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LIFEBOATS
30SEP1940
Patrons
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Lajesty King. Her Majesty Queen
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HerMajesty Queen Mary
T.09144/S.T.N.6B.
Ent:- H.R.H.He Duke of Kent. K.G.
30th September 1940.
Spairman The Hon. George Goloille irman:- Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt.
Lieut:-Golonel C.R. Satterthwaite. theraite. O.B.E.
Sir, fe-Boat Institution
I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 24th September 1940
untary Contributions enclosing report on the Dunkirk
Operations insofer as your "LETITIA"
Depôt
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took part in these operations, and to
Hertfordshire thank you for the most interesting information which you have been good nunication enough to supply. It is anticipated hould be that this report will be of value in
Secretary compiling the final report which will
24th September, 1940.
be drawn up on these operations.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servan
Your Ref: T.0.9144/S.T.N.6.B.
(Sgd.) A. P. MEREDITH.
Director of Sea Transpor
I beg leave to the receipt of your letter
A. Dench, Esq., tant dealing rices of this Institution's
Fairlight Cottage, on of Dunkirk, and to
Billet Lane, of ports made by the
Leigh-on-Sea, and of the rgate and Ramsgate
Essex. the two Life-boats which operated in the evacuation with their own he other Life-boats employed being by Naval
Coniss of which I iclose were forwarde to
Mr.
linistry
; on the 26th July.
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Committee have made suitable monetary rewards to the crew of the Margate and Ramsgate Life-boats, and have addressed a letter of warm appreciation to each station, th felt that as the - services were carried out under Ad
Orders it would not be proper for them to make awards of
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Institution's medals or any other honorary award.
I am, Sir,
RECEIVED
Your obedient servant,
Enclosure
25 SEPP.M.
18 1888
Culaminium
Secreta more, impossible the Life-boat on account on the set of Dunkirk off the for draft Sands of full the of Life-boat water, and other and to do as vessels it was activities were close to Neiuport Margate. (?) and on The the Life-boat's homeward any journey
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LIFEBOATS
Patrons
His Majesty The King. Her Majesty The Queen
Her. Majesty Queen Mary
President:- H.R.H.The Duke of Kent. K.G.
Chairman:- Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt.
Founded 1824
Deputy Chairman The Hon. George Goloille
Secretary:- Lieut:-Golonel C.R. Satterthwaite. Satter thwaite. O.B.E.
Royal National life-Boat Institution solely by Voluntary Contributions
Life-Boat Depôt
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Telephone number and
Telegrams
Boreham Wood. Hertfordshire
Elstree 1755
The are Director of Sea Transport,
Any further communication air on this subject should be
CRS/H
addressed to The Secretary
24th September, 1940.
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Ministry of Shipping, H.O.,
Berkeley Square House,
Berkeley Square,
London, W.1.
Your Ref: T.0.9144/S.T.N.6.B.
Sir,
I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th instant dealing with the services of this Institution'
Life-boats in connexion with the evacuation of Dunkirk, and to enclose for your information copies of reports made by the
Honorary Secretary and Coxswain of the Margate and Ramsgate
Life-boats. These were the only two Life-boats which operated in the evacuation with their own crews; the other Life-boats employed being manned by Naval ratings.
Copies of the reports which I now enclose were forwarde to Mr. Guttery of the Ministry of Shipping on the 26th July.
to
While my Committee have made suitable monetary rewards to the crew of the Margate and Ramsgate Life-boats, and have addressed a letter of warm appreciation to each station, th felt that as the services were carried out under Ad
Orders it would not be proper for them to make awards of
Institution's medals or any other honorary award.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
Enclosure
RECEIVED SEPP. M.
18 1887 ALTISTINO
Culaminium
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30th September 1940.
Sir,
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I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 23rd September 1940, enclosing report on the Dunkirk
Operations insofar as your "PEGGY IV"
am at 10 a.m. for took part in these operations and to cked up a pilot and thank you for the information which you
1. We arrived at Southend have been good enough to supply. It is
Ramsgate. On our way anticipated that this report will be of ling barge "Asnington"
value in compiling the final report
5 p.m., and entered the which operations. will be drawn up on these arge "Snowdon" from the e, moored her, and ran back
I am, Sir, our Captain's
Your obedient Servant, urday, 1st June, and ded stores and gear.
the names that icking up the train ferry this will eeded to Dunkirk. We had that
P.
MEREDITH, you
1 the Commander of the rse and tow back to
Yours faithfully
Director of Sea Transport.
5 back at Ramsgate at 7.30
F. Bridge, Esq., SONS LTD.
'Fishbourne" to and from
1,41,15,
6, High Street, rd the S.T. "Princess" were
Leigh-on-Sea.
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gate Harbour awaiting orders.
Director.
ed for 6 a.m., and we left eded to the Downs, picking
We arrived at Southend at iham, where we arrived at
Encl.
(signed)
Captain.
Mate.
S.Tall.
F. Soper.
G. Johnson.
CRewe.
T. Scott.
F. Tyson.
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The Director a of Sea Transport
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Ministry of Shipping (H.O.),
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Dear Sir, ked up a pilot and
1. We arrived at Southend
We are in receipt of your letter,
Ramsgate. On our way reference T.0.9144/STN.6B, regarding ling barge "Asnington"
information of the part played by our p.m., and entered the tugs "PRINCESS", "PRINCE" and "DUKE" in arge "Snowdon" from the the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Dunkirk.
, moored her, and ran back
We enclose herewith copies of our Captain's statements, together with irday, 1st June, and the names of the crews. We trust that led stores and gear.
this will contain all the information cking up the train ferry that you require.
eeded to Dunkirk. We had
1 the Commander of the se and tow back to
STATE 15 state 10 & 61
Yours faithfully, back at Ramsgate at 7.30
SAMUEL WILLIAMS & SONS LTD.
Fishbourne" to and from rd the S.T. "Princess" were gate Harbour awaiting orders.
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Director.
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ed for 6 a.m., and we left eded to the Downs, picking
We arrived at Southend at
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iham, where we arrived at
Captain.
Mate.
S.Tall.
F. Soper.
G. Johnson.
T. Scott.
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CRewe.
F. Tyson.

S.T. "PRINCESS".
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Sirs,
On Friday, 31st May, we left Dagenham at 10 a.m. for
Gravesend, arriving at 11.30 a.m. We picked up a pilot and left Gravesend at 11.40 a.m. for Southend. We arrived at Southend at 1 p.m., leaving again at 1.35 p.m. for Ramsgate. On our way we assisted the S.T. "DUKE" to tow the sailing barge "Asnington"
to Ramsgate. We arrived at Ramsgate at 6 p.m., and entered the
Harbour at 6.45 p.m. We then towed the barge "Snowdon" from the east side of the harbour to the west side, moored her, and ran back to the ast side for further orders.
Steam was ordered for 5 a.m. on Saturday, 1st June, and acting upon instructions received we loaded stores and gear.
At 9.30 a.m. we left Ramsgate Harbour, picking up the train ferry
"Fishbourne". Taking her in tow we proceeded to Dunkirk. We had arrived at about 2 miles off Dunkirk when the Commander of the
"Fishbourne" ordered us to alter the course and tow back to
Ramsg te Harbour, which we did,, arriving back at Ramsgate at 7.30
a.m. on the 2nd June. While towing the "Fishbourne" to and from
Dunkirk, all the ropes which we had aboard the S.T. "Princess" were broken.
On Sunday, 2nd June we were in Ramsgate Harbour awaiting orders.
On Monday, 3rd June steam was ordered for 6 a.m., and we left
Ramsgate Harbour at 11.15 a.m. We proceeded to the Downs, picking up s.t. "Contest" as escort to Southend. We arrived at Southend at
6.45 p.m., cleared and proceeded to Dagenham, where we arrived at
9.30 p.m.
(signed)
J.Wallis, Captain.
F.Berry, Mate.
S.Tall.
F. Soper.
G. Johnson.
CRewe.
T. Scott.
F. Tyson.
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S.T. "DUKE"
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Sirs,
We left Dagenham at 10.30 a.m., May 31st, arriving at
Gravesend at 11.10 a.m. where we picked up as Pilot. We then proceeded to Southend, arriving there at 12.30 p.m.
Acting on orders from the Admiralty, we put two hands aboard the Sailing Barge "Ashingdon" and took her in tow, and proceeded to Ramsgate Harbour, arriving off the Harbour about 6.40 p.m.
Acting upon instructions received from the authorities, we left the S.B. "Ashi ngdon" at anchor in the downs below the Harbour, and took the tug into the Harbour about 8 p.m. to await further orders.
On Saturday morning, 1st June, we had orders to stand by at daylight, and received further orders to take stores, water and armoury together with some amunition, aboard, and stand by to tow the Ferry Boat ishbourne' to Dunkirk. We had four Naval ratings put aboard and at 9.20 a.m., together with the S.T. "Princess", we took the F.B. "Fishbourne" in tow. After towing for about 70
minutes, we put our rope into the S.T. "Princess" and then went ahead of the S.T. Princess with our two ropes in her head. About
11.20 a.m., owing to the starboard rope of the S.T. Princess"
breaking, we were forced to slip our rope to enable them to get another rope aboard the Ferry Boat; the S.T. Princess" then came alongside and took our place.
After steaming for about 12 hours, we were ordered up alongside the Ferry Boat where the Commander gave us orders to turn back and find the Steam Tug "Sun III" and four Sailing Barges, and also keep in contact with him. We sighted the Steam Tug and Sailing Barges off our starboard bow, and went over and took the S.B. "Haste-Away"
ying from S.T. "Sun III" and left him with the other three. Owing to bad visability and the difficulty in keeping the Sailing Barges in tow, we lost contact with our other gugs and the Ferry Boat. After the S.B. "Ada Mary" had broken adrift twice from the "Sun III", I
decided to keep her in my tow, proceeding to our destination with two barges each.
Firemen
At. about 2.40 p.m., when approximately 2 miles north of
Dunkirk (according to the reckoning of the Master of the S.T. "Sun III)
we found a violent air raid in progress, with bombing off our starboard side, during which our own fighting aircraft split up the enemy craft. At the same time we sighted a life boat adrift with about 40 English soldiers aboard and one Naval rating. We picked up
20 soldiers and left the rest aboard the S.T. "Sun III". Things were looking very bad, and upon the advice of an officer in charge of the soldiers, and owing to the fact that we did not know the exact whereabouts of our destination - having lost contact with our
Commander who was abroad the Ferry Boat, we steamed about for an hour and then followed the S.T. "Sun III". About 4.20 p.m. we sighted amother life boat which turned out to be from the destroyer
"Basilisk" which had been sunk in an air raid off Dunkirk Harbour.
There were 12 survivors aboard - 11 sailors and 1 midshipmany whom rated we took abroad. Their boat was then put astern of sailing craft.
r our ed
We again proceeded on our course, and at 5.5 p.m. two British aircraft circled round us and signalled us to set our course for
South. This we did, and the +Sun III" followed. After steaming for a for about 70 minutes, and with the help of the aircraft, we sighted ke a two life boats, and leaving the larger of the two to the S.T. "Sun III'
in the we took from the other 11 Spaniards and 1 Canadian soldier.
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Gentlemen,
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I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 18th September 1940,
29. Burstock Road enclosing report on the Dunkirk
Putney S.
Operations, insofar as your "PRINCE",
"PRINCESS" and "DUKE", took partin
October 5ᵗʰ, 1940.
then these operations, and to thank you for the most interesting information which you have been good enough to supply.
the report operations. which burcular will be drawn up final on these 7144 / STN 6 B.
be of value in compiling the
It is anticipated that this report will
2n
I am, Gentlemen, to a record of the
Your obedient Servant, happenings of (Sgd.) (say I boat MEREDITH. QUEST
with impelf and that this does not friend onew
Lane to as
Director of Sea Transport.
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Messrs. qu Samuel Williams & Sons Ltd., mion escpressed by others
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Whilst these operations were being carried out we were being