLENGOWER 800	BIDEFORD (Sloop) 436		COMD. DELAGE 287
HAVANT (I) 932 VIMY	LORD HOWARD 105		AGNES CROSS		BORDEAUX 281
300	CALETA 35		(Lifeboat) 3		DUTCH DAFFIL 100
ICARUS (II) 682	SHIPMATES 127		GULZAR (Yacht		CACHIN 600
BASILISK (III) 357	YORKSHIRE LASS 194		Danlayer) 221		EMMA LASTUS 35
EXPRESS (II) 467	MONARDA 80		ADVENTURERS (Exam.Serv.	82	HDAYA 300
HAVANT (II) 533	UT PROSIM 218		H.M.S. Unknown 54
IMPULSIVE (II) 353	GIRL GLADYS 117		RAMSGATE Lifeboat 17		MISCELLANEOUS (Cont.)
VENOMOUS (II) 408	FORECAST 78		SARGOSSO (M/S Yacht)80		HYTHE (Coastal
WINCHELSEA (II) 1172	GOLDEN GIFT 150		HOPPER No.24 400		Steamer 749
MALCOLM (II) 1014	3 Various 700		LAROC, F.W.23 &		ROEBUCK -do- 342
WINDSOR (II) 588 200			KINGFISHER (A/S Exp.		PERSIA (Tug) 27
KEITH			Ship) (I) 268		KINGFISHER (A/S Exp.Ship) (II)
ANTHONY 1137			SMALL VIKING 62		DWARF 34
			61.		M.B. VERA 30

Aegir Agnes Cross Albury Amazone Anthony Antje Ben-my-Chree Bideford Bordeaux Caleta Delta Deneb Dinard Doggersbank Dundalk Dutch Daffil Dwarf Emperor of India Fidget Fisher Boy Fitzroy Forecast Frisco Gamboul Girl Gladys Golden Gift Gulzar Hebe Horst Hythe Ivanhoe Jacketa King George King George V Laroc Lord Howard Lydd Maid of Orleans Malines Manxman Monarda Olvina Paris Pascholl Persia Prague President Buars Princess Princess Elizabeth Queen Roebuck Rouen Royal Daffodil Royal Sovereign Shipmates Skipjack Small Viking St. Helier Tiny TS King George V Twente Tynwald Vera Viking Westward Westward Ho Widgeon Windsor Wolsey Wolves Worthing Yorkshire Lass Fisher George King Malcolm May Page

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Page 8.
peration "DYNAMO" - Recommendations of Personnel - List 'B'
TRAWLERS, DRIFTERS AND TENDERS.
H.M.T. ARLEY.
Commanding Officer.
Skipper Lieutenant George William Robinson, R.D., R.N.R.
H.M.T. JOHN CATTLING.
Ratings.
Chief Engineman William W. Jefferies, H.O.
A.P.O. Arthur Baul, Pens. D/K.737, Pens.No.2.6717.
Wireman Ernest Richard A. Emery, MX.63925.
H.M.T. STRATHELLIOTT.
Commanding Officer.
Sub.Lieutenant Walter Edward Mercer, R.N.V.R.
Officer.
Skipper Charles Percy Smith Chaplin, R.N.R., W.S.3263.
Rating.
Ordinary Seaman Ernest Lloyd Hoare, H.O.
H.M.D. MONARDA
Commanding Officers.
Skipper Robert Herbert Soanes, R.N.R., W.S.2984.
Lieutenant Pearce Trewhella Lovelock, R.N.V.R.
Ratings.
William Joseph Kingston, H.52.
S.P.O. Herbert Ralph Help, D/K.5111.
Seaman John Henry Williams, LT/JX.173534.
H.M.D. RENASCENT.
Commanding Officer.
Skipper Richard Hannaford, W.S.294.
Ratings.
2nd Hand James Cowie, X.5780.
Ordinary Seaman Ernest Mackay, LT/JX.170562.
RAMSGATE DRIFTERS.
Commander John Stephen McCabe Glendenning, R.N.R. (Retd.)
Robert Durrant, Master of LORD RODNEY.
Victor Smith, Mate of JAVA.
DWARF/

Arley Dwarf Java John Cattling Lord Rodney Mackay Monarda Renascent Durrant Emery George Hannaford Hoare Jefferies Lloyd Lovelock Page Robinson Smith Walter Williams

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peration "DYNAMO" - Recommendations of Personnel - List 'B'
TRAWLERS. DRIFTERS AND TENDERS. (continued).
DWARF (Tender).
officer.
Sub.Lieutenant Desmond Astridge O'Hare, M.B.E., R.N.
Rating.
John Henry Wadron, P/KX.87333.

Dwarf O'Hare Page

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Operation "DYNAMO" - Recommendations of Personnel.
Page 94.
Operation "DYNAMO" - Recommendations of Personnel.
H.M.S. LLANTHONY. - Sub.-Lieutenant Robert Walter Timbrell,R.C.N
31st fourth May, and 2nd June, but engine trouble brought on the the
This vessel 1st evacuated troops from the beaches trip to an end before reaching Dunkirk.
Recommendations,
OFFICER:
Sub. -Lieutenant Robert Walter Timbrell, Royal Canadian Navy.
Displayed exceptional initiative and determination throughout.
Recommended for decoration.
RATINGS:
n
Ordinary Seaman Jack Randle, P/JX. 182172.
This was the first time this rating had been to sea. His calm conduct and courage at all times, and especially when the ship was aground for nearly
5 hours, under shell fire and bombing, was a fine example to the remainder of the crew and to the troops,
"Without his help I would never have been able to get uring my ship off."
stered
?
ivors
DSM.
Recommended for advancement.
was whom
H.M.S. DWARF: - Sub.Lieutenant Desmond Astridge O'Hare,M.B.E., R.N.
On Saturday 1st June off Dunkirk, DWARF was attacked by two aircraft which bombed and machine-gunned the ship.
Recommendation.
RATING:
Petty Officer George Albert Coussens, P/J.7788.
During the attack this man was shot through both knees but remained at his post of duty, refusing to be relieved and later refusing morphine though in considerable pain.
DSM, ( 2M)
Recommended for decoration.

Dwarf Llanthony Coussens George May O'Hare Page Timbrell Walter

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Page 8.
Operation "DYNAMO" - Recommendations of Personnel - List "B"
TRAWLERS, DRIFTERS AND TENDERS.
H.M.T. ARLEY.
Commanding Officer.
Skipper Lieutenant George William Robinson, R.D., R.N.R.
H.M.T. JOHN CATTLING.
Ratings.
Chief Engineman William W. Jefferies, H.O.
A.P.O. Arthur Baul, Pens. D/K.737, Pens.No.2.6717.
Wireman Ernest Richard A. Emery, MX.63925.
H.M.T. STRATHELLIOTT.
Commanding Officer.
Sub. Lieutenant Walter Edward Mercer, R.N.V.R.
Officer.
Skipper Charles Percy Smith Chaplin, R.N.R., W.S.3263.
Rating.
Ordinary Seaman Ernest Lloyd Hoare, H.O.
H.M.D. MONARDA.
Commanding Officers.
Skipper Robert Herbert Soanes, R.N.R., W.S.2984.
Lieutenant Pearce Trewhella Lovelock, R.N.V.R.
Ratings.
William Joseph Kingston, H.52.
S.P.O. Herbert Ralph Help, D/K.5111.
Seaman John Henry Williams, LT/JX.173534.
H.M.D. RENASCENT.
Commanding Officer.
Skipper Richard Hannaford, W.S.294.
Ratings.
2nd Hand James Cowie, X.5780.
Ordinary Seaman Ernest Mackay, LT/JX.170562.
RAMSGATE DRIFTERS.
Commander John Stephen McCabe Glendenning, R.N.R. (Retd.)
Robert Durrant, Master of LORD RODNEY.
Victor Smith, Mate of JAVA.
DWARF/

Arley Dwarf Java John Cattling Lord Rodney Mackay Monarda Renascent Durrant Emery George Hannaford Hoare Jefferies Lloyd Lovelock Page Robinson Smith Walter Williams

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Operation "DYNAMO" - Recommiendations of Personnel - List 'B'
TRAWLERS, DRIFTERS AND TENDERS. (continued).
DWARF (Tender).
officer.
Sub. Lieutenant Desmond Astridge O'Hare, M.B.E., R.N.
Rating.
John Henry Wadron, P/KX.87333.

Dwarf O'Hare Page

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H.M.S. DWARF: - Sub. Lieutenant Desmond Astridge O'Hare,M.B.E., R.N.
On Saturday 1st June off Dunkirk, DWARF was attacked by two aircraft which bombed and machine-gunned the ship.
Recommendation.
RATING:
Petty Officer George Albert Coussens, P/J. 7788.
During the attack this man was shot through both knees but remained at his post of duty, refusing to be relieved and later refusing morphine though in considerable pain.
Recommended for decoration.
D5ml

Dwarf Coussens George O'Hare