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C.P.G.O's 1700 & 1723.
- VESSELS TAKING PART IN OPERATION DYNANO. -
C.E.in C. DEPARTMENT HOPPER BARGE 17.24.
REPORTS OF MASTER AND ENGINEER.
ements of H.B. No.24. Assisting Evacuation of Troops from Dunkirk.
hesday 29/5/40. Midnight leaving Portsmouth Harbour, proceeding rsday Ramsgate. 30th. Arrived. While approaching, owing to shoals, vessel ched bottom. No material damage sustained.
in to 6.0 p.m. Waiting orders.
D to 1.15 p.m. a.m. (Friday) 31st. Embarking British troops from East to 11.0 Proceeding to and arriving at Dunkirk.
6 a.m. Leaving Dunkirk and proceeding to and arriving at e under heavy gun fire.
agate 6.0 a.m.
a.m. to 7.0 a.m. Waiting orders.
Proceeding to and arriving at Margate.
a.m. a.m. to to 9.0 8.0 a.m. a.m. Waiting to berth alongside of pier.
a.m. to 9.15 a.m. Berthing.
D a.m. to 10.0 a.m. Proceeding to H.M. Sloop "Guillemot". Lewis Anchored Gun in Disembarking 480 troops.
Margate a.m. to and 1.20 taking p.m. in 17 tons of Fuel Oil and having ountered p.m. to heavy 6.0 p.m. gun fire from shore batteries, also four successive
D ted on Aft deck. Proceeding to Dunkirk. Whilst approaching bing attacks. Vessel severely shaken.
urning to Margate. Arriving 6.0 a.m. Saturday 1/6.
a.m. a.m. to to 7.0 8.45 a.m. a.m. Proceeded to and arriving at Ramagate.
Waiting orders.
D 5 to 9.30. Waiting orders. Proceeding to Dunkirk. Sighting heavy and bombing exploding
3 on a.m. to 4.30 While p.m. approaching Dunkirk encountered bows.
acks, D to 5.45. sustaining Alongside West Mole embarking 580 French troops.
way. slight damage to vessel's bing raids while Proceeding alongside. to Margate encountered fire, three bombing causing
5. acks, to 10.45.p.m. also Decks raked three times by Machine gun
30 15 night p.m. to 1st 11.30. to June midnight to Midnight proveeding 4th June, to anchorage standing by Margate. under steaming casualties among Alongside pier disembarking troops. off troops.
ers. night 4th June, received orders to proceed to Portsmouth, 3.0 a.m.
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's 1700.&1723. VESSELS TAKING PART IN OPERATION DYNAMO.
C.E.in C. Dept. Hopper Barge W.26.
Reports of Master and Engineer.
Left Portsmouth mid-night Wednesday 29th for Ramsgate. Arrived over 10.0 p.m. Thursday. Anchored in Downs, weighing anchor
.0 a.m. Friday 31st we proceeded to Ramsgate, arriwing at 9.0 a.m.
ived orders to proceed to Dunkirk to embark troops. Left gate at 9.40 a.m. arriving at Dunkirk at 1.0 p.m. Berther alongof damaged pier to collect what troops were available, by 5.0 p.m.
all hands assisting, took on board 400 troops, officers and men, gst whom were six wounded "Walking Cases". During this period incountered a little difficulty owing to fast passing vessels ing swell and parting mooring wires 3 in No. rendering useless it 100 Fms. of 22" wire. We also encountered two Air Raids, but lamage, and left with our passengers at 5.0 p.m. While steaming the Harbour Channel we encountered another Air Raid. Thanks ur Royal Navy and gallant Air Force, the Raider, which appeared st overhead, was brought down by gunfire and plunged into the between us and the beach. We arrived at Ramsgate pier at 9.5.p.m.
mbarking our troops in 15 minutes. Requiring drinking water and fuel, we were supplied with 40 in No.Petrol cans of water, and roceeded to Margate arriving off Margate at 11.50 p.m. Anchored red to proceed to Margate for fuel. Leaving pier at 9.40 p.m.
1 4.30 a.m. Saturday 1/6. Proceeded alongside H.M.S. "Guillemot", taking in 10 tons of oil fuel. At 7.55 we returned to Ramagate any of H.B.95 to our home port, arriving at St.Helens Roads at orders arriving at 9.25. We were then ordered to proceed in
0 p.m. Ordered to anchor until daylight at 4.30 a.m. Sunday eighed getting permission from Examination officer, St.Enooh we eeded to anchor, enter Harbour at 6.0 a.m. Mooring alongaide
.0 a.m. and landing at Asia Pontoon at 8.30.
(sa) W.J. Allan.
MASTER.

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soldiers, some 370 mostly french were disembarked considerable difficulty. We arrived without furth
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incident at Ramsgate next morning.
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D.M.O., Admiralty House, Sheerness.
I returned from Ramsgate to Margate and to assist S.N.T.O. Now Lieutenant Commander Givin
Shift
On 31/5/40 I boarded H.M.S. "Nelson" (motor
31/5
On Monday evening at 1900 I sailed in launch) in Ramsgate Harbour under orders to proceed
"Guillemot" for Dunkirk, she had not previously been to Dunkirk. At 1310 I left the Harbour in company prgme
3th and so took me on as Navigator. We arrived at with H.M.S. "Fervent" in charge of Lieutenantentrance at about 2330 after an uneventful trip
Commander Clements, R.N.R. The starboard engine of the sinking a floating mine. We went alongside the motor launch was out of repair and on getting outside and embarked 400 Frenchmen without incident.
the harbour both the centre and port engines developed air locks which made it neessary to return to harbour.
On our return we ran into fog at the last
After a strenuous afternoon's work the engineer before the Goodwin and proceeded at slow speed with cleared the air locks and at about 1645 I again left the harbour. When about 2 miles south of the mi visibility about a cable. We made the North Good
Goodwin Light Vessel I was signalled to by Lieutenant set course for the elbow and North Foreland buoys,
Newell, R.N.R. in charge of the Northern Inspection had Tug.
unable to find them we anchored tillthe fog lifted, we found the North Foreland buoy a quarter mile 00
His struck tug a submerged wreck and was listed about was standing by the trawler "Jacita" which 25°
Starboard beam; we set course for Margate pier and to port. There were about 300 French colonial asked troops no second ship alongside.
the trawler and Lieutenant-Newell, R.N.R.
TO I humathed working Lieutenant Commander Gin refloat to the vessel. He was afraid that the I trawler in transfer them to his tug before he attempted to the S T.O. S office was closed on Wednesday, thes would spent about one hour in transferring return the be holed and sink during refloating.
reported first to Ramsgate as ordered and then to &
finally proceeding on leave that evening.
accordingly which left barely enough petrol for arriving the at troops from Dunkirk. I then proceeded, The harbour
Throughout the evacuation I was impressed voyage Mole, Dunkirk at about 2200. but necessity of sending in boats fully manned by navel bosts the East shelled a few minutes before I entered, in on had been alongside the Mole I found British troops ships.
shallow draught, not necessarily powerfully used.
to the beach, or better still sending in power engined large numbers onto the Mole and asked an Thereafter Officer to we detail getting going along the Mole to other few if any of this type of boat was being
82 men for my and after having nearly run 79 returned by an
I climbed up launch, which he did. down bas I have the honour to be left the harbour minesweeper in Dunkirk channel, we anchored till overtaking and reaching the Downs and landed
Sir by daylight buoys V.V and then on entered Ramsgate Harbour the troops.
doinw WOTD Bre Your obedient servant.
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475
499
TUESDAY, 4TH JUNE, 1940.
0600.
"ROYAL SOVEREIGN".
1350.
0720.
"GUILLEMOT.
460.
0830.
"KELLETT"
30.
+
3 French Women.
0840.
"ALBRY".
400.
+
1 French Woman.
0840.
L2. (Trawler).
85.
AD389. (Trawler) TAD385
60.
+
4 Belgian Refugees.
0845.
"LEDA".
500.
1035.
65.
+
3 Women, 1 French
1132.
"K.G.V."
Boy.
1310.
"ORIEL".
50.
1425.
"QUEEN OF THANET".
150.
3150

Total.
Carried Forward. 33107.
"DUNDALL".
730.
450. 280.
"TWENTE".
350.
"ANTJE".
450.
300. 150.
"BRIGHTON QUEEN".
160.
"LADY SOUTHBORO". 350.
"GALLEONS REACH".
123.
permimmere
"PHINLIMON".
900.
"QUEEN OF THANET". 2500.
850. 1500. 150.
MOTOR BOAT.
23.
"SALTASH".
750.
"WESTWARD HO".
1686.
720. 918.
48.
"VINCIA".
108.
"HALCYON".
58.
"QUEENS CHANNEL".
52.
2500.
"FOREMOST".
200.
470.
750.
750.
50.
"ORIEL".
2020.
"RAPID I".
25.
"OFFENIA".
50.
"TANGELLE MARIE".
25.
"GUILLEMOT".
460.
L2 TRAWLER.
85.
AD.389 TRAWLER.
60.
46722.
TOTAL.