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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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TNA
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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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ESSAGES.
Messages for transmission by W/T were sent either through the French Station at the Bastion in Anglo-French or
K.D.G. Code, or, for the sake of greater secrecy as well as of convenience, through destroyers. These were taken by hand down the pier.
All messages were received through the French
Station.
of
On Thursday 30th, Lieut. Balfour arrived with:-
quipment
2 Telegraphists and 2 Signalmen.
A W/T set. (T.V.5).
A Portable Loud Speaker equipment, which proved invaluable for passing instructions to troops marching down the pier and also later for controlling ship traffic from the per head. A number of these instruments would have been of great value.
Two Field Telephones, with which it was at last possible to establish effective communication between the Pier
Master and the H.Q. Signal Station.
One copy of Syko Code.
Two Aldis Lamps.
Reception on the W/T set was established by 2300
Thursday, 30th, but owing to a defective transmitter full communication was not established with Dover on their set until daylight Friday 31st, when R/T had to be used. Transmission broke down altogether on Saturday evening lat June, probably due to sand in the generator.
On Saturday 1st June, the Royal Corps of Signals established a W/T Station in a lorry by the Bastion, working on 1700 k/o, and also a much needed telephone communication between the Bastion and the H.Q. Signal Station. Owing to the intense bombing and shelling of Sunday, the line was
Broke Evening Aldis Dover Head Last

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302
2
ESSAGES.
Messages for transmission by W/T were sent either
through the French Station at the Bastion in Anglo-French or
K.D.G. Code, or, for the sake of greater secrecy as well as
of convenience, through destroyers. These were taken by hand
down the pier.
All messages were received through the French
Station.
of
On Thursday 30th, Lieut. Balfour arrived with:-
quipment
2 Telegraphists and 2 Signalmen.
A W/T set. (T.V.5).
A Portable Loud Speaker equipment, which
proved invaluable for passing instructions to troops marching
down the pier and also later for controlling ship traffic
from the per head. A number of these instruments would have
been of great value.
Two Field Telephones, with which it was at last
possible to establish effective communication between the Pier
Master and the H.Q. Signal Station.
One copy of Syko Code.
Two Aldis Lamps.
Reception on the W/T set was established by 2300
Thursday, 30th, but owing to a defective transmitter full
communication was not established with Dover on their set until
daylight Friday 31st, when R/T had to be used. Transmission
broke down altogether on Saturday evening lat June, probably
due to sand in the generator.
On Saturday 1st June, the Royal Corps of Signals
established a W/T Station in a lorry by the Bastion, working
on 1700 k/o, and also a much needed telephone communication
between the Bastion and the H.Q. Signal Station. Owing to
the intense bombing and shelling of Sunday, the line was