TNA ADM 199 795

Collection details

TNA ADM 199 795

Admiralty reports on naval operations off the Dutch, Belgian and French coasts during 1940.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: ADM 199 795

View the archive catalogue entry ↗

Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199/795. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing only document page 114. Show all matching pages ×

1 matching pages. OCR may contain transcription errors.

List page 1 of 1 Showing document pages 114–114 of this collection

A note about image and OCR quality

Every reasonable effort has been made to present these document images as flat, straight and accurately cropped as possible. Historical records can be difficult to photograph or scan because of tight bindings, deep gutters, page curvature, folds, creases, fragile paper, uneven edges, shadows, glare, skewed pages, fading, stains, tears, attachments and restrictions on how a document may be handled. These conditions can distort parts of an image and consequently affect the OCR transcription.

Considerable post-production work has been undertaken to crop, align, flatten and enhance the images where practicable, but the results represent our best effort rather than exact facsimiles. Text showing through from the reverse of a page, printed backgrounds, stamps, ruled lines, marks and text visible from neighbouring pages may confuse or spoil OCR output. Handwriting is not reliably recognised and, in most places, may be missing, incomplete or incorrectly transcribed. Always check the page image and, where accuracy matters, consult the original record held by the identified archive.

OCR is not a transcription. It is machine-generated text used to create research tags and help locate names and references within the source images; it should not be read as a verified narrative.

Page	Image	OCR text	OCR tags
114	Log in to enlarge	SECRET 0114.M. H.M.S. "Vivacious" c/o. G.P.O. 18th June 1940 Sir, I have the honour to forward the report of proceedings of H.M.Ship under my command for the period 15th June to 18th June 1940. 2.- In accordance with instructions from the Commander in Chief, Portsmouth, H.M.S. "Vivaclous" slipped and proceeded to sea from Portsmouth at 1610 on 15th June 1940.A/S patrol was carried out on the Cherbourg - - St Catherines route for the evacuation of the British Expeditionery Force. About twenty Northbound transports were sighted during the period 15th to 17th June. Three single Junkers aircraft were sighted in the Channel. NO bombs were dropped, but searchlights and a heavy explosion were observed in the direction of Portsmouth. 3.- The ship was relieved on patrol by H.M.S. swild Swan" at 1745 on Monday 17th June and proceeded to Sheerness. 4.- The following-is the sequense of events of the night 17th - 18th June. 2349 When 210° 8 miles from Dungeness Low Light House sighted Motor Torpedo Boat on Starboard Bow about 11 miles. 2350 Sighted torpedo running on the surface. Altered course to starboard and went full astern on both engines. The torpedo passed about 15 - - 20 yards ahead of the ship. Proceeded to chase the E-Boat which retired at high speed and touch was lost. 0105/18 Signted E.BOat and pursued. 0115 Opened fire with 4" 9. 12pounder, and pon-pon. E-Boat retired under cover of smoke. 0135 H.M.S. "Vesper" joined and took charge of operations. 0137 Both ships opened 1 Heavy fire on an E-Boat, which again retired under smoke and was lost from view at 0150. 0155 Carried out search under the orders of "Vesper". 0355 Parted company with "Vesper "and proceeded to Sheerness. 0805 Secured alongside oiler "Alheganny" at Sheereess. 5.- Remarks.	Boat Vivacious Chase Light Miles

Raw OCR

Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 114.

SECRET
0114.M.
H.M.S. "Vivacious"
c/o. G.P.O.
18th June 1940
Sir,
I have the honour to forward the report of proceedings
of H.M.Ship under my command for the period 15th June to 18th
June 1940.
2.-
In accordance with instructions from the Commander
in Chief, Portsmouth, H.M.S. "Vivaclous" slipped and proceeded
to sea from Portsmouth at 1610 on 15th June 1940.A/S patrol was
carried out on the Cherbourg - - St Catherines route for the
evacuation of the British Expeditionery Force. About twenty
Northbound transports were sighted during the period 15th
to 17th June. Three single Junkers aircraft were sighted in
the Channel. NO bombs were dropped, but searchlights and
a heavy explosion were observed in the direction of Portsmouth.
3.-
The ship was relieved on patrol by H.M.S. swild Swan"
at 1745 on Monday 17th June and proceeded to Sheerness.
4.-
The following-is the sequense of events of the night
17th - 18th June.
2349 When 210° 8 miles from Dungeness Low Light House
sighted Motor Torpedo Boat on Starboard Bow
about 11 miles.
2350 Sighted torpedo running on the surface. Altered
course to starboard and went full astern on both
engines. The torpedo passed about 15 - - 20 yards
ahead of the ship.
Proceeded to chase the E-Boat which retired at high
speed and touch was lost.
0105/18 Signted E.BOat and pursued.
0115 Opened fire with 4" 9. 12pounder, and pon-pon.
E-Boat retired under cover of smoke.
0135
H.M.S. "Vesper" joined and took charge of operations.
0137
Both ships opened 1 Heavy fire on an E-Boat,
which again retired under smoke and was lost from
view at 0150.
0155
Carried out search under the orders of "Vesper".
0355 Parted company with "Vesper "and proceeded to
Sheerness.
0805 Secured alongside oiler "Alheganny" at Sheereess.
5.- Remarks.