TNA / MT 40 66

TNA MT 40 66

Collection details

TNA MT 40 66

Ministry of Transport records containing a Dynamo vessel list and reports from masters and crews engaged in the evacuation, covering 1940–1947.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: MT 40 66

View the archive catalogue entry ↗

Source: The National Archives, Kew, MT 40/66. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing only document page 54. Show all matching pages ×

1 matching pages. OCR may contain transcription errors.

List page 1 of 1 Showing document pages 54–54 of this collection

A note about image and OCR quality

Every reasonable effort has been made to present these document images as flat, straight and accurately cropped as possible. Historical records can be difficult to photograph or scan because of tight bindings, deep gutters, page curvature, folds, creases, fragile paper, uneven edges, shadows, glare, skewed pages, fading, stains, tears, attachments and restrictions on how a document may be handled. These conditions can distort parts of an image and consequently affect the OCR transcription.

Considerable post-production work has been undertaken to crop, align, flatten and enhance the images where practicable, but the results represent our best effort rather than exact facsimiles. Text showing through from the reverse of a page, printed backgrounds, stamps, ruled lines, marks and text visible from neighbouring pages may confuse or spoil OCR output. Handwriting is not reliably recognised and, in most places, may be missing, incomplete or incorrectly transcribed. Always check the page image and, where accuracy matters, consult the original record held by the identified archive.

OCR is not a transcription. It is machine-generated text used to create research tags and help locate names and references within the source images; it should not be read as a verified narrative.

Page	Image	OCR text	OCR tags
54	Log in to enlarge	30 28 LOSS 312 ml b w pp 56 As regards Messrs. Everard's two sailing ships these would be dealt with under any general decision covering small craft. There are some 700 of these in question. As regards a certain number, which cannot be estimated at present, it will be possible to establish who was in charge as Master, but it will not be easy to obtain corroboration of the fact that they performed useful service on the beaches. The small craft were in some cases taken over to Dunkirk by personnel who had no normal connection with the craft. There are other evacuations now to be considered: Cycle (from Havre and St. Valery) Aerial (from all ports St. Malo to La Rochelle). These have not, of course, attracted the same attention as the Dunkirk movement, but some small craft performed fine service in Cycle in the face of aerial attack and shelling. It is submitted that the policy should be only to send letters in the case of small craft where good service is established by corroborative evidence. As regards the issue of a plaque or pennon, the letters, if framed, form a very effective mark of recognition. A possibility is to authorise the owners of the craft to have inserted in a suitable place on board "Dunkirk, 1940". This corresponds to battle honours on H.M. ships, but it is only allowed on these ships for cases approved by the Board of Admiralty. We might suggest to owners of all vessels, including small craft (irrespective of the personnel on board), that if they wish they may have this inscription on their vessels, after obtaining the approval of the Minister. used 28th June, 1940. g rized. In/	May

Raw OCR

Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 54.

30
28
LOSS
312
ml b w pp
56
As regards Messrs. Everard's two sailing ships
these would be dealt with under any general decision
covering small craft.
There are some 700 of these in question. As
regards a certain number, which cannot be estimated at
present, it will be possible to establish who was in
charge as Master, but it will not be easy to obtain
corroboration of the fact that they performed useful
service on the beaches. The small craft were in some
cases taken over to Dunkirk by personnel who had no
normal connection with the craft.
There are other evacuations now to be
considered:
Cycle (from Havre and St. Valery)
Aerial (from all ports St. Malo to La Rochelle).
These have not, of course, attracted the
same attention as the Dunkirk movement, but some small
craft performed fine service in Cycle in the face of
aerial attack and shelling.
It is submitted that the policy should be only
to send letters in the case of small craft where good
service is established by corroborative evidence.
As regards the issue of a plaque or pennon,
the letters, if framed, form a very effective mark of
recognition.
A possibility is to authorise the owners of
the craft to have inserted in a suitable place on board
"Dunkirk, 1940". This corresponds to battle honours on
H.M. ships, but it is only allowed on these ships for
cases approved by the Board of Admiralty. We might
suggest to owners of all vessels, including small craft
(irrespective of the personnel on board), that if they
wish they may have this inscription on their vessels, after
obtaining the approval of the Minister.
used
28th June, 1940.
g
rized.
In/