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Westown
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- Ship type: Cargo Ship
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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Source: The National Archives, Kew, MT 40 66. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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M38 A.L. GIBSON Letters to be addressed NTINENTAL TRAFFIC MANAGER 14 KVW L.H. K. NEIL THE CONTINENTAL TRAFFIC MANAGER ASST. CONTINENTAL TRAFFIC MANAGER TELEPHONE BUCKHURST 2851 LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY REFERENCE CH/400 NAT SCHERE 26 GLENGALL ROAD DISABLEONER WOODFORD GREEN ESSEX F.H. Keenlyside, Esq. 20th June, 1940 Private Secretary to the Minister of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, LONDON, W. 1 Dear Sir, I am obliged for your communication of 19th June, and shall have pleasure in transmitting the letter you enclosed to the Officer concerned. Yours faithfully, any erts f e. value this mark or your appreciation. t Yours faithfully, S rts ald The Isl S NOTICE ALL GOODS ARE CARRIED SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE COMPANY'S SHIPPING NOTE. Comben Longstaff & CO., BEN WESTOWN 3, Lime Street Square, London, E.C. 3. Capt. M. McInn Comben, Longstaff & Co., Ltd., LADY O1 WILLIAMSTOWN 3, Lime Street Square, London, E.C.3. Capt. R. Th Comben Longstaff & Co., Ltd., Vessel lo LORINA WORTHTOWN 3, Lime street Square, enemy acti NORMANN London, E.C.3. Capt. E. CANTERB John Stewart & Co. Shipping Ltd., MAID OR YEWDALE 308 Clyde Street, John stewart & Co. Shipping Ltd., Glasgow, C.1. Capt R. /BIARRIT2 /AUTOCARE YEWGLEN 308, Clyde Street, Glasgow, C.1.
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12 MINISTRY OF BERKELEY NOUSE, BERXELEY SQUARE, LONDON,W.I. 7th Juno, 1940. 19th June, 1940. convey to you Gentlemen, e gratitude The Minister of Shipping has asked me to forward to you the enclosed n and the letter to the Officer who had command of your vessel in the recent a the evacuation from Dunkirk. He would be grateful if you would transmit the letter to the Officer concerned. He is advised that in some cases the avy joined as Officers may wish to post the letter L to a in their ship. It will be observed that so far ties nevor as is known a letter has been addressed to every Officer who had command of any of your ships during the action. The Minister would be grateful if you would and that of draw his attention to any omissions or inaccuracies. enture Yours faithfully, ages of Private Secretary. S pping. ST ST SI PA IS DI wo ISI FENEL) MANXMA F.T. Everard London, & Sons Ltd., SADALITY 22-23 Gt. Tower Street, TYNWA London, E.C. 3. Car Comben Longstaff & Co., Ltd., WESTOWN 3, Lime Street square, 3. BEN-M Comben, Longstaff & Co., Ltd., London, E.C. Ca WILLIAMSTOWN 3, Lime Street Square, LADY OF London, E.C.3. Ca Comben Longstaff & Co., Ltd., L 3, Lime Street Square, Ф LORINA WORTHTOWN London, E.C.3. C NORMANN John Stewart & Co. Shipping Ltd., CANTERB MAID OR YEWDALE 308 Clyde Street, John Stewart & Co. Shipping Ltd., Glasgow, C.1. ( /BIARRITZ YEWGLEN 308, Clyde Street, AUTOCARE Glasgow, C.1.
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Master of the 17th Juno, 1940. R. I write on behalf of the Government to convey to you and to the members of your Ship's Company the gratitude olfenden by and admiration felt for the help frecly given and the courage and endurance displayed by you all in the ton. evacuation from Dunkirk. This operation, in which the Merchant Navy joined as vor. partnor of the fighting services, was carried to a Hughes. successful conclusion in the face of difficulties never mpson. before experienced in war. y enemy J.O.Roberts I am proud to pay tribute to your share and that of ng Chief Irvine. your Ship's Company in a great and humane adventure Mastin. K destined to occupy a place of honour in the pages of Linn. history. Young. Stewart s Minister of Shipping. West, & Dickenson. Dickinson. ST ST Vilson. ST F. Roberts S PAR ISL DIN MacDonal WOR sunk by e ISLI ¥. Roberts FENELI London, D.V. MANXMA F.T. Everard & Sons Ltd., SO ALITY 22-23 Gt. Tower Street, TYNWAL London, E.C. 3. Capt. R.A. Shan Comben Longstaff & Co., Ltd., WESTOWN 3, Lime Street Square, BEN-MY London, E.C. 3. Capt. M. McInn Comben, Longstaff & Co., Ltd., WILLIAMSTOWN 3, Lime Street Square, LADY OF Comben Longstaff & Co., Ltd., London, E.C.3. Capt. R. Th enemy acti LORINA WORTHTOWN 3, Lime Street Square, John Stewart & Co. Shipping Ltd., London, E.C.3. Capt. E. NORMANN /CANTERBU YEWDALE 308 Clyde Street, MAID OR John Stewart & Co. Shipping Ltd., Glasgow, C.1. Capt R. /BIARRITZ YEWGLEN 308, Clyde Street, /AUTOCARR Glasgow, C.1.
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