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.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: 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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132	Log in to enlarge	NAID ERRANT TELEPHONE: WIMBLEDON 0040. 120 K.TAYLOR NIGHTINGALE. 22, WOOL ROAD, WIMBLEDON COMMON. 13th October 1941. TN6B Sir, Y.Naiad Errant Referring to your letter of the 16th September 1940, I enclose a copy of an Account by Able Seaman Samuel Palmer D.S.M., of the part played by this motor yacht in the evacuation of the B.E.F from Dunkirk. Your obedient Servant, The Director of Sea Transport, Ministry of Shipping, (M.O) Berkeley Sq. House, Berkeley Sq.London.W.1. E.l. other millia RECEIVED 15 RECEIPTRY OCT ver ary " and 10. I and breakwater at four oclock the next morning. At the time appointed we were there, finding other boats of the same type, waiting for the order to move. We moved into "line ahead", the "Naiad Errant" being second, and were off for Dunkirk. "Westerly" was with us when we began but what became of her I don't know, for I never saw her again. About three miles outside Dunkirk I saw a plane burst into flames and come tumbling out of the sky, with it a dark object which I took to be the pilot. As he landed in the water I made my way over to him and fished him out with -1-	London Naiad Errant Don Miles Palmer

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NAID ERRANT
TELEPHONE: WIMBLEDON 0040.
120
K.TAYLOR NIGHTINGALE.
22, WOOL ROAD, WIMBLEDON COMMON.
13th October 1941.
TN6B
Sir,
Y.Naiad Errant
Referring to your letter of the 16th September
1940, I enclose a copy of an Account by Able Seaman
Samuel Palmer D.S.M., of the part played by this
motor yacht in the evacuation of the B.E.F from Dunkirk.
Your obedient Servant,
The Director of Sea Transport,
Ministry of Shipping, (M.O)
Berkeley Sq. House,
Berkeley Sq.London.W.1.
E.l.
other
millia RECEIVED 15 RECEIPTRY OCT
ver
ary
" and
10. I
and
break-
water at four oclock the next morning. At the time appointed
we were there, finding other boats of the same type, waiting
for the order to move. We moved into "line ahead", the
"Naiad Errant" being second, and were off for Dunkirk.
"Westerly" was with us when we began but what became of her
I don't know, for I never saw her again.
About three miles outside Dunkirk I saw a plane
burst into flames and come tumbling out of the sky, with it
a dark object which I took to be the pilot. As he landed in
the water I made my way over to him and fished him out with
-1-