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HALCYON
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Wikipedia vessel details
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- Name
- HMS Halcyon (N42)
- Pennant number
- N42
- Flag
- Royal Navy
- Description
- Fleet minesweeper
- Built
- 1934
- Tonnage
- 815
- Commanding officer
- Lt. Cdr. John Mark Symonds Cox, RN (relieved 28 May); Cdr. Eric Perceval Hinton, RN
- Trips to Dunkirk
- 7
- Troops landed
- 2,003
- Notes
- Not stated
ORDE Registry
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Small Craft Service List
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Red List (1939–40) — OCR
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Ship Details
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Lloyd’s Yacht Register (1939)
Source: Lloyd’s Register Foundation, Heritage & Education Centre, Lloyd’s Register of Yachts 1939, digitised via Internet Archive. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Images have been converted, resized and watermarked for web display; machine-generated table OCR has been added.
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Document Collections — Tagged Pages
16 pagesImaged document collections containing pages whose OCR text or table data has been tagged with the name HALCYON. Open a collection to view the page images and transcriptions.
Source: Lloyd’s Register Foundation, Heritage & Education Centre, Lloyd’s Register of Yachts 1939, digitised via Internet Archive. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Images have been converted, resized and watermarked for web display; machine-generated table OCR has been added.
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| 2765 | Halcyon | Wood | AuxBm | 41.02 | 678 | 170 108 | J.I.Thorny- | Southmpton | Petrol Motor 4S.C.SA | Sir Samuel Turner | Southmptn | Ply | 16 A1 |
| 2766 | Halcyon | Wood | TwnSc | 41.55 | 71.4 | 15.3 68 | N.Yk.Y.L. | Morris | 2 Oil Engines | E. L. Ruddy | Toronto | ||
| 2767 | Halcyon | Wood | Sc | 681 | 30.45 | 8.2 42 | Enterprise | Birkenhead | Petrol Motor | George C. Cross | Hull | ||
| 2768 | Halcyon | Wood | Sloop Ratsey | - 3 | 220 24.5 18.0 | 62 3:1 3:0 3.5 300 | C.Sibbick& Co. E.R.Tatchell | Cowes 1900 | Norman S. Rouse | Cowes | |||
| 2769 | Halcyone | Wood | AuxKch | 9'06 | 46°0 | 13:0 6.7 | Jas.N.Miller | St.Monance | Petrol Motor | Arthur Holt | Liverpool | ||
| 2770 | Halcyone | Wood | TwnSc | 7.19 | 48.5 | 10.1 5.2 | Woodnutt | St.Helens, | 2 Petrol Motors | Philip Carr | Cowes | ||
| 2771 | Halcyone | Wood | BmSlp Ratsey,33 | -- 3 | 207 24.0 16.5 | 56 3.5 3.75 250 | McGruer& Co.Ld. Builders | Clynder 1924 | ForthO.D. | J. P. Pattullo & C.S. Campbell | Granton |
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| M.N.T.P. Windward | M.P.C.V. Fedoa | M.P.Q.R. Halcyon | M.P.X.J. Brat | M.Q.K.J. Rhoda Mary |
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| Gluckauf III | - | Harlekin. | Grey Hawk II | 14 | m. Ryegate II. | Halcyon | 258 | a. Esperos. | Hélène | 542 | S. Espalmador. |
| Gnat | 6 | a. Fermi. | Grey Hen | 26 | m. Damozel. | Halcyon | 22 | m. Ninon-Ann II. | Helen May | 13 | m. Shrimp. |
| Goddess | 303 | a. Connemara. | Grey Mist | 51 | m. Glala. | Halcyone | 3 | Tantivy. | Helfried | 15 | a. Leona III. |
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| Mieze | 7 | m. Jambo. | Mohawk | 70 | m. Halcyon | Morild | - | N.N. | Myra | 4 | Pixie. |
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| Nabben IX | 38 | m. Geishan. | Natchez II | 70 | m. Halcyon. | Niji | 8 | a. Ellora. | Noreg | 20 | Iris II. |
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| Sylva II | 6 | Scherzo. | Thalassa | 70 | m. Halcyon. | Toba | 6 | Spray. | Truant | — | m. Carman. |
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| a. Freelance | 106 | a. Nomad | 95 | S. Cysne II | 87 | m. Silver Wings | 79 | m. Halcyon | 70 | a. Frida | 65 |
| a. Norada | 106 | m. Sou'wester | 95 | a. Kentra | 87 | a. Halcyon | 78 | m. Venise | 70 | a. Mohawk | 65 |
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| m. Morfran II | m. Halcyon 8 | m. Rosaura 1538 |
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| m. Fedalma 11 | m. Lito 5 | m. Idano 14 | m. Halcyon 70 | a. Charis 5 |
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| Albatross - | m. Hirondelle II 27 | m. Anthony 9 | m. Halcyon 8 | Daphne II 7 | m. Corrieghoil 61 |
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| m. Lady Helen 8 | a. Lily | 5 | m. Barracane 30 | a. Halcyon | 78 | m. Moreta 88 | |
| Tams & King, Inc. | m. Little Mariner 17 | a. Louie Wills | 7 | m. Bellatrix 8 | m. Halcyone (designed | m. Morn 9 |
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| Crawshay,R.V.E.deB., Yacht Mamgu," Hythe Quay, Maldon, Esser.-Har.-Wlt. m. Mamgu 162 | Waveney 119 Crisp, Herbert, 47, Greek Street, London, W.1.-C.A. | Crone, Ernst, 12, Stolberglaan, Aerdenhout. near Haarlem, Holland.-NId.(C.) a. Frida 65 | Cross, George C., 79, Tentelow Lane, Southall, Middx. m. Halcyon 8 | Crowninshield, Francis B., 164, Marlboro Street, Boston, Mass., U.S.A.-N.Yk. |
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| Rose-Richards, Major T.P., Furzefield, Bosham, Sussex. RY.S.-Brs.-Crz.-Ocn.-Tms. a. Ytene 26 | Ross, J. A., 28, Forest Road, Aberdeen.-Cly. m. Rinansey 90 | Rothschild, James A. de, D.C.M., D.L., J.P.. M.P., 23, St. James's Place, London, S.W.1. S. Atmah 1746 | Rouff, Fernand, Villa Rouff. Rue Buttura, Cannes (A.-M.), France.-Y.C.F.-Cnn. a. Danaë 47 | Rouse, Norman S., Etchilhampton Manor. near Devizes, Wilts.-Sol. Halcyon 3 |
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| m. Iolanthe 9 Rowbotham, Sir S. Hanson, J.P., | Roxburgh, A. K., Chetwynd, Helensburgh, Dumbarton- shire.-C.Crz.-S.M.Y.C. a. Puffin III 15 | a. Urania 83 Royal Italian Navy, Rome. m. M.E. 80 26 | Ruddy, E. L., Sterling Tower, 372, Bay Street, Toronto, Ont., Canada.-Can. m. Halcyon 70 | the late Jacob, 1120, Fifth Avenue, New York. m. Yankee 437 |
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| Istanbul, Turkey.-Lon. m. Dawn 18 Tucker, Carll, 420, Lexington Avenue, New York. N.Yk. | Tudsbery, M. T., M.Inst.C.E., The Athenæum, Pall Mall, London, S.W.1.-Crz.-Deb.-Drt.-Ems. a. Sundog 8 | Turitz, H. G., Föreningsgatan, 19, Gothenburg. Eo.-G.K.S.S.-K.S.S.S. Albatross (P.O.) | Turner, C. M. W., 9, Coleman Avenue, Hove, Sussex. Mtr.-Ssx.-Swk. m. Kintail (P.O.) 29 | a. Halcyon 78 Turner, S. L., 62, Fitzjames Avenue, Croydon, Surrey. Col. |
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| Wood Cottage, Bridgetown, Dulverton, Som.-Drt. a. Mystery 5 | Windfeld-Hansen, H., | Winn, Capt. Rowland G., The Turrets, Dartmouth, Devon. | Wiseman, Ernest, Halcyon, Ardleigh Green Road, Hornchurch, Esse.r.-C.A.-Har. | Wollen, Cecil S., Glengariffe, Torquay, Devon. Bxm.-Drt.-Tor.(C.)-Trq.(C.) |
Operation Dynamo Map — Movement Logs
Movements recorded for HALCYON during the evacuation period, as plotted on the Operation Dynamo map.
| Departed | Route | Arrived | Troops | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Dunkirk | — | — |
Stationary
HMS report explicitly names this location; a complete dated movement is unavailable
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TNA ADM 116 4649, page 90 |
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