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Mr. Dilke
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COPY FOR - MR. W. G. HYNARD,
Director of Sea Transport,
Ministry of Shipping,
Berkeley Square House,
Berkeley Square, W.L.
197
WJP/LK
13th August, 1940.
The Right Hon. Ronald H. Cross, M.P.,
Minister of hipping,
Berkeley Square,
LONDON, W.L.
Dear Bir,
EVACUATION FROM DUNKIRK
Further to our Chairman's letter of the 27th
ultimo, we understand that you wish to collect information
Navy in connection with the evacuation of the B.E.F. from
regarding the services rendered by the ships of the Merchant
for THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD.
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Northern France and Flanders and we, therefore, take the
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which liberty of attaching copies of a few confidential reports
we have received from various sources. If it would
Yours faithfully,
be of interest to you we should be pleased to forward
the
Company when we are able to obtain same.
similar information regarding other vessels owned by this
so
perience coasting and home trades, and the special knowledge and
passenger vessels of this Company operate chiefly cargo in the
As you are aware, in normal times the and
tense
ming
and which our Masters and Officers have of the channels ex-
ut
under them to find their way to the beaches and berths coasts,
enabled approaches to the Northern French and Belgian
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y to
and their ships, their shallow draft was also of the
pleasure the difficult conditions. In the case of
a
journeys good bunker capacity enabled these vessels assistance make
backwards and forwards with a minimum of delay. to
O t.
The copies of reports enclosed, refer to :-
ship)iight
m.v. "ROYAL SOVEREIGN"
m.v. "QUEEN OF THE CHANNEL" (cross channel
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ch the
19
p.s. "GOLDEN EAGLE
(cargo vessel managed by G.S.N.
(Passenger paddle steamer
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cut
S.S.
"ABUKIR"
rd in-
Lowed
for the Ministry)
ing the
is and
Newman of
th
an escort
our entrance bombs. enemy A waiting for me aircraft off the
the consisting British the the the half be an hour when the
port. returned to Ostend.