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Page 2.
LIST OF SHIPS WHICH TOOK PART IN OPERATION "DYNAMO" - 26TH MAY - 4TH JUNE, 1940.
PART I - BRITISH SHIPS (continued)
MINESWEEPING CRAFT.
ALCMARIA
JEANNIE MACINTOSH
RECERD
ARLEY
JOHN AND NORA
RELONZO
BOTANIC
JOHN CATTLING
RENASCENT
BROCK
LORD BARHAM
RESTRIVO
#
CALVI
LORD CAVAN
REWGA
CLYTHNESS
LORD COLLINGWOOD
RIG
CHICO (E.S.)
LORD GREY
SARAH HYDE
/
COMFORT
LORD HOOD
SARGASSO
CONIDAW
LORD INCHCAPE
SATURN
DORIENTA
LORD KEITH
SILVER DAWN
FEASIBLE
LORD MELCHETT
STARLIGHT RAYS
FIDGET
LORD RODNEY
STELLA RIGEL
FISHER BOY
LORD ST. VINCENT
STRATHELLIOTT
FYLDEA
MARE
STRIVE
GENIUS
MARETTA
SWIFT WING
GULA
#
NAUTILUS
TARANSAY
GULZAR
OLIVAE
THOMAS BARTLETT
INVERFORTH
OUR BAIRNS
THOMSONS
JACKETA
OVERFALLS
THREE KINGS
JACKEVE
POLLY JOHNSON
TWEENWAYS
UNICITY
A/S TRAWLERS.
ARGYLLSHIRE
KINGSTON ANDALUSITE
SPURS
BLACKBURN ROVERS
KINGSTON OLIVINE
STELLA DORADO
CAPE ARGONA
LADY PHILOMENA
THURINGIA
CAYTON WYKE
OLVINA
TOPAZE
GRIMSBY TOWN
ST. ACHILLEUS
WESTELLA
KINGSTON ALALITE
SAON
WOLVES
THAMES SPECIAL SERVICE SHIPS.
CRESTED EAGLE
GOLDEN EAGLE
ROYAL EAGLE
M.A/S.B's. M.T.B's. ETC.
D.C. MOTOR-BOAT
M. A/S. B. 10
M.T.B. 68
( ex "EXCELLENT")
M.T.B. 16
M.L. 100
M. A/S. B.6
M.T.B. 22
M.T.B. 102
M.A/S. B. 7
M.T.B. 67
M.T.B. 107
DOVER FLARD-BURNING DRIFTERS
BOY ROY
GOLDEN GIFT
PAXTON
EILEEN EMMA
GOLDEN SUNBEAM
SHIPMATES
FORECAST
LORD HOWARD
THE BOYS
GERVAIS RENTOUL
LORD HOWE
TORBAY II
GIRL GLADYS
MIDAS
UT PROSIM
GIRL PAMELA
NETSUKIS
YORKSHIRE LASS
YOUNG MUN
Sunk.

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TEMPORARY ADDRESS
AMER, LEGRAMS:- COBHAM."
Tudor Court,
PHONE:-
COBHAM,
COBHAM 2851.
SURREY.
To F.H. Keenlyside, Esq.,
20
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erman & Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd.,
Private Secretary,
Ministry of Shipping,
104-106, Leadenhall Street, E.C. 3.
Berkeley Square House,
LONDON. W.L.
Thursday, 20th June, 1940.
COASTWISE KINGSTON-ON-THAMES
Crescent
Road,
Dear Sir,
KINGSTON
We have to acknowledge receipt, with thanks, of letter of the 19th instant, which enclosed a letter with to your the Master of our "CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH" in connection from this Dunkirk. We are sure that the expression of the Minister's Master vessel's services in the recent evacuation gratitude will be much appreciated not only by the but by the personnel of the vessel as well.
The Private Secretary, Yours faithfully,
Ministry of Shipping.
Berkeley Square
Berkeley Square,
ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP
5
LONDON We 1.
DIRECTOR, of your communication to the the
Master handing to him pleasure in
We feel sure that the sentiments expressed by the Minister will be fully appreciated by Captain
Hughes and all his ship's Company.
We are, Sir,
Your obedient Servants,
Drme
Secretary.
LORINA
WORTHTOWN
/CANTERE
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3, Lime Street
NORMANI
London, E.C.3.
Capt. E.
John Stewart & Co. Shipping Ltd.,
MAID OR
YEWDALE
308 Clyde Street,
/BIARRIT
John Stewart & Co. Shipping Ltd.,
Glasgow, C.1.
Capt R.
/AUTOCAR
YEWGLEN
308, Clyde Street,
Glasgow, C.1.

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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
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&
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.
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orized.

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7/6/1940
the W barter
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ANTILE MARINE
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TOR OF THE TIMES
the eyes of the whole world the withdrawal of the B.E.F.
gnificent part played by the of the Mercantile Marine ble will not have escaped the
TUESDAY, 11TH JUNE, 1940
Masters and crews have it stint untiringly given their the finest traditions of the ital and material help alone acuation. on so vast a scale.
Minister whether he will consider ion that the British coasting medal to all men and women who d crews, have so nobly and he claim of their importance
Belgium by land, air and sea and who tency.
aithfully, irk evacuation; and, if so, whether
ALFRED READ
d to British, French and Belgian ston-on-Thames, Surrey, e'5.
ou respectfully suggest to
:
alty that they advise his signal mark of his royal boat that took part in ituting a British medal for war rk-some scroll to be the right to fly some great a service in due course. Awards of decorations edienti servant,
LANDSMAN.
nd for good service are already made from ervices rendered since the invasion of will be dealt with in accordance with the usual practice.
Hall: Will the Government see that this time the decorations go to the men who have done the fighting, and not to those the lines?
T will bear my hon. Friend's point in mind.
d my right hon. Friend consider allowing the small med to fly a special flag in commemoration of their ill CC er that suggestion.

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THE DUNKIRK EVACUATION.
s.t. "TANGA".
158
May 30th.
At 9-15 p.m. left Tilbury Landing Stage towing 12 ships lifeboats anchored off Southend 11-0 p.m.
May 31st.
At 1-40 a.m. received orders to get underway at 4-0 a.m.
and tow boats to Ramsgate. Anchored off Ramsgat about 10 a.m.
At 2-0 p.m. four Lewis guns and two gunners came on board, also
Liut. Com. and Lieut. R.N.R. We then took six boats in tow and proceeded towards Dunkirk.
About 7-30 p.m., when nearing Dunkirk, German 'planes started bombing and machine-gunning. When the bombs exploded it seemed to lift us up out of the sea. We arrived off Dunkirk Harbour about 8-40 p.m. but had to go 6 miles further on tb the beaches.
We sipped our boats and hung off. Our boats had to fill up and take the troops to the larger vessels.
1st June.
About 3-50 a.m. some of our boats returned to us with about
16° troops. We took them on board, abandoned all but one motor boat and had to run for it. When abreast of Dunkirk Harbour we fell in with a small boat with 6 men in it. We stopped and picked the up and they were the sole survivors of 25 from the H.M. Tug "ST. FAGAN", which had been bombed with her tow of three Thames barges, two of the barges were also blown up. A mile further on we picked up Barge
"PUDGE" with four men on board, two badly wounded. So we towed her back to Ramsgate where we anchored off at 9-0 a.m. Motor boats came off and landed our troops. At 4-0 p.m. we hove up, towing four boats and proceeded again to Dunkirk, arrived off about 10-30 p.m., slipped our boats as before and we paddled about outside.
2nd June.
At 3-30 a.m. we were ordered to clear out and run for it.
Not one of our boats had returned to us. Othe r boats had brought us about 90 British and 8° French troops to us, so we proceeded back to Ramsgate, towing one disabled motor boat, arriving back at 8-0 a.m.
3rd June.
At 4-30 p.m. we left Ramsgate once again towing 4 motor boats.
Arrived off unkirk at 11- p.m. Slipped our boats and awaited as before.
4th June.
About 2-° a.m., Tugs "SUN IV,XV", "RACIA" and "TANGA" were ordered to go alongside Pierhead inside and get as many troops as possible
We all went in, no sooner had we got alongside the ladders when we were ordered to clear out as fast as possible. We only managed to get
37 French toops, not any of our boats returned to us. We cleased the Pier head about 2-35 a.m., when a German plane started bombing.
Our Lieut. Com. gave orders to fire our guns. We were firing 5
Lewis and 3 Bren guns. There were about 50 men on our deck aft and they all say that our Lewis gunner aft with twin Lewis guns brought the 'plane down. We saw the 'plane crash from our bridge and we were alll happy about it. About 3 miles from the North Goodwin Lightship we fell in with a French fishing Lugger with a crew of three on board, as they did not appear to know where they were ge took them in tow and anchored them off Ramsgate about 7-30 a.m.
(Signed) H.P. Gouge.
Master of Tug "TANGA".

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TELEGRAMS
2, Crescent Road,
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COASTWISE.
KINGSTON-ON-THAMES
Kingston on Thames, ine day in May, we
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lternative routes,
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round past Calais
14th August, 1940
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The Director of Sea Transport, chor off Gravelines
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Ministry of Shipping,
193
The sky was one
Berkeley Square House, ng oil dumps and
Berkeley Square.
ilitary to prevent
LONDON W. 1.
ving off Dunkirk
PS, while other vessels
"KILLARNEY"
ime, we were keeping
Sir,
Company's ships, which
With reference to your letter of the 7th instant, I beg to enclose here- to for the purposes of the record ng her come up astern with, which you refer, copy of an account by the were watching her, and Chief Officer of the experience a terrific explosion, and
Master of the "KILLARNEY" in the evacuation of the ud of smoke. When the the mainmast aft had
B.E.F. from Dunkirk.
ard part heeled over
I am, Sir, result of a magnetic
Your obedient Servant,
Drame nt alongside the ing troops of all ases. Some of these
Secretary.
r days and four extreme difficulty anine population
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see them trying to were shot on the
ENCLOSURE.
nessed an attack aircraft.
Bombs fell all ner, but none registered a hit. Eventually our fighter planes drove them off.
On completion of loading troops we returned by the same route as we had taken to come in, and on passing
Gravelines again the fun started. Sailing quietly along, the tired and weary troops stretched out all over the ship, snatching their for the Ministry)
by
G.S.N.)
Lowed ing the
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Newman of entrance enemy bombs. A call for assistance an escort the British of Mission two destroyers had previously would INIVIA be waiting hour when for the me aircraft off the consisting port. This attack lasted for half an returned to Ostend.

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620
THE WINE AND SPIRIT TRADE RECORD.
17TH JUNE, 1940.
THE PRICE OF ADMIRALTY.
scoured for craft of all descriptions, of which about
G.S.N. CO.'S FINE WORK.
1,000 took part in the evacuation.
"Never was there a more fantastic Armada," he said. " Never a weirder collection of vessels set sail-
THE annual Pepys Commemoration Service was pleasure steamers, cross-Channel steamers, coasting held on 6th June at St. Olave's Church, Hart Street, tramps, trawlers, drifters, motor-boats and launches,
E.C.3, the Lord Mayor (Sir William Coxen) and motor and sailing barges. Every tug from the River
Sheriffs attending. The Rector (Reverend Prebendary
Thames was taken. At our request the Royal National
Wellard) gave an address on "The Price of Admiralty."
Lifeboat Institution sent 20 lifeboats from ports between Lowestoft and Poole."
The address with curious appropriateness came close
Father and son would take their light craft across upon the last hours of the Dunkirk evacuation. Pepys'
from some south coast port without a word to anybody connection with the Navy of his time is so much and bring it back full of troops. A Deal boatman took common knowledge that it is unnecessary here to his motor-boat with several rowing boats in tow and expatiate upon the good work he performed. And brought them back full of troops.
Twenty merchant craft met a glorious and selfsacrificing end.
Looking at a map, the trip might seem short
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enough, but to avoid minefields our ships had to make
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The Crested Eagle, lost in the great work of evacuating the e
B.E.F. from Dunkirk, She was a magnificent steamer of the
"Eagle Fleet" owned by the General Steam Navigation is
Co., Ltd.
a round trip of up to 160 miles. The men on the ships
Cabin Cruiser Mimosa worked until they dropped, without sleep and often y
(owned by Mr. Antony Gordon, brother of without proper meals.
Mr. Luis Gordon).
The General Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.-whose boats on the Bordeaux to London and other routes the work he did was done in the very centre, as it during many years have brought over many thousands ed were, of Wineland.
of tons of Wine, etc.-had several of its fine passenger en
London Wine merchants, particularly, in close steamers engaged in the memorable work of the evacuation. One steamer made repeated journeys touch in various ways with the great port of London, over and back, and two steamers were lost. When the are also familiar with many of the vessels bringing story is told, even in outline-for, as already indicated, it
Wine, etc., to London and are well aware of the great it will ever be impossible to secure all the details of one of the most remarkable naval feats in historypart played by the shipping companies - more it will reveal many stirring episodes. On this page especially the General Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.-
we reproduce a photograph of the Crested Eagle in serving the Trade.
(General Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) which was lost t
in the great withdrawal. We also reproduce a photo-
Broadcasting on the part of the merchant navy graph of one of the smaller craft engaged in the heroic o
in the evacuation, Mr. Ronald Cross, Minister of and hazardous work. It is the cabin cruiser Mimosa, n
Shipping, said that they would never have a complete from Shoreham, captained by Mr. Fred Clarkson.
The boat belongs to Mr. Antony Gordon (brother of list of all the vessels that took part.
Mr. Luis Gordon, of Messrs. Luis Gordon and Sons,
Ports from the Humber to Southampton were
Ltd., sole agents and concessionaires for Domecq and

3 July,
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HOTAL THAMES VACID CLUB
E.KNIGHTS,LONDON.
60, KNIGHTSBRIDGE,
ELEPHONE:
S.W.1.
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