TNA / ADM 234 360

TNA ADM 234 360

Collection details

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

View the archive catalogue entry ↗

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

Showing only document page 201. Show all matching pages ×

1 matching pages. OCR may contain transcription errors.

List page 1 of 1 Showing document pages 201–201 of this collection

A note about image and OCR quality

Every reasonable effort has been made to present these document images as flat, straight and accurately cropped as possible. Historical records can be difficult to photograph or scan because of tight bindings, deep gutters, page curvature, folds, creases, fragile paper, uneven edges, shadows, glare, skewed pages, fading, stains, tears, attachments and restrictions on how a document may be handled. These conditions can distort parts of an image and consequently affect the OCR transcription.

Considerable post-production work has been undertaken to crop, align, flatten and enhance the images where practicable, but the results represent our best effort rather than exact facsimiles. Text showing through from the reverse of a page, printed backgrounds, stamps, ruled lines, marks and text visible from neighbouring pages may confuse or spoil OCR output. Handwriting is not reliably recognised and, in most places, may be missing, incomplete or incorrectly transcribed. Always check the page image and, where accuracy matters, consult the original record held by the identified archive.

OCR is not a transcription. It is machine-generated text used to create research tags and help locate names and references within the source images; it should not be read as a verified narrative.

Page	Image	OCR text	OCR tags
201	Log in to enlarge	SIGNALS APPENDIX o I have sent Capt. Bush by M.T.B. with an appreciation. There is little food or water in Dunkirk. This should be sent as soon as possible Armies are quite unable to help or organise anything. Keep on sending any ships. A good medical officer with staff should be despatched 1001/29 4. ADMIRALTY to VICE-ADMIRAL, DOVER C.-IN-C. PORTSMOUTH Rear-Admiral Wake-Walker has been appointed as R.A., Dover for command of seagoing ships and vessels off the Belgian coast, and is to hoist his flag in such ship as V.A. Dover shall direct. 1748/29 5. VICE-ADMIRAL, DOVER to SHIPS & AUTHORITIES NORE & DOVER (R) Admiralty C.-in-C. Portsmouth, C.-in-C. Nore My 1748/291, 1321/29 and 1832/29 to Hebe only: Authority for operation Dynamo under V.A. Dover is as follows: R.A. Wake-Walker has been appointed as R.A. Dover for command of seagoing ships and vessels off the Belgian coast. R.A. Dover has hoisted his flag in Hebe. Captain Tennant has been appointed as S.N.O. Dunkirk and is responsible under R.A. Dover for all shore organisation. 1328/30 6. ADMIRALTY to SHIPS & AUTHORITIES IN AREA A (R) C.-in-C. Portsmouth C.-in-C. W.A. During present operations on Belgian coast where many small craft are present, destroyers are not repetition not to stop to render assistance to ships in distress. 1105/29 7. Ivanhoe to VICE-ADMIRAL, DOVER From S.N.O. Dunkirk-enemy shelling pier with shore batteries from S.E. Request bombers to counter. Vital. 1105/29 and later 8. B.N.L.O., C.-IN-C. NORTHERN NAVAL FORCES to VICE-ADMIRAL, DOVER My 1105 cancel request. Consider possible retaliation would be to our disadvantage. 1200/29 SIGNALS RE EVACUATION 29TH MAY 9. MAJOR GENERAL LLOYD to MAJOR GENERAL DEWING, D.M.O., WAR OFFICE Morale of troops landing is remarkably high partly no doubt due to arrival home. Approximately half armed. Percentage of officers small. All drawn from units promiscuously, mostly Third Corps 1204/29 10. VICE-ADMIRAL, DOVER to GENERAL LINDSELL [Q.M.G.], S.N.O. DUNKIRK Stores and supply craft have had to return undischarged owing to lack of assistance from shore. Must press you to organise parties for unloading purposes; Naval beach parties will indicate when and where required. 1432/29 I V.A. Dover's 1748/29 cannot be traced. Probably Admiralty Message 1748/29 (see Appendix O, 9c) is meant. G 177	Hebe Ivanhoe Major Bush Dover Little Lloyd May Tennant Wake Wake-Walker Walker

Raw OCR

Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 201.

SIGNALS
APPENDIX o
I have sent Capt. Bush by M.T.B. with an appreciation.
There is little food or water in Dunkirk. This should be sent as soon as possible
Armies are quite unable to help or organise anything. Keep on sending any ships.
A good medical officer with staff should be despatched
1001/29
4. ADMIRALTY to VICE-ADMIRAL, DOVER C.-IN-C. PORTSMOUTH
Rear-Admiral Wake-Walker has been appointed as R.A., Dover for command
of seagoing ships and vessels off the Belgian coast, and is to hoist his flag in such
ship as V.A. Dover shall direct.
1748/29
5. VICE-ADMIRAL, DOVER to SHIPS & AUTHORITIES NORE & DOVER (R) Admiralty
C.-in-C. Portsmouth, C.-in-C. Nore
My 1748/291, 1321/29 and 1832/29 to Hebe only :
Authority for operation Dynamo under V.A. Dover is as follows :
R.A. Wake-Walker has been appointed as R.A. Dover for command of seagoing
ships and vessels off the Belgian coast.
R.A. Dover has hoisted his flag in Hebe. Captain Tennant has been appointed
as S.N.O. Dunkirk and is responsible under R.A. Dover for all shore organisation.
1328/30
6. ADMIRALTY to SHIPS & AUTHORITIES IN AREA A (R) C.-in-C. Portsmouth C.-in-C. W.A.
During present operations on Belgian coast where many small craft are present,
destroyers are not repetition not to stop to render assistance to ships in distress. 1105/29
7. Ivanhoe to VICE-ADMIRAL, DOVER
From S.N.O. Dunkirk-enemy shelling pier with shore batteries from S.E.
Request bombers to counter. Vital.
1105/29
and later
8. B.N.L.O., C.-IN-C. NORTHERN NAVAL FORCES to VICE-ADMIRAL, DOVER
My
1105 cancel request. Consider possible retaliation would be to our dis-
advantage.
1200/29
SIGNALS RE EVACUATION 29TH MAY
9. MAJOR GENERAL LLOYD to MAJOR GENERAL DEWING, D.M.O., WAR OFFICE
Morale of troops landing is remarkably high partly no doubt due to arrival home.
Approximately half armed. Percentage of officers small. All drawn from units
promiscuously, mostly Third Corps
1204/29
10. VICE-ADMIRAL, DOVER to GENERAL LINDSELL [Q.M.G.], S.N.O. DUNKIRK
Stores and supply craft have had to return undischarged owing to lack of assist-
ance from shore.
Must press you to organise parties for unloading purposes; Naval beach parties
will indicate when and where required.
1432/29
I V.A. Dover's 1748/29 cannot be traced. Probably Admiralty Message
1748/29 (see Appendix O, 9c) is meant.
G
177