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

563

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

609

Page 12,
Operation "DYNAMO" - Recommendations of Personnel - List 'B'
MISCELLANEOUS
CALCUTTA (A.A. Vessel).
Commanding Officer.
Captain Dennis Marescaux Lees, R.N.
LORMONT.
Commanding Officer.
Lieutenant Commander Walter Stuart Smithies, R.N.
Officers.
Sub.Lieutenant Alexander Frederick Sidney Davidson, R.N.R.
Ratings.
Marine A. Hobberjam.
Marine, H. Ambrose.
H.M.S. EXCELLENT's A.A. Motor Boat
Commanding Officer.
Sub.Lieutenant Alastair William Maxwell Matthew, R.N.
Thames L.D.F. GOLDEN EAGLE.
Officer.
Lieutenant James Colin Newman, M.B.E., R.N.V.R.
Rating.
Chief Petty Officer James S. Seaman, C/J.3192.
Thames L.D.F. ROYAL EAGLE.
Officers.
Lieutenant Arnold Herbert Dunkerley, R.N.R.
Lieutenant (E) Rodney L. Helyer, R.N.R.
A.A. Kite Party.
Commanding Officer.
Commander John Scott Dove, R.N.
Officers.
Sub.Lieutenant John Lawrence Field, R.N.V.R.
Sub.Lieutenant Richard Graham Addis, R.N.V.R.
Motor/

Boat Calcutta Dove Excellent's Golden Eagle Lormont Royal Eagle Thames Alexander Ambrose Arnold Dennis Dove Frederick Graham Lawrence Lees Matthew Newman Page Scott Smithies Walter

714

Page 3.
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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Page 12.
Operation "DYNAMO" - Recommendations of Personnel - List 'B'
MISCELLANEOUS,
CALCUTTA (A.As Vessel).
Commanding Officer.
Captain Dennis Marescaux Lees, R.N.
LORMONT.
Commanding Officer.
Lieutenant Commander Walter Stuart Smithies, R.N.
Officers.
Sub.Lieutenant Alexander Frederick Sidney Davidson, R.N.R.
Ratings.
Marine A. Hobberjam.
Marine, H. Ambrose.
H.M.S. EXCELLENT's A.As Motor Boat
Commanding Officer.
Sub. Lieutenant Alastair William Maxwell Matthew, R.N.
Thames L.D.F. GOLDEN EAGLE.
Officer.
Lieutenant James Colin Newman, M.B.E., R.N.V.R.
Rating.
Chief Petty Officer James S. Seaman, C/J.3192.
Thames L.D.F. ROYAL EAGLE.
Officers.
Lieutenant Arnold Herbert Dunkerley, R.N.R.
Lieutenant (E) Rodney L. Helyer, R.N.R.
A.A. Kite Party.
Commanding Officer.
Commander John Scott Dove, R.N.
Officers.
Sub. Lieutenant John Lawrence Field, R.N.V.R.
Sub.Lieutenant Richard Graham Addis, R.N.V.R.
Motor/

Boat Calcutta Dove Excellent's Golden Eagle Lormont Royal Eagle Thames Alexander Ambrose Arnold Dennis Dove Frederick Graham Lawrence Lees Matthew Newman Page Scott Smithies Walter