← Document collections
TNA / ADM 199 795

TNA ADM 199 795

TNA ADM 199 795
Collection details

TNA ADM 199 795

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

Holding archive
TNA
Collection reference
ADM 199 795
View the archive catalogue entry ↗

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

Showing only pages tagged with the vessel name Gula. Tags are exact matches from this collection’s OCR tag index. Clear vessel filter ×

3 matching pages. OCR may contain transcription errors.

List page 1 of 1 Showing document pages 446–708 of this collection
Page ImageOCR textOCR tags
446 Page 446 Log in to enlarge

276
251
From:- A.W. West, Skipper H.M.T. Gula.
Date:- 4th June, 1940.
To:-
Naval Officer in Charge, Ramsgate.
This is to report that at 12 o'clock (mid-night)
Saturday, June 1st, we rescued twelve survivors from H.N.Y. Greives, which was blown up by & nine whilst entering Dunkirk. There were no other men in the water when we left.
Gula West
652 Page 652 Log in to enlarge
OCR table 1 from document page 652
IME SHIP. B.S.P. ALLIES. VARIOUS.
410 Pacifico 272 142
500 Mary Spear 15
500 Tolanthe 35
500 Amazone 111
530 Three Kings 59 2
530 Genius 98
545 Ocean Breeze 494 70
555 Sandown
600 Jackeve
640 Aransa 135 189
645 Rowga 50
700 Gula
705 Tilly
715 Susitary 506 237
725 Murins
730 Barham 65
1800 Darienta
800 Small boat 17 15
1825 Alcimaics 26
830 Rig 228
845 A. 248 21
0845 9 @ Dover steps 98
910 Foam Queen 88 2
920 Sarah Hyde 117
925 President Briand
0900 X 217 14
to Pickford 65
930 Britannic &
Inner Renascent 49
farbour) LO 504 37
Resolute 83.
New Britannic 156
0955 Mensaillon 217 98
1015 Ruga
0930 to The Hound 87 1
1030 M.F.H. 78
Inner The Delta 2) 139 25
Harbour) The Despatch 102 1
1040 Venus 70
1100 Atlantic 70
0845 to 638
1100 Dover 8 Tenders 48
Steps) 73
1115 Dover 1 Tender 141 83
Steps
1135 Handsing 71 32
1115 to Tenders
1145 Dover - 3 50 11 Z
Steps) & Nora 108
1145 John Lugaine
1155 Lydia
Irma 43 as
1145 to Tenders
1220 Dover Steps) 3 10),
1225 Vesia 243
1220 to Tenders
1240 Dover Steps) 2 201
1250 Java Aronia 12
1300 Yvonne 25 1
1330 1420 Mermaid
Amazone Aronia Atlantic Boat Britannic Delta Foam Queen Genius Gula Hound Irma Jackeve Java M.F.H. Mary New Britannic Pacifico Queen Renascent Resolute Rig Sandown Three Kings Tilly Venus X 217 Yvonne Dover Kings
708 Page 708 Log in to enlarge

519
al Sick Quarters at Ramsgate
4 SION HILL
June 7th 1 19 40
Contd. 3.
with stores and first aid material. The presence of these two officers was a great help as it enabled a medical officer to proceed to sea, and make nearer contact with wounded in ships which hadbroken down or which could not make the harbour owing to various contingencies.
Large numbers of military wounded were dealt with at the base and were removed direct by military ambulance to unascertained destinations.
With regard to naval and mercantile marine personnel. Two naval ambulances carried approximately
TO
32 cases to R N H Chatham. amongst these were the wounded from H M S Gula. Twenty sailors R N, 4 French sailors and 7 unknown were sent to Ramsgate Hospital. Six sailors R N, 2 MM and 1 French sailor were sent to the
Holy Cross Hospital, Ramsele. Fourteen cases of a ed minor nature were admitted to the R N Sick quarters,
Ramsgate. Approximately 50 more naval ratings were treated for minor injuries, i.e. were fit to travel and forwarded with their drafts to home ports.
Owing to the necessity of keeping the local hospitals clear of patients not too ill to be transferred inland these cases mentioned were moved to various
RILNA
GRANTS
Aid Gula Hill