The Gazette / GAZETTE 38017

Supplement 38017 — Dunkirk evacuation despatch

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Supplement 38017 — Dunkirk evacuation despatch

The London Gazette Supplement 38017: Vice-Admiral Bertram Ramsay’s despatch on the evacuation of the Allied armies from Dunkirk and neighbouring beaches. OCR is stored for searching; the public table shows short research extracts and small page previews.

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Collection reference: GAZETTE 38017

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7	Log in to enlarge	17 JULY, 1947 3301 night, Vice Admiral, Dover, was informed of required to bring the surviving boats effectively continuous -bombing and machine gunning of to bear on the beaches.) 'troops in the beaoh areas, and directed Senior 14. During the forenoon it became more Officers present on the beach to use their dis- evident that the greatest effort must be made cretion in ordering withdrawal of the Naval the following night and the Admiralty instructed forces, observing that a strong fighter protec- Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches, tion should.be expected after dawn; this having and Commander-in-Chief, Ports…	Calcutta Dawn Grafton London Maid of Orleans Queen Crews Day Dover Last May Miles Senior
22	Log in to enlarge	17 JULY, 1947 M.T.Bs. 16, 67, 68, ioo, 102 and 107. M.A.S.Bs. 6, 7 and 10. Personnel Ships FERRELLA (sunk 29th May) NORMANIA (sunk 29th May) LORINA ( „ „ „ ) QUEEN OF THE ( „ 28th „ ) CHANNEL MONA'S QUEEN ... ( „ „ „ ) SCOTIA ... ( „ ist June) BEN MY CHREE ... (damaged 2nd June) PRAGUE (damaged ist June) BIARRITZ ( „ 27th May) PRINCESS MAUD... ( „ aoth May) CANTERBURY ... ( „ 29th „ ) ROYAL DAFFODIL ( „ 2nd June) MAID OF ORLEANS ( „ ist June) ST. SEIROL ... ( „ 2gth May) ARCHANGEL LADY OF MAN NEWHAVEN AUTOCARRIER LOCH GARRY ROUEN COTE D'ARGENT MALINES ROYAL SOVEREIGN KILLARNEY MANX MAID ST. HELIER KING GEORGE V M…	Archangel Autocarrier Biarritz Canterbury Dinard Isle of Guernsey Isle of Thanet Killarney King George King George V London Lorina Maid of Orleans Malines Manx Maid Newhaven Normania Paris Prague Princess Princess Maud Queen Rouen Royal Daffodil Royal Sovereign Scotia St. Andrew St. Helier Tynwald Worthing Dover George King Maud May