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TNA ADM 199 xxx

TNA ADM 199 xxx
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TNA ADM 199 xxx

A working collection of Admiralty Operation Dynamo material whose full ADM 199 catalogue reference is still being identified.

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ADM 199 xxx

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

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ration "DYNAMO" and the functioning of the Naval Control vice, Ramsgate.
Apart from maintaining the normal flow of Trade traffic, e other factors to be borne in mind were:-
(i) Assistance by every means to the "DYNAMO" operation.
(ii) Additional supplies of Routeing Instructions and supplies of Charts to vessels arriving without them.
th these objectives in view the Naval Control Service Staff is temporarily re-organised.
There was no delay in the constitution, formation or illing of any Convoy or individual ship, and this proceeded thout interruption, the number of ships handled (i.e. exclusive all vessels engaged in "Dynamo") during the period: daylight
6th May to nightfall 3rd June, being 505.
(11) An Officer with Charts and Routes was despatched to Margate as occasion required. A sub-routeing office and chart depot was set up at the end of the Eastern
Pier. One officer was lent to take command of a vessel proceeding to Dunkerque, and two officers were lent to the Naval Officer-in-Gharge for any services for which they might be required.
(iii) Large amounts of additional Routeing instructions were made out at once and demands sent in for additional supplies of appropriate charts, which arrived with the utmost promptitude.
Approximately 1000 charts were issued to the various vessels taking part, some 600 of which had the routes laid off on them for those Commanding Officers who had meither parallel rulers nor dividers and in some cases no pencils together with approximately 500 sets of
Routeing Instructions.
The above/
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ration "DYNAMO" and the functioning of the Naval Control
vice, Ramsgate.
Apart from maintaining the normal flow of Trade traffic,
e other factors to be borne in mind were:-
(i) Assistance by every means to the "DYNAMO" operation.
(ii) Additional supplies of Routeing Instructions and
supplies of Charts to vessels arriving without them.
th these objectives in view the Naval Control Service Staff
is temporarily re-organised.
There was no delay in the constitution, formation or
illing of any Convoy or individual ship, and this proceeded
thout interruption, the number of ships handled (i.e. exclusive
all vessels engaged in "Dynamo") during the period: daylight
6th May to nightfall 3rd June, being 505.
(11) An Officer with Charts and Routes was despatched
to Margate as occasion required. A sub-routeing office
and chart depot was set up at the end of the Eastern
Pier. One officer was lent to take command of a vessel
proceeding to Dunkerque, and two officers were lent to
the Naval Officer-in-Gharge for any services for which
they might be required.
(iii) Large amounts of additional Routeing instructions
were made out at once and demands sent in for additional
supplies of appropriate charts, which arrived with the
utmost promptitude.
Approximately 1000 charts were issued to the various
vessels taking part, some 600 of which had the routes
laid off on them for those Commanding Officers who had
meither parallel rulers nor dividers and in some cases
no pencils together with approximately 500 sets of
Routeing Instructions.
The above/