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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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Dynamo 252 - 888
that one about +
new Cacht Retin
LE of Torquay
June 2nd was mini be et be aboard l workiL X440 the
A. Cadell, R.N.
reforted direct
CaC Dover about
S A lith later,
Seaman Smi th from Newfoundland.
Dwas stee at ie England It Comel the - that L
of Viking anied from Mr. Gooding who
/ be fond from
She had done one trip provisions, water, that ittan's very iker Worsall the working nning on petrol.
le e of Wales Pier and was no nas of with two life-boats nkirk at approximately
- Rat Prie opy of Sailing th rough sketch map behavior of my ul trip arrived off eived orders to throughout the up the Mole to embark then go in for time led bee lty in persuading i, the reason apparently inform t. The taken or to act without
0 was probably still of over 200 Grayal took four boat loads
Is & 6 Britial from and 50 soldiers.
to H.M.S. WISHART when e to tug after fourth oon be light and that much longer.
In reply to a question if any she COUID British 114 officers WELL were still left on the Mole, I replied that on earlier trips I had seen one who had asked me not to leave him behind. This officer was engaged in helping the embarkation of the troops. 1 had not seen him on my last trip but told tug I would make another trip to see if he was there. Informed tug would be as quick as possible and if tug could not wait, would return to England under own power. Tug said she could only wait a short while.
On going in for fifth time engines began to go badly and stopped altogether before reaching point of embarkation.
about 24 more French soldiers. There was no sign of British
Engines got going again and we went alongside and collected officer and Price reported to me that French on the Mole told him he had gone. I sent Price up on to the Mole to make enquiries. Owing to the improbability or tug waiting for
I only took 24 soldiers as a greater number would have made us, trip back to England under own power hep hazardous. Just after passing lighthouse at end of harbwowabiltres stopped again. Noticed we were close to W.D han preate)ilitound and to be HAIG) who I imagined from her posilos han popgreatahe ha pajr tave n to Freinf haters. Just ty to the (NZ pow topped teatity the s Cound to ter or gityhered or pc numestehat of hapharn P powe have or.Dn Pr in poweate r'D dous. Just

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(23)
26
Dynamo 252 - 888
that one about +
new Cacht Retin
LE of Torquay
June 2nd
was mini be
et be aboard
l workiL X440 the
A. Cadell, R.N.
reforted direct
CaC Dover about
S A lith later,
Seaman Smi th
from Newfoundland.
Dwas stee at
ie England It Comel
the - that L
of Viking anied
from Mr. Gooding who
/ be fond from
She had done one trip
provisions, water,
that ittan's very
iker Worsall the working
nning on petrol.
le
e of Wales Pier and was
no nas of
with two life-boats
nkirk at approximately
- Rat Prie
opy of Sailing
th rough sketch map
behavior of my
ul trip arrived off
eived orders to
throughout the
up the Mole to embark
then go in for
time led bee
lty in persuading
i, the reason apparently
inform t. The taken
or to act without
0 was probably still
of over 200 Grayal
took four boat loads
Is & 6 Britial from
and 50 soldiers.
to H.M.S. WISHART when
e to tug after fourth
oon be light and that
much
longer.
In reply to a question if
any she COUID British 114 officers WELL were still left on the Mole, I replied
that on earlier trips I had seen one who had asked me not
to leave him behind. This officer was engaged in helping
the embarkation of the troops. 1 had not seen him on my
last trip but told tug I would make another trip to see if
he was there. Informed tug would be as quick as possible
and if tug could not wait, would return to England under
own power. Tug said she could only wait a short while.
On going in for fifth time engines began to go badly
and stopped altogether before reaching point of embarkation.
about 24 more French soldiers. There was no sign of British
Engines got going again and we went alongside and collected
officer and Price reported to me that French on the Mole told
him he had gone. I sent Price up on to the Mole to make
enquiries. Owing to the improbability or tug waiting for
I only took 24 soldiers as a greater number would have
made us, trip back to England under own power hep hazardous. Just
after passing lighthouse at end of harbwowabiltres stopped
again. Noticed we were close to W.D han preate)ilitound and to
be HAIG) who I imagined from her posilos han popgreatahe
ha pajr tave
n to Freinf haters. Just
ty to the (NZ pow topped
teatity the s Cound to
ter or gityhered
or
pc numestehat
of hapharn P powe have
or.Dn Pr in poweate r'D dous. Just