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.
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-2- 031 40 LSC 01 Dyscum 259. 170 B No.) ovelved in 60 innon dud THE GENERAL 21 2 A W orders in aw of inimal hub enit in signi M/V S.S. Royal Dover Doffodil 5.6.40 14t 163 no h & and run ЖО added intions einnom like in 277 161 om 9623 A pads of 130 LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY. ho 1071 AGUE", DEPARTMENT. To The Commodore R.H. The quide this 128 and increased innon dui in Principal Sea Transport Officer, £ DEAL, STATION, DOVER. 0' Thurs. 6th. , IUNE 19340. pas Your REFERENCE and OUR REFERENCE to has and yours incovable invoice dub is With regard to your letter of the 5th. inst., I have the honour to eport the following In accordance with orders received since the the ship 24th. left at the ra Whort 1d Docks June notice 27th. Southamyton, for 2015. steam, where and proceeded she had been to Dover in port via the route given by the thes at invoiced amain 248 f halfids .0.S.O. Southamyton. 0448. The ship made Dover and orders were lying received with the to go TAY anchorage June 28th. in the Downs. This was done 0512. and the ship mianfard rof do Ematem 0 outh Foreland Lt. Ho. 261, 5% the miles Examination by Officer promised visited to the return ship and one, aniaped proupment enemina During me two the small same scale forenoon charts of the district, district and when he had obtained 0 out with ave this a large was scale evidently chart not of possible the Dunkirk and only. the ship made all her passages across TAY 1830 and was 28th. S return fixed. 1700. on In Orders small accordance scale to proceed with charts these were Hospital orders received Ship the and "PARIS" ship a departure weighed via Route and time the of proceeded in company with drizzly "MANDMAN" and sisty, and the visibility shortening something as over BY". The of weather France was was approached. The draft of about the ship the was Suidcoote Pass which coast 16ft. and in view of the meagre scale information chart, it was decided "Prague" to allow keep the was other procurable two ships, from both the of small considerably less draft than ahead, the the ships being roughly in the single buoys line. were unlit, and as remarked all three above ships The great majority of very near to the Suidooote Pass and presumably on visibility ren ashore, poor, it is and estimated when very near to No.2.E. Buoy, for the Smal Bank. "Paris" came off immediately, but "Manxman" kindly stuck sent thinks "Pregue" and Bloops, whose Captain very detail a ail some hours. Meating of one the of district and a chart marked for 8. in ship some of more our draft before liary boat than with our own, advice we realised that it was hopeless tide, and accordingly returned rise to to at: Smith the Pass at Nieuport that state Bank of Buoy the and anchored to and let afterwards the tide e the few vicinity feet. "Manxman" of the joined us here a few hours later via the pass to regish noted in concert with us. MAY June 29th. when 0355. ordered Got under to enter way again the port and made proceeded fast immediately, just inside the Naval the end subs Dunktric, the Enstern and jetty. Ambarkation started difficulties almost and loading us up in and yours Beachmaster of very through kindly the realising Pass before our the tide fell neighbourhood too much as our of 17'6" draf when time to loaded return with troops left was Dunkirk estimated and to proceeded be in the home by the to same proceed route, signalling At 0735 Dover the at 1230 the same day and receiving orders and