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 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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length of piling runs out parallel to East Pier 295
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wide. encloses the entrance to this channel - about 150 and
A new series of docks under construction has yards into the harbour by this entrance is the West Quay.
entrance opening off the inner harbour, and jutting out an
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West Quay was used entirely by the French; luckily for us they did not consider East Pier suitable for embarkation. to
All British troops were embarked from East Pier, and on se last 2 days a large number of French troops also.
Bi g rise and fall of tide: at H.W. can step straight on a destroyer's deck, but at L.W. it was a 15 ft. drop.
Many ladders were sent over and secured to sides of pier,
O
but sobdiers with rifles and packs took a long time to get down ladders.
When I first went in (30th) there was a trawler (c) sunk alongside pier and another ship (A) sunk outside the end.
The trawler and drifter shown sank later, as also the
(9
blockships.
4 berths alongside East Pier could be used. Inner one (F)
only by small ships at L.W., but at H.W. personnel ships
(7
could get into B, D and E.
On 24th May, KING ORRY had rammed the pier during a bombing raid and made a large gap in it abreast E berth: until this was bridged outer berths could not be used as roadway along pier was cut. Harbour very shallow to the west of
West Quay, and place where ROUEN went ashore on night of
2nd June when leaving the quay is shown - also where
KELLETT grounded on night of 3rd June.
As soon as HEBE got alongside East Pier I went to local
Naval H. Q., while she was quickly filled up with 6-700
some of them wounded.
men, Naval H.Q. were established in a dug-out at shore end of
East Pier. This area was not large and was separated from mainland by a bridge over a cabal. Surface was uneven and covered with heaps of rubble; there was a and a few ambulances, cars and wounded men.
Bofors small gun staff of the SNO, Captain Tennant, did wonderful the
The controlling the embarkation and dealing with shell work ashore: they worked under constant Tennant fire and were was away with the General, but was and that situation short of sleep and food. Did not informed see that as he of troops were ready to embark at sent pier in.
plenty would take all ships that could be East
At this cut off the end, so that the only Later, accessible this they time gap in roadway halfway along Pier completely points were inside this point. along its embarkation bridged so that pier could be alongside. used whole
Had intended to keep HEBE as my headquarters, so she had length gap was except where ships were sunk not been used to embark any troops from beaches. Felt this I
could not refuse to do this at Dunkerque, and once done the question of their disposal arose.
was returned to beaches and sent any surplus ships to load to
(8)
I Dunkerque, and from then on had continually to and try needs hold beaches and Dunkerque. Also reported that, essential to more at the balance between the respective claims until boats of were available for ferrying, it was itself.
Explanation why Dunkerque was then being so little used concentrate on evacuation from Dunkerque and 25th so May, Dunkerque was heavily attacked from sunk, the and air much effort expended on beaches:-
On harbour was full of ships. GRENADE was when ORRY and several other ships alongside piers Party were ashore hit.
KING result of this, a junior member of Naval of the day, whose off in a car to La Panne where he Dunkerque and a judgment had been affected by events saw Lord Gort dashed Admiralty that further embarkation from sending al phoned was impossible. Dover was, therefore, took 2 days to itself to beaches and none to Dunkerque: which had a ships overcome results of this indiscretion, consi erable temporary effect on the plans.

Drifter Halfway Hebe Rouen Bridge Day Dover Few Gort King Last Little Long May Tennant West

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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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ICH TOOK PART IN OPERATION "DYNAMO". - 26TH MAY - 4TH JUNE, 1940
PART I - BRITISH SHIPS (continued)
TTISH SHIPS (continued)
GER BANK
HANDY BILLY
TA (Tug)
HASTINGS LIFE-BOAT
ADNOUGHT II
HOLLAND
ADNOUGHT III
HOPPER 26
HESS OF YORK
HOUND (Lighter)
RF
HYTHE (Coaster)
1 )
IOLANTHE
4
IOTE
7 (Harbour
IRMA MARIA (Fishing boat)
9
Launches)
JABA
6
JACINTA (Trawler)
C. 715
JAMES 67 (Hopper Barge)
G. 694
JANIS
G. 950
JOHANNA (Eel Boat)
STBOURNE LIFE-BOAT
JONG
WARD NISSEN
JORDAN
WINA (Trawler)
KAYELL
IZABETH QUEEN
KESTREL
M.E.D. (Motor Life-boat)
KINGSGATE
PRESS
KITCAT (M.B.)
PRISE (Harbour Launch)
K.L.
DEAVOUR
LADY BRASSEY (Rescue Tug)
TERPRISE (M.B.)
LADY CABLE (M.B.)
ICA
LADY SHEILA
SKBURN
LADY SOUTHBOROUGH
AIR BREEZE (Drifter)
(Hopper Barge)
AWLEY (Gosport Ferry)
LANDANIA
ERRY KING (Gosport Ferry)
L/NSDOWNE
ERVENT
LAROC
ISHBOURNE (I.O.W. Ferry)
LETITIA (Smack)
OREMOST 2 (Hopper Barge)
LITTLE ANN (M.B.)
OREMOST 87 (Tug)
LOTUS
ORMIDABLE
LOUISIANA
ORSA
MADAM SANSGENE
OSSA (Tug)
MAID ERRANT
RIGHTENED LADY
MALDEN
.W. 23 (Lighter)
MALDEN ANNIE IV
ALLEON'S REACH (Hopper)
MA JOIE
ALZAR
MARASOLE
AY CRUSADER
MARGERITA
LENWAY (Barge)
MARLBOROUGH (W.D. Craft)
LITTER II
MARQUIS (Tug)
OLIATH
MARY ROSE
GOURKA
MARY SPEARING I
GRACE DARLING
MARY SPEARING II
GRAPPLER (Lighter)
MASSEY SHAW (Fire Float)
GREATER LONDON LIFE-BOAT
MAYSPEAR
GONDIA (Tug)
MEANDER
H. 75
MERMAIDEN (M.L.)
HAIG HALFWAY (W.D. Craft)
M.F.H. (Lighter)
MICHAEL STEVENS
MINEKOI (Tug)
(Continued)
Sunk

Boat Drifter Gondia Grace Grace Darling Grappler Haig Halfway Holland Hound Hythe Iolanthe Iote Irma Jaba Jacinta Janis Johanna Jong Jordan Kayell Kestrel Kingsgate KitCat Lady Brassey Lady Cable Lady Sheila Lady Southborough Laroc Letitia Little Ann London Lotus M.F.H. Ma Joie Malden Marasole Marlborough Marquis Mary Mary Rose Mary Spearing Mary Spearing II Massey Shaw Mayspear Meander Mermaiden Queen Rose Sheila Barge Haig Hastings Jordan King Little May Page Rose Shaw Ward