Admiralty reports on naval operations off the Dutch, Belgian and French coasts during 1940.
Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199/795. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
1 matching pages. OCR may contain transcription errors.
| Page | Image | OCR text | OCR tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57 |
|
Subject |
Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 57.
Subject DUTCH SCHUYTES. The Secretary to From THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, PORTSMOUTH. Date 26th July, 1940. No. 8520/601 49 To The Head of M. Branch, Admiralty. was Former:- Head of M. Branch 1.010027/40 of 12th June, 1940. -do- M.010027/40 of 17th July,1940. to The attached statement regarding the dates of commissioning and paying off Dutch Schuytes is forwarded. 2. All those remaining in the command after Operation Dynamo, except RUJA, were kept in commission of for operations Cycle and Aerial and were not paid off July until receipt of Admiralty Telegram 2258/25th June. 3. Among those Schuytes commissioned elsewhere and paid off in the Portsmouth command were:- as to ca TWENTE - Lost through enemy action. Paid off from 12th June. HONSDRUG in ) JUTLAND - Paid off at Poole, 2nd July. was CARIBIA ) 4. NOORSTAD and PINGUIN were commissioned at Portsmouth on 15th June, for operation Cycle. 539. Poole, 5. and the Naval Officer-in-Charge has been requested All Schuytes in this command were paid off at to forward to you direct the dates of paying off (if known) of:- RUJA, NOORSTAD, PINGUIN, GORECHT, DOGGERS BANK. 6. Correspondence regarding the manning of the RION, JAVA and TINY, is also enclosed. Glane for Paymaster Captain, R.N Secretary. Enclosures:- 1. Statement. 2. Portsmouth No. 8520/602 (Minute II) and Minute III. of 16th July, 1940. placed , onboard was P.M. 27th May 1940. Nevernmith R.R.N. R.N. BARRACKS, PORTSMOUTH. NOSR-IN- CHIEF DRAFTING COMMANDER 1919th 19th July 1940. for COMMODORE. 20 JUL 940 * * PORTSMOUTH