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WORCESTER
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Wikipedia vessel details
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- Name
- HMS Worcester (D96)
- Pennant number
- D96
- Flag
- Royal Navy
- Description
- Destroyer
- Built
- 1922
- Tonnage
- 1,120
- Commanding officer
- Cdr. John Hamilton Allison, RN
- Trips to Dunkirk
- 6
- Troops landed
- 4,661
- Notes
- Damaged by air attack off Dunkirk on 1 June; left Dynamo for repair
Dunkirk-related passages from the linked page
Dunkirk 1940 After the United Kingdom entered World War II on 3 September 1939, Worcester prepared for war service, recommissioning that month, taking aboard stores, and reporting for duty with the 16th Destroyer Flotilla – which also included the destroyer leader HMS Montrose and the destroyers HMS Venomous, HMS Veteran, HMS Verity, HMS Whitshed, HMS Wild Swan, and HMS Wivern – at Portsmouth for convoy escort and patrol operations in the English Channel and Southwestern Approaches, which she began in October 1939. She remained on these duties until May 1940, when the German invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France began and she came under the Commander-in-Chief, Dover to support the evacuation of Allied personnel from Europe as German ground forces advanced. On 24 May, she was assigned to Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, during which she made six trips to the Dunkirk beaches, transported a total of 4,350 troops to the United Kingdom, and suffered damage in a German air attack on 27 May 1940.[1] Winser, John de D. (1999). B.E.F. Ships Before, At and After Dunkirk. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-91-6.
ORDE Registry
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Lloyd’s Yacht Register (1939)
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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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| 1195 | Cheerio Wood Elec.Light Pet.Mot. | Sc | [ ] - 7 | 275 275 | 80 - 5.8 3:0 | H.C.Banham H.C.Banham | Cambridge 1923 | Petrol Motor 4Cy.25"-4" Brooke,Lnot. | Horace E. Goodby, J.P. | Worcester |
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| 1559 | Daurinia Wood | Sc | 7:16 | 517 | 9.9 | 60 | Government | Worcester | Petrol Motor | John T. Burford | Gloucester |
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| 7306 | Undine | Wood | ScKch | [ ] - | 45.9 | 9:3 | [ ] - | Coppens | Ghent | Petrol Motor | A. J. Lates | Worcester |
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| 7706 | Wendy II Wood | AuxBm | [ ] - | 285 | 75 | 5.2 | Walton-on- | Walton-on- | Petrol Motor | J. Bonehill | Worcester |
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| 7905 | Worcester | Cadet | AuxBm | 7.39 | 292 | 96 53 | J.Gibson& | Fleetwood | Paraffin Motor | R.D.Knight,RM.Briggs | London |
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| Salvator | 766 | S. Heliopolis. | Scout (The) | 10 | a. Worcester | Selma II | 15 | m. Durlston. | Shrimp | 66 | m. Mavis. |
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| U. and I 10 | Venture 10 | Wanderer 10 | m. Westerly 10 | a. Worcester Cadet 10 | a. (Yacht not named) 10 |
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| Atkinson, D. Bewes, 10, Pavilion Square, Scarborough, Yorks.-Scr.-Yrk. | Austin, Reginald H., 79, Osborne Road, Portswood, Southampton, Hants. | Bach, C. M., Ryvangs Allée, 58, Hellerup, Denmark. Kbn. | Bagnall, Mrs. Randolph, The Housells, near Malvern, Worcester- shire.-Crn. m. Otter II 24 | a. Cimbria 17 a. Sheila 12 Baines, G. E., |
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| a. Worcester Cadet (P.O.) 10 | a. Dormouse 11 | m. Spitfire III 142 | a. Sea Gull II 27 | m. Meridies 19 |
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| Gerds, Miss D. N., Four Winds, South Benfleet, Essex. Bnm.-L.S. m. Amethyst 9 | m. Eilidh 12 Gibbard, W. S., Melford, Worcester Crescent, Woodford Green, Essex.-Cor. | Gibson, Frank, 47, Minto Street, Edinburgh. Eas.-Nav. a. Zaidie 9 | m. Jaz 10 Gilbey, Capt. Vincent G., M.C., 55, Eton Court, Eton Avenue, | Gill, Maurice O., Peartree Cottage, Shorne, Kent.-Bnm. Cyrilla 6 |
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| m. Madame Elisabeth 18 Hodgkins, G. A., Gaskmore, Croydon Road, Reigate, Surrey.-Mtr. | Höegh, Leif, Rådhusgt. 23B, Oslo, Norway.-Nsk. Santa 24 | Höhnke, Frithjof, 220, Szechuen Road, Shanghai. Nsk.-Shi. m. Kid II 34 | Holding, W. T., Shandon, 88, Broadway, Exeter, Devon.-Trq. m. Eblana II 19 | Holland, Samuel, 11, Swan Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire. m. Naiad 8 |
| m. Leonine 12 Hodgkinson, Miss E. M., Etherington Hall, Speldhurst, Kent. Venture (P.O.) 5 | Hoekstra, S. W., Oosterhoutlaan 8, Haarlem, Holland.-Ned.-NId. m. Joukje 30 | Holbein, A. M., Royal Thames Yacht Club, 60, Knightsbridge, London, S.W.1. a. Worcester Cadet (P.O.) 10 | Holdinhand A.-G., Poststrasse 2, Chur, Switzerland. a. Maryk 34 | Holland, T. W., Pine Glade House, Farnborough, Kent. Crz.-Nav.-Ocn. a. Delight 9 |
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| Sussex.-R.Y.S.-Cly. a. Golden Hind 144 | Kloumann, S., Snaröen, Oslo, Norway.-Nsk. Jeano 51 | a. Worcester Cadet (P.O.) 10 Knight, Walter F., | Koch, H., Bierweg 2, Blaricum, Holland. Flevo (P.O.) 3 | Koninklijke Roei-en Zeil Vereeniging De Maas," |
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| MacRae-Gilstrap, Mrs. Ella, Ballimore, Otter Ferry, Argyll. | Magnan, Villa Isoard. Six Fours Plage (Var), France. | Malard, Raoul, Chateau du Vert Pré. Mouvaux (Nord), France.-Y.C.F.-Y.M.F. | Worcester.Sev.M. m. Cerf II 9 | Malthe-Bruun, M. E., Klampenborg, Denmark.-Dan. Najaden II 10 |
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| Perrins, C. F. D., High Park, near Droitwich, Worcester- shire.-Crn. a. Katharine 11 Perrins, Capt. J. A. Dyson, | Pery Knox-Gore, Brigadier A. F. G., C.B., D.S.O., Heathfield, Berry Head Road, Brixham, S. Devon.-Bxm.-Crz.-Drt. a. Chough 17 Pery-Knox-Gore, | Petersen, Rudolf, Köbmagergade 57, Copenhagen.-Dan. a. Berndt 11 Petersen, Sophus A., Lorensberg, Gothenburg.-G.K.S.S. Fantasia 15 | Peder Claussonsgt. 7, Oslo, Norway. Nsk. m. Nall II - Petterson, Martin, A/B. Max Hellman, Norrköping Sweden. Marit - | Philippines, Common- wealth of the, Manila, P.I. S. Casiana 1280 |
| Waresley House, Hartlebury, Worcestershire.-H.B.-Lym. Satu 2 | Major I., D.S.O., M.C., Hafod Lon, Menai Bridge, Anglesey. Ang.-Art. | Petersen, Th. | Pettersson, Adam, Lysaker, Norway. | Phillimore, W. H., Redford, near Polmont, by Falkirk, Stirlingshire.-C.A. |
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| Smith, Capt. D. Eric, Millbrook Lodge, Shepperton-on- Thames, Middx.-R.Y.S.-Mtr. Tons | Smith, Sir Herbert, Bart., Witley Court, Worcester.-Mtr. Tons | Smith, Jack, Flat 6, 128, New Cavendish Street, London, W.1-Br.M.-L.S. Tons | Smith, Sir Robert W., M.P., Crowmallie, Pitcaple, Aberdeenshire; & 43, Eaton Square, London, S.W.1. | Smyth, Lieut.-Comdr. H. Warington, C.M.G., R.N.V.R. (S.A.ret.). Calamansac, Port Navas, nr. Falmouth, |
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| Stansfield-Broun, G., Thornham Villa, Camden, Bath, Me. a. Vagabundo 10 | Steele, Comdr. G. C., V.C., R.N. (ret.), H.M.S. Worcester," Greenhithe, Kent. Crs.-Tms. | Arkivgatan, 12, Gothenburg.-G.K.S.S. Marcia 5 Stensrud, Ivar, | Stephens, J. B., Rathruadh, Glenageary, Co. Dublin. Alf.(R.C.)-Dee-Dub.-Ish.(R.C.)-Ish.C. Punctilio 9 | Atahualpa 6 Stevens, L. P., Seagarth, Bel Royal, Jersey, C.I. |
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| Cassels, A. F., c/o The National Bank of Scotland, Ltd., Helens- burgh, Dumbartonshire.-C.Crz. | Goulborn, Cyril, Caldy, 44, Church Road, Worcester Park, Surrey. -Ran. |
Operation Dynamo Map — Movement Logs
Movements recorded for WORCESTER during the evacuation period, as plotted on the Operation Dynamo map.
| Departed | Route | Arrived | Troops | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Dunkirk | — | — |
Stationary
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TNA ADM 116 4649, page 82 |
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