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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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102

164
163
APPENDIX I.
Page 2
of and final.
181
Operation "DYNAMO"
-
Narrative of Events.
FLARE BURNING
BOY ROY
GOLDEN GIFT
PAXTON
DRIFTER:
EILEEN EMMA
GOLDEN SUNBEAM
SHIPMATES
FORECAST
LORD HOWARD
THE BOYS
GERVAIS RENTOUL
LORD HOWE
TORBAY II
GIRL GLADYS
MIDAS
UT PROSIM
GIRL PAMELA
NETSUKIS
YORKSHIRE LASS
YOUNG MUN
GUARDSHIPS AND
LORMONT
MONA'S ISLA
KING ORRY
A.B.V's:
LLANTHONY
CORVETTES:
KINGFISHER
G
ILLEMOT
F.A.A.
AIR FORCE
GRIEVE
AMULREE
TRAINING VESSEL:
M.T.B's:
16
M.A.S.B's:
6
67
7
68
10
100
102
107
PERSONNEL SHIPS:
ARCHANGEL
LOCH GARRY
PRINCESS MAUD
AUTOCARRIER
LORINA
QUEEN OF THE CHANNEL
BEN MY CHREE
HAID OF ORLEANS
ROUEN
BIARRITZ
MALINES
ROYAL DAFFODIL
CANTERBURY
MANX MAID
ROYAL SOVEREIGN
COTE D'ARGENT
MANX- MAN
SCOTIA
FENELLA
MONA'S QUEEN
ST. HELIER
KILLARNEY
NEWHAVEN
ST. SEIRIOL
KING GEORGE V
NORMANIA
TYNWALD
LADY OF MAN
PRAGUE
OSPITAL CARRIERS: DINARD
ISLE OF GUERNSEY ST. ANDREW
ISLE OF THANET ST DAVID
PARIS
ST JULIAN
WORTHING
OTE:
In addition, some 23 of H.M. Trawlers, Drifters and
Yachts of the Nore Command assisted by taking one or more tows of boats to the coast.

Amulree Archangel Autocarrier Ben-my-Chree Biarritz Boy Roy Canterbury Dinard Drifter Eileen Eileen Emma Fenella Forecast Gervais Rentoul Girl Gladys Girl Pamela Golden Gift Golden Sunbeam Isle of Guernsey Isle of Thanet Killarney King George King George V Llanthony Lord Howard Lord Howe Lorina Lormont Malines Manx Maid Midas Netsukis Newhaven Normania Paris Paxton Prague Princess Princess Maud Queen Rouen Royal Daffodil Royal Sovereign Scotia Shipmates St David St. Andrew St. Helier St. Seiriol Sunbeam The Boys Torbay II TS King George V TSS Princess Maud TSS Scotia Tynwald Worthing Yorkshire Lass George King Maud Page Young

109

OCR table 1 from document page 109
May
DESTROYERS	PERSONNEL SHIPS	MINESWEEPERS	PADDLE MINESWEEPERS	SKOOTS	FRENCH DESTROYERS
CALCUTTA 1200	SCOTTA 2000	ROSS 383	EMPEROR OF INDIA 214	AMAZONE 400	CYCLONE 460
(Cruiser)	MAI-INES 800	SALAMANDER 289	MEDWAY QUEEN 350	PACIFIC 8
WORCESTER (I) 450	KILLARNEY 900	FITZROY 107	MARMION 290	TWENTE 390
WORCESTER (II) 800	MAID OF ORLEANS 1376	LYDD 300	SANDOWN 600	LENA (I) 353
VERITY 400	LOCH GARRY 1001	JACKETA 150		PATRIA 200
ANTHONY 550	CAN TERBURY 1960	DUCHESS OF		CARIBIA 320
GALLANT 904	PRAGUE 2000	FIFE 416		ZEUS 200
GREYHOUND 720	TYNWALD 1600			HORST 350
JAGUAR 700	COTE D'ARGENT 800	SHARPSHOOTER 100		LENA (II) 500
IMPULSIVE 779	MANXMAN 1266	ALBURY 161		BRANDORIS 166
CODRINGTON 766	ROYAL DAFFODIL 1796	PANGBOURNE 400		TILLY 107
GRENADE 871	KII G GEORGE V 853	KELLETT 472		ABLE )
MALCOLM 580	ROYAL SOVERIGN 1173	LEDA (I) 300		TASSMAN
SCIMITAR 350		HALCYON 192		ALICE ) 900
ICARUS 950	SESLI	SKIPJACK 184		KAAPFALGA
INTREPID 661		ROSS 353
EXPRESS 650
VANQUISHER (I) 700		LEDA (II) 500
VANQUISHER (II) 700
SHIKARI 396 ESK 400	DRIFTERS	TRAWLERS	MISCELLANEOUS	HOSPITAL SHIPS	FOREIGN VESSELS
SABRE 531	FISHER BOY 144	ARLEY 90	WALMER CASTLE 828	DINARD 300	COMDR
JAVELIN 700	SILVER DAWN 200		Sloop 450	ST. DAVID 118	DELAGE 520
HARVESTER 600	Drifter 100		ROYAL EAGLE 700	PARIS 400
IVANHOE 614	FIDGET 114		(Sp. Service		46331
16200	Various 1,600		A/A ship)
1	2,158		LORMONT (A.B.V. 1085 ST. CLEARS (tug) 70 S		Total 50,566 170

		STATES	BYSTANDER Tug TE/S 14		2

Albury Alice Amazone Anthony Arley Bystander Calcutta Caribia Cruiser Dawn Dinard Drifter Duchess Emperor of India Fidget Fisher Boy Fitzroy Gallant Horst Intrepid Ivanhoe Jacketa Jaguar Javelin KaapFalga Killarney Lena Lormont Lydd Maid of Orleans Manxman Mona's Isle Pacific Pangbourne Paris Patria Prague Queen Royal Daffodil Royal Eagle Sabre Sandown Sharpshooter Silver Dawn Skipjack Tilly Twente Tynwald Verity Zeus Fisher George Malcolm May Page Ross

555

APPENDIX I.
Page 2
of and final.
Operation "DYNAMO" - Narrative of Events.
URNING
BOY ROY
GOLDEN GIFT
PAXTON
:
EILEEN EMMA
GOLDEN SUNBEAM
SHIPMATES
FORECAST
LORD HOWARD
THE BOYS
GERVAIS RENTOUL
LORD HOWE
TORBAY II
GIRL GLADYS
MIDAS
UT PROSIM
GIRL PAMELA
NETSUKIS
YORKSHIRE LASS
YOUNG MUN
IPS AND
LORMONT
MONA'S ISLE
KING ORRY
:
LLANTHONY
ES:
KINGFISHER
GUILLEMOT
CE
GRIEVE
G VESSEL:
i
16
M.A.S.B's:
6
67
7
68
10
100
102
107
EL SHIPS:
ARCHANGEL
LOCH GARRY
PRINCESS MAUD
AUTOCARRIER
LORINA
QUEEN OF THE CHANNEL
BEN MY CHREE
HAID OF ORLEANS
ROUEN
BIARRITZ
MALINES
ROYAL DAFFODIL
CANTERBURY
MANX MAID
ROYAL SOVEREIGN
COTE D'ARGENT
MANX MAN
SCOTIA
FENELLA
MONA'S QUEEN
ST. HELIER
KILLARNEY
NEWHAVEN
ST. SEIRIOL
KING GEORGE V
NORMANIA
TYNWALD
LADY OF MAN
P. LGUE
L CARRIERS: DINARD
ISLE OF GUERNSEY ST. ANDREW
ISLE OF THANET ST. DAVID
PARIS
ST. JULIAN
WORTHING
In addition, some 23 of H.M. Trawlers, Drifters and achts of the Nore Command assisted by taking one or more
OWS of boats to the coast.

Archangel Autocarrier Ben-my-Chree Biarritz Boy Roy Canterbury Dinard Eileen Eileen Emma Fenella Forecast Gervais Rentoul Girl Gladys Girl Pamela Golden Gift Golden Sunbeam Guillemot Isle of Guernsey Isle of Thanet Killarney King George King George V Llanthony Lord Howard Lord Howe Lorina Lormont Malines Manx Maid Midas Mona's Isle Netsukis Newhaven Normania Paris Paxton Princess Princess Maud Queen Rouen Royal Daffodil Royal Sovereign Scotia Shipmates St. Andrew St. Helier St. Seiriol Sunbeam The Boys Torbay II TS King George V TSS Princess Maud TSS Scotia Tynwald Worthing Yorkshire Lass George King Maud Page Young

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OCR table 1 from document page 563
May
DESTROYERS	PERSONNEL SHIPS	MINESWEEPERS	PADDLE MINESWEEPERS	SKOOTS	FRENCH DESTROYERS
CALCUTTA 1200	SCOTTA 2000	ROSS 383	EMPEROR OF INDIA 214	AMAZONE 400	CYCLONE 460
(Cruiser)	MALINES 800	SALAMANDER 289	MEDWAY QUEEN 350	PACIFIC 8
WORCESTER (I) 450	KILLARNEY 900	FITZROY 107	MARMION 290	TWENTE 390
WORCESTER (II) 800	MAID OF ORLEANS 1376	LYDD 300	SANDOWN 600	LENA (I) 353
VERITY 400	LOCH GARRY 1001	JACKETA 150		PATRIA 200
ANTHONY 550	CANTERBURY 1960	DUCHESS OF		CARIBIA 320
GALLANT 904	PRAGUE 2000	FIFE 416		ZEUS 200
GREYHOUND 720	TYNWALD 1600			HORST 350
JAGUAR 700	COTE D'ARGENT 800	SHARPSHOOTER 100		LENA (II) 500
IMPULSIVE 779	MALXMAN 1266	ALBURY 161		BRANDORTS 166
CODRINGTON 766	ROYAL DAFFODIL 1796	PANGBOURNE 400		TILLY 107
GRENADE 871	KII G GEORGE V 853	KELLETT 472		ABLE )
MALCOLM 580	ROYAL SOVERIGN 1173	LEDA (I) 300		TASSMAN
SCIMITAR 350		HALCYON 192		ALICE ) 900
ICARUS 950		SKIPJACK 184		KAAPFALGA
INTREPID 661		ROSS 503
EXPRESS 650
VANQUISHER (I) 700		LEDA (II) 500
VANQUISHER (II) 700
SHIKARI 396
ESK 400	DRIFTERS	TRAWLERS	MISCELLANEOUS	HOSPITAL SHIPS	FOREIGN VESSELS
SABRE 531
JAVELIN 700	FISHER BOY 144	ARLEY 90	WALMER CASTLE 828	DINARD 300	COMDR DELAGE 520
HARVESTER 600	SILVER DAWN 200		Sloop 450	ST. DAVID 118
IVANHOE 614	Drifter 100		ROYAL EAGLE 700	PARIS 400
	FIDGET 114		(Sp. Service
	Various 1,600		A/A ship)
			LORMONT (A.B.V.) 1085 ST. CLEARS (tug) 70

OCR table 2 from document page 563


	II JSB
BOBIX	Vas
CIM	БУЛЕГУ DJ
	52
СОГТРИ
GIM'	CTVDX2 1st
ni ыса	85
	JPP
ΓoKo	HOAVED ee
LTONE	5000

Albury Alice Amazone Anthony Arley Calcutta Canterbury Caribia Cruiser Dawn Dinard Drifter Duchess Emperor of India Fidget Fisher Boy Fitzroy Gallant Horst Intrepid Ivanhoe Jacketa Jaguar Javelin KaapFalga Killarney Lena Lormont Lydd Maid of Orleans Malines Pacific Pangbourne Paris Patria Prague Queen Royal Daffodil Royal Eagle Sabre Sandown Sharpshooter Silver Dawn Skipjack Tilly Twente Tynwald Verity Zeus Fisher George Malcolm May Page Ross

612

Page 15.
Operation "DYNAMO" - Recommendations of Personnel - List 'B'
PERSONNEL SHIPS AND HOSPITAL CARRIERS.
KILLARNEY.
Commanding Officer.
Richard Hughes, Master.
LADY OF MANN.
Commanding Officer.
Thomas C. Woods, Master.
LOCH GARRY.
Commanding Officer.
Ewen Mackinnon, Master.
PRAGUE.
Commanding Officer.
Clifford Roland Baxter, Master.
PRINCESS MAUD.
Commanding Officer.
Harry Clark, Master.
TYNWALD.
Officers.
Radio Officer Charles Mason.
Purser William Edward Lister.
Ratings.
Carpenter, John Gawne.
Donkeyman, A. Allen.

Killarney Lady of Mann Prague Princess Princess Maud TSS Princess Maud Tynwald Allen Baxter Clark Gawne Hughes MacKinnon Mann Mason Maud Page Thomas Woods

640

18.
Han
Ordinary Seaman Bert Marston, P/JX.175182, H.M.S. Worcester.
Ordinary Seaman John Philip Charles Mead, LT/JX.193106, H.M.Y.Christock
Ordinary Seaman Hugh Watson Miller, C/JX.170010, H.M.S. Royal Eagle.
Ordinary Seaman Frank Arthur Victor Patrick, C/JX.171302, H.M.S.Crest
Eagle.
Ordinary Seaman Thomas Edgar Whyte, R.N.V.R., CD/X.133, Newhaven
Life Boat Rosa Wood and Phyll
Lund.
Seaman Arthur George Farrow, LT/JX.179655, H.M.S. Glenavon.
Seaman George Fred Mathews, R.N.P.S., LT/JX.185264, H.M.D.The Boys.
Seaman Raymond Allenby Stone, R.M.R., X.19746A, H.M.S. Jaguar.
Ordinary Signalman Victor Albert Leslie Shallis, LD/X.4505, H.M.
Danlayer Gulzar.
Stoker Second Class Ralph Kearvell, P/KX,87052,H.M.S. Worcester
Stoker John Pirie, R.N.R., X.10415,S., H.M.D. Dorienta.
Second Hand John Malcolm Fenwick, LT/JX.185753, H.M.Y. Alouette 1.
Engineman James Smith, H.M. H Drifter Douenta.
Fireman John Develand Connell, T.124, H.M.S. Medway Queen.
Cook George Henry Cliefe, T.124, H.M.Danlayer Gulzar.
Deckhand Charles
E
Baldry, T.124, H.M.Danlayer Gulzar.
Captain William Hay Baker, Master, S.S. Biarritz.
Captain Herbert Cecil Bond, Master, S.S. St. Andrew.
Captain II
F
Boyce, Master, Hopper Barge 24,
Captain George Beaumont Butler, Master, M.V.Laroc.
Captain John Willimm Dickinson, Master, Ngorama.
Captain Henry Clarke, Master, Princess Maud.
Captain RederickJohn Hopwood, Master, Tug Lady Brassey.
Captain Eyril Glad west Hughes, O.B.E., S.S. Master, S.S. Nephrite.
Captain R chard Hughes, Master, Killarney.
Captain Welfred # yvon Larbalestier, Master, S.S Roebuck.
Captain Ewen Mackinnon, Master, Loch Garry.
Captain William Josiah Penny, Master,
Lord Rodney.
Captain
A
M
Pooke, Master,
Lady Southborough.
Captain Thomas C
Woods, Master,
Lady of Mann.
Captain R
G
Banks, Acting Master, Lighter X.209.
Mr. John William Ailwyn Jones, Chief Officer, Hospital Carrier Vinard
Mr. Reginald Frederick Pembry, Chief Officer, Hospital Carrier Isle
Mn Arthur Patrick Joseph Paterson, First Officer, M.
Mr. Jack Lynn, Mate, M.V.Laroc.
Mr. Victor Smith, Mate, Java.
Service,
Mr. John Bingham Woodhouse, Second Officer, S.S. Prague it Massey Shaw
London Fire
Brigade Wire Flo

Biarritz Boat Dorienta Drifter Gulzar Jaguar Java Killarney Lady Brassey Lady of Mann Lady Southborough Laroc Leslie London Lord Rodney Massey Shaw Nephrite Newhaven Prague Princess Princess Maud Queen Roebuck Royal Eagle St. Andrew The Boys TSS Princess Maud Baker Baldry Banks Barge Bond Boyce Butler Clarke Cliefe Connell Cook Dickinson Farrow Fenwick Frederick George Hay Hopwood Hughes Jones Kearvell Larbalestier Lynn MacKinnon Malcolm Mann Marston Mathews Maud Mead Miller Paterson Patrick Penny Pirie Shallis Shaw Smith SMITH H Stone Thomas Watson West Whyte Woodhouse Woods

653

CONFIDENTIAL.
Page 3.
Operation "DYNAMO" - Work of Personnel Vessels.
Personnel Vessels (continued).
remaining; she started a trip but failed to make Dunkirk. On return, original Captain rejoined with some of the original crew. She should then have sailed at 2010/3, but the Captain reported 3 engineers short at the last minute. It was not to wait for the engineers and the Master and the new crew provided for the second time. Before further use could be made of her, however, the evacuation terminated.
9. The MONA'S QUEEN was sunk by a mine on her second voyage to Dunkirk, and the FENELLA was bombed and sunk on her first voyage.
10. The MALINES who had completed two trips, refused to sail on the 1st, left Dover at 1600 on the 2nd without orders and was subsequently found to have proceeded to Southampton.
11. It was felt that trouble might occur in the ST. HELIER
and PRINCESS MAUD, and accordingly a naval party was put on board to supplement the ships crews, and in consequence no trouble occurred,
12. The outstanding ships were the MAID OF ORLEANS 6 trips, one being diverted without completing the trip, and once returning due to collision. ROYAL DAFFODIL 7 trips, on one of which she was turned back by a French destroyer -
ROYAL SOVEREIGN 6 trips
KING GEORGE V
5 trips
COTE a' ARGENT
5 trips
ST. HELIER
4 trips after having refused to sail once.
PRAGUE
3 trips with full loads, bombed, severely damaged and beached on the last return trip.
13. Eleven other ships were concerned in the Operation, details of which are as follows:
27th May BIARRITZ
Damaged by shell fire and returned.
27th May
ARCHANGEL
Damaged by shell fire and returned.
27th May
QUEEN OF THE
Sunk by bombing attack.
CHANNEL
28th May LORINA
Sunk by bombing attack.
29th May
NORMANIA
Sunk by bombing attack.
28th May LOCH GARRY
One trip.
28th May SCOTIA
One trip.
2nd June
1111
Sunk by bombing attack.
28th May KILLARNEY
One trip.
2nd June ROUEN
One trip.
2nd and 3rd
June AUTO CARRIER Two trips.
2nd and 3rd
June
NEWHAVEN
Two trips.
ce of
Enclosure:-
ER. Officer Commanding,
Details of Personnel
June, 1940.
Ships used.

Archangel Biarritz Fenella Killarney King George King George V Lorina Maid of Orleans Malines May Queen Newhaven Normania Prague Princess Princess Maud Queen Rouen Royal Daffodil Royal Sovereign Scotia St. Helier TS King George V TSS Princess Maud TSS Scotia Crews Dover George King Last Maud May Page

654

OCR table 1 from document page 654
ame of Ship.	Number of	Number of
	Trips.	Troops Carried.	Sunk.	Damaged.
CANTERBURY	3	3811		Bomb.
MAID OF ORLEANS	6	5319		Collision.
BIARRITZ	1			Shell fire.
ARCHANGEL	1			Shell fire.
ST. HELIER	4	3850
ROYAL DAFFODIL	8	7066
ST. SEIRIOL	2	950		Bomb.
QUEEN OF THE CHANNEL	1		Bomb
LOCA GARRY	1	1001
SCOTIA	2	2000	Bomb
MALINES	2	1884
PRAGUE	3	4000	Bomb
ROYAL SOVEREIGN	6	6858
KILLARNEY	1	800
KING GEORGE V	5	3750
COTE d'ARGENT (French)	5	4754
LORINA	1		Bomb Bomb
NORMANIA	1			Shell fire.
PRINCESS MAUD	2	1270
ROUEN (French)	1	1286
AUTO CARRIER	2	712 1396
NEWHAVEN (French)	2	1312	Mine
MONA'S QUEEN	2	2333
MANXMAN	3	7534
TYNWALD	5
MANX MAID	Nil		Bomb
FENELLA	1	4080		Collision
BEN-WY-CHREE	2	2902
LADY OF MANN	4
	TOTAL	68,868

Archangel Biarritz Canterbury Fenella Killarney King George King George V Lady of Mann Lorina Maid of Orleans Malines Manx Maid Manxman Newhaven Normania Prague Princess Princess Maud Queen Rouen Royal Daffodil Royal Sovereign Scotia St. Helier St. Seiriol TS King George V TSS Princess Maud TSS Scotia Tynwald Dover George King Mann Maud

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Page 15.
Operation "DYNAMO" - Recommendations of Personnel - List 'B'
PERSONNEL SHIPS AND HOSPITAL CARRIERS.
KILLARNEY.
Commanding Officer.
Richard Hughes, Master.
LADY OF MANN.
Commanding Officer.
Thomas C. Woods, Master.
LOCH GARRY.
Commanding Officer.
Ewen Mackinnon, Master,
PRAGUE.
Commanding Officer.
Clifford Roland Baxter, Master.
PRINCESS MAUD.
Commanding Officer.
Harry Clark, Master.
TYNWALD.
Officers.
Radio Officer Charles Mason.
Purser William Edward Lister.
Ratings.
Carpenter, John Gawne.
Donkeyman, A. Allen.

Killarney Lady of Mann Prague Princess Princess Maud TSS Princess Maud Tynwald Allen Baxter Clark Gawne Hughes MacKinnon Mann Mason Maud Page Thomas Woods