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ref:Flix000001 2008 48 003
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Formation
RN 11th Destroyer Flotilla
Operated By
Country
Great Britain
Unit Type
Formation
Include
Ship Type
Destroyer
Operate
Ship Class
HMS Admiralty V
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HMS Admiralty W
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HMS Admiralty W Modified
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HMS R Class
Formation Kind
Squadron
Involved In
Activity
1940 May 27 British Evacuation Operation Dynamo Dunkerque
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Command
Unit Involvement
HMS Whitehall
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HMS Mackay
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HMS Saladin
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HMS Vanquisher
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HMS Winchelsea
Details
Many minor vessels have not been entered.
Aim:
To rescue as many British and French soldiers as possible.
39 destroyers, 36 minesweepers, 77 trawlers, 26 yachts and many smaller vessels were involved.
Result:
220000 British and 120000 French soldiers were rescued but 235 ships were lost.
Most of the rescued French soldiers returned to France after the French surrender.
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Summary
1940-Jan-01 - BR Western Approaches
BR Western Approaches
Or much earlier
1945 Jan 01 - RN Eastern Fleet
RN Eastern Fleet
Or much earlier
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