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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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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VA, A destroyer Dover, having reported that Dunkerque was
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0830 I asked me if ships should be sent there. usable,
0830
signalled from HEBE that destroyers could At into
Dunkerque in succession and that troops were waiting come close to the pier. Loading off beaches was proceeding slowly:
conditions were not bad, but the slight swell running in was enough to render boats liable to broach to. At La
Panne and Braye, lorries were being driven into the sea to form a sort of breakwater.
Noon
About midday there was an air attack on ships and on La
Panne. Later, when it had cleared a bit overhead, there was an attack on Dunkerque. Several French destroyers came in by Y channel and were fired on from the north of
La Panne; some guns tried to shell beach between Braye and La Panne, but the steep dunes protected it.
On returning to La Panne met Stevenson who had transferred to a motor launch and was doing excellent work. He saw
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Lord Gort who was anxious to see me. As conditions were getting worse and I did not want to get stranded, decided to go to Dunkerque and drive to La Panne from there.
HEBE could not be detained any longer, so sent her back to
Dover with troops and wounded and told Bush to explain the boat situation and point out vital necessity for sending out boats and crews.
1530
Transferred my staff to WINDSOR and went into Dunkerque in
MTB 102, sent at my request. Badly wanted some means of getting about quickly and a fast boat of light draught would have been invaluable: when I did get one its endurance was so low that it had to return almost at once to
Dover.
On getting to Dunkerque found Tennant was with Gort and that to drive there would take up more time than I cared to be away: decided to land from a boat after all.
The MTB had not enough fuel to reach La Panne and return to Døver, SO boarded GOSSAMER and took her to La Panne
1730
where I transferred to WORCESTER at about 1730.
La Panne was in telephonic communication with England;
also received W/T messages from Dover. One (1749) said ships were urgently wanted off La Panne: actually, at
1900, there were 4 destroyers and 1 minesweeper there and situation was constantly changing.
G.H.Q. was in touch with Admiralty and VA, Dover, and gave views and criticisisms of what was happening. This probably accounts for signal from 1st SL on this day asking if boats were distributed along beaches to best advantage.
Actually, only boats that could get inshore, except distri- pontoons bution depended on position of ships they belonged but and a few local craft, were the whalers, and their to.
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badly So hampered by lack of quick transport: once ships had far as possible kept ships off all beaches, was boats away a re-distribution was impracticable.
1900
beaches; with ammunition. Told her to beach cleared at as La
Small and about this time the TINY puffer herself their numbers of aircraft attacked La Panne and arrived, ships off loaded tide being then high; did so and was of was
Panne, tide fell, though think that a good deal cargo finally on beach in slight swell (thied attempt visual to see Gort), dumped in the sea.
2000
Landed Flag-Lieut. and a few signalmen to and open General went with them to GHQ - last villa but one on communication taking with GHQ. Met by Tennant south edge Lees;
of La Panne. situation. Seemed obvious to me back that more the
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Discussed felt they had successfully fallen it now or soldiers intact inn face of great odds and that was not making up to less the Navy to get them off, but that Navy were
Stressed of large scale embarkation from beaches; off said from any real difficulty, effort to do slowness so. and dependence on fine weather that bulk of any troops should move westward and come This
Dunkerque.

Boat Deal England Hebe MTB 102 Tiny Westward Windsor Bush Crews Day Dover Few Gort Last Lees Light Tennant

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So for as was possible I kept ships off all beaches, but in doing DO I
was badly hampered by the lack of means of gotting about quickly. Often when I was off La Penne ships would arrive and stop off the other two beaches, send in their boats and start loading, by then perhaps some off
La Panno would leave and a redistribution might be desivable, but it WAS
impracticable once ships had their boats may.
At 1900 small numbers of aircraft made attacks on I.O. Panne and ships off the beaches and about this time a puffer, the "Tiny," loaded with
/Shoot.
ammunition arrived. She was told to beach herself at In Fanno, the tide being then high; this she did and was cleared as the tide vont out, though I believe 8. good deal of her cargo Was finally dumped in the 502.
At 2000 I started inshore again in "WORCESTER'S" whaler on my third attempt to see Lord Gort, There was a slight swell and I got wet to the waist landing. I took in with me my Flag Licutenant and a small party of signalmen to open visual communications with G.H.Q.
I was met on the beach by Tennant and General Lees and werrt with them to G.H.Q. which was established in the last villa but one on the south edge of La Panne. This was a pretentions house with a largish dining-room with French windows opening direct on to S road ruming along the top of the sandy slope from the beach,
I found Lord Gort and his staff about to have dinner and he insisted on my joining thom. No was charming and seemed very checrful and 1111-
perturbed and glad to see me. He had been told that a Rear Admirel was being sent to take charge of the embarkation and made TO feel that that simple fact should have E. great effect. I must confess I did not feel so confident of what 10 was possible for me to do. However, we aid not really disouss matters till after dinner.
I shall not easily forget that meal. For one thing my brousors and seat were very wet and it seemed so strange to be sitting there sharing the Commander-in-Ohief's last bottle of champagne and looking out BOROSS
the beach to the sea, There were eight 02 nine of us including Tonnant and myself. I forget what we ate except that the final dish WOB fruit salad from a tin and I felt that my extra mouth was robbing the others of

Aid Deal Tiny Gort Last Lees May Tennant

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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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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