TNA ADM 334 83

Collection details

TNA ADM 334 83

Little Ships Club correspondence and personal accounts relating to the Dunkirk evacuation, covering 1940–1941.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: ADM 334 83

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 334/83. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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48	Log in to enlarge	add Hous OF 800 AUTH oziya FOX A SHOPS ARE woodside OF dong Park Chesham Bois can't One STATE July S.41 Buels crews when on Thursday, would not be able to ad been asked to keep lon t it might be worth my L.S.C ver Emergency Service false alarms I received on Saturday, 1st June, Dear Sir a to go home at 1310. The encloses ake delivery of the S the los of my bons eive further instruc- Letitis which I hunt nald Brown, who knew Some instruct ked SX up some mayber is 7m. I must acht was nearly two apolopse too barry I builder, Mr Guy soling - has 2 have h, as I had only my little spare two there pair of out-size ed immediately to day. I was valudis Wave", so we set "Madame Sans Gene" screw 20-tonner, with forecastle-mid-ship covered steering cock-pit; aft of that came a. galley to starboard, and single sþeeping cabin to port, and then a saldon; there was a small after cock-pit. She was a fine ship, whose only drawback was the difficulty of making anybody get the name right. In accordance with instructions, the owner had stripped her of a masts and putting on quay and flxing all ready to sail at 2.30 p.m. Orders came to P. outside harbour at 4 p.m. to the Tug "SUN XV" to be towed across in company with other yachts. Three other yachts make fast astern of us, under way 6.35 p.m. Engines running at half-speed to ease the strain of the tow ropes. Slight swell. The tow ropes of two of the yachts broke and they were told to proceed on under own power. Arrived off Dunkin at 11.30 p.m. and cast off from Tug. Proceeded into Moored Dunkir past the Mole, and up the Canal for about 2 miles. Could find no Englishmen so took on board 40 Frenchmen. alongside the quay and proceeded to take troops on board.	Broke Madame Sans Gene Sun Sun XV Brown Crews Day Fox Guy Hunt Little Miles Park right

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Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 48.

add
Hous
OF
800
AUTH
oziya
FOX
A
SHOPS
ARE
woodside
OF
dong Park
Chesham Bois
can't One STATE
July S.41
Buels
crews when on Thursday,
would not be able to
ad been asked to keep
lon
t it might be worth my
L.S.C
ver Emergency Service
false alarms I received
on Saturday, 1st June,
Dear Sir
a to go home at 1310.
The encloses
ake delivery of the
S the los of my bons
eive further instruc-
Letitis which I hunt
nald Brown, who knew
Some instruct
ked SX up some
mayber
is 7m.
I must
acht was nearly two
apolopse too barry I
builder, Mr Guy
soling - has 2 have
h, as I had only my
little spare two there
pair of out-size
ed immediately to
day.
I
was valudis
Wave", so we set
"Madame Sans Gene"
screw 20-tonner, with forecastle-mid-ship
covered steering cock-pit; aft of that came a. galley to starboard,
and single sþeeping cabin to port, and then a saldon; there was
a small after cock-pit. She was a fine ship, whose only draw-
back was the difficulty of making anybody get the name right.
In accordance with instructions, the owner had stripped her of
a
masts and putting on quay and flxing
all ready to sail at 2.30 p.m. Orders came to P.
outside harbour at 4 p.m. to the Tug "SUN XV" to be towed
across in company with other yachts. Three other yachts
make fast astern of us, under way 6.35 p.m. Engines running
at half-speed to ease the strain of the tow ropes. Slight
swell. The tow ropes of two of the yachts broke and they
were told to proceed on under own power. Arrived off Dunkin
at 11.30 p.m. and cast off from Tug. Proceeded into Moored Dunkir
past the Mole, and up the Canal for about 2 miles.
Could find no Englishmen so took on board 40 Frenchmen.
alongside the quay and proceeded to take troops on board.