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
107	Log in to enlarge	-3- nip. Name & Address of Owners Name of Master. SS MAUD London Midland & Scottish Capt. H. Clarke. IA Railway, Capt. W.H. Hughes. L.M.S. Railway Headquarters, Watford, Herts. ST. SEIRIOL Liverpool & North Wales Capt. R.D. Dobb S.S. Co., Ltd., 40, Chapel Street, Liverpool, 3. /PRAGUE London & North Eastern Capt. C. Baxter. Railway Company, 26, Glengall Road, Woodford Green, Essex. KING GEORGE V David MacBrayne Limited, Capt. R.E. MacLean. LOCHGARRY 44, Robertson Street, Capt. E. MacKinnon. Glasgow, C.2. KILLARNEY Coast Lines Limited, Capt. R. Hughes. 2, Crescent Road, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey. ST. HELIER Great Western Railway Co., Capt. R. Pitman c/o Chief Docks Manager, Cardiff. ST JULIEN Great Western Railway Co., Capt.L.S.Richard ST ANDREW Paddington Station, W..2. Capt. H.C. Bond ST DAVID Capt. C.Joy. PARIS Capt. E. Biles ISLE OF GUERNSEY Southern Railway Co., Capt. F.W. Hodges DINARD Waterloo Station, Capt. P. Lewis WORTHING S.E.L. Capt. C.J. Munton ISLE OF THANET > Capt. A.J. Hammond 60 & These Masters took over when original Masters were too exhausted to carry on. x Evacuation of Calais. + This vessel was ordered to Dunkerque laden with B.E.F. petrol and did not actually evacuate, troops. INED orized.	Cardiff Dinard Isle of Guernsey Isle of Thanet Joy Killarney King George King George V Lochgarry London Paris Prague St David St. Helier St. Seiriol Surrey Thames TS King George V Worthing Baxter Biles Bond Clarke Dobb George Green Hammond Hodges Hughes Joy King Lewis MacKinnon Maclean Masters Maud Munton Pitman Robertson Wales
176	Log in to enlarge	STATE STATE 131 OF UPOX 55 For COPY. OF H.C.T.S.S. ISLE OF THANET. Report of Trips to and from Dunkirk, On 23rd May left Newhaven at 00.08 bound for Dover for orders and arrived off Dover at 03.38. Immediately we received orders to proceed to. the Downs and anchor. 10.45 destroyer L.0.2. gave orders to follow him to Dunkirk. At 14.17 we arrived at Dunkirk and an air raid was in progress. H.C.T.S.S. Worthing lying at quayside berth and H.C.T.S.S. Isleoof Thanet took outer berth, both vessels lying alongside each other. At 14.49 we hove astern to quayside berth to await casualties. There were continuous air raid warnings and numerous German planes kept hovering overhead but no bombs were dropped. Ship moored head up by Gare Maritime which had been bombed before our arrival. Gun firing id continued from ships and shore batteries at frequent intervals, 18.00 we commenced embarking casualties and at 19.50 the embarkation was completed. Number of wounded on board totalled 296. At 20.37 in order given Standby below and we were outside harbour at 21.05. Heavy ne pall of smoke hung over the coast this coming from fires around the docks caused by bombing. At 22.57 arrived off Dover and received S orders to proceed to Newhaven. At 23.15 we were on our course. At ond 02.20 on 24th we arrived off Newhaven but were detained for 45 mins. r, for signals. At 03.48 we moored alongside at No. 2 berth and at 6.20 ck the disembarkation was completed. Vessel on immediate notice. besga On morning of the 25th we again left Newhaven at 11.46 and arrived off Dover at 15.16. At 15.56 received orders to proceed to Dunkirk adcompanied by s/s PARIS. Ships off Calais between us and the shore being shelled by German batteries in wood west of Calais. Arrived at Dunkirk at 18.15 "Canterbury" moored at Gare Maritime on our arrival. We moored alongside her with the s/s "Paris" on the outside berth. s/s "Canterbury" sailed at 19.10 and we took quayside berth. X At 22.00 commenced loading and air raid attacks were frequent during the whole period of embarkation. One salvo of bombs fell close to vessel, but although vessel was sprayed with shrapnel no damage was done. Fires were raging all around the docks and lit the quayside where we were lying, the white painted vessels shewing up prominently. Loading of casualties was completed at 01.00 on the 26th. total number on board 608 casualties. Left Dunkirk quay at 01.15 and proceeded to Newhaven. Arrived off Newhaven at 07,20 received signals to enter at 07.30 and moored at No. 2 berth at 08.00. At about 08.30 disembarkation of casualties commenced and at 11.15 completed. Again, on the morning of the 27th at 01.10 we left Newhaven for Dover for orders, arriving off Dover at 04.38. We received orders to proceed to the Downs until 06.30 and at 06.34 left the Downs and proceeded to Dunkirk. At 08.00 when off Calais we were shelled from batteries on the French coast, several shells falling close to my vessel. At the same time a vessel ahead of me between Calais and Gravelines was being subjected to shell fire from another battery on the coast. I deemed it prudent to return to Dover for alternative route instructions and at 08.59 arrived off Dover. At/	Canterbury Gravelines Isle of Thanet Newhaven Paris Progress Worthing Dover Head May West White
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