Naval Staff History No. 41, the official historical study of the evacuation from Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo, 26 May–4 June 1940, dated 1949.
Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 234/360. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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CONTENTS Page Sinking of the Foudroyant 91 Brighton Queen and Scotia sunk 92 Fourth air attack, 1330 : sinking of the Mosquito 92 Fifth and sixth air attacks, 1500 and 1610 93 Losses from mines 93 Loadings at Dunkirk during the day 94 The controlling organisation 94 ... Naval losses of the day 94 The evacuation figures for the day 95 CHAPTER X. The night of 1st-2nd June and from daylight to dusk on 2nd Situation ashore on evening of 1st 96 Plan for the night 1st-2nd June 96 ... ... Assembly of shipping 97 ... Abandonment of daylight evacuation 97 ... ... Danger to personnel ships 98 Air operations, morning of 2nd June 99 Fifth column activities 100 Embarkations from the beaches 100 Embarkations at Dunkirk 101 ... French embarkations 102 ... British Naval Base Party embarks, 0245/2 102 ... British rearguard held up 103 ... ... Bombing of the Hospital ships Worthing and Paris 103 ... ... ... Naval losses 2nd June ... 104 CHAPTER XI The night 2nd-3rd June : B.E.F. Evacuated 2330/2 Plan for the night, 2nd-3rd June 105 Demolitions at Dunkirk ... 106 Situation ashore 106 Sailing of the night flight from England 107 B.E.F. evacuated, 2330/2 107 A pause in the embarkation 108 Summary of troops evacuated, night 2nd-3rd June ... 109 Naval Losses 2nd June 110 Air co-operation, night 2nd-3rd June 110 Blocking of Dunkirk Inner Harbour (Operation C.K.) 111 vii