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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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STATE
MERMAIDEN
97
OF
H.M.S. "Watchful",
Great Yarmouth.
26th September, 1940.
Sir,
In reply to your letter T.O. 9144/STN. 6B,
I regret that I can give you very few particulars of the part played by my yacht "MERMAIDEN" in the evacuation of
Dunkirk as I was, myself, in charge of a different vessel working from the beaches.
I have heard, however, that she made four trips from the harbour to vessels lying off, carrying two hundred men each time, and as a result she is leaking rather badly from near misses of bombs and that her decks and wheelhouse have been well riddled with machinegun bullets.
I am sorry I cannot give you any further information, as I have been nowhere near her since.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Lieut. Commander, R.N.
The Director of Sea Transport,
Ministry of Shipping,
I
Berkeley Square House,
T
Berkeley Square, LONDONS W.1.
h
(
g te wh pl ac
30t fav on a fresh wind, mizzen so set, the and narbour motor. about Outside 3.0.p.m. on May with occasionally close still was overhead, setting preparing We range. favoured were the so making heavy gunfire we to As us. stopped keep daylight Mainsail quite was But ship the heard, many a broke going good and Motor times Jib and headway we all and for Naval could that night, relied & by night good Ratings see the when on where run planes evening our we got down. we Sails, heard busy came were of we many 30th in in while were and assisting quit planes and wj I
motive, Sails when to it near seemed Dover, and to get planes quickly above by there us. seemed So we cont and contrary wind. Motor was our only chance now in this strong us, lowered Sails. The just for the purpose the wind failed to SA b had she was to cold, and that the cold paraffin had given starting, me a wet but
So with the assistance of the Seamen, I tried fou to re-start on petrol and change a plug. I had taken plug.
localise our difficulty and to remedy it, that I felt very some relieved time when she started, as without power, we might very well have been blown
P.T.O
Broke Evening Mermaiden Watchful Dover Few May

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STATE
MERMAIDEN
97
OF
H.M.S. "Watchful",
Great Yarmouth.
26th September, 1940.
Sir,
In reply to your letter T.O. 9144/STN. 6B,
I regret that I can give you very few particulars of the
part played by my yacht "MERMAIDEN" in the evacuation of
Dunkirk as I was, myself, in charge of a different vessel
working from the beaches.
I have heard, however, that she made four
trips from the harbour to vessels lying off, carrying
two hundred men each time, and as a result she is leaking
rather badly from near misses of bombs and that her
decks and wheelhouse have been well riddled with machine-
gun bullets.
I am sorry I cannot give you any further in-
formation, as I have been nowhere near her since.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Lieut. Commander, R.N.
The Director of Sea Transport,
Ministry of Shipping,
I
Berkeley Square House,
T
Berkeley Square, LONDONS W.1.
h
(
g
te
wh
pl
ac
30t
fav
on a fresh wind, mizzen so set, the and narbour motor. about Outside 3.0.p.m. on May
with occasionally close still was overhead, setting preparing We range. favoured were the so making heavy gunfire we to As us. stopped keep daylight Mainsail quite was But ship the heard, many a broke going good and Motor times Jib and headway we all and for Naval could that night, relied & by night good Ratings see the when on where run planes evening our we got down. we Sails, heard busy came were of we many 30th in in while were and assisting quit planes and wj I
motive, Sails when to it near seemed Dover, and to get planes quickly above by there us. seemed So we cont
and contrary wind. Motor was our only chance now in this strong us,
lowered Sails. The just for the purpose the wind failed to SA b
had she was to cold, and that the cold paraffin had given starting, me a wet but
So with the assistance of the Seamen, I tried fou
to re-start on petrol and change a plug. I had taken plug.
localise our difficulty and to remedy it, that I felt very some relieved time
when she started, as without power, we might very well have been blown
P.T.O