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 12
Decision to terminate evacuation after night 3rd-4th June	Page
... Plan for the night	113
Air protection	114
... The scene at Dunkirk, 2200/4rd June	115
... Casualties from collision and grounding	115
Embarkations at the West Pier ... ...	116
Embarkations at the East Pier ... ...	117 118
Mining of the Emile Deschamps ... ...	119
Blocking operation repeated night 3rd-4th June ...	119
Disemarkation figures, 4th June ... ...	120
Operation "Dynamo" completed, 1423/4th June	120

OCR table 2 from document page 12
Inadequate planning	122
Lack of signal communications	122
Air co-operation ...	123
Evacuation figures analysed	123
Tables: Landings in England by British Ships	124
Lift per Ship	125
Figures for Large Ships	125
Discipline	127

OCR table 3 from document page 12
	APPENDICES	Page
A.	List of ships which took part in Operation "Dynamo" and numbers of troops transported	129
B.	Part I. British "Dynamo". ships and vessels lost during Operation	158
	Part II. H.M. "Dynamo". ships and vessels damaged during Operation Part	160
	III. French ships sunk during Operation "Dynamo" ... Part IV.	161
C.	No. 11 Belgian ships sunk during Operation "Dynamo" ...	161
D.	Group Fighter Patrols-Dunkirk Signals area	161
E.	1st June re the build-up of destroyers between 27th May and Signals re the	162
	build-up of minesweepers	163

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Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 12.

CONTENTS
CHAPTER XII
The Final Night, 3rd-4th June
Decision to terminate evacuation after night 3rd-4th June
Page
...
113
Plan for the night
114
Air protection
...
The scene at Dunkirk, 2200/4rd June
115
...
Casualties from collision and grounding
115
Embarkations at the West Pier
116
...
...
117
Embarkations at the East Pier
...
...
118
Mining of the Emile Deschamps
...
...
119
Blocking operation repeated night 3rd-4th June
...
119
Disemarkation figures, 4th June
...
...
120
Operation "Dynamo" completed, 1423/4th June
120
CHAPTER XIII
Analysis of the Operation
Inadequate planning
122
Lack of signal communications
122
Air co-operation
...
123
Evacuation figures analysed
123
Tables: Landings in England by British Ships
124
Lift per Ship
125
Figures for Large Ships
125
Discipline
127
APPENDICES
Page
A. List of ships which took part in Operation "Dynamo" and
numbers of troops transported
129
B. Part I. British "Dynamo". ships and vessels lost during Operation
158
Part II. H.M. "Dynamo". ships and vessels damaged during Operation
160
Part III. French ships sunk during Operation "Dynamo"
161
...
C. No. 11 Group Fighter Patrols-Dunkirk
Part IV. Belgian ships sunk during Operation "Dynamo"
161
...
161
D. Signals 1st June re the build-up of destroyers between area 27th May and
162
E. Signals re the build-up of minesweepers
163
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