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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97	Log in to enlarge	FRIDAY, 31ST MAY CHAP. VIII Later on 2nd June, on instructions from the N.O.I.C., the original crew took charge of the Marsayru, but she did not, apparently, make a second trip to Dunkirk. Her skipper (G. D. Olivier) received the D.S.M. for his services, and her engineer (C. Coggins) a mention in despatches. The Cockle Bawley boats Of the small craft that went over on this day, Admiral Ramsay speaks in the following terms of the Cockle Bawley boats²: "The conduct of the crews of these cockle boats was exemplary. They were all volunteers who were rushed over to Dunkirk in one day, probably none of them had been under gunfire before and certainly none of them under Naval discipline. These boats were Thames estuary fishing boats which never left the estuary, and only one of their crews had been further afield than Ramsgate before. In spite of this fact perfect formation was maintained throughout the day and night under the control of a Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R.³ in command of the Unit, and all orders were carried out with great diligence even under actual shell fire and aircraft attack." One of these cockle boats, the Renown, was blown up by a mine while returning to England disabled and in tow of the drifter Ben and Lucy. Her skipper, W. H. Noakes, and his crew⁴ were killed. The Ben and Lucy had been towing the drifter Feasible (disabled by a shell hit), 3 life-boats and the cockle boat Letitia. At 0115 on the 1st June the Renown, by then disabled, attached herself to this tow, but an hour later she was blown to pieces and a hail of wood and splinters came down on the Letitia's deck. The Letitia's skipper (A. J. Dench) says, In the pitch dark we could see nothing, and after the explosion we hard nothing and we could do nothing, except pull in the tow rope, which was just as we passed it to the Renown about 3 hour before. French and Belgian ships arrive Early on the 31st it became known that the Belgian Government were anxious that several small Belgian fishing craft lying at Brixham should take part in the evacuation and steps were taken to arrange this. At 1335 the French destroyer Léopard routed from the Downs to Dunkirk two French trawlers5, three French motor fishing vessels⁶, and ten Belgian trawlers⁷. The Belgian trawlers were under the orders of Pilote Malet; the remainder of the ships under Lieutenant de vaisseau Drogou. Other Allied ships that sailed for Dunkirk on this day were the French cargo ships Ingénieur Cachin and Margaux, the trawlers Pierre et Marie, Emma and Duperre, and the patrol vessel Diligente; the Belgian trawlers Lydie Suzanne and Yvonne, and the drifters Gerard-Léon (H.64), Anne Marie and Thérèse Compas. On her return journey the Pierre et Marie picked up 3 English sailors from a drifting motor boat. I The Marsayru's skipper says that throughout 31st May, and the days and nights that followed (its all a complete jumble in my mind) we were under constant fire but the ship was not hit by anything." It seems, however, that Mr. Olivier was only in the evacuation for 5 hours, i.e. from 1600 to 2100, 31st May. 2 Defender, Endeavour, Letitia, Reliance, Renown and Resolute. 3 S/Lt. M. H. B. Solomon, R.N.V.R. 4 L. V. Osborne, Mate, and F. W. Osborne, Engineer. 5 Chasse-Marée and Angèle Marie. 6 Margaux (D.692), Jeune France (Di.1213) and Du Guesclin (D.G.910). 7 Indépendence (0.308), Victor-Erna (H.63), Louise-Irène (H.80), Pharailde (H.42) Raphael-Raymonde (H.43), O.L.V. Van Vlaandeven (N.49), John (O.210) Anna Marguerite (Z.2), Buffalo Bill (Z.4) and the M.41. 73	Angèle Marie Anne Anne Marie Boat Defender Diligente Drifter Duperre Endeavour England Feasible Jeune France Letitia Margaux Marie Marsayru Pierre Pierre et Marie Reliance Renown Resolute Thames Yvonne Bill Coggins COGGINS C Crews Day De Dench Drogou English Malet May Noakes Olivier Osborne Solomon
174	Log in to enlarge	THE EVACUATION FROM DUNKIRK APPENDIX A TROOPS MOTOR BOATS, LAUNCHES AND VESSELS (contd.) TRANSPORTED M.F.H. (W. H. Smith, Capt.) 87 Minikoil (S/Lt. R. E. Blows, R.N.V.R.) / Minoru II' / Minotaur (T. Towndrow, Skipper) / Minwood 51 Mirasol / Moss Rose1 / Murious / Naiad Errant 8 (A. B.S. Palmer, i/c) Nanette II 30 Nayland 83 Nemo IV' / New Britannic 83 (W. Matthews, Cox.) New Prince of Wales' - (S/Lt. P. H. E. Bennett, R.N.) New White Heather - Offemia 50 Patricia (T.H.V.) / Pauleter 400 (Sto. D. T. Banks) Peggy IV: - (S. H. Hughes, Skipper) Pioneer¹ - Princess Freda - (S/Lt. E.S. Forman, R.N.V.R.) Princess Lily - (Prob. Ty. S/Lt. K. E.A. Bayley, R.N.V.R.) Princess Maud - Provider Not known (F. Hannaford, Skipper) Queen Boadicea II - (Lieut. J.S. Seal, R.N.R.) (Capt. J. Whittaker) Queen of England' - Quest - Quicksilver 20 (S/Lt. D.L. Satterford. R.N.) (L/Sea. T. Phillips) 18 Quisisana (S/Lt. A. J. Weaver, R.N.V.R.) 28 Rapid I (S/Lt. J.C. Clarke, R.N.V.R.) Reda 44 Reliance (S/Lt. P. Snow, R.N.) (P.O. R. W. Rawlings, Motorman) 80 (Skpr. A. Legget) Renown' - Resolute (Skpr. W.H. Noakes) 40 Roberta (Skpr. H.D. Osborne) - Rocinante - Rosabelle - Rose Marie Not known St. Patrick1 - Sambrez Not known Santosy - Saviour (Actg. S/Lt. J.M. Chappell, R.N.) 22 I Lost. 2 Ex-Belgian canal boat. 150	Boat Britannic England Lily M.F.H. Marie Minoru II Minotaur Minwood Mirasol Murious Naiad Errant Nanette II Nayland Nemo IV New Britannic New Prince of Wales New White Heather Offemia Patricia Pauleter Peggy IV Prince Prince of Wales Princess Princess Freda Princess Lily Princess Maud Provider Queen Queen Boadicea Quest Quicksilver Quisisana Rapid I Reda Reliance Renown Resolute Roberta Rocinante Rosabelle Rose Rose Marie Santosy Saviour TSS Princess Maud White Heather Banks Bayley Bennett Blows Chappell Clarke Cox Forman Hannaford Hughes Legget Matthews Maud Noakes Osborne Palmer Phillips Prince Rawlings Rose Satterford Seal Smith SMITH H Snow Towndrow Wales Weaver White Whittaker
228	Log in to enlarge	INDEX Phillips, Vice-Admiral T.S. V., 16. Phipps, L/St. M., 81. Pickford & Co., 72n. Pierre, set on fire, 74. Pierre et Marie, 73. Piers (beach) built at La Panne, 47, 60, 76; of barges impracticable, 49; built at Bray, 59, 82. Pigeon, 72n, 114n. Pim, Capt. R., R.N.V.R., 78. Playmates, 13n. Polly Johnson, 13n, 39, 40 (damaged), 43, 44 (sunk). Pool, S/Lt. R. A. W., 72. Port of London Authority, 32. Porter, Col., 47. Portsdown, 100, 103. Portsmouth, C. in C.: sends destroyers, 20; provision of boats, 51 Inner Patrol yachts, 71 A.S.'s. barge, 117 (abandoned). Pownall, Lt. Gen. H. R., 4. Prague, 29n, 54n, 64n, 91 (damaged). Président Briand, 93. Preston, Vice-Adm. Sir L. (D.S.V.P.), 21. Princess Elizabeth, 47n, 89, 114n. Princess Lily, 75n. Princess Maud, 48n, 53 (goes aground), 62 (damaged), 114n, 118. Prudential, 60. Pudge, 71s. Queen of England, sunk, 53. Queen of Thanet, 91, 114m. Queen of the Channel, 22, 24, 29 (sunk). Queen's Channel, 72n. Racia, 71n, 114я, 117. R.A. Dover, see Wake-Walker, Rear Admiral W.F. Ramsay, Vice-Adm. Sir B. (V.A. Dover): to control evacuation, 4; to arrange air cover, 5; asks for more destroyers, 20; driving force, 23, 33; promulgates disembarkation ports, 25; efforts to increase supply of small craft, 23, 32; plan for night 29/30th May, 50; orders all ships to beaches, 51; concern at losses of destroyers, 94; calls for volunteers, 105; reports exhaustion of crews, 113. Ramsgate, N.O.I.C. Administers in shore flotilla, 21, 94; services skoots, 30. Raphael-Raymonde, 73n. Rapid I, 72, 92. Reda, 53, 60n. Reed, 7ln. Refugees, 37, 100-1, 119. Reiger, 32, 47m, 64, 101-2, 116. Reine des Flots, 102, 107n, 109. Reliance, 73n. Renascent, 71n. Renown, 73, 93 (sunk). Resolute, 73n. Revoir, Capt. de, 115. Rewga, 71n. Reynaud, M., 10, 11. Richardson, Cdr. H. du P., 80n, 82, 83n. Riggs, Mr. H. C., 21. Rika, 41. Rina, 117. Robinson, Cdr. C. E. C., killed, 37. Roebuck, in collision, 83. Rope for towing, 61. Rose Marie, 72n. Ross, 28n, 44, 97. Rouen, 94, 107n, 108 (goes aground), 109, 112n, 120 (aground). Route, X prepared, 20; mined, 38; tested by destroyers, 39 taken into use, 48; last route to come under fire, 96-7; traffic suspended, 98. Route, Y adopted, 20, 29; under fire, 48; E-boats, on 85; in use, 93; mines on, 110. Route, Z under fire, 20, 48; to be used in darkness, 29, 48. 204	England Lily London Marie Pierre Pierre et Marie Pigeon Playmates Polly Polly Johnson Portsdown Prague Princess Princess Elizabeth Princess Lily Princess Maud PS Portsdown Pudge Queen Racia Rapid I Reda Reed Reiger Reliance Renascent Renown Resolute Rewga Rika Rina Roebuck Rose Rose Marie Rouen TSS Princess Maud Barge Crews De Dover Goes Johnson Last Maud May Phillips Phipps Pool Porter Reed Revoir Richardson Robinson Rose Ross Wake Wake-Walker Walker