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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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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
21	Log in to enlarge	17 JULY, 1947 3315 Minesweepers—cont. HEBE (damaged aist May) PANGBOURNE ... (damaged agth May) KELLETT ( „ 2gth „ ) WESTWARD HO ... ( „ 3ist „ ) ALBURY HALCYON QUEEN OF THANET BRIGHTON QUEEN LEDA ROSS DUNDALK LYDD SALAMANDER DUCHESS OF FIFE MARMION SALTASH EMPEROR OF INDIA MEDWAY QUEEN SANDOWN FITZROY NIGER SNAEFELL GLEN AVON ORIOLE SPEEDWELL GLEN GOWER PLINLIMMON SUTTON GOSSAMER PRINCESS ELIZABETH SHARPSHOOTER Total 36, of which 5 were sunk and 4 damaged. Trawlers (Minesweeping, Anti-Submarine and " LL " sweep) ARGYLLSHIRE ... (sunk ist June) POLLY JOHNSON... (sunk 2gth May) BLACKBURN ROVERS ( 2nd „ ) STELLA DO…	Albury Amulree Argyllshire Arley Blackburn Rovers Botanic Boy Roy Brighton Queen Cayton Wyke Chico Comfort Crested Eagle Dawn Duchess Duchess of Fife Dundalk Eileen Eileen Emma Emperor of India Fidget Fisher Boy Fitzroy Forecast Gervais Rentoul Girl Gladys Girl Pamela Glen Avon Glen Gower Golden Eagle Golden Gift Golden Sunbeam Gossamer Grimsby Town Gulzar Halcyon Hebe Inverforth Jacketa Kellett Kingston Alalite Kingston Andalusite Kingston Olivine Lady Philomena London Lord Cavan Lord Howard Lord Howe Lord Inchcape Lydd Maretta Marmion Medway Queen Midas Nautilus Netsukis Niger Olvina Oriole Our Bairns Pangbourne Plinlimmon Polly Polly Johnson Princess Princess Elizabeth Queen Queen of Thanet Ross Royal Eagle Salamander Saltash Sandown Saon Sargasso Sharpshooter Shipmates Silver Dawn Snaefell Speedwell Spurs Stella Dorado Sunbeam Sutton The Boys Thomas Bartlett Thuringia Torbay II Westella Westward Westward Ho Wolves Yorkshire Lass Fisher Johnson May Ross Thomas Young
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
3296	Log in to enlarge	3296 SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 17 JULY, 1947 to drag on painfully, and finally to lose nights. Not only were the Dunkirk Roads momentum and expire through the exhaustion mined, including the Zuydecoote Pass, but also of Naval personnel and the 'liquidation of Route X and the area round the Kwinte Buoy. shipping. Folkestone and Dover Harbour entrances were It will be seen, therefore, that • the initial also mined* Considering the number of mines problem called for a maximum effort over a laid, it is interesting to note that only two limited period regardless of the future, and British ships are known for c…	Deal England Evening Gravelines London Queen Success Westward Day Dover Little May Miles Roads West
3300	Log in to enlarge	3300 SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 17 JULY, 1947 for inshore work off the beaches. Very few the S.N.O., on arrival, decided that conditions of such inshore craft could be available during at Dunkirk made this impossible. the day and the main effort was concentrated on 8. At 2025 -the Vice Admiral, Dover, re- maintaining the flow of Personnel Vessels to ceived a Most Immediate message from the Dunkirk at the rate of 2 every 3^ hours. After S.N.O., Dunkirk, who had just reached his a good start during the night 26th/27th the station, as follows: '' Port consistently 'bombed effect of enemy action against these…	Boat Calcutta Evening Gravelines Hound London Queen Wolfhound Crews Day Dover Few Little Miles Prior Roads