TNA ADM 199 795

Summary of Reports concerning the Evacuation of Trooss.
from the Dunkirk Area - May 27th - June 4th, 1940.
4
6.
ODD SHIPS.
rage
BIDEFORD
CALCUTTA.
9
H.M.S. DOLPHIN'S POWER BOAT.
13
16
DORIEN ROSE.
35
DWARF
40
LORMONT
16
MASSEY SHAW
NS4
-
MONA'S ISLE.
NEW PRINCE OF WALES.
63
66
PORTSDOWN.
-
SCOTTISH CO-OPERATOR.
70
SIROCCO.
73
WHIPPINGHAM.
75
a
EX LIGHTER X.209.
PORTSMOUTH BARGES TAKING PART. 88

Dynamo 177.
H.M.S."WHIPPINGHAM".
DECK LOG
31st,May 1940
1200 Arrived Ramsgate from Portsmouth.
1345 Left Ramagate at full speed for Dunkirk
1630 Arrived off Dunkirk beach (St.Malo) during violent air raid.
1700 Attempted to put stern on to beach but frustrated by smaller craft,
1800 Again attempted to put stern on beach and again stopped by smaller craft.
1830 Again attempted to put stern on beach and again frustrated, went to anchor to await boats.
Between 1700 and 2130 experienced three violent air raids.
2130 Received orders from a destroyer to proceed into Dunkirk and take troops off nole.
2200 Moored alongside mole inside harbour, enemy commenced a barrage.
All the time vessel was alongaide enemy kept up heavy shell fire and straduled us repeatedly, ship by some miracle not being hit. lien were wounded by shrapnel or flying concrete and shrapmel vas falling round and on the ship.
1st.June 1940
0130 Completed evacuating 3700 troops into ay vessel and my sponsons only about 12" above water I cast off and worked a way storm first out of the harbour, the barrage still being maintai,fned by the enemy. The
Harbour being a strange one and not knowing its tides or currents I had a struggle to got her out clear of the wrecks, the only light I had to navigate by was that supplied by the fires in the town.
My crew were wonderful and worked molly and vary efficiently although three of then had never been to sea before. The outstanding - I have already nentioned in ay special report.
0150 Cleared Dunicisk pier-heads and proceeded to sea.
0800 Arrived Ramagate and received orders for Margate.
0930 Arrived Margate and anchored awaiting barth.
1130 Moored alongaide piar and discharged troops.
I made & alow passage acrèss from Dunkirk owing to being very much overloaded and ay padúles just taking the ship ahead.
Also when I put the halm over ship took dangerous list so I
steased easy apeed. ity compass VAII a lot out owing to concussion and the quantity of netal brought aboard by troops in the way of steel holmets, guns atc.
The names of the crew who sailed with - are as follows:-
4.7.70HD Chief.lisch. 2/8 21534. Special sention
J.J.CLOUGH Patty Officer P/JX 129586
D.L.F.DINCH
3.R.A.4th.01.
A.S.KNOMES.
Ldg.Sto.
P/XX80213
H.J.GILES
Vids.
P/JX125481. Special sention
K.JANS
Signalman
P/JX140568
P/JX182141.
A.M.SHEPHERO
Ord.Sea.
N.K.
P.BURTON
Ord,Sea.
#.RCBERTSON
1.3.
P/JX148466
R.SULLIVAN
Ord,Sea.
N.X.
L.COGORR
Ord.Sea.
N.K.
P.PLEMING
Ord.Sea.
J.MURPHY (Pena)Sto.I
P/X10233.
W.MURRELL
Sto.I P/K26991
P/KX95912
F.BEST
P/K190097
T.HARLAND
D/JX89410.
D.HIGOS
(Sd) Irio READ.
Lieut.R.N.R.
In command.

76
70
H.M.S. "WHIPPINGHAM".
SPECIAL REPORT
ARTHUR PREDERICK FORD, Chief Mechanician P/K 21534.
On hight 31st.May and 1st.June 1940, Dunkirk Mole, who averted what would have been a major disaster by preventing troops rushing to part when ship was overladen and starddled
E
by enemy gunfire, ship took list of 30° but righted herself when Ford got troops moved back to starboard. Undermanned as I was Ford again showed powers of leadership above the
S
ordinary in getting us away from piers by outting our after moorings and pressing troops into service in getting in bows, afterwards going below to take ship out.
i
0
J.J.CLOUGH Petty or icer ist.01.P/JX129586 and
&
H.S.GILES A/Ldg.Sea. P/JX125481, were also outstanding for a
their courage and seal under desperate conditions, working coolly about the ship when I had troops wounded by shrapnel or flying concrete, being under fire all the time.
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(sd) Eric REED.
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Lieut.R.N.R.
in command H.M.S. "Whippingham"
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Command or

Dynam 33
B23/11
1/201
71
HM.S whippingham at thangate
2.6.40.
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Dover Grea.
in
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I trust that 2 am following the conect
&
as mels in reporting this unatter to you direct, n the apparent absence of any Naval authority being unfamiliar with R.N. routine I have os the initiative of writing you personally.
I have the honorn to be Sir, d d your obedient Servant
One Reed
VICE ADMIRAL
Lient RNR.
4. JUN 1940
In Cammand.
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TO

10 - B23/1091
HMS. Ternon 80
Deparin
306
June 14 of 1940.
wal officer in Command
Down Qrea.
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9 regret to have to state in my repat from my ship whippingham about the ik evacuation operations on night of 31 ½/40 M 16/40 2 writted clude the name of:-
L/StokeR A.E. KNOWLES. P/kx 80212.
reason being that his conduct at reported to the by my ngineer until my previous and been submitted the ship was undermanded stokehold and Knowles
1 below when # approaching
- at about 15.00 with orders

2.
80 A
aintain a full head of at all costs to comply my demands for speed.
mained below withortselief being name available) ching shale of that right and
I anchored of shangate at ten an on the following day.
as matterly exhansted and to he assisted from the soon.
dis work and devation to definitely were of the value to the and helped got my wessel back to
1 pat.
I am Sir, your obsedient Servant
Bric Reed
18
Lient R.N.R.
an Command
HALS whippingham

472 496
Margote
SATURDAY, 1ST JUNE, 1940.
0005.
"QUEEN OF THANET".
850.
0130.
"KINGFISHER".
157.
0400.
"ORANJE".
100.
0500.
"GOLDEN EAGLE".
1250.
0415.
"MOTOR BOAT".
23.
0510.
"SALTASH".
400.
"WESTWARD HO".
720.
0600.
"ROYAL EAGLE".
1250.
0610.
"ROYAL SOVEREIGN".
47.
0630.
0830.
"LADY SOUTHBORO".
350.
0950.
"PRINCESS ELIZABETH".
510.
0950.
"GALLEONS REACH"
123.
.
1 Alien Postal worker French.
1045.
"QUEENS CHANNEL".
52.
"WHIPPINGHAM".
2500.
1145.
280.
1215.
"DUNDALK".
200.
1345.
"FORENOST".
1420.
"ORTEL".
470. * 1 Pathe Man. Gazette
130.
1650.
"AEGIR".
108.
1450.
"VINCIA".
210. + 2 Belgian Airman,
1600.
"KINGFISHER".
supposed to have escaped from Germans.
1650.
"QUEEN OF THANST".
1500.
700.
1740.
"K.G.V."
58.
"HALCYON".
1740.
350.
"SALTASH".
1830.
918. + 1 Alien under arrest
"WESTWARD HO".
2030.
150.
2100.
"ANTJE".
25.
"RAPID I".
2100.
580.
"HOPPER 24".
2215.
-
14011.
TOTAL.