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TNA MT 40 36 Pt 2

TNA MT 40 36 Pt 2
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TNA MT 40 36 Pt 2

A second digitised section of MT 40/36: Ministry of Transport papers on the Dynamo small-craft pool, special-service planning and claims procedure.

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MT 40 36 Pt 2
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Source: The National Archives, Kew, MT 40/36 Pt 2. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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BULLPUP
2I, Brookview Road,
Streatham,
LONDON. S.W. I6.
2nd. November I940.
The Director of Sea Transport,
23
Ministry of Shipping,
Berkeley Square House
W.I.
your ref. T.O.9I44/STN.6B
Sir, re M.Y.BULLPUP.
With reference to your enquiry a.s to what part the "BULLPUP"
? E
took in the Dunkirk evacuation, I am pleased to give you such details as I have been able to obtain.
The boat was laid up at Newhaven Sussex and on the 30th. of
May last was ordered to sail for Sheerness but was later diverted to Dover. Neither my Skipper nor myself was able to sail with her but my Skipper (F. Parker) who served on the Newhaven lifeboat was sent to Dover shortly afterwards with the lifeboat.
He went on board the BULLPUP and gave the men (Navy men) on her hints on the running of the engine.
Later he went to Dover to sail back with the lifeboat and told me that in response to his enquiries about the Bullpup he had been informed that she had made 3 (three) ourneys with men on board from the beaches to Dover but had not returned a fourth time.
is
Since then I have been told by the owner of another yacht at
Newhaven, that his Skipper 1 F. French) wrote and said that he saw the BULLPUP at Dunkirk apparently stranded on the beach to the East of Dunkirk Harbour.
I regret that these are all the details I have been able to obtain.
Your Department has now advised me that the boat must be considered a total loss.
Yours feithfully
A. Johnth H Smith.
21 A HOW NOVEM RECEIVED LISTO
that carrey US making arrangements with employers, etc. so back to town very regretfully by train.
few of them felt able to sign on for a month and won
The opportunity of playing boats for a month with the or seemed able to me too good to miss in any case, and I had bue
Le but to warn my partners that I should be away for a bith late toured Sheerness Dockyard interviewing mumerous people there was some difficulty in getting signed on and Tic to be 1dea what the job was and was quite determined that was accurate in the afternoon and by about 17.00 had formed a TVJ
the supervising the fuel and victualling of the motor be to put off, so appealed to the Commodore himself with few basin. Within half-an-hour of explaining to b
night's
Boat Bullpup Commodore London Newhaven Dover Few Last Le May Parker Smith SMITH H

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BULLPUP
2I, Brookview Road,
Streatham,
LONDON. S.W. I6.
2nd. November I940.
The Director of Sea Transport,
23
Ministry of Shipping,
Berkeley Square House
W.I.
your ref. T.O.9I44/STN.6B
Sir,
re M.Y.BULLPUP.
With reference to your enquiry a.s to what part the "BULLPUP"
? E
took in the Dunkirk evacuation, I am pleased to give you such
details as I have been able to obtain.
The boat was laid up at Newhaven Sussex and on the 30th. of
May last was ordered to sail for Sheerness but was later diverted
to Dover. Neither my Skipper nor myself was able to sail with
her but my Skipper (F. Parker) who served on the Newhaven lifeboat
was sent to Dover shortly afterwards with the lifeboat.
He
went on board the BULLPUP and gave the men (Navy men) on her hints
on the running of the engine.
Later he went to Dover to sail back with the lifeboat and told
me that in response to his enquiries about the Bullpup he had been
informed that she had made 3 (three) ourneys with men on board from
the beaches to Dover but had not returned a fourth time.
is
Since then I have been told by the owner of another yacht at
Newhaven, that his Skipper 1 F. French) wrote and said that he
saw the BULLPUP at Dunkirk apparently stranded on the beach to
the East of Dunkirk Harbour.
I regret that these are all the details I have been able to
obtain.
Your Department has now advised me that the boat must
be considered a total loss.
Yours feithfully
A. Johnth H Smith.
21 A HOW NOVEM RECEIVED LISTO
that carrey US making arrangements with employers, etc. so
back to town very regretfully by train.
few of them felt able to sign on for a month and won
The opportunity of playing boats for a month with the
or
seemed able to me too good to miss in any case, and I had bue
Le
but to warn my partners that I should be away for a bith
late toured Sheerness Dockyard interviewing mumerous people
there was some difficulty in getting signed on and Tic
to be 1dea what the job was and was quite determined that was
accurate in the afternoon and by about 17.00 had formed a TVJ
the supervising the fuel and victualling of the motor be to
put off, so appealed to the Commodore himself with few
basin. Within half-an-hour of explaining to
b
night's