TNA / Unclassified 1

TNA Unclassified 1

Collection details

TNA Unclassified 1

A working collection of Operation Dynamo source material whose definitive National Archives catalogue reference is still being identified.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: Unclassified 1

Source: The National Archives, Kew, Unclassified 1. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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236	Log in to enlarge	SECRET I - 165'75 178. useless and as of the other Yachts had proceeded at 0230 and was no sign We any arrived ship needing assistance I decided to proceed there to Sheerness. there at 1030. 167 work of real in comparison with what was being done, and I regret value that in neither of my trips did we carry out any that in both cases defects should have hindered our efficiency. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, SGD. J.A. Dow, Sub.Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. d e my d d to to he S uction irk. grees st to he of see surf and that hat out men, d art ut THIS OT bombs rell across our stern one 1886 DOID railing feet about time 30 ft a salvo away, the only effect was to drag our stern down at few bomber Dornier 17 we registered a direct hit with our Lewis the gun in the water. We opened fire on this aeroplane which was a heavy and his type Starboard engine burst into flames and he crashed into sea, as other ships were also firing I cannot claim this aeroplane definitely. steamed all possible speed hoping to find a boat bring them to As I had promised to embark the British troops at Dunkirk to I off, we back at fortunate in finding as Whaler adrift which we magaged ashore pick up were with dinghy, I immediately sent these two boats and started to our embark troops at approximately at 1750, this was very continued over	Boat Dinghy Dow Few Lewis

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Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 236.

SECRET
I
- 165'75 178.
useless and as of the other Yachts had proceeded at 0230 and
was no sign We any arrived ship needing assistance I decided to proceed there
to Sheerness. there at 1030.
167
work of real in comparison with what was being done, and
I regret value that in neither of my trips did we carry out any
that in both cases defects should have hindered our efficiency.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
SGD. J.A. Dow,
Sub.Lieutenant, R.N.V.R.
d
e
my
d
d
to
to he
S
uction
irk.
grees
st
to
he
of
see
surf
and
that
hat
out
men,
d
art
ut
THIS OT bombs rell across our stern one 1886 DOID railing feet
about time 30 ft a salvo away, the only effect was to drag our stern down at few
bomber Dornier 17 we registered a direct hit with our Lewis the gun
in the water. We opened fire on this aeroplane which was a heavy
and his type Starboard engine burst into flames and he crashed into sea,
as other ships were also firing I cannot claim this aeroplane
definitely.
steamed all possible speed hoping to find a boat bring them to
As I had promised to embark the British troops at Dunkirk to I
off, we back at fortunate in finding as Whaler adrift which we magaged ashore
pick up were with dinghy, I immediately sent these two boats
and started to our embark troops at approximately at 1750, this was very
continued over