TNA / ADM 234 360

TNA ADM 234 360

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TNA ADM 234 360

Naval Staff History No. 41, the official historical study of the evacuation from Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo, 26 May–4 June 1940, dated 1949.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: ADM 234 360

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 234/360. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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OCR table 1 from document page 7
Tuesday, 28th May		Page
First supplies reach the beaches ...		26
Germans reach Nieuport ... ...		26
Lord Gort's Headquarters move to La Panne		26
Possibility of surrender is visualised ...		26
Germans take Ostend		27
Situation at Dunkirk becomes easier		27
Vulnerability of personnel vessels		28
Civilian crews feel the strain		29
Personnel vessels not to be employed during full daylight		29
N.O.I.C. Ramsgate responsible for servicing skoots ...		29
Evacuation plan for the night 28th/29th May ...	...	30
Fighter Command patrols strengthened		30
Windsor damaged ... ...		30
Boy Roy and Paxton damaged and beached	...	31
Difficulty of synchronising arrival of ships with flow of troops	...	31
Shortage of drinking water	...	31
Brighton Belle sunk	...	31
Shortage of boats		31
Beach craft are sailed for Dunkirk		32
Supply of small craft is accelerated		32
Beach and harbour evacuation compared ... ... ...	...	33
Anti-submarine patrols are maintained		33
Summary of troops landed in England ...		34
H.M. ships lost or damaged on 28th May ...		34

OCR table 2 from document page 7
German bridgehead in Nieuport	35
Two-day traffic block in perimeter	35
French evacuation not yet ordered ...	35
Dunkirk perimeter established ...	35
Mackay and Montrose out of action	35
Wakeful sunk ...	36
Grafton torpedoed ...	36
Comfort cut in half ...	37
Grafton sunk ...	37

Boy Roy Comfort England Mackay Montrose Paxton Windsor Crews Day Gort May Page

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CONTENTS
CHAPTER V
Tuesday, 28th May
Page
First supplies reach the beaches
26
...
Germans reach Nieuport
26
...
...
Lord Gort's Headquarters move to La Panne
26
Possibility of surrender is visualised
26
...
Germans take Ostend
27
Situation at Dunkirk becomes easier
27
Vulnerability of personnel vessels
28
Civilian crews feel the strain
29
Personnel vessels not to be employed during full daylight
29
N.O.I.C. Ramsgate responsible for servicing skoots
29
...
Evacuation plan for the night 28th/29th May
30
...
...
Fighter Command patrols strengthened
30
Windsor damaged
30
...
...
Boy Roy and Paxton damaged and beached
31
...
Difficulty of synchronising arrival of ships with flow of troops
31
...
Shortage of drinking water
31
...
Brighton Belle sunk
31
...
Shortage of boats
31
Beach craft are sailed for Dunkirk
32
Supply of small craft is accelerated
32
Beach and harbour evacuation compared
33
...
...
...
...
Anti-submarine patrols are maintained
33
Summary of troops landed in England
34
...
H.M. ships lost or damaged on 28th May
34
...
CHAPTER VI
Wednesday, 29th May
German bridgehead in Nieuport
35
Two-day traffic block in perimeter
35
French evacuation not yet ordered
...
35
Dunkirk perimeter established
...
35
Mackay and Montrose out of action
35
Wakeful sunk
...
36
Grafton torpedoed
...
36
Comfort cut in half
...
37
Grafton sunk
...
37
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