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

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

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376	Log in to enlarge	THE EFTS 20115 of BOURT DIVID ELO areas FLUGHT 15c STATEMENT BY CAPTAIN H.MILLER, MASTER OF THE SAILING BARGE beh "ROYALTY" 251 We left Dover about 10 o'clock on Friday night the 31st May 1940 in tow of a Watkins Tug. We were loaded with ammunition, stores, and water in cans, and we had six soldiers placed on board to supervise the discharge of the 0. cargo. We arrived off Dunkirk about eight the following morning. When about two miles east of Dunkirk the tug instructed us to shorten the tow rope and said he was going cast off and that we were to sail on to the beach. We were setting our top-sail to carry out this operation when a large number of German planes appeared overhead and immediately started bombing and machinegunning us. When we arrived on the beach we let go the anchor still being badly bombed and machine gunned, and our decks 216 as were sprayed continually with machine gun bullets. There for was no-one on the beach to unload the ammunition, so we lowered our boat with the six soldiers and our crew, and roed pe in out to the tug to await further instructions. ed The tug got underway and afterwards we were hailed by a launch whose engine was broken down. She had twenty as five soldiers and sailors on board who we took on the tug. in We proceeded further along the beach towing the launch in and came across the barge "Toll the master was on 28 deck, and we offered to take him off with his crew, but was informed by him that he had 180 soldiers in the hold, le so we took him in tow and brought him back to Ramsgate and he re then Gravesend. se rs le a al	Boat Royalty Barge Dover Le May Miles Miller

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THE EFTS 20115 of BOURT DIVID ELO areas FLUGHT
15c
STATEMENT BY CAPTAIN H.MILLER, MASTER OF THE SAILING BARGE
beh
"ROYALTY"
251
We left Dover about 10 o'clock on Friday night
the 31st May 1940 in tow of a Watkins Tug. We were loaded
with ammunition, stores, and water in cans, and we had six
soldiers placed on board to supervise the discharge of the
0.
cargo.
We arrived off Dunkirk about eight the following
morning. When about two miles east of Dunkirk the tug
instructed us to shorten the tow rope and said he was going
cast off and that we were to sail on to the beach.
We were setting our top-sail to carry out this
operation when a large number of German planes appeared
overhead and immediately started bombing and machinegunning
us.
When we arrived on the beach we let go the anchor
still being badly bombed and machine gunned, and our decks
216
as
were sprayed continually with machine gun bullets. There
for
was no-one on the beach to unload the ammunition, so we
lowered our boat with the six soldiers and our crew, and roed
pe
in
out to the tug to await further instructions.
ed
The tug got underway and afterwards we were hailed
by a launch whose engine was broken down. She had twenty
as
five soldiers and sailors on board who we took on the tug.
in
We proceeded further along the beach towing the launch
in
and came across the barge "Toll the master was on
28
deck, and we offered to take him off with his crew, but
was informed by him that he had 180 soldiers in the hold,
le
so we took him in tow and brought him back to Ramsgate and
he
re
then Gravesend.
se
rs
le
a
al