TNA / MT 40 66

TNA MT 40 66

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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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17	Log in to enlarge	Page 4. LIST OF SHIPS WHICH TOOK PART IN OPERATION "DYNAMO" - 26TH MAY - 4TH JUNE, 1940. PART I - BRITISH SHIPS (contimued) PERSONNEL AND HOSPITAL SHIPS ARCHANGEL MANXMAN AUTOCARRIER MONA'S QUEEN BEN-MY-CREE NEWHAVEN BIARRITZ NEPHRITE (Store Ship) CANTERBURY NGAROMA CLAN MACALISTER NORMANIA COTE D'ARGENT } french PARIS (Hospital) COTE D'AZUR PRAGUE DINARD (Hospital) PRINCESS MAUD DORIAN ROSE (Store Ship) QUEEN OF THE CHANNEL FENELLA ROEBUCK FOAM QUEEN ROUEN ISLE OF GUERNSEY (Hospital) ROYAL DAFFODIL ISLE OF THANET (Hospital) ROYAL SOVEREIGN KILLARNEY ST. ANDREW (Hospital) KING GEORGE V ST. DAVID (Hospital) LADY OF MAN ST. HELIER LEVENWOOD (Store Ship) ST. JULIAN LOCH GARRY ST. SEIRIOL LORINA # SCOTIA MAID OF ORLEANS TYNWALD MALINES WORTHING (Hospital) MANXMAID WHITSTABLE OTHER BRITISH SHIPS ADVENTURESS BONNY BELLE AGNESS CROSS (Life-boat) BOURNEMOUTH LIFE-BOAT ALBATROSS III B.P. ONE ALOUETTE BRITANNIA ANDORA BULLFINCH ANDORA II (R.A.F. Launch) CABBY ANNE IV CANVEY QUEEN ATHOLA CAVERSHAM (M.B.) AURA CHAMOIS (Lighter) BAIL CHERFIELD BAT (Lighter) CLAUDE (Water Boat) BEE (Lighter) COMMODORE BELFAST CONSTANT NYMPH BLACK ARROW CORDELIA BLACK JAVA CORNELIA BLACKPOOL C. 9 (Tugs) BOBELI (Motor Cruiser) C. 11 BONNY HEATHER C.Y. 63 DABB II DEFENDER DHOON (Trawler) Sunk (Continued)	Adventuress Albatross Andora II Anne Archangel Athola Aura Autocarrier Bat Bee Biarritz Black Arrow Black Java Blackpool Boat Bobeli Bonny Heather Britannia Bullfinch Cabby Canterbury Canvey Queen Caversham Chamois Clan Macalister Claude Commodore Constant Nymph Cordelia Cruiser Côte d'Azur Defender Dhoon Dinard Dorian Fenella Foam Queen Isle of Guernsey Isle of Thanet Java Killarney King George King George V Levenwood Lorina Maid of Orleans Malines Manxman Nephrite Newhaven Ngaroma Normania Paris Prague Princess Princess Maud Queen Roebuck Rose Rouen Royal Daffodil Royal Sovereign Scotia St. Andrew St. Helier St. Seiriol TS King George V TSS Princess Maud TSS Scotia Tynwald Whitstable Worthing Black George King Maud May Page Rose
106	Log in to enlarge	-2- of Ship. Name & Address of Owners Name of Master. LAN MACALISTER Clan Line Steamers, Ltd. Capt. R.W. Mackie Tylney Hall, longuines are still learning Rotherwick, made as to whicher Near Basingstoke, Hants. office is still alive. KOHISTAN * F.C. Strick & Co. Ltd. Capt. W.C. Robertson 117-121, Leadenhall St. E.C.3. BENLAWERS * Petrograd Steamers Ltd., Capt. J.P. Drummond. 28, Bernard Street, Leith (Managers: Wm. Thompson & Co.) K L CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH Ellerman & Bucknall Capt. A.W. Wooster S.S. Co., Ltd. Tudor Court, Cobham, Surrey. K1 ROEBUCK c/o Chief Docks Manager, Capt..Larbalestier. G.W. Railway Company, Cardiff. ST KITTY Basso & Company, Mr. W. McCondach, Weymouth. 13, Ox Street, Weymouth. ST SPINEL + William Robertson Ltd., Capt. R. Humphreys ST Glasgow, C.1. ST QUEEN OF THE CHANNEL The General Steam Capt. W.J. O'Dell PAR Navigation Co., Ltd., " ROYAL DAFFODIL G. Johnston ISL ROYAL SOVEREIGN 15, Trinity Square, " T. Aldis DIN E.C.3. WOR ISLI MONA'S QUEEN Isle of Man Steam Packet ~~ Capt. A. Holkham " R. Duggan $ FENELLA Company Limited, Capt. W. Cubbon MANXMAN x Imperial Buildings, If P.B. Cowley TYNWALD * Douglas, - qual & Isle of Man. Chief Officer J.Whiteway 0 BEN-MY-CHREE X Capt. G. Woods and Chief Officer T. Cain / LADY OF MANN Capt. T.C. Woods LORINA Southern Railway Co., Capt. A. Light. NORMANNIA Waterloo Station, Capt. M.C. Whiting CANTERBURY S.W.1. Captain C. Hancoc MAID OR ORLEANS 2 (Capt. A.E. Larki (Capt. G. Walker BIARRITZ Capt. M.H. Bake AUTOCARRIER Capt. C. Maste orized.	Autocarrier Ben-my-Chree Benlawers Biarritz Canterbury Cardiff City of Christchurch Fenella Kitty Kohistan Lady of Mann Lorina Manxman Normannia Queen Roebuck Royal Daffodil Royal Sovereign Spinel Surrey Tynwald Aldis Cowley Douglas Duggan Holkham Humphreys Johnston Larbalestier Light Mackie Mann O'Dell Robertson Thompson Walker Whiteway Whiting Woods Wooster
212	Log in to enlarge	110 CONFIDENTIAL. OR 29 RECEIVED 16 AUG 1940 FROM. FLAG OFFICER COMMANDING DOVER. DATE 27th AUGUST, 1940. No. B14/0/1829/40. TO DIRECTOR OF SEA TRANSPORT. 90 40 REPORTS OF PROCEEDINGS OF SOUTHERN RAILWAY VESSELS IN "DYNAMO". In reply to your letter of 15th August, 1940, all reports received by me in connection with Operation "Dynamo" have been sent to the Admiralty for record. 2. reports were forwarded from "Canterbury", "Maid of Orleans", Of the ships named by you, it is known that "Biarritz", "Autocarrier", "Isle of Guernsey", "Worthing" and "Whitstable". There was also a report from Commodore E. G. Jukes 3. Hughes, C.B.E., who acted as Principal Sea Transport Officer, Dover, during the Operation. It is possible M that he will have copies of all reports made by the Personnel vessels, whether forwarded to me or not. VICE ADMIRAL. mane une ship fast ourselves. At 11.30 locks went to look for lock gatemen managed to get them to p.m. for us to enter Dock planes still bombing and kept open bombing all night. Midnight made fast in berth. The Naval Officer who spoke to us at 8 p.m. promised to berth us but we did not see him until 5 a.m. on the 23rd, we were on the wrong berth. 5.15 a.m. shifted. 1.	Autocarrier Biarritz Canterbury Commodore Isle of Guernsey Maid of Orleans Whitstable Worthing Dover Hughes
321	Log in to enlarge	YO sa to bas so visa your 0.03m bne benes 20 39 3 DBY Lenns & GT6 196 & se, tw del Nest .4.6213/40/S.T.A.6. W.L. 15th August, 1940. loat 7 Vice-Admiral, Dover. A record is being compiled in the Ministry of Shipping of the part played by the Merchant Navy in the Dunkirk operation, and the owners of the vessels concerned have been approached for copies of any reports they may have received from the Musters. The Southern Railway state that reports from the Masters of their steamers have been submitted to you through the P.S.T.O. In the circumstances, would it be possible, please, for you to supply copies of the reports, or, alternatively, to loan the originals for inspection? The names of the Southern Railway steamers in question are:- LORINA, NORMANNIA, CANTERBURY, MAID OF ORL ANS, BIARRITZ, AUTOCARRIER, PARIS, ISLE OF GUERNSEY, DINARD, WORTHING, ISLE OF THANET, HYTHE and WHITSTABLE. (Sgd.) B. E. BELLAMY. for La Director of Sea Transport. o ship)ii p.s. "GOLDEN SOVEREIGN" channel # cl # S.S. "ABUKIR" passenge for by steamer G.S.N. r the Ministry) Lo in GS an our Newmar entrance enemy --- A call for th an es bombs. the British Mission had previously would be waiting for me off consisting port. This of attack two destroyers lasted for half an hour when the airc returned to Ostend.	Abukir Autocarrier Biarritz Canterbury Dinard Hythe Isle of Guernsey Isle of Thanet Lorina Normannia Paris Whitstable Worthing Dover Masters May