This list consists of all major[a] naval and merchant ships involved in Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of allied troops from the Dunkirk area from 26 May to 4 June 1940. The operation was administered by the British Admiralty with the Royal Navy providing the bulk of large vessels. They were accompanied by several other vessels of allied navies, most notably the French, as well as many merchant ships, some previously requisitioned and converted for naval use, and others called into service from their civilian roles due to the urgency of the situation. Hundreds of small privately owned craft, known as the Little Ships of Dunkirk, not listed here, were crucial in ferrying from the beaches to these larger vessels, whilst the majority of troops embarked directly at Dunkirk harbour.
Name (Pennant Number) | Flag | Description | Built | Tonnage | Commanding Officer | Trips to Dunkirk | Troops landed | Notes |
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A5 | Belgian Naval Corps | Naval trawler | 1917 | 326 | Lt. J d'Hauwer | 1 | 229 | |
HMS Abel Tasman | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1937 | 314 | Lt. Cdr. Trevor G P Crick, RN (wounded 28 May); Lt. Charles E S B St. G Beal, RN (from HMS Kaap Falga) | 1 | 264 | |
Aden | France | Cargo ship | 1918 | 8,033 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
Adjader | France | Dredger | 1900 | 414 | 1 | 0 | ||
HMY Adventuress | Royal Navy | Armed yacht | 1898 | 322 | 1 | 85 | ||
HMS Aegir | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 277 | Lt. William Whitworth, RN | 3 | 952 | |
Aidie | Merchant Navy | Sailing barge | 1925 | 144 | Skipper H Potter | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
Aïn el Turk | France | Cargo ship | 1925 | 2,508 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
HMS Albury (N41) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1919 | 710 | Lt. Cdr. Colin Henry Corbet-Singleton, RN | 6 | 1,851 | |
HMD Alcmaria (FY1525) | Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1916 | 148 | Skr. Arthur Offord, RNR | 1 | 32 | |
HMS Alice | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 291 | Lt. Hubert Slater, RN | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
HMS Amazone | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 250 | Lt. Cdr. Lawrence Henry Phillips, RN (retd) | 3 | 639 | |
André Louis (AD29) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1907 | 284 | L.V. Aubert | 2 | 549 | |
Angèle Marie (AD71) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1929 | 238 | 2 | 199 | ||
HMS Anthony (H40) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1930 | 1,350 | Lt. Cdr. Norman Thew, RN (relieved 29–30 May); Lt. Ronald de Leighton Brooke, RN (the First Lieutenant) | 4 | 3,054 | Damaged by air attack in the Channel on 30 May; left Dynamo for repair |
HMS Antje | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1912 | 157 | Lt. Malcolm Buist, RN | 2 | 593 | |
SS Archangel | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1910 | 2,448 | 0 | 0 | With Royal Daffodil transported 30th Brigade to defend Calais.[1] | |
HMT Arctic Pioneer (FY164) | Royal Navy | Naval Trawler | 1937 | 501 | Lt. Robert Cambridge, RNR | 0 | 0 | |
HMT Argyllshire | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1938 | 540 | S/Lt. John Sturdee Weddle, RNR | 0 | 0 | Sunk |
HMT Arley (FY620) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1914 | 304 | Skr. Lt. George Robinson, RNR | 1 | 45 | |
HMY Aronia | Royal Navy | Armed yacht | 1929 | 193 | T/S/Lt. John Llewellyn, RNVR | 1 | 42 | |
Arras (A05) | French Navy | Sloop | 1918 | 850 | 1 | 542 | ||
HMS Atlantic | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1930 | 221 | Lt. Cdr. Leonard Fordham, RNR | 2 | 311 | |
SS Autocarrier | Merchant Navy | Passenger ship | 1931 | 822 | Capt. C M Masters, Master | 2 | 712 | |
Barbara Jean | Merchant Navy | Sailing barge | 1925 | 144 | Skipper C Webb | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
HMS Bart | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1938 | 435 | Lt. Cdr. Edward Ball, RN (retd) | 1 | 0 | |
HMS Basilisk (H11) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1931 | 1,360 | Cdr Maxwell Richmond, RN | 3 | 695 | Sunk by air attack off La Panne on 1 June |
MV Beal | United Kingdom | Storeship | 1936 | 504 | Capt. J W Liley, Master | 1 | 364 | |
Beatrice Maud | Merchant Navy | Sailing barge | 1910 | 102 | Skipper L Horlock | 1 | 313 | |
Belfort (Q74) | French Navy | Sloop | 1920 | 850 | C.C. L Viel | 1 | 0 | |
SS Ben-my-Chree | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1927 | 2,586 | Capt. George Woods, Master | 3 | 3,845 | |
Bernadette (AD90) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1914 | 302 | M.P. P Stohlberger | 1 | 0 | |
SS Biarritz | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1915 | 2,388 | Capt. William Hay Baker, Master | 0 | 0 | |
HMS Bideford (L43) | Royal Navy | Sloop | 1931 | 1,105 | Lt. Cdr. John Hugh Lewes, RN | 1 | 436 | Damaged by air attack off Bray on 29 May; left Dynamo for repair |
HMT Blackburn Rovers (FY116) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 422 | Skr. William Martin, RNR; Cdr. R W English, RN (retd) | 0 | 0 | Sunk |
ORP Błyskawica (H34) | Polish Navy | Destroyer | 1937 | 2,043 | Kmdr ppor. Stanisław Michal Nahorski | 1 | 0 | On anti-submarine patrol 28–31 May |
HMS Bornrif | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 336 | Lt. Arthur Norman Blundell, RNR | 2 | 146 | |
Bouclier (T141) | French Navy | Torpedo boat | 1938 | 610 | C.F. (T) de la Fournière | 6 | 1,437 | |
Bourrasque (T41) | French Navy | Destroyer[b] | 1926 | 1,320 | C.F. (D) R Fouque | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
HMS Brandaris | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1938 | 249 | Cdr. Charles Euman, RN (retd) | 2 | 330 | |
Branlebas (T113) | French Navy | Torpedo boat[c] | 1938 | 610 | C.C. de Cacqueray | 3 | 1,180 | |
HMS Brighton Belle (J117) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1900 | 396 | T/Lt. Leonard Perrin, RNVR | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
HMS Brighton Queen (J28) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1905 | 807 | T/Lt. Archie Stubbs, RNR | 1 | 160 | Sunk |
HMT Brock (FY621) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1914 | 304 | Skr. Joseph Jappy, RNR; P/S/Lt. Kenneth H G Roberts, RNVR | 1 | 6 | |
MV Bullfinch | Merchant Navy | Coaster | 1936 | 433 | Capt. H Buxton | 1 | 713 | |
HMT C9 | Royal Navy | Harbour tug | 1919 | 138 | C or J Treleaven, Master | 1 | 23 | |
HMS Calcutta (I82) | Royal Navy | Anti-aircraft cruiser | 1919 | 4,200 | Capt. Dennis Lees, RN | 2 | 1,856 | On anti-aircraft patrol 1–2 June |
HMY Caleta | Royal Navy | Armed yacht | 1930 | 138 | T/Lt. James Dunning, RNVR | 1 | 43 | |
HMT Calvi | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1930 | 363 | T/Skr. Bertie David Spindler, RNR | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
SS Canterbury | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1929 | 2,910 | Capt. Charles Hancock, Master | 4 | 4,369 | |
Cap d'Antifer (AD69) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1912 | 294 | 1 | 291 | ||
Cap Tafelnah | France | Cargo ship | 1920 | 2,299 | Sunk | |||
HMT Cape Argona (FY190) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1936 | 494 | T/Lt. Kenneth Lee, RNVR | 0 | 0 | |
Caporal Peugeot (AD9) | French Navy | Naval drifter | 1923 | 102 | M. Josselin | 1 | 105 | |
HMS Caribia | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1936 | 312 | Lt. Donald Swift, RN | 2 | 583 | |
HMT Cayton Wyke (FY191) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1932 | 373 | Cdr. R H B Hammond-Chambers, RN (retd) | 1 | 277 | |
Cérès | France | Cargo ship | 1918 | 3,073 | 1 | 0 | ||
Cérons (P21) | French Navy | Naval cargo ship | 1923 | 1,049 | ||||
ST Cervia | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1925 | 157 | W H Simmons, Master | 1 | 30 | |
ST Challenge | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1931 | 212 | 1 | 0 | ||
HMY Christabel II | Royal Navy | Armed yacht | 1928 | 111 | T/Lt. Hubert Edward Wigfull, RNVR | 1 | 33 | |
Ciel de France (C5598) | France | Trawler | 2 | 108 | ||||
SS City of Christchurch | United Kingdom | Transport ship | 1915 | 6,009 | Capt. A W Wooster, Master | 1 | 0 | |
SS Clan Macalister | Merchant Navy | Transport ship | 1930 | 6,787 | Capt. R W Mackie, Master | 1 | 0 | Sunk[d] |
HMT Clyth Ness (FY1596) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1920 | 276 | P/Skr. Ernest George Catchpole, RNR | 1 | 150 | |
HMS Codrington (D82) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1930 | 1,540 | Capt. (D) George Stevens-Guille, RN | 8 | 5,450 | |
Commandant Delage (A12) | French Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1939 | 630 | C.C. Froget | 2 | 624 | |
Commandant Rivière (A32) | French Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1939 | 630 | 1 | 276 | ||
ST Contest | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1933 | 213 | H J Bates, Master | 1 | 0 | |
Costaud | France | Harbour tug | 1934 | 139 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
Côte d'Argent | France | Passenger ship | 1932 | 3,047 | 5 | 5,152 | ||
Côte d'Azur | France | Passenger ship | 1930 | 3,047 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
Credo (DG924) | France | Trawler | 1 | 53 | ||||
ST Crested Cock | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1935 | 177 | T Hills, Master | 1 | 0 | |
HMS Crested Eagle | Royal Navy | Anti-aircraft paddle steamer | 1925 | 1,110 | P/T/Lt. Cdr. Bernard Booth, RNR | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
Cyclone (T61) | French Navy | Destroyer | 1927 | 1,320 | C.V. (D) U de Portzamparc | 1 | 705 | |
HNLMS De Mok I | Royal Netherlands Navy | Armed yacht | 1940 | 149 | 3 | 214 | Sunk | |
HMS Delta | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1934 | 200 | Lt. Cdr. D F Lawrence, RN (retd) | 2 | 282 | |
HMS Deneb | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1927 | 199 | 1 | 100 | ||
Denis Papin (AD48) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1917 | 309 | L.V. J F Raquez (S.O.) | 3 | 405 | Sunk |
HMS Despatch II | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1931 | 199 | Capt. F E Wilmot-Sitwell, RN (retd) | 2 | 428 | |
HMS Devonia (J113) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1905 | 622 | T/Lt. John Brotchie, RNVR | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
Dhoon | Merchant Navy | Trawler | 1915 | 323 | 1 | 130 | ||
Dijonnais (AD33) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 389 | ||||
Diligente | French Navy | Gunboat | 1915 | 315 | 1 | 346 | ||
SS Dinard (28) | United Kingdom | Hospital carrier | 1924 | 2,313 | Capt. P Lewis, Master; Mr. John W A Jones, Chief Officer | 2 | 361 | |
HMS Doggersbank | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 208 | Lt. Donald McBarnet, RN | 2 | 708 | |
HMT Doria | Royal Navy | Harbour tug | 1909 | 150 | A W Mastin, Master | 1 | 90 | |
HMD Dorienta | Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1914 | 101 | Skr. William Reynolds, RNR | 1 | 65 | |
SS Dorrien Rose | United Kingdom | Storeship | 1922 | 1,039 | Capt. William Thompson, Master | 2 | 1,541 | |
Douaisien | France | Cargo ship | 1920 | 2,954 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
HMS Duchess of Fife (J115) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1903 | 336 | T/Lt. John Anderson, RNR | 4 | 1,633 | |
HMS Dundalk (N60) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1919 | 710 | Lt. Cdr. Frederick Arthur Ivone Kirkpatrick, RN (retd) | 3 | 1,129 | |
Duperré | France | Trawler | 1918 | 337 | 1 | 307 | ||
Edmond-René (AD51) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1907 | 288 | 1 | 0 | ||
SS Edv. Nissen | United Kingdom | Blockship | 1921 | 2,062 | Lt. Edward John King-Wood, RNR | 1 | n/a | Deliberately sunk |
Edwina | Merchant Navy | Naval trawler | 1915 | 267 | Skipper P Bedford | 1 | 120 | |
HMD Eileen Emma | Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1914 | 102 | P/T/Skr. Barney Everite Sebert Smith, RNR | 1 | 114 | |
Elbe | Belgium | Harbour tug | 1904 | 150 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
Emile Deschamps (AD20) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1922 | 349 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
Emma (AD89) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1902 | 255 | 1 | 164 | Sunk | |
HMS Emperor of India (J106) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1906 | 482 | T/Lt. Charles Pawley, RNR | 3 | 644 | |
ST Empire Henchman | Merchant Navy | Rescue tug | 1940 | 243 | J or E Fisher, Master | 3 | 0 | |
Epervier (X112) | French Navy | Large destroyer | 1934 | 2,441 | 0 | 0 | ||
HMS Esk (H15) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1934 | 1,375 | Lt. Cdr. Richard Hullis Couch, RN | 6 | 3,100 | Damaged by shore gunfire off Bray on 31 May; repaired after Dynamo |
SS Eskburn | Merchant Navy | Coaster | 1917 | 472 | 1 | 27 | ||
Ethel Everard | Merchant Navy | Sailing barge | 1926 | 190 | T Willis, Master | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
HMT Evelyn Rose (4.136) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1918 | 327 | T/Skr. Arthur John Lewis, RNR | 1 | 130 | |
HMS Express (H61) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1934 | 1,375 | Capt. (D) Jack Grant Bickford, RN | 6 | 3,491 | Damaged by air attack off Bray on 31 May; repaired after Dynamo |
ST Fairplay One | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1911 | 162 | S Wright; G Finch | 3 | 0 | |
HMD Feasible | Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1912 | 103 | Skr. Charles Carstairs Findlay, RNR | 1 | 0 | |
SS Fenella | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1937 | 2,376 | Capt. W Gubbon, Master | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
MV Fishbourne | Merchant Navy | Ferry | 1927 | 136 | 1 | 0 | ||
HMS Fitzroy (N03) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1919 | 710 | Lt. Cdr. Reginald Arthur Forbes, RN | 4 | 814 | Damaged by air attack off Malo on 1 June; left Dynamo for repair |
SS Foam Queen | United Kingdom | Storeship | 1922 | 811 | Capt. A T Mastin, Master | 1 | 98 | |
Foremost 101 | Merchant Navy | Hopper barge | 1939 | 833 | W E Llewellyn, Master | 1 | 70 | |
Foremost 102 | Merchant Navy | Hopper barge | 1940 | 833 | W C Attwaters, Master | 1 | 200 | |
HMT Foremost 22 | Royal Navy | Harbour tug | 1924 | 211 | C Fieldgate, Master (sick); F M Holden, A/Master | 2 | 91 | |
HMT Foremost 87 | Royal Navy | Harbour tug | 1935 | 163 | Capt. James Fryer, Master | 2 | 95 | |
ST Fossa | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1929 | 105 | S/Lt. Martin Solomon, RNVR | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
Foudroyant (T52) | French Navy | Destroyer | 1930 | 1,380 | C.C. Fontaine | 3 | 1,250 | Sunk |
François Tixier | France | Cargo ship | 1918 | 499 | 1 | 0 | ||
HMS Fredanja | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1936 | 277 | Lt. Cdr. Kenneth Stewart, RN (retd) | 2 | 680 | |
HMS Friso | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 250 | Lt. George Osborn Symonds, RN | 2 | 495 | |
Fronsac | France | Cargo ship | 1906 | 518 | 1 | 289 | ||
HMT Fyldea (FY666) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1930 | 377 | Skr. George Whamond, RNR; Lt. Robert Bill, RN; T/Lt. John K M Warde, RNVR (U.O.) | 2 | 180 | |
HMS Gallant (H59) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1936 | 1,335 | Lt. Cdr. Cecil Powis Frobisher Brown, RN | 3 | 1,466 | Damaged by air attack off Dunkirk on 29 May; left Dynamo for repair |
Gallions Reach | Merchant Navy | Hopper barge | 1936 | 821 | J F Mason, Master; S/Lt. Francis N F Johnston, RN | 1 | 123 | |
Gaston Rivier | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1918 | 315 | 1 | 120 | ||
Gateshead | Merchant Navy | Cargo ship | 1919 | 744 | Capt. J R Linn, Master | |||
Gâtinais (AD43) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1933 | 389 | 1 | 159 | ||
HMT Gava | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1920 | 257 | Skr. Day, RNR; P/T/Lt. Francis Joseph Jordan, RNR | 1 | 160 | |
Georges-Edouard | Belgium | Trawler | 1937 | 217 | Capt. M Coppin, Master | 1 | 401 | |
HMD Gervais Rentoul | Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1917 | 100 | P/T/Skr. John Henry Burgess, RNR | 3 | 187 | |
HMD Girl Gladys | Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1917 | 110 | T/Skr. Frank Francis Lewis Strowger, RNR | 4 | 311 | |
HMS Glen Avon (J104) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1912 | 509 | T/Lt. Bertie Horace Loyns, RNR | 2 | 885 | |
HMS Glen Gower (J16) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1922 | 553 | A/Cdr. Michael Anthony Ormus Biddulph, RN (S.O.) | 2 | 1,235 | |
SS Glengarriff | Merchant Navy | Coaster | 1936 | 868 | 1 | 64 | ||
Glenway | Merchant Navy | Sailing barge | 1913 | 110 | W H Easton, Master | 1 | 213 | |
HMS Golden Eagle | Royal Navy | Anti-aircraft paddle steamer | 1909 | 793 | C.O. ______? (relieved 30 May); P/T/Lt. James C Newman, RNVR and P/T/Lt. William L Lucas, RNR; Cdr. Edward C Cordeaux, RN (retd) (S.O.) (from 1 June) | 3 | 1,751 | |
Goliath | Belgium | Rescue tug | 1921 | 354 | 1 | 183 | ||
HMS Gorecht | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1927 | 187 | P/S/Lt. David Edwards, RNR | 1 | 47 | |
HMS Gossamer (N63) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1938 | 875 | Cdr. Richard Cyril Vesey Ross, RN (S.O.) | 6 | 2,940 | Swept the Channel with HMS Ross on 29 May |
SS Gourko | United Kingdom | Blockship | 1911 | 1,975 | Cdr. Arthur Hemming, RN (retd) | 1 | n/a | Hit mine on 3/4 June and sank before blocking harbour |
HMS Gracie Fields (J100) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1936 | 393 | T/Lt. N Larkin, RNR; T/Lt. Alfred C Weeks, RNVR | 1 | 281 | |
HMS Grafton (H89) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1936 | 1,335 | Cdr. Cecil Robinson, RN (killed 29 May); Lt. Hugh McRea, RN (the First Lieutenant) | 2 | 277 | SUNK by E-boat torpedo in the Channel on 29 May |
HMS Grenade (H86) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1936 | 1,335 | Cdr. Richard Courtnay Boyle, RN | 2 | 871 | SUNK by air attack in Dunkirk harbour on 29 May |
HMS Greyhound (H05) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1936 | 1,335 | Cdr. Walter Marshall-A'Deane, RN | 3 | 1,349 | Damaged by air attack off La Panne on 29 May; left Dynamo for repair |
HMT Grimsby Town (FY125) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 419 | Lt. William Riley, RNVR | 0 | 0 | |
HMY Grive | Royal Navy | Armed yacht | 1905 | 816 | Capt. The Hon. Lionel John Oliver Lambert, RN (retd) | 3 | 1,110 | Sunk |
HMS Guillemot (L89) | Royal Navy | Sloop | 1939 | 580 | Lt. Cdr. Henry Maxwell Darell-Brown, RN | 1 | 460 | Acted as baseship at Margate on 29 May-2 June |
HMY Gulzar | Royal Navy | Armed yacht | 1934 | 201 | T/Lt. Cedric Brammall, RNR | 4 | 563 | |
HMS Halcyon (N42) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1934 | 815 | Lt. Cdr. John Mark Symonds Cox, RN (relieved 28 May); Cdr. Eric Perceval Hinton, RN | 7 | 2,003 | |
HMS Harvester (H19) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1940 | 1,400 | Lt. Cdr. Mark Thornton, RN | 4 | 2,189 | Only commissioned on 23 May, cut short trials to join Dynamo |
HMS Havant (H32) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1939 | 1,400 | Lt. Cdr. Anthony Frank Burnell-Nugent, RN | 4 | 2,105 | SUNK by air attack off Dunkirk on 1 June |
Hebe | France | Cargo ship | 1920 | 1,684 | 1 | 0 | ||
HMS Hebe (N24) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1937 | 835 | Lt. Cdr. John Bruce Goodenough Temple, RN | 3 | 1,064 | Damaged by air attack off Dunkirk on 31 May; left Dynamo for repair |
HMS Hebe II | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1932 | 176 | 2 | 337 | ||
Henri Louis (AD397) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1 | 98 | ||||
Henriette | France | Trawler | 1906 | 261 | 1 | 0 | ||
HMS Hilda | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 250 | Lt. Archibald Gray, RN | 2 | 883 | |
MV Hird | Norway | Cargo ship | 1924 | 4,950 | Capt. Ansgar M Fredhjem, Master | 1 | 2,850 | |
SS Holland | United Kingdom | Blockship | 1919 | 1,251 | Lt. Cdr. Ernest Colin Coats, RN | 1 | n/a | Sunk on 3 June before could be used |
HMS Hondsrug | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1937 | 227 | Lt. Frederick Thomas Renny, RNR | 4 | 1,442 | |
HMS Horst | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 400 | Lt. Cdr. George E Fardell, RN (and entire crew relieved 31 May); Lt. Thomas E Sargent, RNR (from HMS Guillemot with volunteer crew) | 2 | 1,150 | |
SS Hythe | Merchant Navy | Cargo ship | 1925 | 688 | Capt. R W Morford, Master | 1 | 749 | |
HMS Icarus (D03) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1937 | 1,370 | Lt Cdr Colin Maud,RN | 6 | 4,396 | Damaged by air attack off Bray on 29 May; left Dynamo for repair on 2 June |
HMS Impulsive (D11) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1938 | 1,370 | Lt. Cdr. William Thomas, RN | 5 | 2,917 | Damaged by grounding on a wreck off Malo on 31 May; left Dynamo for repair |
HMS Intrepid (D10) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1937 | 1,370 | Cdr. Roderick Cosmo Gordon, RN | 2 | 668 | Damaged by air attack off La Panne on 29 May; left Dynamo for repair |
HMT Inverforth (FY729) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1914 | 248 | Lt. Cdr. Alister Angus Martin, RNR (G.O.) | 1 | 0 | |
SS Isle of Guernsey (26) | United Kingdom | Hospital carrier | 1930 | 2,143 | Capt. Ernest Leonard Hill, Master; Capt. Hodges | 2 | 836 | |
SS Isle of Thanet (22) | United Kingdom | Hospital carrier | 1925 | 2,701 | Capt. A J Hammond, Master | 1 | 0 | |
HMS Ivanhoe (D16) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1937 | 1,370 | Cdr. Philip Henry Hadow, RN | 4 | 2,220 | Damaged by air attack off Dunkirk on 1 June; left Dynamo for repair |
HMS Jaba | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1937 | 200 | 3 | 668 | ||
HMT Jacinta (4.138) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1915 | 289 | 1 | 0 | ||
HMS Jackal (F22) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1939 | 1,720 | Cdr. Trevylyan Michael Napier, RN | 0 | 0 | On anti-submarine patrol from 31 May |
Jacobsen | France | Cargo ship | 1923 | 523 | 1 | 181 | ||
HMS Jaguar (F34) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1939 | 1,720 | Lt. Cdr. John Franklin William Hine, RN | 2 | 370 | Damaged by air attack off Dunkirk on 29 May; left Dynamo for repair |
HMT Jasper (T14) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1932 | 381 | Lt. Arthur Johnson, RNVR | 0 | 0 | |
ST Java | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1905 | 128 | W Jones, Master | 1 | 270 | |
HMS Javelin (F61) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1939 | 1,720 | Cdr Tony Pugsley,RN | 2 | 1,253 | Left Dynamo on 2 June due to not being degaussed |
Jean Bart (VP2) | French Navy | Naval trawler | Doublecourt, Skipper | 2 | 188 | |||
Jean Ribault (AD81) | French Navy | Naval drifter | 1933 | 153 | P.M. Dupiénois | 1 | 97 | |
Jeanne Antoine | France | Trawler | 1 | 53 | ||||
Jésus Flagelle (B1853) | France | Trawler | 1 | 89 | ||||
Jeune France (Di1213) | France | Trawler | 1 | 186 | ||||
HMT John Cattling (FY536) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1918 | 276 | T/Skr. George W Aldan, RNR; T/Lt. Guy St C Rideal, RNVR | 1 | 77 | |
Jolie Mascotte (C1347) | France | Trawler | 1 | 60 | ||||
Jolie Rose Effeuillée | France | Trawler | 1 | 0 | ||||
HMS Jutland | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1937 | 357 | Lt. Cdr. George L Barwell, RN (retd) (relieved 30–31 May); Cdr. W R T Clements, RNR (retd) | 2 | 520 | |
HMS Kaap Falga | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1938 | 378 | Lt. Charles E S B St G Beal, RN (transferred 28 May); Lt. Herbert R Wykeham-Martin, RN | 1 | 5 | |
HMS Keith (D06) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1931 | 1,400 | Capt. (D) Edward Lyon Berthon, RN | 2 | 992 | SUNK by air attack off Bray on 1 June |
HMS Kellett (N05) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1919 | 710 | Cdr. Reginald Cecil Haskett-Smith, RN | 5 | 1,446 | |
Kerkena | France | Cargo ship | 1922 | 1,579 | 1 | 247 | ||
SS Killarney | Merchant Navy | Passenger ship | 1893 | 2,081 | Capt. Richard Hughes, Master | 1 | 656 | |
HMD Kindred Star | Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1930 | 115 | T/Skr. Thomas W Sheridan, RNR; T/Skr. George Corney, RNR; Lt. Alexander J Dunbar, RNVR (U.O.) | 1 | 0 | |
TS King George V | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1926 | 801 | Capt. Robert McCallum McLean, Master | 5 | 4,263 | |
HMS King Orry | Royal Navy | Armed boarding vessel | 1913 | 1,877 | Cdr. Jeffery Elliott, RNR | 1 | 1,139 | Sunk |
HMS Kingfisher (L70) | Royal Navy | Sloop | 1935 | 510 | Lt. Cdr. George Anthony Mayhew Vaughan Harrison, RN | 5 | 638 | Damaged by collision with Edmond-René (AD51) off Dunkirk on 3 June; left Dynamo for repair |
HMT Kingston Alalite (FY136) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1933 | 412 | Ch. Skr. Albert Henry Foster, RNR | 0 | 0 | |
HMT Kingston Andalusite (FY160) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 415 | A/Skr. John Bruce, RNR | 0 | 0 | |
HMT Kingston Galena (FY145) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 415 | P/S/Lt. James Lindsay Pringle, RNVR | 0 | 0 | |
HMT Kingston Olivine (FY193) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1930 | 378 | Lt. George Windsor Gregorie, RNR | 0 | 0 | |
L'Impétueuse (A35) | French Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1940 | 630 | C.C. Bachy | 2 | 1,231 | |
La Boudeuse (A18) | French Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1940 | 630 | 1 | 281 | ||
La Colombe (C1322) | France | Trawler | 2 | 111 | ||||
La Flore (T143) | French Navy | Torpedo boat | 1937 | 610 | C.C. Roussel de Courcy | 4 | 1,371 | |
La Nantaise (P135) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1933 | 403 | L.V. Jaume | 1 | ||
HMT Lady Brassey | Royal Navy | Rescue tug | 1913 | 362 | Frederick John Hopgood, Master | 3 | 0 | |
SS Lady of Mann | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1930 | 3,104 | Capt. Thomas C Woods, Master | 4 | 2,906 | |
HMT Lady Philomena (FY148) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1936 | 417 | Skr. Joseph Hodson, RNR | 1 | 172 | |
Lady Rosebery | Merchant Navy | Sailing barge | 1917 | 109 | W F Ellis, Master | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
MV Lady Sheila | Merchant Navy | Coaster | 1935 | 216 | G H E Brooks, Master | 1 | 185 | |
Lady Southborough | Merchant Navy | Hopper barge | 1923 | 704 | Capt. A M Poole, Master | 1 | 478 | |
Le Chasse Marée (AD94) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1920 | 251 | L.V. Y Drogou | 4 | 947 | |
Le Moussaillon (AD79) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1932 | 183 | 2 | 307 | ||
Le Puissant | France | Harbour tug | 1938 | 245 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
Le Robuste | France | Harbour tug | 1939 | 250 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
HMS Leda (N93) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1938 | 875 | Lt. Cdr. Harold Unwin, RN | 7 | 2,857 | Damaged by collision with Marechal Foch off the English coast on 4 June; left Dynamo for repair |
HMS Lena | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1938 | 383 | Lt. Cdr. R P C Hawkins, RN (retd) | 3 | 1,003 | |
Léopard (X22) | French Navy | Large destroyer | 1927 | 2,126 | C.F. C Loisel | 0 | 19 | |
SS Levenwood | Merchant Navy | Coaster | 1924 | 803 | Capt. William Oswald Young, Master | 1 | 51 | |
L'Incomprise (T112) | French Navy | Torpedo boat | 1938 | 610 | C.C. Gras | 4 | 636 | |
SS Lochgarry | Merchant Navy | Passenger ship | 1898 | 1,670 | Capt. Ewen Mackinnon, Master | 1 | 1,001 | |
HMS Locust (T28) | Royal Navy | Gunboat | 1940 | 585 | Lt. Ackroyd Norman Palliser Costobadie, RN | 5 | 2,036 | Towed damaged HMS Bideford to Dover for over 30 hours on 30–31 May |
HMD Lord Collingwood | Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1930 | 116 | (Lt) Geoffrey Thrippleton Marr RNR | 1 | 315 | |
HMT Lord Grey (FY1593) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1928 | 346 | T/Skr. William J Tiller; T/Lt. John A Simson, RNVR | 1 | 123 | |
HMT Lord Inchcape (FY1611) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1924 | 338 | T/S/Lt. Serlo Jack Longsdon, RNVR (U.O.) | 1 | 240 | |
HMD Lord Keith | Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1930 | 116 | R Pye, Master | 1 | 315 | |
HMT Lord Melchett (FY672) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1929 | 347 | Skr. Robert C Taylor, RNR; Lt. William H Ward, RNVR (G.O.) | 0 | 0 | |
HMD Lord Rodney | Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1928 | 104 | Robert Durrant, Master | 1 | 0 | |
HMD Lord St Vincent | Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1929 | 115 | 1 | 150 | ||
SS Lorina | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1918 | 1,578 | Capt. A Light, Master | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
HMS Lormont | Royal Navy | Naval cargo ship | 1927 | 1,561 | Lt. Cdr. Walter Stuart Smithies, RN (retd) | 1 | 1,084 | |
Louise et Marie (AD2) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1916 | 265 | 1 | 78 | ||
Lucien Gougy (AD28) | French Navy | Naval drifter | 1935 | 150 | L.V. Foignet | 2 | 283 | |
Lutteur | French Navy | Rescue tug | 1919 | 150 | 2 | 287 | ||
HMS Lydd (N44) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1919 | 710 | Lt. Cdr. Rodolph Cecil Drummond Haig, RN | 5 | 1,356 | Left Dynamo on 2 June due to no longer being degaussed |
HMS Mackay (D70) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1919 | 1,530 | Cdr. Graham Henry Stokes, RN | 2 | 581 | Damaged by grounding off Bray on 29 May; left Dynamo for repair |
SS Maid of Orleans | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1918 | 2,386 | Capt. A E Larkins, Master (sick); Capt. Gordon Dyer Walker, Master | 4 | 5,503 | |
HMS Malcolm (D19) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1919 | 1,530 | Capt (D)[e] Thomas Halsey, RN | 8 | 5,991 | Damaged by collisions with Dunkirk pier on 30 May and French trawler off Dover on 1 June; repaired after Dynamo |
SS Malines | Merchant Navy | Passenger ship | 1921 | 2,980 | Capt. G H Mallory, Master (quitted 2 June) | 2 | 1,469 | |
HMS Mallard (L42) | Royal Navy | Sloop | 1936 | 510 | Cdr. The Hon. Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin, RN (retd) | 0 | 0 | On anti-submarine patrol 28–29 May; escorted HMS Calcutta 1–2 June |
SS Manxman | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1904 | 2,030 | Capt. Philip Basil Cowley, Master (disembarked 2 June) | 3 | 2,298 | |
Margaux | France | Cargo ship | 1912 | 1,463 | 1 | 1,369 | ||
Marguerite Rose (AD23) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1931 | 409 | Sunk | |||
Maria Eléna (AD54) | French Navy | Naval drifter | 1932 | 146 | E.V. Fatout | 1 | 120 | |
HMS Marmion (J114) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1906 | 409 | T/Lt. Harry Cecil Gaffney, RNVR | 3 | 745 | |
Mars | France | Cargo ship | 1918 | 721 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
Max | Belgium | Harbour tug | 1911 | 177 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
HMS Medway Queen (J48) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1924 | 316 | T/Lt. Alfred Thomas Cook, RNR | 7 | 2,914 | |
Mistral (T63) | French Navy | Destroyer | 1927 | 1,320 | C.C. Lavene; L.V. Guillanton | 1 | 37 | |
HMD Monarda | Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1916 | 108 | T/Lt. Pearce Trewhella Lovelock, RNVR | 1 | 110 | |
HMS Mona's Isle | Royal Navy | Armed boarding vessel | 1905 | 1,688 | Cdr. John Charles Keith Dowding, RNR | 2 | 2,491 | |
SS Mona's Queen | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1934 | 2,756 | Capt. Radcliffe Duggan, Master; Capt. A Holkham, Master | 1 | 1,312 | Sunk |
Monique-Camille (AD25) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 277 | 1 | 302 | ||
Monique Schiaffino | France | Cargo ship | 1929 | 3,236 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
HMS Montrose (D01) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1918 | 1,530 | Cdr. Cecil Parry, RN | 2 | 925 | Damaged by collision with ST Sun V off Calais on 29 May; left Dynamo for repair |
HMS Mosquito (T94) | Royal Navy | Gunboat | 1940 | 585 | Lt. Denis Harold Palmer Gardiner, RN | 3 | 1,173 | SUNK by air attack off Dunkirk on 1 June |
Mouette (C1441) | France | Trawler | 1906 | 303 | 1 | 58 | ||
SS Moyle | United Kingdom | Blockship | 1907 | 1,761 | Lt. Cdr. Robert Henry Douglas Lane, RN | 1 | n/a | Deliberately scuttled 4 June |
SS Nephrite | United Kingdom | Storeship | 1927 | 927 | Capt. Cyril Gilford West, Master | 1 | 504 | |
MV New Prince of Wales | Merchant Navy | Ferry | 1923 | 137 | S/Lt. Peter Harry Edward Bennett, RN | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
Newhaven | France | Passenger ship | 1911 | 1,888 | _____, Master; Lt. Cdr. Lionel H Phillips, RN (from HMS Amazone) | 3 | 1,781 | |
MV Ngaroma | Merchant Navy | Coaster | 1931 | 503 | Capt. John William Dickinson, Master | 1 | 30 | |
HMS Niger (N73) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1936 | 815 | Cdr. St John Cronyn, RN | 4 | 1,108 | |
SS Normannia | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1911 | 1,567 | Capt. M C Whiting, Master | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
Normanville | France | Cargo ship | 1921 | 1,803 | 1 | 438 | ||
Notre Dame Des Miracles (Di1194) | France | Trawler | 1 | 85 | ||||
Noune (DG694) | France | Trawler | 1 | 66 | ||||
HMD Ocean Breeze | Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1927 | 112 | Skipper Bailey, ?; Lt. Victor Alexander C H G De Mauny, RN (retd) | 2 | 144 | |
ST Ocean Cock | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1932 | 182 | A V Mastin, Master | 1 | 0 | |
HMT Olvina (FY154) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 425 | T/S/Lt. John Handley Cooper, RNVR (U.O.) | 1 | 244 | |
HMS Oranje | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1937 | 231 | Lt. Hugh Trevor Crispin, RN | 3 | 606 | |
HMS Oriole (J110) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1910 | 441 | T/Lt. Edwin L Davies, RNVR (relieved with entire crew 3 June); T/Lt. Geoffrey P Baker, RNVR (and crew from HMS Plinlimmon) | 5 | 2,587 | |
HMT Our Bairns (FY1566) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1917 | 275 | Skr. James Henry Miller, RNR | 1 | 200 | |
HMS Pacific | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1938 | 362 | Lt. Cdr. Charles John Skrine, RN (retd) | 3 | 994 | |
SS Pacifico | United Kingdom | Blockship | 1905 | 687 | Lt. Cdr. Garth Henry Fyson Owles, RN | 1 | n/a | Deliberately sunk |
SS Palmston | Merchant Navy | Cargo ship | 1907 | 430 | 0 | |||
HMS Pangbourne (N37) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1918 | 710 | A/Cdr. Francis Douglas-Watson, RN | 3 | 633 | Damaged by air attack off Bray on 29 May; repaired after Dynamo |
SS Paris (32) | United Kingdom | Hospital carrier | 1913 | 1,790 | Capt. E A Biles, Master | 2 | 630 | Sunk |
HMS Pascholl | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1931 | 257 | Lt. T Johnson, RN (transferred 2 June); T/Lt. Jack N Wise, RNVR; Cdr. Charles E Hamond, RN (retd) (G.O.) | 3 | 695 | |
HMS Patria | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1937 | 343 | Lt. Cdr. N L J Pisani, RN (retd) | 2 | 1,400 | |
Patrie (P36) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1920 | 754 | 3 | 771 | ||
ST Persia | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1932 | 165 | H Aldrich, Master | 2 | 27 | |
Pierre & Marie | France | Trawler | 1897 | 166 | E.V. Royer (i/c convoy) | 1 | 293 | |
HMS Plinlimmon (J66) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1895 | 436 | T/Lt. Geoffrey Percival Baker, RNVR | 1 | 900 | |
HMT Polly Johnson | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1919 | 290 | Skr. Lt. L Lake, RNR (retd) | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
PS Portsdown | Merchant Navy | Paddle steamer | 1928 | 342 | P/T/S/Lt. Richard Hepworth Church, RNR | 1 | 618 | |
SS Prague | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1930 | 4,220 | Capt. Clifford Rowland Baxter, Master | 2 | 2,891 | |
Président Briand (AD108) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1932 | 227 | L.V.(?) Le Talaer | 2 | 283 | |
HMS Princess Elizabeth (J111) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1927 | 388 | T/Lt. Cecil John Carp, RNVR | 4 | 1,673 | |
PS Princess Helena | Merchant Navy | Paddle steamer | 1883 | 246 | 0 | |||
TSS Princess Maud | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1934 | 2,883 | Capt. Henry Clarke, Master | 1 | 1,270 | |
HMS Queen of Thanet (J30) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1916 | 792 | A/T/Cdr. Sidney Peck Herival, RNVR (S.O.) | 3 | 2,500 | |
MV Queen of the Channel | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1935 | 1,162 | Capt. W J O'Dell, Master | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
Queen's Channel | Merchant Navy | Hopper barge | 1911 | 583 | J L Bunt, Master | 1 | 52 | |
ST Racia | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1930 | 163 | A C Addison, Master | 3 | 373 | |
HMS Reiger | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1920 | 168 | Lt. Alexander Tyson, RN | 3 | 592 | |
Reine des Flots (P39) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1923 | 608 | E.V. Le Bitoux | 1 | 62 | |
HMD Renascent | Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1926 | 100 | Skr. Richard Edward Hannaford, RNR | 2 | 136 | |
Rennes | France | Cargo ship | 1925 | 771 | Sunk | |||
HMS Rian | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1934 | 232 | Lt. Cdr. John Isdale Miller, RNR | 1 | 257 | |
HMS Rika | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1935 | 197 | Lt. Cdr. Joseph John Youngs, RNR | 2 | 495 | |
Rockall | Belgium | Fishing vessel | 1930 | 114 | 1 | 150 | ||
SS Roebuck | Merchant Navy | Cargo ship | 1925 | 776 | Capt. Wilfred Yvon Larbalestier, Master | 1 | 689 | |
MV Roselyne | Merchant Navy | Coaster | 1918 | 138 | 0 | |||
HMS Ross (N45) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1919 | 710 | Cdr. John Pollington Apps, RN (retd) (wounded 31 May); Lt. Kenneth Arthur Gadd, RNR (the First Lieutenant) | 4 | 1,096 | Damaged by air attack off Dunkirk on 1 June; left Dynamo for repair |
Rouen | France | Passenger ship | 1912 | 1,882 | 3 | 2,404 | ||
MV Royal Daffodil | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1939 | 2,060 | Capt. George Johnson, Master | 5 | 7,461 | |
HMS Royal Eagle | Royal Navy | Anti-aircraft paddle steamer | 1932 | 1,539 | T/Lt. Cdr. Edward F A Farrow, RNR; Cdr. Edward C Cordeaux, RN (retd) (S.O.) | 4 | 4,015 | |
MV Royal Sovereign | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1937 | 1,527 | Capt. Thomas Aldis, Master | 6 | 6,370 | |
Royalty | Merchant Navy | Sailing barge | 101 | H Miller, Master | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
HMS Ruja | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1926 | 175 | Lt. Harold Roger Webber, RN | 1 | 217 | |
SS Rye | Merchant Navy | Cargo ship | 1924 | 1,048 | 0 | |||
HMS Sabre (H18) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1918 | 905 | Cdr. Brian Dean, RN (retd) | 10 | 3,912 | Damaged by shore gunfire off Calais on 30 May; repaired after Dynamo |
Saint Camille | France | Cargo ship | 1920 | 3,274 | Sunk | |||
Saint Octave | France | Cargo ship | 1922 | 5,099 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
HMS Saladin (H54) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1919 | 905 | Lt. Cdr. Laurence James Dover, RN | 1 | 0 | Damaged by air attack off Bray on 29 May; left Dynamo for repair |
HMS Salamander (N86) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1936 | 815 | Lt. Cdr. Lionel James Spencer Ede, RN | 3 | 1,193 | Damaged by air attack off Bray on 1 June; left Dynamo for repair |
Salomé | France | Tanker | 1940 | 13,400 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
HMS Saltash (N62) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1918 | 710 | Lt. Cdr. Thomas Randall Fowke, RN | 3 | 750 | Left Dynamo on 3 June due to minor damage and crew exhaustion |
HMS San Antonio | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1909 | 410 | Lt. Cdr. George Victor Legassick, RNR | 2 | 431 | |
HMS Sandown (J20) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1934 | 684 | A/Cdr. Kenneth Morland Greig, RN (retd) (S.O.) | 2 | 695 | |
HMT Saon (FY159) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1933 | 386 | Lt. Cdr. Arthur Geoffrey Gascoyne Webb, RN (retd) | 1 | 31 | |
HMT Sarah Hide (FY968) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1921 | 162 | 1 | 90 | ||
HMY Sargasso (FY053) | Royal Navy | Armed yacht | 1926 | 216 | T/Lt. Charles C L Gaussen, RNVR | 3 | 455 | |
Sassa | French Navy | Tanker | 1936 | 750 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
Sauternes (P22) | French Navy | Naval cargo ship | 1922 | 1,049 | 2 | 870 | ||
Savorgnan de Brazza (A03) | French Navy | Sloop | 1932 | 1,969 | 1 | 5 | ||
HMS Scimitar (H21) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1918 | 905 | Lt. Robert Denys Franks, RN | 5 | 2,716 | Damaged by collision with HMS Icarus off the English coast on 31 May; left Dynamo for repair on 2 June |
SS Scotia | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1921 | 3,454 | Capt. William Henry Hughes, Master | 1 | 2,430 | Sunk |
MV Scottish Co-operator | United Kingdom | Storeship | 1939 | 513 | Capt. T S Robertson, Master | 1 | 525 | |
MV Seine | Merchant Navy | Coaster | 1926 | 179 | Mr. C V Cogger, Master; Lt. Cdr. P M Filleul, RN (retd) | 2 | 543 | |
MV Sequacity | United Kingdom | Storeship | 1937 | 870 | Capt. J Macdonald | 0 | 0 | Sunk |
HMS Sharpshooter (N68) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1937 | 835 | Lt. Andrew Edward Doran, RN | 3 | 342 | Damaged by collision with SS St Helier on 30 May; left Dynamo for repair |
HMS Shearwater (L39) | Royal Navy | Sloop | 1939 | 580 | Lt. Cdr. Philip Frederick Powlett, RN | 0 | 250 | On anti-submarine patrol 28–29 May; escorted HMS Calcutta 1–2 June; troops transferred from SS Prague off English coast |
HMS Sheldrake (L06) | Royal Navy | Sloop | 1937 | 530 | Lt. Cdr. Arthur Edward Tolfrey Christie, RN | 1 | 0 | On anti-submarine patrol 28–1 June; demolished wrecks of HMS Wakeful on 30 May and Basilisk on 2–3 June |
Sherfield | Merchant Navy | Motor barge | 1917 | 145 | A/S/Lt. John David Farquharson Kealey, RN | 1 | 74 | |
HMS Shikari (D85) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1924 | 905 | Lt. Cdr. Hugh Nicholas Aubyn Richardson, RN | 7 | 3,349 | Last Allied ship to leave Dunkirk, on 4 June |
Siroco (T62) | French Navy | Destroyer | 1927 | 1,320 | C.C. de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa | 1 | 509 | |
HMS Skipjack (N38) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1935 | 815 | Lt. Cdr. Francis Babington Proudfoot, RN (retd) | 4 | 959 | SUNK by air attack off Malo on 1 June |
HMS Snaefell (J118) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1907 | 466 | T/Lt. Frank Brett, RNVR | 2 | 981 | |
MV Southend Britannia | Merchant Navy | Ferry | 1924 | 147 | T/Lt. Gordon Little Norton, RNVR | 1 | 0 | |
HMS Speedwell (N87) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1935 | 815 | Lt. Cdr. Frederick Richard Guy Maunsell, RN (retd) | 3 | 1,502 | |
HMT Sphene (FY249) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 412 | Skr. Charles Pennington, RNR | 0 | 0 | |
HMT Spurs (FY168) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1933 | 399 | Skr. Herbert Henry Jarvis, RNR | 0 | 0 | |
HMT St Abbs (W02) | Royal Navy | Rescue tug | 1918 | 465 | Lt. T E Brooker, RN (retd) | 2 | 0 | Sunk |
HMT St Achilleus (FY152) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 484 | T/Lt. Harry Alfred Gellett, RNVR (S.O.) | 0 | 0 | Sunk |
SS St Andrew (24) | United Kingdom | Hospital carrier | 1932 | 2,702 | Capt. Herbert Cecil Bond, Master | 1 | 122 | |
HMT St Clears (W06) | Royal Navy | Rescue tug | 1919 | 468 | William Josiah Penny, Master | 1 | 70 | |
SS St David (27) | United Kingdom | Hospital carrier | 1932 | 2,702 | Capt. C Joy, Master (sick); Capt. B H Mendus, Master | 1 | 118 | |
HMT St Fagan (W74) | Royal Navy | Rescue tug | 1919 | 420 | Lt. Cdr. George Henry Warren, RN | 2 | 0 | Sunk |
SS St Helier | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1925 | 1,952 | Capt. Reginald Richard Pitman, Master | 4 | 4,233 | |
SS St Julien (29) | United Kingdom | Hospital carrier | 1925 | 1,952 | Capt. L T Richardson, Master | 1 | 247 | |
HMT St Olaves (W40) | Royal Navy | Rescue tug | 1919 | 468 | T/Skr. Henry Forester, RNR | 2 | 200 | |
SS St Seiriol | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1931 | 1,586 | Capt. R D Dobb, Master; Mr. J McNamee, Chief Officer; T/Lt. Alan Raymond MacKewn, RNR | 2 | 672 | |
HMT Stella Dorado (FY131) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1935 | 416 | P/Skr. Walter Harcourt Burgess, RNR | 1 | 22 | Sunk |
HMT Stella Rigel (FY657) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1926 | 358 | Skr. Lewis P Keable, RNR; P/T/S/Lt. James W Wykeham, RNVR (U.O.) | 0 | 0 | |
HMT Strathelliot | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1915 | 211 | P/T/S/Lt. Walter Edward Mercer, RNVR | 2 | 335 | |
HMD Strive | Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1912 | 102 | T/Skr. Henry Arthur Catchpole, RNR | 1 | 243 | |
ST Sun | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1906 | 130 | Cdr. Edward Kirby LeMesurier, RN | 1 | 173 | |
HMT Sun III | Royal Navy | Harbour tug | 1909 | 197 | F W Russell, Master | 1 | 148 | |
ST Sun IV | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1915 | 200 | Mr. C G Alexander, Master; Lt. John E L Martin, RN | 3 | 239 | |
ST Sun V | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1915 | 200 | W H Mastin, Master | 0 | 0 | |
HMT Sun VII | Royal Navy | Harbour tug | 1917 | 202 | G Cawsey, Master | 1 | 0 | |
HMT Sun VIII | Royal Navy | Harbour tug | 1919 | 196 | S Smith, Master | 1 | 120 | |
ST Sun X | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1920 | 196 | W A Fothergill, Master | 1 | 211 | |
ST Sun XI | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1925 | 183 | J R Lukes, Master | 2 | 188 | |
ST Sun XII | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1925 | 183 | A V Mee, Master | 1 | 0 | |
ST Sun XV | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1925 | 183 | J J Belton, Master; Cdr. Jeffery Elliott, RNR (from sunk HMS King Orry) | 2 | 106 | |
HMS Sursum Corda | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1933 | 199 | Lt. Christopher Phillpotts, RN | 1 | 277 | |
HMS Sutton (N78) | Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1918 | 710 | A/Cdr. Grenville Mathias Temple, RN (retd) (S.O.) | 4 | 1,100 | |
ST Tanga | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1931 | 203 | Harry Philip Gouge, Master | 3 | 367 | |
HMY Taransay (FY057) | Royal Navy | Armed yacht | 1930 | 175 | 1 | 162 | ||
Thames | Belgium | Harbour tug | 1904 | 144 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
HMT Thomas Bartlett (FY553) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1918 | 290 | T/Skr. John Jeffrey Tomlinson, RNR | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
HMT Thrifty (FY1523) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1916 | 139 | 1 | 0 | ||
HMT Thuringia (FY106) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1933 | 396 | Ch. Skr. David William Leon Simpson, RNR | 0 | Sunk | |
HMS Tilly | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 381 | Cdr. W R T Clements, RNR; Lt. Cdr. Clement M Ramus, RNR (retd) | 3 | 588 | |
HMS Tiny | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 351 | Lt. Cdr. Jack M D Hunter, RN (retd); Lt. Martin, RN | 1 | 261 | |
HMT Topaze (T40) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1935 | 421 | Lt. Cdr. John Nicholas Hambly, RN (S.O.) | 1 | 118 | |
HMS Twente | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1937 | 239 | Lt. Cdr. Humphry Gilbert Boys-Smith, RNR (to 30 May); Lt. A W McMullan, RNR (retd) | 3 | 900 | |
SS Tynwald | United Kingdom | Troopship | 1937 | 2,376 | Capt. W A Qualtrough, Master (relieved 2 June); Mr. John H Whiteway, Chief Officer; Lt. Cdr. William C Bushell, RN (both from 2 June) | 5 | 6,880 | |
HMS Vanquisher (D54) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1917 | 1,090 | Lt. Cdr. Conrad Alers-Hankey, RN (relieved 30 May-2 June); Lt. Cdr. William Charles Bushell, RN | 7 | 2,704 | Damaged by grounding on debris at Dunkirk; repaired after Dynamo |
HMS Vega (L41) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1917 | 1,090 | Cdr. Cyril Ivan Horton, RN | 0 | 34 | On anti-submarine patrol 28–31 May; picked up survivors from a boat |
HMT Velia | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1914 | 290 | Skr. J Clarkson, RNR | 1 | 0 | |
HMS Venomous (D75) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1919 | 1,120 | Lt. Cdr. John Edwin Home McBeath, RN | 5 | 3,128 | Damaged by air attack in Dunkirk harbour on 31 May; repaired after Dynamo |
Vénus (AD76) | French Navy | Naval trawler | 1906 | 264 | E.V. de R Rosec | 2 | 207 | |
HMS Verity (D63) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1919 | 1,120 | Lt. Cdr. Arthur Black, RN (wounded 27 May); Lt. Eric Lister Jones, RN (the First Lieutenant) | 3 | 367 | Damaged by shellfire off Calais 27 May.[1] Left Dynamo on 30 May due to crew morale |
HMS Vimy (D33) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1918 | 1,090 | Lt. Cdr. Richard Knowling (missing 28 May); Lt. Adrian Northey, RN (the First Lieutenant); Lt. Cdr. Michael Wentworth Ewart-Wentworth, RN (retd) (from 29 May) | 7 | 2,987 | Damaged by collision with HMY Amulree off the English coast on 1 June; left Dynamo for repair |
ST Vincia | Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1909 | 150 | A V Hoiles, Master | 1 | 24 | |
HMS Vivacious (D36) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1917 | 1,090 | Lt. Cdr. Frank Reginald Woodbine Parish, RN (relieved 30 May); Cdr Emile Dechaineux, RAN | 5 | 1,649 | Damaged by shore gunfire off Bray on 31 May; repaired after Dynamo |
HMT Viviana (FY238) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1936 | 452 | Skr. Gunnar Lie Olesen, RNR | 0 | ||
HMS Vrede | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1932 | 400 | Lt. Cdr. Robert Tindle Lampard, RN | 1 | 473 | |
Vulcain | Belgium | Harbour tug | 1903 | 200 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
W.24 | Merchant Navy | Hopper barge | 1938 | 870 | H F Boyce, Master | 2 | 1,060 | |
W.26 | Merchant Navy | Hopper barge | 1938 | W J Allen, Master | 1 | 296 | ||
HMS Wakeful (L91) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1917 | 1,100 | Cdr. Ralph Lindsay Fisher, RN | 2 | 631 | SUNK by E-boat torpedo in the Channel on 29 May |
HMS Waverley (J51) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1899 | 537 | T/Lt. Sydney Frederick Harmer-Elliott, RNVR (A/S.O.) | 1 | 0 | SUNK by E-boat torpedo in the Channel on 29 May |
HMS Wega | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1927 | 192 | 0 | |||
SS Westcove | United Kingdom | Blockship | 1912 | 2,734 | Lt. Cdr. Alec Murray McKillop, RN | 1 | n/a | Deliberately sunk |
HMT Westella (FY161) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 413 | Ch. Skr. Andrew Gove, RNR | 0 | 0 | Sunk |
HMS Westward Ho (J43) | Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1894 | 460 | T/Lt. A L U Braithwaite, RNVR | 3 | 1,686 | |
PS Whippingham | Merchant Navy | Paddle steamer | 1930 | 825 | T/Lt. Eric Reed, RNR | 1 | 2,500 | |
HMS Whitehall (D94) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1924 | 1,120 | Lt. Cdr. Archibald Boyd Russell, RN | 5 | 2,762 | Damaged by collision with HMY Grive off Dunkirk on 31 May; repaired after Dynamo |
HMS Whitshed (D77) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1919 | 1,120 | Cdr. Edward Reignier Conder, RN | 3 | 1,038 | Damaged by collisions with a Dutch coaster at Dover on 2 June and a paddle minesweeper off Dunkirk on 3 June; repaired after Dynamo |
SS Whitstable | Merchant Navy | Cargo ship | 1925 | 688 | Capt. W Baxter, Master | 1 | 14 | |
HMS Widgeon (L62) | Royal Navy | Sloop | 1938 | 530 | Lt. Cdr. Roger Frederick, RN | 0 | 151 | On anti-submarine patrol 28–31 May; picked up survivors from sunken Siroco mid-Channel on 31 May |
HMS Wild Swan (D62) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1919 | 1,120 | Lt. Cdr. John Leslie Younghusband, RN | 1 | 21 | Damaged by air attack off Dunkirk on 26 May; left Dynamo for repair |
HMS Winchelsea (D46) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1918 | 1,100 | Lt. Cdr. William Alan Frank Hawkins, RN | 6 | 4,017 | Damaged by grounding off Bray on 31 May; repaired after Dynamo |
HMS Windsor (L94) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1918 | 1,100 | Lt Cdr Peter Pelly,RN | 6 | 3,991 | Damaged by air attack off the English coast on 28 May; repaired after Dynamo |
HMS Wolfhound (D56) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1918 | 1,100 | Lt. Cdr. John Wentworth McCoy, RN | 1 | 142 | Damaged by grounding in Dunkirk harbour on 27 May; left Dynamo for repair |
HMS Wolsey (L02) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1918 | 1,120 | Lt. Cdr. Colin Henry Campbell, RN | 6 | 3,056 | Damaged by collision with SS Roebuck off Dunkirk on 31 May; left Dynamo for repair |
HMT Wolves (FY158) | Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 422 | Skr. John D Fowler, RNR; Skr. Wilfred S Flowers, RNR | 1 | 50 | |
MV Wootton | Merchant Navy | Ferry | 1928 | 154 | 0 | |||
HMS Worcester (D96) | Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1922 | 1,120 | Cdr. John Hamilton Allison, RN | 6 | 4,661 | Damaged by air attack off Dunkirk on 1 June; left Dynamo for repair |
SS Worthing (30) | United Kingdom | Hospital carrier | 1928 | 2,294 | Capt. C G G Munton, Master | 2 | 600 | |
SS Worthtown | United Kingdom | Storeship | 1939 | 868 | 0 | |||
X.95 | Royal Navy | Motor lighter | 1915 | 124 | 1 | 0 | ||
X.149 | Royal Navy | Motor lighter | 1915 | 124 | 1 | 0 | ||
X.209 | Royal Navy | Motor lighter | 1916 | 120 | R G Banks, A/Master; A/S/Lt. William R Williams, RN | 1 | 67 | |
X.213 | Royal Navy | Motor lighter | 1916 | 120 | 1 | 0 | ||
X.217 | Royal Navy | Motor lighter | 1916 | 120 | S/Lt. Richard Anthony West Pool, RN | 1 | 250 | |
SS Yewdale | United Kingdom | Storeship | 1929 | 823 | Capt. E Jones | 1 | 940 | |
HMD Yorkshire Lass | Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1920 | 111 | T/Lt. Edward H G Hope, RNVR; T/S/Lt. Michael A A Chodzko, RNVR | 4 | 391 | |
HMS Zeus | Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1927 | 200 | Lt. Cdr. Cecil Brooke Hoggan, RNR | 2 | 601 |
Legend
editName (Pennant Number) Ships are listed in alphabetical order disregarding any ship prefixes, which are not used by the French or Belgians. Pennant numbers are provided in brackets where known. These were generally displayed on the ship's hull, though not on destroyer leaders such as HMS Montrose pennant D1. In May–June 1940 the Royal Navy was in the process of re-allocating the pennant numbers of many of its destroyers, in most cases the number remained the same whilst the initial letter (known as the flag superior) changed, with "D" and "F" becoming "I" and "G" respectively.
Flag The ensign flown by each vessel to indicate its nationality. The civil ensigns of France and Belgium, as well as the naval ensign of France, are the same as their national flag, although with differing dimensions. The United Kingdom uses the White Ensign for all commissioned naval vessels and the Red Ensign for civilian vessels (collectively known as the Merchant Navy). The Blue Ensign was used for non-naval vessels in Government service, for example hospital ships and troopships. There is some evidence they flew the Admiralty Ensign, now known as the Government Service Ensign.[citation needed]
Tonnage Different measures are commonly used for the size of commercial and naval vessels: Gross register tonnage (GRT) is the total internal volume of commercial vessels, including those requisitioned and converted for naval use, whilst displacement is the weight of water displaced by the hull, used for naval vessels such as destroyers, minesweepers and sloops. These are therefore not comparable.
Notes
edit- ^ Attempts have been made to list all commercial vessels over 100 GRT according to Lloyd's Register, and corresponding naval ships, who were present in the Dunkirk area during the dates of Operation Dynamo. Vessels were exposed to the same risks: air attack, shore artillery, mines, collisions with wrecks and grounding in the crowded channels. Therefore, those who supported the operation in other ways, such as landing supplies of water, food and ammunition for the troops, carrying out anti-submarine patrols, minesweeping, assisting crippled vessels or picking up survivors from the water, have been included regardless of whether they were reported to have transported troops.
- ^ torpilleur in French classification
- ^ Effectively a 600 ton displacement destroyer
- ^ SS Clan Macalister (1930), built as a heavy-lift cargo liner and requisitioned from Clan Line of Glasgow, was the largest merchant vessel used during the evacuation. It was sunk with loss of 18 crew by enemy aircraft off the beach on 29 May. As she sank, she happened to settle evenly to the bottom in shallow water with the decks above water, and thereafter served as an unintentional decoy target for German Stuka dive-bombers. The British Admiralty later estimated the ship saved over a million pounds (sterling) worth of shipping.[citation needed]
- ^ "Captain Destroyers" - the commander of a destroyer flotilla
Citations
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