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TNA ADM 199 795

TNA ADM 199 795
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TNA ADM 199 795

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

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

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Dynamo
16
18 /5
has nesa
SGV
at 1415 and a return was made to Dover, where,after fuelling aaw strit
Jud the boat's return was reported to the Operations Room.
.Jeod ods
Instructions were given to stand by for further orders which were to be given at 0400 next morning. These instructions were cancelled and no movement was made on Saturday 1st.June.
IN
to Jade
11.
On 2nd. June "Dolphin's" boat was attached to the mont
VIIA
officer in charge of small boats for towing and despatch as
120
purposes in Dover harbour. She was so employed until noon тейто on June 4th.
of bellergia
12.
The crew of the boat were keen to return to Dunkirk
Berth if a tow could be obtained, but after several enquiries it to drugs add appeared that the boat was considered unsuitable for the blot used workand the boat had, unfortunatly, to remain employed in
Jon
Dover harbour. On 4th. June Able Seaman Stephans was lent eIdsalvis as coxswain of the Walmer lifeboat at his request, but shortly brocess
S
afterwards all operations were cancelled.
of
VII
13.
The motor boat sailed from Dover at 1315 on June 4th.
OS
in for Littlehampton, arriving there at 2115. The following mornbeenorg
Jsod ing 50 gallons of petrol were taken in and at 0915 the boat sailed for Portsmouth. A certain amount of engine trouble was experienced of a minor nature. The boat arrived at Fort
Belqu
Blockhouse at 1245.
of
14.
Considerable credit is due to Ldg. Morris who was in charge of the engines and also to Lag. Saunders, both of them working tirelessly to keep the motors in the best of condition, especially as the outward journey to Dover was made to
Date at maximum revolutions and no engine trduble was experienced edada until the return journey. Credit is also due to Ldg. Sea.
agoost ost)
Cobley, the coxswain of the boat.
8
I have the honour to be,
.01
Sir, add
07
8.6W
#1
your obedient servant
#1
Captain (St, of
H.M.S. Dolphin, viluteau
Gosport.
CAPTAIN (S)
S
R.N.
$616
8JUN1940
12 JUN 1940
SUBMARINE
2198/199
FLOTIL
DOVER
Cash to the value of 1,000 Francs was extracted from the Deed
Box at the D.S.T.O's Office, which was subsequently handed to the
Secretary to the P.S.T.O. at Dover, whose receipt is attached.
T.S.S. "QUEEN OF THE CHAINEL".
During the early hours of
Bth.May, 1 was angaged in embarking troops from the beach at the eastern side of the Harbour entrance in this vessel's five lifeboats.
200 men were brought alongside in this manner and others were taken to other craft In the vicinity.
During these perations one boat was lost.

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Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 229.

Dynamo
16
18 /5
has
nesa
SGV
at 1415 and a return was made to Dover, where ,after fuelling
aaw
strit
Jud
the boat's return was reported to the Operations Room.
.Jeod
ods
Instructions were given to stand by for further orders which
were to be given at 0400 next morning. These instructions
were cancelled and no movement was made on Saturday 1st.June.
IN
to Jade
11.
On 2nd. June "Dolphin's" boat was attached to the
mont
VIIA
officer in charge of small boats for towing and despatch
as
120
purposes in Dover harbour. She was so employed until noon
тейто
on June 4th.
of
bellergia
12.
The crew of the boat were keen to return to Dunkirk
Berth
if a tow could be obtained, but after several enquiries it
to drugs add
appeared that the boat was considered unsuitable for the
blot used
workand the boat had, unfortunatly, to remain employed in
Jon
Dover harbour. On 4th. June Able Seaman Stephans was lent
eIdsalvis
as coxswain of the Walmer lifeboat at his request, but shortly
brocess
S
afterwards all operations were cancelled.
of
VII
13.
The motor boat sailed from Dover at 1315 on June 4th.
OS
in
for Littlehampton, arriving there at 2115. The following morn-
beenorg
Jsod
ing 50 gallons of petrol were taken in and at 0915 the boat
sailed for Portsmouth. A certain amount of engine trouble
was experienced of a minor nature. The boat arrived at Fort
Belqu
Blockhouse at 1245.
of
14.
Considerable credit is due to Ldg. Morris who was
in charge of the engines and also to Lag. Saunders, both of
them working tirelessly to keep the motors in the best of con-
dition, especially as the outward journey to Dover was made
to
Date
at maximum revolutions and no engine trduble was experienced
edada
until the return journey. Credit is also due to Ldg. Sea.
agoost
ost)
Cobley, the coxswain of the boat.
8
I have the honour to be,
.01
Sir,
add
07
8.6W
#1
your obedient servant
#1
Captain (St,
of
H.M.S. Dolphin,
viluteau
Gosport.
CAPTAIN (S)
S
R.N.
$616
8JUN1940
12 JUN 1940
SUBMARINE
2198/199
FLOTIL
DOVER
Cash to the value of 1,000 Francs was extracted from the Deed
Box at the D.S.T.O's Office, which was subsequently handed to the
Secretary to the P.S.T.O. at Dover, whose receipt is attached.
T.S.S. "QUEEN OF THE CHAINEL".
During the early hours of
Bth.May, 1 was angaged in embarking troops from the beach at the
eastern side of the Harbour entrance in this vessel's five lifeboats.
200 men were brought alongside in this manner and others were
taken to other craft In the vicinity.
During these
perations one boat was lost.