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.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: 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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157	Log in to enlarge	Name of Vessel Date Cause and Position Remarks Approx. ALBATROSS 31/5/40 ALJANOR Abandoned off Dunkirk approx. do. LOST. ALOA-OE (Boat) Did not return do. ASSUMED LOST ANEE (Wherry) do. " do. Unknown BLACK ARROW " LOST BOBELI Lost at Dunkirk " " Did not return BONNISBELL " ASSUMED LOST. Did not return BOAT (16') " do. Unknown BRITTANIC LOST. " " " BULL PUP " 11 " BLUEJACKET (18'6") " If " CARAMA (15' Punt) " " " CLARA BELLE " " " COURT BELLE 2. " " " CYB " 11 " DEVILFISH " " " DINKY (10' boat) " 11 " DORIS (Wherry) 18 " " DREADNOUGHT 2. 11 " " = 3 " n 11 DUMPLING (Boat) " " 11 EASTBOURNE QUEEN " Lost at Dunkirk " EDINA (Wherry) 11 Unknown " EMPRESS " Abandoned at Dunkirk 11 EDITH DOROTHY (Boat) If Unknown " ENCHANTRESS " Abandoned at Dunkirk " ENTERPRISE " Unknown If EX-SERVICE DINGHY " " 11 FAITH " " ASSUMED LOST GOLDEN SPRAY 2. " " LOST GOOD HOPE 31/5/40 11 " Approx. GWEN EAGLE " " 11 HANDY BILLY " 11 If HANORA If " ASSUMED LOST IOTE If Lost at Dunkirk LOST KATE (18' Boat) If Unknown LOST LANSDOWNE " " " LARK (Punt) " " " LILY (Rowboat) " " " LITTLE ANN " Sunk - Dunkirk " LETITIA " Abandoned at Dunkirk If MADAME SANSGENE If Unknown " MARY ROSE " " " MAGNET (Rowboat) " If " MARGHERITA " " " MAID OF HONOUR If " 12 " MA JOIE Abandoned - Dunkirk " " MALDON ANNIE Unknown " MEDORA (Wherry) If " " If MINIKOI Sunk off Dunkirk " MIRANDA (Rowboat) 31/5/40 Unknown LOST Approx. If " ASSUMED LOST MIRASOL " " " MONTAGUE WHALER 11 " " MOSS ROSE " " LOST 36' MOTOR BOAT " " " 30' DO. " Abandoned at Dunkirk If NEMO IV. " 11 Unknown NEW WHITE HEATHER " 12 Sunk off Dunkirk PEGGY 4. Unknown ASSUMED LOST " PIONEER Abandoned off Dunkirk LOST " PRINCESS MAUD	Albatross Aljanor Anee Black Arrow Bluejacket Boat Bobeli Clara Belle Cyb Devilfish Dinghy Dinky Doris Dumpling Eastbourne Queen Edina Edith Edith Dorothy Empress Enchantress Enterprise Faith Golden Spray Good Hope Gwen Eagle Hanora Iote Kate Lansdowne Lark Letitia Lily Little Ann Ma Joie Magnet Maid of Honour Margherita Mary Mary Rose Medora Minikoi Mirasol Montague Whaler Moss Rose Nemo IV New White Heather Pioneer Princess Princess Maud Queen Rose TSS Princess Maud White Heather Black Little Maud Rose Spray White
171	Log in to enlarge	VESSEL OWNER REM ARKS PANDORA A. E. Turner Returned to Owners. PANTO Murray King Repaired, Fuelled, Floated but not 00 taken over. PAPILLION C.P. Macenrot Returned to Owners 19/6 PAPAKURA R. Grayson (Returned 1500 3.6.40 II OJ Re-allocated to A/P. II PAULETER Mrs. D. Ashton Re-allocated to A.P.S. PEGGY IV F. Bridge Sunk off Dunkirk PETRA R.Lewis Returned to Owner. PIKE Golding Bros. Prepared did not go. PIONEER R.F. Bicketts No report received from list of 05 Missing Vessels. POLLY R. Hayes T.98 Returned Owners 6.6.40 POMPADOUR Mr. Ager btb Returned to Owners 19/6. Did not go Dunkirk PRINCE OF WALES E. Golding Returned to Owners 19/6. PRINCESS FREDA G. Whatford & Son Returned to Owner. PRINCESS LILY C. Whatford & Son No report received from List of Missing Vessels. PRINCESS MAUD H. Wilson T.98 Abandoned off Dunkirk PRIDE OF FOLKESTONE J. Brazier Returned to Owner did not go. PROVIDER R19 Mr. Rowden Returned to Owner. PRINCE S. Wiliams & Sons Returned to Owners. PRINCESS Returned to Owners. REARL Cozens Released 3. 6.40. PILOT ME WY12 J.R. Storr to Prepared but did not go to Dunkirk. PORTHLEVEN CORNWALL 14 Fishing Boats Prepared did not go. QUEEN H. Hurrell At Surrey Commercial Docks QUEEN ALEXANDRA Turmaine & Jones Returned to Owners. QUEEN BOADICEA Mrs. Smith Harbour Duties Sheerness. QUEEN BOADICEA II Mrs. Smith Returned to Owner 20/6 QUEEN OF ENGLAND E. Crouch Sunk Collision with S.S. Tilly. QUICKSILVER F. Jones Re-allocated to A. P.S. Q.J.& J. S. Cooper Returned to Owners. QUISISANA S. Eldridge A.P.S. QUEST H. BIDGOOD Taken for Dynamo but did not go. QUEST C.L. Hunt Returned to Owners. RAYON R.L. Glover T.98 A.P. S. REDA 0. A. Reed T.98 Re-allocated to A.P.S. RELIANCE W. Meddle Damaged - Returned to Owner. REMEMBRANCE F. Good Returned to Owner. RENOWN (Cockle Boat E. Osbourne Mined and sunk with all hands. RESOLUTE -do- Damaged - returned to owner. ROBERTA R.B. Grey No information of return from Dunkirk ROBINA TENANT H. Leach (Re-allocated to Special Admiralty Service (6A) ROCINANTE R.F. Fryers No report received from List of Missing Vessels presumed lost. ROSE 0. Grime To V.A. Dover ROSIT YNE Gapt.C. 8. Dines Released 1.6.40 ROSE MARIE нозда if Returned to Owner ROYAL THAMES J. Mears Returned to Owners RUMMY II A.G. Smith A.P.S RYEGATE II A.E. E. Ryland Re allocated to A.P.S. of RAPID P.G. Broom Returned to Owners RUBY J.F. Caine Prepared for Dynamo but aid not go. ROSABELLE J.O. Wood No trace of return from Dynamo ROSE A. Large Returned to Owner 7. 6.40.	Aid Boat England Lily Marie Pandora Panto Papakura Pauleter Peggy IV Petra Pike Pilot Me Pioneer Polly Pompadour Pride of Folkestone Prince Prince of Wales Princess Princess Freda Princess Lily Princess Maud Provider Queen Queen Boadicea Quest Quicksilver Quisisana Rayon Reda Reed Reliance Remembrance Renown Resolute Roberta Rocinante Rosabelle Rose Rose Marie Royal Thames Ruby Rummy II Ryegate II Surrey Thames Tilly TSS Princess Maud Bridge Bros Cooper Dover Hunt Jones King Lewis Maud Prince Reed Rose Smith Storr Turner Wales Whatford Wilson
204	Log in to enlarge	in its defences, had had no time to organize rearward defences, nor any reserves with which to counter-attack. It was forced back to the line of the river Bresle, the next natural obstacle, 15 miles in rear. 5. Meanwhile the 1st Armoured Division was refitting south of the Seine. Its tanks were in poor mechanical condition, owing not only to battle casualties but also to the long road distances they had been forced to cover, and to the lack of opportunity for adequate maintenance. It was in fact in no condition for offensive operations. 6. On the 7th June the Garmans out in & smashing attack with their 5th and 7th Amoured Divisions on the point of junction between the two Corps of the Tenth French Army. This drive was directed from west of Amiens on Rouen and the lower Seine, with the object of splitting the Tenth Army and cutting off its IX Corps between the Saina Estuary and Dieppe. The IX French Corps than comprised the British 51st Division on the extrema left, and then further east the 31st and 40th French Divisions and the 2nd and 5th Light Cavalry Divisions. The wh le of this force was completely sundered from the X Corps on its right by the penetration of the German tanks. British base at Rouen, General Sir Henry Karslake, 0.0.0. 7. Meanwhile, owing to the threat developing to the the Lines of Communication, had scraped together an improvised force for its local defence. This force comprised nine infantry battalions of a sort; they out to France for pioneer duties and partly of composite consisted partly of second line Territorial units sent base. They had no war equipment except rifles and & units made up from miscellaneous reinforcements at the never fired before. guns They were without artillery, wans few odd Bren and enti-tank weapons, which they had District, units were of the formation, this transport command heterogeneous thus was Lines misled given complete of and Brigadier the of signal into Communication. collection with t tile thinking equipment. artillery Besuman, of had of Division; that untrained been in and Vary it They charge given was ancillary unfortunately were The $ and the of righting French the placed task ill-aquipped services. orth of under Beauman's holding back so-called line along Division the Rivers Bethung and Andella the covering a Rouen, and had done good work in organizing defence of this position. on While the Cerman of the 7th June, General Weygand personally impressed 8. armoured attack was at its height visited the afternoon Headquarters east of Rouen and the on Tenth Army and on General Evans commanding holding the German attack Armoured on the Seine at all costs as this British General Altmayer, Division, the necessity for was "the decisive battle of the war. /It	Amiens Pioneer Rouen Seine Evans Few Le Light Long Miles right West