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.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: 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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374	Log in to enlarge	317 OPERATION DYNAMO. ENCLOSURE NO. 10. SHIP: PRINCESS LILLY. OFFICER REPORTING: SUB-LIEUTENANT K.B.A. BAYLEY, R.N.V.R. On 30th May I left Sheerness in PRINCESS LILLY, a river pleasure boat. I started with 19 other small boats escorted by a trawler as guide, as most of the ships had no compass. During the early hours or 31st the trawler left us. life managed to continue on our way by following other vessels and H.M. Ships presumably bound for Dunkirk. We gave assistance and several tows to motor boats during the passage. Arrived Dunkirk on Friday morning and proceeded to embark a small number of English troops and 4 naval ratings and many Frenchmen from the beach 12 miles East of Dunkirk. I took these to merchant vessels lying nearby. 2. I was told more British troops were at La Panne - so I proceeded there. The falling tide and lee shore made rescue difficult, 80 1 picked up & derelict ship's boat to which I made fast some 90 fathoms of warp and rowed her/ to the beach paying out the warp. Took British troops aboard and overhauled on line back to ship. The strain eventually proved too great for the anchor cable which broke and the ship drifted ashore fouling her properllor with the warp. Had great difficulty in clearing properllor and only succeeded in getting her to work "Astern". 3. Refibated boat and took troops on board and ferried them by going "backwards" to H.M.S. HOSQUITO. Engine was losing compression after about 40 hours running and propellor was fouled. when 4. we got aboard MOSQUITO as she was moving Shore batteries got our range - ao abandoned off. ship 5. MOSQUITO brought us back, arriving Saturday morning, lat June, 1940. 6. lie 2 civilian crew and one behaved perfectly age under 192, had repeated bombings, machine naval gunning rating, and who shrapnel. had only My been 8 days in the Navy, very difficult conditions.	Boat Broke Mosquito Princess Bayley English Lee May Miles

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OPERATION DYNAMO.
ENCLOSURE NO. 10.
SHIP: PRINCESS LILLY.
OFFICER REPORTING: SUB-LIEUTENANT K.B.A. BAYLEY, R.N.V.R.
On 30th May I left Sheerness in PRINCESS LILLY, a
river pleasure boat. I started with 19 other small boats
escorted by a trawler as guide, as most of the ships had
no compass. During the early hours or 31st the trawler
left us. life managed to continue on our way by following
other vessels and H.M. Ships presumably bound for Dunkirk.
We gave assistance and several tows to motor boats during
the passage. Arrived Dunkirk on Friday morning and proceeded
to embark a small number of English troops and 4 naval ratings
and many Frenchmen from the beach 12 miles East of Dunkirk.
I took these to merchant vessels lying nearby.
2.
I was told more British troops were at La Panne -
so I proceeded there. The falling tide and lee shore made
rescue difficult, 80 1 picked up & derelict ship's boat to
which I made fast some 90 fathoms of warp and rowed her/
to the beach paying out the warp. Took British troops
aboard and overhauled on line back to ship. The strain
eventually proved too great for the anchor cable which broke
and the ship drifted ashore fouling her properllor with the
warp. Had great difficulty in clearing properllor and
only succeeded in getting her to work "Astern".
3. Refibated boat and took troops on board and ferried
them by going "backwards" to H.M.S. HOSQUITO. Engine was
losing compression after about 40 hours running and propellor
was fouled.
when 4. we got aboard MOSQUITO as she was moving
Shore batteries got our range - ao abandoned off. ship
5. MOSQUITO brought us back, arriving Saturday
morning, lat June, 1940.
6. lie 2 civilian crew and one behaved perfectly age under 192,
had repeated bombings, machine naval gunning rating, and
who shrapnel. had only My been 8 days in the Navy,
very difficult conditions.