TNA ADM 199 795

M.
3256
(Revised-June, 1983.)
940
-51.
DATE
The contents of this letter have been
FROM WHOM
who communicated was the Sea to Major Claude Attwood, R.M. (Retd.)
R.m. Woolfenden.
30.6.40
Calais. Transport Officer in Charge reply. It is presumed that M. will initiate at the
MARKINGS TO BOARD.
SUBJECT.
Angt Shiping
Rear-Admiral,
Expression at aralitude for work
Naval Assistant to the
Director of Sea Transport.
will
5th July, 1940.
IMPERIAL WAR GRAVES COMMISSION,
32, GROSVENOR GARDENS,
CENTRAL
LONDON, S.W.t.
29 JUNI940
REGISTRY
M.
3235
29th June 1940.
1940
Sir,
I am directed by the Imperial War Graves
Commission to state that they have been informed of the great help and kindness shown to their staff during the evacuation in the latter part of last month by the Sea
Transport Officer at Calais.
I am to ask that an expression of the Commission's warm thanks and appreciation may be conveyed to that Officer.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Lieut.Colonel.
The Secretary,
The Admiralty,
S.W.1.

Name of Vessel
Date
Cause
Position and G.R.T.
Date
Cause and Position
Remarks
Admiralty issed do.
JA
D\L
Commissioned do.
Unknown
Vessels. (Ctd.)
Lost at Dunkirk
.T.S.O
Did not return
ETHEL EVERARD
Barge.
envish THE no Dehnsits
038
Abandoned and
G.R.T. 158
TTO
blown up.
BOD
AIDIE
Sunk during operations
Abandoned at
Barge.
1801
JB dosed no benobited at Dunkirk.
Dunkirk,
G.R.T. 119
Juddi
YRRRY
oil
D\RL
S.bit
OCEAN LASSIE.
anolleneco
Drifter.
G.R.T. 127 хина
)
erveR 90 120 Bedmoa
JUOGA
.8.8
S.V. ROYALTY
1/6
Beached and abandoned over
.0.4
G.R.T. 85
at Malo-les-Cains
Presumed
D.W. -
during evacuation at total loss.
.0
хише erissellite 990 beallod Dunkirk.
Abandoned.
D/VI
MISSOS
FAIRBREEZE
1/6
Struck submerged wreck
Abandoned:
at Dunkirk while
.W.C
Drifter rescuing survivors
G.R.T. 92
.benobnedA
from Beach.
a\8t
D.W. blood VTA
BARBARA JEAN
Bombed at Dunkirk
Abandoned:
Sailing barge.
1/6 Je SebmonD
a\et
G.R.T. 119
D.W.
200
.W.O.
DORIS
18618 1/6 JB DenobradA
At Dunkirk
Blown up.
хиов vert
Abandoned.
Sailing barge.
,8\18
G.R.T. -
.eys
.T.H.O
D.W.
150
OYE
.W.G
XMUS
.bedmod
Approx.
do.
2/11
Abandoned.
SPEC
10.4
Dumb barge.
31/5
EAS.OL.T.R.O
G.R.T.
assist,WAI
D.W.
70
vd bemmer do.
2\88
do.n.V.M
ALEC.
Approx. 31/5 'II OAA at
.T.O
Dumb barge
4881.T.A.O
G.R.T. -
ASTS *.W.A
D.W.
60
Devivous es nottos About vmene vd Xnu8
do.
Reported lost
M.V.CLAUDE as tto on beach.
Water boat I
31/5
2\1
"УЧНЯЗВОЯ YOAR".
жина
SARK БелоблясА
do.
egred doles.xua do.
Dumb barge.
to smotistego antrud a\I
do.
dd.
SHETLAND.
do.
Dumb bargeb do.
dd.
do.
F.23
vd admos
JA
do.
Dumb bargeNNUE
8\01
.2.8.0

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3.
370
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No further ships arrived during the forenoon off Bray or
La Panne and a great opportunity was missed for embarking troops undisturbed. During the forenoon the Sappers in conjunction with the First Division, built a long pier of lorries off Bray into the sea, with plank decking. This was an excellent piece of work and proved invaluable later as a pedestrian pier, but it was insufficiently stable for such craft as paddle steamers to go alongside. Nor was it desirable for smaller pier craft to go alongside in safety especially in a lop. It was, nevertheless, later invaluable for embarking troops into small boats.
During the forenoon I proceeded to Dunkirk and met S.N.O. He informed me that embarkation had proceeded very satisfactorily during the night and estimated that
12,000 to 13,000 troops had been embarked. I told him that I estimated 6,000 to 7,000 troops had embarked during the night from the beaches, and I stressed the urgency for more ships to arrive and more and more boats, but few if any ships arrived during the forenoon.
On my way to Dunkirk, I found the water Lighter
CLAUDE high and dry, but ample supplies of water, and on my return to Bray arranged with the Military Authorities for lorries and/gune to collect and déstribute this sorely needed requirement.
Acting on S.N.O's instructions, I sent officers on board the CRESTED EAGLE to destroy any secret equipment still in her, but fire had already done all that was necessary. In the afternoon (Thursday) one or two scoots and 2 or 3 motor yachts and paddlers arrived and anchored to the westward of Bray, where no doubt they first observed large bodies of troops waiting embarkation. None, unfortunately, proceeded East of the Bray Pier where the
First Division had waited many hours patiently and most orderly. Eventually some of the First Division proceeded to Dunkirk where they hoped embarkation facilities were better. One or two destroyers or sloops passed en route from the westward, to La Panne, and I tried without success with at very ineffective improvised lamp to tell them to anchor off the Pier. Eventually I managed to get at signal to Rear-Admiral Wake-Walker in a passing ship asking him to arrange for this. I sent an officer with a representative of the First Division staff to Dunkirk to represent the urgent need for destroyers to anchor off Bray. (Not until two days later did I learn that all the destroyers, etc., had been given specific instructions as to which beaches they were to anchor off). Later a certain number of destroyers sloops and scoots had anchored off Bray and the embarkation proceeded satisfactorily. Unfortunately however, owing to at lack of Naval Officers, time after time did one see the a projected procession of boats going off loaders with troops, only to be cast adrift empty floating to seaward.
About 1700(?) I paid a further visit to G.H.Q.
to calar up a point about the allocation of troops to the several beaches, and returned to Bray.
About 2000 I decided that I must go and interview
Admiral Wake-Walker who I believed to be embarked in at ship off
Bray. Before leaving I gave instructions that in the falling tide/