TNA / CAB 103 191

TNA CAB 103 191

Collection details

TNA CAB 103 191

Cabinet Office papers concerning the proposed publication of a book about Operation Dynamo and the 1940 evacuation from Dunkirk, dating from April 1949 to February 1950.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: CAB 103 191

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, CAB 103/191. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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82	Log in to enlarge	OF SHIPPID die LIST A. OPERATION DYNAMO. VESSEL OWNER REMARKS CE E. Jarvis To V.A. Dover. ADA MARY Leigh Building Co. Returned to owner. ADELINE F. Perham & Mr. Forbes A.P.S. ADVANCE C.P. Dick T.98 A.P.S. AID Risdon Beazley Released 1.6.40. ALBATROSS H.W. Copeland Abandoned off Dunkirk ALJANOR J.K. Mann No reports received from lists of missing vessels. ALOA-OC Mr. Bodley No report received from lists of missing vessels. ALSINA Returned to Newhaven damaged. ALOHA J.E. Pearce Re-allocated to A.P.S. AMITY W.H. Loose Returned to owner. ANNE Mr. Woolworth A.P.S. ANTHONY F. Winter With H.M.S. Wildfire, Sheerness. ANTOINNETTE A.J. Albert A.P.S. AQUA BELLE B. Taylor Re-allocated to A.P.S. ASHINGDON Mr. Peters Returned to owner. AUNTIE GUS S. Long Returned to owner. AURA Lord Moyne A.P.S. ANGLER Golding Bros. Returned to owners (did not go). ANEE (WHERRY) A. Liddle Lost at Dunkirk. ANTONY W. Bates & Son, Ltd. Did not go. Returned to owners. BRIDLINGTON (15 vessels) Prepared but did not go. Fishing vessels BOSTON (22 vessels) Prepared but did not go. Fishing vessels BALQUHAIN Dr. P. Mitchell Watt Returned to owner. BARBILL II J. Morris Returned to owner. BASILDON Leigh Building Co. Returned to owner. BESSIE W.R. Box To V.A. Dover BLACK ARROW Mr. Wilkinson Lost at Dunkirk. BLUE BIRD C.P. Evinson T.98 A.P.S. BLUE BIRD Mrs. G. Ragless Returned to owner. ROBELI A.R. Cox T.98. No trace of return from Dunkirk. BONNIBELL C. Patey No trace of return from Dunkirk. BONNY HEATHER A.R. Foccola Re-allocated to A.P.S. BOY BILLY J. Adams (6a) Re-allocated to Spl. Admy. Service. BOY BOB (RX330) T.W. Adams Did not go - for Dynamo. BOY BRUCE C. Hayes Returned to owner. BREAD WINNER J.H.A. Bellhouse Returned to owner. BREAM Golding Bros. Prepared - did not go. BRITANNIA IV Sayers Bros. Returned to owners 5.6.40. BRITANNIC H. & J. Budd Reported lost. BRYWYN C. Priestley Mist T.98. Returned to owners 19/6. BULL PUP Mr. Smith Reported lost. BURGONIA G.W. Burgoine Re-allocated to A.P.S. BURTON Leigh Building Co. Returned to owners. BOU SAADA E. Dreyfus Re-allocated to A.P.S. BARBARA A.E. Johnson Re-allocated to A.P.S. BHURANA W.H. Grint Auxy. Patrol Service. BOAT (16 ft.) W. Robertson Reported lost by owner.	Ada Mary Adeline Advance Aid Albatross Aljanor Aloha Alsina Anee Angler Anne Anthony Antony Ashingdon Aura Balquhain Barbara Barbill II Basildon Black Arrow Blue Bird Boat Bonnibell Bonny Heather Bou Saada Boy Bob Boy Bruce Bream Britannia Britannic Brywyn Burgonia Burton Mary Newhaven Adams Bates Black Bodley Bros Budd Burton Copeland Cox Dick Dover Forbes Johnson Liddle Long Loose Mann Morris Peters Robertson Sayers Smith Wilkinson
130	Log in to enlarge	3A, 4A THE WAR OFFICE CASUALTY BRANCH, BLUE COAT SCHOOL, CHURCH ROAD, WAVERTREE, LIVERPOOL, 15. 10ᵗʰ. January, 1941. Dear Moore, branch, quarter. but I shall be very grateful if you will place it in the your I am afraid the following enquiry has no connexion with and I I have been transferred from Sea Transport to R. Casualties right been making out a case for a formal presumption of death of men who of find that one of the problems facing my new branch is that in missing since the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force, have June, 1940. sunk before they reached the United Kingdom, but, in the absence were As you know, a large number embarked in ships which rence) to any reports on the circumstances of these sinkings, we find it of ve to assess the French the coast. possibility of survivors having been picked up and difficult conveyed e Would it be possible to give us a list of the en were were employed in the evacuation of the British Expeditionary ships Force which and and or boats distance from shore, and (if at sea) whether other sinking, approximate sunk after embarking troops, with the date and time of little probably the outstanding case in point, and if it is likely 1940, to is a "Lancastria", which left St. Nazaire on the 17th June, resouss? were in their vicinity and may have effected ships The if time to collect details of all such cases it would be helpful take we could have the "Lancastria" particulars in advance. Yours Sincerely. Ha, Dawkens A.L. Moore, Esq., Sea Transport Division, B: Ministry of Shipping, Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, London, W.1. Typing Sectem	Advance Lancastria London Church Little May right