Supplement 38017 — Dunkirk evacuation despatch
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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17 JULY, 1947 3307 would attempt to beach ship to form a lee to the beach between Bray and one mile East of try to improve conditions. La Panne and also advancing the commence- Simultaneously with this bad news the Vice- ment of the operation by one hour. The risk Admiral received a signal from S.N.O. Dunkirk of this change of plan was obvious as the boat to the effect that Dunkirk was being continu- tows were not in communication with the Vice ously and heavily bombarded and that the Admiral, and reliance had to be placed on the enemy artillery were gradually finding the range Minesweepers to inform and see that… |
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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… |
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17 JULY, 1947 3317 APPENDIX III TO P.O. DOVER'S DESPATCH Summary of Aircraft Data concerning R.N. Naval Aircraft Employed Enemy Aircraft Destroyed by Ships' fire off Squadron No. 801") Dunkirk Y' Skuas" (between O3oo/27th May and 20oo/ist June) No. 8o6J Squadron No. 815 "| 27th May 4 Y" Swordfish " 28th „ 3 No. 825J 2Qth „ 4 30th „ Nil* Squadron No. 826 " Albacore " 3ist „ ii These aircraft were the only available British ist June 13 " dive bombers," the R.A.F. possessing none at the time. TOTAL 35 These squadrons operated under the orders of Coastal Command and carried out attacks on In addition over the same pe… |
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3312 SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 17 JULY, 1947 95. The initial despatch of requisitioned and day, probably none of them had been under 1 volunteer small craft was controlled from— gun fire before and certainly none of them had ever been under Naval discipline. These boats Naval Control Service, London, were Thames Estuary fishing boats which never Westminster Pier, Ramsgate, left the estuary and only one of their crews ihad Gravesend, Dover, been further afield than Ramsgate before. In " Southend, Newhaven, spite of this fact perfect formation was main- Sheerness, Portsmouth, tained throughout the day and n… |