TNA / Unclassified 1

TNA Unclassified 1

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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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536	Log in to enlarge	452 Page Two. 425 (The Commanding Officer, H.M.M.T.B. No. 16's report dated 30th May, 1940) M.T.B. to Felixstowe. M.T.B. 16 arrived at Felixstowe Dock in tow at 1640. I have the honourto be, Sir, Your obedient servant, Lieutenant, Royal Navy. The Commanding Officer, First M.T.B. Flotilla, c/o G.P.O., London. II. No. 498/8. LAG OFFICER - 5 JUN 1940 IN CHARGE THE FLAG OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, HARWICH. 2199 * * (Copy to: The Captain, H.M.S. "Hornet"). HARWICH Submitted, This report of proceedings is forwarded for your information. It appears that M.T.B. 16 succeeded in doing some very useful work which is to the credit of Lieutenant P.F.S. Gould, R.N. The work done by Able Seaman Schofield in swimming voluntarily several hundred yards to save the lives of exhausted men is particularly pleasing and the successful anti-aircraft fire put up by Able Seaman Clark and Telegraphist McCatcheon is very encouraging. It also brings out the value of using a proportion of incendiary bullets. M.T.B. which 2. has six feet of freeboard, was very much eased by The work of lifting exhausted men onboard an transom. For purposes of ferrying men over a short distance the the presence of torpedo discharge doors low down in the boat's M.T.B. sometimes carried as many as fifty persons, but for an open sea passage it is doubtful whether a figure of about twenty could reasonably have been exceeded. Although M.T.B. 16 must have contributed valuable service on 3. this occasion it seems important not to lose sight of the heavy price	Boat Felixstowe Hornet London Clark Gould May Page Schofield

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452
Page Two.
425
(The Commanding Officer, H.M.M.T.B. No. 16's report dated 30th
May, 1940)
M.T.B. to Felixstowe. M.T.B. 16 arrived at Felixstowe Dock in
tow at 1640.
I have the honourto be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
Lieutenant, Royal Navy.
The Commanding Officer,
First M.T.B. Flotilla,
c/o G.P.O.,
London.
II.
No. 498/8.
LAG OFFICER - 5 JUN 1940 IN CHARGE
THE FLAG OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, HARWICH.
2199
*
*
(Copy to: The Captain, H.M.S. "Hornet").
HARWICH
Submitted,
This report of proceedings is forwarded for your
information. It appears that M.T.B. 16 succeeded in doing some
very useful work which is to the credit of Lieutenant P.F.S.
Gould, R.N. The work done by Able Seaman Schofield in swimming
voluntarily several hundred yards to save the lives of exhausted
men is particularly pleasing and the successful anti-aircraft
fire put up by Able Seaman Clark and Telegraphist McCatcheon is
very encouraging. It also brings out the value of using a
proportion of incendiary bullets.
M.T.B. which 2. has six feet of freeboard, was very much eased by
The work of lifting exhausted men onboard an
transom. For purposes of ferrying men over a short distance the
the presence of torpedo discharge doors low down in the boat's
M.T.B. sometimes carried as many as fifty persons, but for an
open sea passage it is doubtful whether a figure of about twenty
could reasonably have been exceeded.
Although M.T.B. 16 must have contributed valuable
service on 3. this occasion it seems important not to lose sight of
the heavy price