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MARMION
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Wikipedia vessel details
Secondary-source table data; verify against primary records where available.
- Name
- HMS Marmion (J114)
- Pennant number
- J114
- Flag
- Royal Navy
- Description
- Paddle minesweeper
- Built
- 1906
- Tonnage
- 409
- Commanding officer
- T/Lt. Harry Cecil Gaffney, RNVR
- Trips to Dunkirk
- 3
- Troops landed
- 745
- 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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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
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Details
| 2151 | Evora | Wood | AuxBm | - | 27.0 | 80 65 | H.Skiuner | Baltimore, | Petrol Motor | William Marmion | Howth |
Details
| 2408 | Fretless | Wood | AuxTwn | 45:30 | 880 | 205 10.5 | Sanders&Co. | Galmpton, | 2Par.Mot.4S.C.SA | Marmion S.S. Co., Ltd. | Dartmouth | Drt | 17A1 |
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| 2739 | Gurly Wood | AuxBm | 23:20 | 62.6 | 140 7.1 | Sophus | Svendborg | Petrol Motor | Marmion S.S. Co., Ltd. | Southmptn |
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| Boulart, Mme. Daniel, Château Abbesse, Saint Paul les Dax, (Landes), France.-Y.C.F. Tons | Boustead, R. C., Ardfort, Clifton Road, Wimbledon Common, London, S.W.19.-Mtr. Tons | Bowen, Mrs. L. E., The Crooked Cottage, Burnham-on- Crouch, Essex.-Cor. Tons | Bowles, F. A., 236, London Road, St. Alban's, Herts. Pol. Tons | Boyd, W. T., Marmion, Holywood, Co. Down.-N.Ir. Tons |
Details
| m. Inspiration II 9 Manson, A., Cheddingfoid, Abbey Road, West Kirby, Cheshire. Mersey 3 | Marchington, R. H., Greengable, Mobberley, Cheshire.-Crz. Esterel 12 | Marine Regatta Verein, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Lumme - Wespe - | Marmion, William, Evora, Dunbo Hill, Howth, Co. Dublin. Dub.-How. a. Evora 6 | Marshall, E. G., 4, Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn, London, W.C.1.-Ran. a. Nepenthe (P.O.) 11 |
| Manson, Cecil M., Holmwood House, 65, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C.3.-C.A.-L.S. | Marcotte, Felix, 13, Avenue de Villars, Paris, 7e. C.V.P. | Marino, Dr. Salvador A., Arenales 883, Buenos Aires.-Arg. | Marmion S.S. Co., Ltd., 1, Victoria Street, London, S. W.1. a. Fretless 151 | Marshall, Lt.-Col. F.H. (late R.A.), c/o Lloyds Bank Ltd., 6, Pall Mall, London, S. W.1.-Art. |
Operation Dynamo Map — Movement Logs
Movements recorded for MARMION during the evacuation period, as plotted on the Operation Dynamo map.
| Departed | Route | Arrived | Troops | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jun 1940, 12:00 | Dunkirk → Dover | 2 Jun 1940, 03:20 | — | NMM 940.542.1 1940 Orde vol ii, page 251 |
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