MARIA ELENA

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Participation source and OCR references

Included from Wikipedia – List of ships at Dunkirk . These collection pages contain a matching vessel-name reference.

NMM 940.542.1 1940 Orde vol ii — page 244 (OCR #1524)
…Christian, R.N.V.R. in the M/B Mary Spearing) floating but abandoned. She did not return from Dunkirk. Authority - TO.9436/40. TO.9144/40. Maria Elena AD 54 aux M/S Eningera de Fatout premi Henocque (Rote by bit base of Found Internit Sipt) (1) Referred to in (2) D.H. 2 238…
NMM 940.542.1 1940 Orde vol ii — page 245 (OCR #1525)
…MARIA ELENA( 1) French trawler Enseigne de vaisseau Fatout 3rd June French Transported 120 troops. (2) trazler Entree E stren. TRABALLE Potron Bonderd, wy 2350 The convey or 3 travlere sailed from Charbourg for Dover) the Earia and the Pierre corried monitions, the Teabelle food. The Mario…
NMM 940.542.1 1940 Orde vol ii — page 246 (OCR #1526)
…MARIA ELENA( 1) French trawler Enseignorounger CELES 3rd June French Transported 120 BSD 200 4. trawler Patron TRANSLIS Patro May 2140 The convoy or 3 Cherbourg for the Pierre Ste. Isabelle carried some to the French May Maria Elena by an ex. Seae tone. 2035 AD Arrived 54 lkestone. May 1320…
TNA ADM 234 360 — page 179 (OCR #4674)
…Mouette 53 (C. 1441) Lauritz (2) (DG. 574) Les Trois Cousins 48 (DG. 350) Lutteur (tug) 308 Marcel Paul (²) (C. 5530) Margaux (4) (D. 692) Maria Elena 120 (Enseigne de vaisseau Fatout) Marie 100 (Enseigne de vaisseau J. Aguttes, Patron Leprêtre) I Sunk. 155…

ORDE: 1 · SCSL: 0 · Lloyd’s: 0 · Red List: 0

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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

4 pages

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NMM 940.542.1 1940 Orde vol ii

NMM

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Page 244

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OCR text

MARGHERITA
M/B (J. Mears Ltd.)
[Date?]
The Margherita was sighted (by S/Lt.
W.G.M. Christian, R.N.V.R. in the
M/B Mary Spearing) floating but
abandoned. She did not return from
Dunkirk.
Authority - TO.9436/40. TO.9144/40.
Maria Elena
AD 54
aux M/S
Eningera de
Fatout premi
Henocque
(Rote by bit base of Found
Internit Sipt)
(1) Referred to in
(2) D.H.
2
238

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OCR text

MARIA ELENA( 1)
French trawler
Enseigne de vaisseau Fatout
3rd June
French
Transported 120 troops. (2)
trazler
Entree E stren.
TRABALLE
Potron Bonderd,
wy
2350
The convey or 3 travlere sailed from
Charbourg for Dover) the Earia and
the Pierre corried monitions, the
Teabelle food. The Mario also
carried 60mg counents for delivery
to the French navel stoff at Dunkirk,
Maria Elena by an ex. Serv. reasel to
tone.
2035
AD arrive 54
blkestone.
May
1320
Left Falm stone for Dover, inthick Cog.
1730 aux M/S Yoy suiled the Downe, for Denkirk vin U,
end W bucys.
OA
Entrigue de varisau engs pier. The
use
Fatout peris anster to be would unlonded. not permit
Embarked a for French troops and Joro
Henocque. the French N/8
(hate by bilt bras of French neval tte- ivered staff, Re-entered the documents the instructed the to
Antonical Sept.) to uniond their
Unloaded munitions. the munitions under shall fire.
gome of the Pierre's munitions WERE
hit and exploded. The Pierre cought
fire. Her crew and spout 100 troops
The Maria and the 880, Tasbella left
transferred to the Marie.
1100
bankirk. The PASSES was still
burning.
let June
1600ca
Arrived Cherbours. The Maria
The Ste. Imabella did not Apparontly
disembarked shoot 200
bring any back.
Smith Isabelle
Total 100
receivents a for
to proofs.
ch Admiral by record, polto No.1.
les has of
Yoursh
(Det)
(1) Referred to in D.R. as "Mana Elena".
(2) D.R.
239240

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Page 246

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Matching table OCR

MARIA ELENA( 1)	French trawler Enseignorounger
TRANSLIS May May	trawler Patron Patro 2140 The convoy or 3 Cherbourg for the Pierre Ste. Isabelle carried some to the French Maria Elena by an ex. Seae tone.

TNA ADM 234 360

TNA

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 234 360. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Page 179

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Matching table OCR

Maria Elena

120

Operation Dynamo Map — Movement Logs

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