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.

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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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CHAP. III
THE EVACUATION FROM DUNKIRK
with a view to lifting up to 45,000 of the B.E.F. within two days, at the end of which it was probable that evacuation would be terminated by enemy action".
A further step was taken when, at 1800, Captain W. G. Tennant, M.V.O.,
R.N., was ordered by the Vice-Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral T.S. V.
Phillips, C.B., to proceed to Dunkirk to take control of the naval shore embarkation parties. Captain Tennant's appointment as S.N.O., Dunkirk, was promulgated, his duties to commence the following day2, and beach masters and pier parties were ordered to proceed from the Nore to Dover.
Then, at 1857, there went out from the Admiralty, by teleprinter, the historic signal, "Operation Dynamo is to commence "3, which was to save our Army in France, and to have the most momentous results for the Nation, the Empire and the World.
Mona's Isle makes the first round trip
Except for the destroyer Wolsey, which left Dover at 1930 to act as W/T
link ship, the first ship to sail on this great mission was the armed boarding vessel Mona's Isle, which left the Downs at 2116. After some delay with a fouled propeller she berthed at the Quai Félix Faure during an air attack, and embarked 1420 troops. On the return journey, she was straddled by shore guns off Gravelines, and shortly after, was heavily machine-gunned from the air; these attacks caused 83 casualties, including 23 dead. She reached
Dover at noon on the 27th May escorted by the destroyer Windsor, which had put her doctor on board and landed her troops. Mona's Isle was the first ship to complete the round trip in Operation "Dynamo".
Mona's Queen first ship back on 27th May
This, however, was not the first passage on 26th May. Even before the
Admiralty signal, the despatch of personnel vessels to Dunkirk had begun, a flow of 2 vessels every 4 hours having been accepted by the B.E.F.4. The armed boarding vessel King Orry had sailed at 0930, and the Mona's Queen at noon. The Maid of Orleans had sailed at 1100 (with 6,000 two-gallon cans of water), but arriving off Dunkirk during an air attack was unable to effect an entrance and returned to Dover"; she was sailed again at 1726, escorted by the destroyer Wild Swan, which had also taken out the Canterbury at 1728, and escorted her part of the way.
The Mona's Queen (carrying 1200 troops) was the first of these ships to arrive back from Dunkirk, reaching Dover shortly after midnight on the
26th/27th May; the Canterbury arrived at 0309/27 (with 1,340 troops), the store ship Ngaroma at 0500/27 (with a hundred troops), the Maid of Orleans at
0600/27 (with 980 troops), and the King Orry at 1100/27 (with 1,131). As a result of these sailings on the 26th May 6,083 troops were landed in England on the 27th May, of which Mona's Isle had contributed 1,420 towards the two days".
tentative Admiralty target of "lifting up to 45,000 of the B.E.F. within
Hospital carriers under Hague Convention was ignored, and their conspicuous white hulls
The the work of the hospital carriers was specially hazardous; their immunity
I D.R. page ii.
2 Appendix M. 2.
3 Appendix M. 1.
4
D.R.
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Canterbury Em England Gravelines Maid of Orleans Mona's Isle Ngaroma Queen The King Wild Swan Windsor Wolsey Dover Gallon King Masters May Page Phillips Tennant White

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OCR table 1 from document page 164
PERSONNEL SHIPS (contd.)	TROOPS TRANSPORTED
Ben-My-Chree (Capt. G. Woods, Master)	4,095
Biarritz (Capt. W. H. Baker, Master)	/
Bullfinch (M/V) Canterbury	600
(Capt. C. Hancock, Master)	4,416
City of Christchurch (Capt. A. W. Wooster, O.B.E.)	/
Clan Macalister1 (Capt. R. W. Mackie, Master)	1
Côte d' Argent2 Dorrien Rose (store ship)	5,754
(Capt. W. Thompson, Master)	1,494
Fenella (Capt. W. Gubbon, Master)	/
Foam Queen (Capt. A. T. Mastin, Master)	98
Hythe (coaster) (R. W. Morford, Master)	749
Killarney (Capt. R. Hughes, Master)	900
King George V (Capt. R. M. Maclean, Master)	4,300
Lady of Mann (Capt. T.C. Woods, Master)	4,262
Levenwood (store ship) (Capt. W. O. Young, Master)	60
Lochgarry (Capt. E. Mackinnon, Master)	1,001
Lorina (Capt. A. Light, Master)	-
Maid of Orleans (Capt. A. E. Larkins, Master) (Sick) (Capt. G. D. Walker, Master)	5,461
Malines	1,500
Manxman (Capt. G. Mallory, Master) (quitted Opn. Dynamo 2 June)	2,394
(Capt. P. B. Cowley, Master) (disembarked 2 June) Mona's Queen (Capt. R.	1,200
Nephrite (store ship) Duggan, Master) (Capt. A. Holkham, Master) (Capt. C.G. West, O.B.E.,	504
Newhaven2 Master) (Lt. Cdr. L. H. Phillips,	1,841
Ngaroma R.N.,) I Master) Normania (Capt. J. W. Dickinson, Master)	100
Porisdown (Capt. M. C. Whiting, Master) (S/Lt. R. H. Church, R.N.R.)	- 618
Prague (Capt. C. R. Baxter,	3,039
Princess Maud Master) (Capt. H. Clark, Master)	1,270
Queen of the Channel Roebuck (Capt. W. J. O'Dell, Master)	-
Rouenz (Capt. W. Y. Larbalestier, Master)	500
Royal Daffodil	2,886
(Capt. G. Johnson, Master)	7,552

Ben-my-Chree Biarritz Bullfinch Canterbury City of Christchurch Dorrien Rose Fenella Foam Queen Hythe Killarney King George King George V Lady of Mann Levenwood Lochgarry Lorina Maid of Orleans Malines Manxman Nephrite Ngaroma Normania Prague Princess Princess Maud Queen Roebuck Rose Royal Daffodil TS King George V TSS Princess Maud Baker Baxter Church Clark Cowley Dickinson Duggan George Gubbon Hancock Holkham Hughes Johnson King Larbalestier Larkins Light Mackie MacKinnon Maclean Mallory Mann Mastin Maud Morford O'Dell Phillips Rose Thompson Walker West Whiting Woods Wooster Young

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INDEX
Mosquito,44,727, 74, 88 (damaged), 92-3 (sunk).
Motor boats Control sunk Organisation, 5, 25.
93. to salvage pulling boats, 60-61,; follow Capt. Howson to England 74.
Movements 119-120.
M.T.B.67, 66n, 67.
M.T.B.16, 28, 113.
M.T.B.68, 66n, 71, 75.
M.T.B.107, 66n, 111, 119 (in operation CK).
M.T.B.102, 66n, 90, 108, 115.
Naiad Errant, 72n, 92.
Nautilus, sunk, 36, 42, 47.
Nanette II, 72n.
Nelson's, picket boa+, 72n: motor boat, 107n, 119.
Nayland, 32n, 47n, 114n.
Netsukis, 23n, 107n.
Nettle, Lt., 49.
New Britannic, 32n, 47n.
Newhaven, 102, 107n, 109, 112n, 114n.
Newhaven, sends small craft, 61.
New Prince of Wales, damaged, 74.
Ngaroma, 16.
Nicolle, General, 101.
Niger, 61, 86, 100 (meets small craft returning empty), 101, 107n, 109 (rams a French ship).
Noakes, Mr. W. H., killed, 73.
N.O.I.C. Beaches, see Capt. Howson.
Noneta, 71n.
Nord, Admiral. see Abrial, Admiral.
Nore C. in C., 8, 17 (to cover Dynamo); provision of boats, 51; M.T.B.'s, 70.
Normania, sunk, 44.
Ocean Breeze, 60, 71n.
Ocean Cock, 71n.
Ocean Reward, 28n, 34 (sunk).
Olivier, Mr. G. D., 73.
Olvina, 60 (goes to France in error), 91.
O.L.V. van Vlaandaren, 73n, 110 (lost).
Operations: CK Blocking of Dunkirk, 111-2, 119-20; XD (E) Dunkirk demolitions, 8,
19, 106; XD (G) Boulogne demolitions, 8-9.
Oranje, 20, 24, 29n, 47n, 100.
Oriole, 28n, 47 (beached to form pier), 107n.
Osborne, Mr. F. W., 73n.
Osborne, Mr. L. V., 73n.
Ostend, unsuitable for military requirements, 7; captured, 27.
Otway-Riven, Cdr. H. J. O., 49, 80n.
Our Bairns, 34.
Overfalls, 71n.
Pacific, 30n.
Pacifico, 119-120.
Pangbourne, 28n, 41 (damaged), 42, 97, 107n, 120.
Paris, 29n, 103-4 (sunk).
Parminster, Brigadier, 22.
Pascholl, 30n, 114n, 115-7.
Patria, 20n, 24, 29n, 46.
Patricia, 20.
Patrols: air, see Royal Air Force; Naval of the routes, 20, 23, 28, 33-34 (ships taken off),
34 (strengthened), 85 (inshore channel).
Pauleter, 60n.
Paxton, 23n, 31 (damaged).
Pellag II, sunk, 95.
Persia, 71n, 90.
Personnel vessels: vulnerability, 28; not to be employed in daylight, 29, 99; strain
Pharailde, 73n.
on, 48; sailings suspended, 70; heavy losses, 98-9.
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Boat Britannic England Mosquito Naiad Errant Nanette II Nautilus Nayland Netsukis New Britannic New Prince of Wales Newhaven Ngaroma Noneta Normania Olvina Oranje Our Bairns Pacific Pacifico Pangbourne Paris Pascholl Patria Patricia Pauleter Paxton Pellag II Persia Prince Prince of Wales Goes Howson Noakes Olivier Osborne Prince Wales