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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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
161
159
CONFIDENTIAL.
Page 40
Operation "DYNAMO" - Narrative of Events.
Inshore Flotillas and Naval Shore Parties (continued).
June 1st, noon. Dunkirk East Beach.
"Conditions other than state of the sea, which was good, were shocking. The German planes were flying low and using machine guns. Operation delayed as great difficulty was experienced persuading some of the French to embark.
So far as I could understand their units were incomplete, and they were unwilling that part of a unit should embark without the rest. At one point on the beach there were at least 2,000 men, none of whom would embark."
Monday, 3rd June. Dunkirk East Pier. 0045.
"There were no troops on the jetty so I went to the inner end. There I found a French Colonel with about 3,000
men waiting to be told where to go. I had to stand at the end telling them that their Colonel was in my ship before they would follow."
ARTLETT
LA DORADO
RINGIA
STELLA
OLVES
OLVINA
ffice of
Flag Officer Commanding,
MIN
SILVER DAWN
Dover.
DRI
June, 1940.

Anthony Calcutta Cruiser Dawn Olvina Silver Dawn Vivacious Dover Malcolm Page

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

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

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

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

713

Page 2.
PS WHICH TOOK PART IN OPERATION "DYNAMO" - 26TH MAY - 4TH JUNE, 1940.
PART I - BRITISH SHIPS (continued)
SWEEPING CRAFT.
ARIA
JEANNIE MACINTOSH
REED
TY
JOHN AND NORA
RELONZO
NIC
JOHN CATTLING
RENASCENT
CK
LORD BARHAM
RESTRIVO
I
LORD CAVAN
REWGA
THNESS
LORD COLLINGWOOD
RIG
CO (E.S.)
LORD GREY
SARAH HYDE
FORT
LORD HOOD
SARGASSO
IDAW
LORD INCHCAPE
SATURN
TENTA
LORD KEITH
SILVER DAWN
SIBLE
LORD MELCHETT
STARLIGHT RAYS
GET
LORD RODNEY
STELLA RIGEL
HER BOY
LORD ST. VINCENT
STRATHELLIOTT
DEA
MARE
STRIVE
NIUS
MARETTA
SWIFT WING
A
NAUTILUS
TARANSAY
ZAR
OLIVAE
THOMAS BARTLETT
VERFORTH
OUR BAIRNS
THOMSONS
CKETA
OVERFALLS
THREE KINGS
CKEVE
F
POLLY JOHNSON
TWEENWAYS
UNICITY
S TRAWLERS.
GYLLSHIRE
KINGSTON ANDALUSITE
SPURS
ACKBURN ROVERS
KINGSTON OLIVINE
STELLA DORADO
PE ARGONA
LADY PHILOMENA
THURINGIA
YTON WYKE
OLVINA
TOPAZE
IMSBY TOWN
ST. ACHILLEUS
WESTELLA
INGSTON ALALITE
SAON
WOLVES
HAMES SPECIAL SERVICE SHIPS.
RESTED EAGLE
GOLDEN EAGLE
ROYAL EAGLE
.A/S.B's. M.T.B's. ETC.
M. A/S. B. 10
M.T.B. 68
.C. MOTOR-BOAT
( ex "EXCELLENT")
M.T.B. 16
M.L. 100
A/S. B. 6
M.T.B. 22
M.T.B. 102
.A/S. B. 7
M.T.B. 67
M.T.B. 107
OVER FLARE-BURNING DRIFTERS
PAXTON
BOY ROY
GOLDEN GIFT
SHIPMATES
EILEEN EMMA
GOLDEN SUNBEAM
THE BOYS
FORECAST
LORD HOWARD
TORBAY II
GERVAIS RENTOUL
LORD HOWE
UT PROSIM
GIRL GLADYS
MIDAS
YORKSHIRE LASS
GIRL PAMELA
NETSUKIS
YOUNG MUN
(Continued)
Sunk.

Boat Boy Roy Dawn Eileen Eileen Emma Forecast Gervais Rentoul Girl Gladys Girl Pamela Golden Eagle Golden Gift Golden Sunbeam Jeannie MacIntosh John Cattling Kingston Andalusite Kingston Olivine Lady Philomena Lord Barham Lord Cavan Lord Collingwood Lord Grey Lord Hood Lord Howard Lord Howe Lord Inchcape Lord Keith Lord Melchett Lord Rodney Lord St. Vincent Mare Maretta Midas Nautilus Netsukis Olivae Olvina Our Bairns Paxton Polly Polly Johnson Reed Relonzo Renascent Restrivo Rewga Rig Royal Eagle Saon Sargasso Saturn Shipmates Silver Dawn Spurs Starlight Rays Stella Rigel Strive Sunbeam Swift Swift Wing Taransay The Boys Thomsons Three Kings Topaze Torbay II Tweenways Wolves Yorkshire Lass Johnson Kings May Page Reed Swift Thomas Young