List of ships at Dunkirk facts for kids
Operation Dynamo was a massive rescue mission during World War II. It took place from May 26 to June 4, 1940. Thousands of Allied soldiers were trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk, France. They were surrounded by enemy forces.
The British Admiralty organized this incredible evacuation. The Royal Navy provided most of the large ships. Other Allied navies, especially the French Navy, also helped. Many merchant ships, which usually carried goods, were called into action. Some were already used by the navy, and others joined because the situation was so urgent.
Hundreds of small, privately owned boats, known as the Little Ships of Dunkirk, also played a vital role. They ferried soldiers from the shallow beaches to the bigger ships. Most troops, however, boarded directly at Dunkirk harbour. This list shows the major naval and merchant ships that helped save these soldiers.
| Name (Pennant Number) | Flag | Type of Ship | Built | Size (Tons) | Commander | Trips to Dunkirk | Troops Rescued | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A5 |  Belgian Naval Corps |
Fishing boat converted for navy use | 1917 | 326 | Lt. J d'Hauwer | 1 | 229 | |
| HMS Abel Tasman |  Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1937 | 314 | Lt. Cdr. Trevor G P Crick (wounded May 28); Lt. Charles E S B St. G Beal | 1 | 264 | |
| Aden |  France |
Cargo ship | 1918 | 8,033 | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| Adjader | France |
Dredger (a boat that clears mud from the seabed) | 1900 | 414 | 1 | 0 | ||
| HMY Adventuress | Royal Navy |
Armed yacht | 1898 | 322 | 1 | 85 | ||
| HMS Aegir | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1939 | 277 | Lt. William Whitworth | 3 | 952 | |
| Aidie |  Merchant Navy |
Sailing barge | 1925 | 144 | Skipper H Potter | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| Aïn el Turk | France |
Cargo ship | 1925 | 2,508 | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| HMS Albury (N41) | Royal Navy |
Fleet minesweeper | 1919 | 710 | Lt. Cdr. Colin Henry Corbet-Singleton | 6 | 1,851 | |
| HMD Alcmaria (FY1525) | Royal Navy |
Fishing boat converted for navy use | 1916 | 148 | Skr. Arthur Offord | 1 | 32 | |
| HMS Alice | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1939 | 291 | Lt. Hubert Slater | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| HMS Amazone | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1939 | 250 | Lt. Cdr. Lawrence Henry Phillips | 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; Lt. Ronald de Leighton Brooke | 4 | 3,054 | Damaged by air attack on May 30. Left the operation for repairs. |
| HMS Antje | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1912 | 157 | Lt. Malcolm Buist | 2 | 593 | |
| SS Archangel |  United Kingdom |
Troopship | 1910 | 2,448 | 0 | 0 | Transported soldiers to defend Calais. | |
| HMT Arctic Pioneer (FY164) | Royal Navy |
Naval Trawler | 1937 | 501 | Lt. Robert Cambridge | 0 | 0 | |
| HMT Argyllshire | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1938 | 540 | S/Lt. John Sturdee Weddle | 0 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| HMT Arley (FY620) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1914 | 304 | Skr. Lt. George Robinson | 1 | 45 | |
| HMY Aronia | Royal Navy |
Armed yacht | 1929 | 193 | T/S/Lt. John Llewellyn | 1 | 42 | |
| Arras (A05) | French Navy |
Sloop (small warship) | 1918 | 850 | 1 | 542 | ||
| HMS Atlantic | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1930 | 221 | Lt. Cdr. Leonard Fordham | 2 | 311 | |
| SS Autocarrier | Merchant Navy |
Passenger ship | 1931 | 822 | Capt. C M Masters | 2 | 712 | |
| Barbara Jean | Merchant Navy |
Sailing barge | 1925 | 144 | Skipper C Webb | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| HMS Bart | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1938 | 435 | Lt. Cdr. Edward Ball | 1 | 0 | |
| HMS Basilisk (H11) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1931 | 1,360 | Cdr Maxwell Richmond | 3 | 695 | Sunk by air attack on June 1. |
| MV Beal | United Kingdom |
Storeship | 1936 | 504 | Capt. J W Liley | 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 | 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 | 0 | 0 | |
| HMS Bideford (L43) | Royal Navy |
Sloop | 1931 | 1,105 | Lt. Cdr. John Hugh Lewes | 1 | 436 | Damaged by air attack on May 29. Left the operation for repairs. |
| HMT Blackburn Rovers (FY116) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1934 | 422 | Skr. William Martin; Cdr. R W English | 0 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| ORP Błyskawica (H34) |  Polish Navy |
Destroyer | 1937 | 2,043 | Kmdr ppor. Stanisław Michal Nahorski | 1 | 0 | Patrolled against submarines from May 28-31. |
| HMS Bornrif | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1939 | 336 | Lt. Arthur Norman Blundell | 2 | 146 | |
| Bouclier (T141) | French Navy |
Torpedo boat | 1938 | 610 | C.F. (T) de la Fournière | 6 | 1,437 | |
| Bourrasque (T41) | French Navy |
Destroyer | 1926 | 1,320 | C.F. (D) R Fouque | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| HMS Brandaris | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1938 | 249 | Cdr. Charles Euman | 2 | 330 | |
| Branlebas (T113) | French Navy |
Torpedo boat | 1938 | 610 | C.C. de Cacqueray | 3 | 1,180 | |
| HMS Brighton Belle (J117) | Royal Navy |
Paddle minesweeper | 1900 | 396 | T/Lt. Leonard Perrin | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| HMS Brighton Queen (J28) | Royal Navy |
Paddle minesweeper | 1905 | 807 | T/Lt. Archie Stubbs | 1 | 160 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| HMT Brock (FY621) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1914 | 304 | Skr. Joseph Jappy; P/S/Lt. Kenneth H G Roberts | 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 | 1 | 23 | |
| HMS Calcutta (I82) | Royal Navy |
Anti-aircraft cruiser | 1919 | 4,200 | Capt. Dennis Lees | 2 | 1,856 | Patrolled against air attacks on June 1-2. |
| HMY Caleta | Royal Navy |
Armed yacht | 1930 | 138 | T/Lt. James Dunning | 1 | 43 | |
| HMT Calvi | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1930 | 363 | T/Skr. Bertie David Spindler | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| SS Canterbury | United Kingdom |
Troopship | 1929 | 2,910 | Capt. Charles Hancock | 4 | 4,369 | |
| Cap d'Antifer (AD69) | French Navy |
Naval trawler | 1912 | 294 | 1 | 291 | ||
| Cap Tafelnah | France |
Cargo ship | 1920 | 2,299 | Sunk by enemy action. | |||
| HMT Cape Argona (FY190) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1936 | 494 | T/Lt. Kenneth Lee | 0 | 0 | |
| Caporal Peugeot (AD9) | French Navy |
Naval drifter | 1923 | 102 | M. Josselin | 1 | 105 | |
| HMS Caribia | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1936 | 312 | Lt. Donald Swift | 2 | 583 | |
| HMT Cayton Wyke (FY191) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1932 | 373 | Cdr. R H B Hammond-Chambers | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 | 0 | |
| SS Clan Macalister | Merchant Navy |
Transport ship | 1930 | 6,787 | Capt. R W Mackie | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy aircraft on May 29. It sank in shallow water, acting as a decoy for German planes. |
| HMT Clyth Ness (FY1596) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1920 | 276 | P/Skr. Ernest George Catchpole | 1 | 150 | |
| HMS Codrington (D82) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1930 | 1,540 | Capt. (D) George Stevens-Guille | 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 | 1 | 0 | |
| Costaud | France |
Harbour tug | 1934 | 139 | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| Côte d'Argent | France |
Passenger ship | 1932 | 3,047 | 5 | 5,152 | ||
| Côte d'Azur | France |
Passenger ship | 1930 | 3,047 | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| Credo (DG924) | France |
Trawler | 1 | 53 | ||||
| ST Crested Cock | Merchant Navy |
Harbour tug | 1935 | 177 | T Hills | 1 | 0 | |
| HMS Crested Eagle | Royal Navy |
Anti-aircraft paddle steamer | 1925 | 1,110 | P/T/Lt. Cdr. Bernard Booth | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| 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 by enemy action. | |
| HMS Delta | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1934 | 200 | Lt. Cdr. D F Lawrence | 2 | 282 | |
| HMS Deneb | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1927 | 199 | 1 | 100 | ||
| Denis Papin (AD48) | French Navy |
Naval trawler | 1917 | 309 | L.V. J F Raquez | 3 | 405 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| HMS Despatch II | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1931 | 199 | Capt. F E Wilmot-Sitwell | 2 | 428 | |
| HMS Devonia (J113) | Royal Navy |
Paddle minesweeper | 1905 | 622 | T/Lt. John Brotchie | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| 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; Mr. John W A Jones | 2 | 361 | |
| HMS Doggersbank | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1939 | 208 | Lt. Donald McBarnet | 2 | 708 | |
| HMT Doria | Royal Navy |
Harbour tug | 1909 | 150 | A W Mastin | 1 | 90 | |
| HMD Dorienta | Royal Navy |
Naval drifter | 1914 | 101 | Skr. William Reynolds | 1 | 65 | |
| SS Dorrien Rose | United Kingdom |
Storeship | 1922 | 1,039 | Capt. William Thompson | 2 | 1,541 | |
| Douaisien | France |
Cargo ship | 1920 | 2,954 | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| HMS Duchess of Fife (J115) | Royal Navy |
Paddle minesweeper | 1903 | 336 | T/Lt. John Anderson | 4 | 1,633 | |
| HMS Dundalk (N60) | Royal Navy |
Fleet minesweeper | 1919 | 710 | Lt. Cdr. Frederick Arthur Ivone Kirkpatrick | 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 (sunk on purpose to block a channel) | 1921 | 2,062 | Lt. Edward John King-Wood | 1 | n/a | Deliberately sunk to block the harbour. |
| 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 | 1 | 114 | |
| Elbe |  Belgium |
Harbour tug | 1904 | 150 | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| Emile Deschamps (AD20) | French Navy |
Naval trawler | 1922 | 349 | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| Emma (AD89) | French Navy |
Naval trawler | 1902 | 255 | 1 | 164 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| HMS Emperor of India (J106) | Royal Navy |
Paddle minesweeper | 1906 | 482 | T/Lt. Charles Pawley | 3 | 644 | |
| ST Empire Henchman | Merchant Navy |
Rescue tug | 1940 | 243 | J or E Fisher | 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 | 6 | 3,100 | Damaged by shore gunfire on May 31. Repaired after the operation. |
| SS Eskburn | Merchant Navy |
Coaster | 1917 | 472 | 1 | 27 | ||
| Ethel Everard | Merchant Navy |
Sailing barge | 1926 | 190 | T Willis | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| HMT Evelyn Rose (4.136) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1918 | 327 | T/Skr. Arthur John Lewis | 1 | 130 | |
| HMS Express (H61) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1934 | 1,375 | Capt. (D) Jack Grant Bickford | 6 | 3,491 | Damaged by air attack on May 31. Repaired after the operation. |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | |
| SS Fenella | United Kingdom |
Troopship | 1937 | 2,376 | Capt. W Gubbon | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| MV Fishbourne | Merchant Navy |
Ferry | 1927 | 136 | 1 | 0 | ||
| HMS Fitzroy (N03) | Royal Navy |
Fleet minesweeper | 1919 | 710 | Lt. Cdr. Reginald Arthur Forbes | 4 | 814 | Damaged by air attack on June 1. Left the operation for repairs. |
| SS Foam Queen | United Kingdom |
Storeship | 1922 | 811 | Capt. A T Mastin | 1 | 98 | |
| Foremost 101 | Merchant Navy |
Hopper barge (carries dredged material) | 1939 | 833 | W E Llewellyn | 1 | 70 | |
| Foremost 102 | Merchant Navy |
Hopper barge | 1940 | 833 | W C Attwaters | 1 | 200 | |
| HMT Foremost 22 | Royal Navy |
Harbour tug | 1924 | 211 | C Fieldgate; F M Holden | 2 | 91 | |
| HMT Foremost 87 | Royal Navy |
Harbour tug | 1935 | 163 | Capt. James Fryer | 2 | 95 | |
| ST Fossa | Merchant Navy |
Harbour tug | 1929 | 105 | S/Lt. Martin Solomon | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| Foudroyant (T52) | French Navy |
Destroyer | 1930 | 1,380 | C.C. Fontaine | 3 | 1,250 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| François Tixier | France |
Cargo ship | 1918 | 499 | 1 | 0 | ||
| HMS Fredanja | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1936 | 277 | Lt. Cdr. Kenneth Stewart | 2 | 680 | |
| HMS Friso | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1939 | 250 | Lt. George Osborn Symonds | 2 | 495 | |
| Fronsac | France |
Cargo ship | 1906 | 518 | 1 | 289 | ||
| HMT Fyldea (FY666) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1930 | 377 | Skr. George Whamond; Lt. Robert Bill; T/Lt. John K M Warde | 2 | 180 | |
| HMS Gallant (H59) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1936 | 1,335 | Lt. Cdr. Cecil Powis Frobisher Brown | 3 | 1,466 | Damaged by air attack on May 29. Left the operation for repairs. |
| Gallions Reach | Merchant Navy |
Hopper barge | 1936 | 821 | J F Mason; S/Lt. Francis N F Johnston | 1 | 123 | |
| Gaston Rivier | French Navy |
Naval trawler | 1918 | 315 | 1 | 120 | ||
| Gateshead | Merchant Navy |
Cargo ship | 1919 | 744 | Capt. J R Linn | |||
| Gâtinais (AD43) | French Navy |
Naval trawler | 1933 | 389 | 1 | 159 | ||
| HMT Gava | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1920 | 257 | Skr. Day; P/T/Lt. Francis Joseph Jordan | 1 | 160 | |
| Georges-Edouard | Belgium |
Trawler | 1937 | 217 | Capt. M Coppin | 1 | 401 | |
| HMD Gervais Rentoul | Royal Navy |
Naval drifter | 1917 | 100 | P/T/Skr. John Henry Burgess | 3 | 187 | |
| HMD Girl Gladys | Royal Navy |
Naval drifter | 1917 | 110 | T/Skr. Frank Francis Lewis Strowger | 4 | 311 | |
| HMS Glen Avon (J104) | Royal Navy |
Paddle minesweeper | 1912 | 509 | T/Lt. Bertie Horace Loyns | 2 | 885 | |
| HMS Glen Gower (J16) | Royal Navy |
Paddle minesweeper | 1922 | 553 | A/Cdr. Michael Anthony Ormus Biddulph | 2 | 1,235 | |
| SS Glengarriff | Merchant Navy |
Coaster | 1936 | 868 | 1 | 64 | ||
| Glenway | Merchant Navy |
Sailing barge | 1913 | 110 | W H Easton | 1 | 213 | |
| HMS Golden Eagle | Royal Navy |
Anti-aircraft paddle steamer | 1909 | 793 | P/T/Lt. James C Newman; P/T/Lt. William L Lucas; Cdr. Edward C Cordeaux | 3 | 1,751 | |
| Goliath | Belgium |
Rescue tug | 1921 | 354 | 1 | 183 | ||
| HMS Gorecht | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1927 | 187 | P/S/Lt. David Edwards | 1 | 47 | |
| HMS Gossamer (N63) | Royal Navy |
Fleet minesweeper | 1938 | 875 | Cdr. Richard Cyril Vesey Ross | 6 | 2,940 | Cleared the Channel with HMS Ross on May 29. |
| SS Gourko | United Kingdom |
Blockship | 1911 | 1,975 | Cdr. Arthur Hemming | 1 | n/a | Hit a mine on June 3-4 and sank before it could block the harbour. |
| HMS Gracie Fields (J100) | Royal Navy |
Paddle minesweeper | 1936 | 393 | T/Lt. N Larkin; T/Lt. Alfred C Weeks | 1 | 281 | |
| HMS Grafton (H89) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1936 | 1,335 | Cdr. Cecil Robinson (killed May 29); Lt. Hugh McRea | 2 | 277 | SUNK by a German torpedo boat on May 29. |
| HMS Grenade (H86) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1936 | 1,335 | Cdr. Richard Courtnay Boyle | 2 | 871 | SUNK by air attack in Dunkirk harbour on May 29. |
| HMS Greyhound (H05) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1936 | 1,335 | Cdr. Walter Marshall-A'Deane | 3 | 1,349 | Damaged by air attack on May 29. Left the operation for repairs. |
| HMT Grimsby Town (FY125) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1934 | 419 | Lt. William Riley | 0 | 0 | |
| HMY Grive | Royal Navy |
Armed yacht | 1905 | 816 | Capt. The Hon. Lionel John Oliver Lambert | 3 | 1,110 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| HMS Guillemot (L89) | Royal Navy |
Sloop | 1939 | 580 | Lt. Cdr. Henry Maxwell Darell-Brown | 1 | 460 | Served as a base ship at Margate from May 29 to June 2. |
| HMY Gulzar | Royal Navy |
Armed yacht | 1934 | 201 | T/Lt. Cedric Brammall | 4 | 563 | |
| HMS Halcyon (N42) | Royal Navy |
Fleet minesweeper | 1934 | 815 | Lt. Cdr. John Mark Symonds Cox; Cdr. Eric Perceval Hinton | 7 | 2,003 | |
| HMS Harvester (H19) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1940 | 1,400 | Lt. Cdr. Mark Thornton | 4 | 2,189 | Only recently built, it joined the operation early. |
| HMS Havant (H32) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1939 | 1,400 | Lt. Cdr. Anthony Frank Burnell-Nugent | 4 | 2,105 | SUNK by air attack on June 1. |
| Hebe | France |
Cargo ship | 1920 | 1,684 | 1 | 0 | ||
| HMS Hebe (N24) | Royal Navy |
Fleet minesweeper | 1937 | 835 | Lt. Cdr. John Bruce Goodenough Temple | 3 | 1,064 | Damaged by air attack on May 31. Left the operation for repairs. |
| HMS Hebe II | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 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 coastal ship | 1939 | 250 | Lt. Archibald Gray | 2 | 883 | |
| MV Hird |  Norway |
Cargo ship | 1924 | 4,950 | Capt. Ansgar M Fredhjem | 1 | 2,850 | |
| SS Holland | United Kingdom |
Blockship | 1919 | 1,251 | Lt. Cdr. Ernest Colin Coats | 1 | n/a | Sank on June 3 before it could be used to block the harbour. |
| HMS Hondsrug | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1937 | 227 | Lt. Frederick Thomas Renny | 4 | 1,442 | |
| HMS Horst | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1939 | 400 | Lt. Cdr. George E Fardell; Lt. Thomas E Sargent | 2 | 1,150 | |
| SS Hythe | Merchant Navy |
Cargo ship | 1925 | 688 | Capt. R W Morford | 1 | 749 | |
| HMS Icarus (D03) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1937 | 1,370 | Lt Cdr Colin Maud | 6 | 4,396 | Damaged by air attack on May 29. Left the operation for repairs on June 2. |
| HMS Impulsive (D11) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1938 | 1,370 | Lt. Cdr. William Thomas | 5 | 2,917 | Damaged by hitting a wreck on May 31. Left the operation for repairs. |
| HMS Intrepid (D10) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1937 | 1,370 | Cdr. Roderick Cosmo Gordon | 2 | 668 | Damaged by air attack on May 29. Left the operation for repairs. |
| HMT Inverforth (FY729) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1914 | 248 | Lt. Cdr. Alister Angus Martin | 1 | 0 | |
| SS Isle of Guernsey (26) | United Kingdom |
Hospital carrier | 1930 | 2,143 | Capt. Ernest Leonard Hill; Capt. Hodges | 2 | 836 | |
| SS Isle of Thanet (22) | United Kingdom |
Hospital carrier | 1925 | 2,701 | Capt. A J Hammond | 1 | 0 | |
| HMS Ivanhoe (D16) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1937 | 1,370 | Cdr. Philip Henry Hadow | 4 | 2,220 | Damaged by air attack on June 1. Left the operation for repairs. |
| HMS Jaba | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 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 | 0 | 0 | On anti-submarine patrol from May 31. |
| Jacobsen | France |
Cargo ship | 1923 | 523 | 1 | 181 | ||
| HMS Jaguar (F34) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1939 | 1,720 | Lt. Cdr. John Franklin William Hine | 2 | 370 | Damaged by air attack on May 29. Left the operation for repairs. |
| HMT Jasper (T14) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1932 | 381 | Lt. Arthur Johnson | 0 | 0 | |
| ST Java | Merchant Navy |
Harbour tug | 1905 | 128 | W Jones | 1 | 270 | |
| HMS Javelin (F61) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1939 | 1,720 | Cdr Tony Pugsley | 2 | 1,253 | Left the operation on June 2. |
| Jean Bart (VP2) | French Navy |
Naval trawler | Doublecourt | 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; T/Lt. Guy St C Rideal | 1 | 77 | |
| Jolie Mascotte (C1347) | France |
Trawler | 1 | 60 | ||||
| Jolie Rose Effeuillée | France |
Trawler | 1 | 0 | ||||
| HMS Jutland | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1937 | 357 | Lt. Cdr. George L Barwell; Cdr. W R T Clements | 2 | 520 | |
| HMS Kaap Falga | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1938 | 378 | Lt. Charles E S B St G Beal; Lt. Herbert R Wykeham-Martin | 1 | 5 | |
| HMS Keith (D06) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1931 | 1,400 | Capt. (D) Edward Lyon Berthon | 2 | 992 | SUNK by air attack on June 1. |
| HMS Kellett (N05) | Royal Navy |
Fleet minesweeper | 1919 | 710 | Cdr. Reginald Cecil Haskett-Smith | 5 | 1,446 | |
| Kerkena | France |
Cargo ship | 1922 | 1,579 | 1 | 247 | ||
| SS Killarney | Merchant Navy |
Passenger ship | 1893 | 2,081 | Capt. Richard Hughes | 1 | 656 | |
| HMD Kindred Star | Royal Navy |
Naval drifter | 1930 | 115 | T/Skr. Thomas W Sheridan; T/Skr. George Corney; Lt. Alexander J Dunbar | 1 | 0 | |
| TS King George V | United Kingdom |
Troopship | 1926 | 801 | Capt. Robert McCallum McLean | 5 | 4,263 | |
| HMS King Orry | Royal Navy |
Armed boarding vessel | 1913 | 1,877 | Cdr. Jeffery Elliott | 1 | 1,139 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| HMS Kingfisher (L70) | Royal Navy |
Sloop | 1935 | 510 | Lt. Cdr. George Anthony Mayhew Vaughan Harrison | 5 | 638 | Damaged by collision on June 3. Left the operation for repairs. |
| HMT Kingston Alalite (FY136) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1933 | 412 | Ch. Skr. Albert Henry Foster | 0 | 0 | |
| HMT Kingston Andalusite (FY160) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1934 | 415 | A/Skr. John Bruce | 0 | 0 | |
| HMT Kingston Galena (FY145) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1934 | 415 | P/S/Lt. James Lindsay Pringle | 0 | 0 | |
| HMT Kingston Olivine (FY193) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1930 | 378 | Lt. George Windsor Gregorie | 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 | 3 | 0 | |
| SS Lady of Mann | United Kingdom |
Troopship | 1930 | 3,104 | Capt. Thomas C Woods | 4 | 2,906 | |
| HMT Lady Philomena (FY148) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1936 | 417 | Skr. Joseph Hodson | 1 | 172 | |
| Lady Rosebery | Merchant Navy |
Sailing barge | 1917 | 109 | W F Ellis | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| MV Lady Sheila | Merchant Navy |
Coaster | 1935 | 216 | G H E Brooks | 1 | 185 | |
| Lady Southborough | Merchant Navy |
Hopper barge | 1923 | 704 | Capt. A M Poole | 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 by enemy action. | |
| Le Robuste | France |
Harbour tug | 1939 | 250 | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| HMS Leda (N93) | Royal Navy |
Fleet minesweeper | 1938 | 875 | Lt. Cdr. Harold Unwin | 7 | 2,857 | Damaged by collision on June 4. Left the operation for repairs. |
| HMS Lena | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1938 | 383 | Lt. Cdr. R P C Hawkins | 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 | 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 | 1 | 1,001 | |
| HMS Locust (T28) | Royal Navy |
Gunboat | 1940 | 585 | Lt. Ackroyd Norman Palliser Costobadie | 5 | 2,036 | Towed damaged HMS Bideford for over 30 hours. |
| HMD Lord Collingwood | Royal Navy |
Naval drifter | 1930 | 116 | (Lt) Geoffrey Thrippleton Marr | 1 | 315 | |
| HMT Lord Grey (FY1593) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1928 | 346 | T/Skr. William J Tiller; T/Lt. John A Simson | 1 | 123 | |
| HMT Lord Inchcape (FY1611) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1924 | 338 | T/S/Lt. Serlo Jack Longsdon | 1 | 240 | |
| HMD Lord Keith | Royal Navy |
Naval drifter | 1930 | 116 | R Pye | 1 | 315 | |
| HMT Lord Melchett (FY672) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1929 | 347 | Skr. Robert C Taylor; Lt. William H Ward | 0 | 0 | |
| HMD Lord Rodney | Royal Navy |
Naval drifter | 1928 | 104 | Robert Durrant | 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 | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| HMS Lormont | Royal Navy |
Naval cargo ship | 1927 | 1,561 | Lt. Cdr. Walter Stuart Smithies | 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 | 5 | 1,356 | Left the operation on June 2. |
| HMS Mackay (D70) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1919 | 1,530 | Cdr. Graham Henry Stokes | 2 | 581 | Damaged by grounding on May 29. Left the operation for repairs. |
| SS Maid of Orleans | United Kingdom |
Troopship | 1918 | 2,386 | Capt. A E Larkins; Capt. Gordon Dyer Walker | 4 | 5,503 | |
| HMS Malcolm (D19) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1919 | 1,530 | Capt (D) Thomas Halsey | 8 | 5,991 | Damaged by collisions on May 30 and June 1. Repaired after the operation. |
| SS Malines | Merchant Navy |
Passenger ship | 1921 | 2,980 | Capt. G H Mallory | 2 | 1,469 | |
| HMS Mallard (L42) | Royal Navy |
Sloop | 1936 | 510 | Cdr. The Hon. Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin | 0 | 0 | On anti-submarine patrol from May 28-29. Escorted HMS Calcutta. |
| SS Manxman | United Kingdom |
Troopship | 1904 | 2,030 | Capt. Philip Basil Cowley | 3 | 2,298 | |
| Margaux | France |
Cargo ship | 1912 | 1,463 | 1 | 1,369 | ||
| Marguerite Rose (AD23) | French Navy |
Naval trawler | 1931 | 409 | Sunk by enemy action. | |||
| 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 | 3 | 745 | |
| Mars | France |
Cargo ship | 1918 | 721 | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| Max | Belgium |
Harbour tug | 1911 | 177 | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| HMS Medway Queen (J48) | Royal Navy |
Paddle minesweeper | 1924 | 316 | T/Lt. Alfred Thomas Cook | 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 | 1 | 110 | |
| HMS Mona's Isle | Royal Navy |
Armed boarding vessel | 1905 | 1,688 | Cdr. John Charles Keith Dowding | 2 | 2,491 | |
| SS Mona's Queen | United Kingdom |
Troopship | 1934 | 2,756 | Capt. Radcliffe Duggan; Capt. A Holkham | 1 | 1,312 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| Monique-Camille (AD25) | French Navy |
Naval trawler | 1934 | 277 | 1 | 302 | ||
| Monique Schiaffino | France |
Cargo ship | 1929 | 3,236 | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| HMS Montrose (D01) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1918 | 1,530 | Cdr. Cecil Parry | 2 | 925 | Damaged by collision on May 29. Left the operation for repairs. |
| HMS Mosquito (T94) | Royal Navy |
Gunboat | 1940 | 585 | Lt. Denis Harold Palmer Gardiner | 3 | 1,173 | SUNK by air attack on June 1. |
| Mouette (C1441) | France |
Trawler | 1906 | 303 | 1 | 58 | ||
| SS Moyle | United Kingdom |
Blockship | 1907 | 1,761 | Lt. Cdr. Robert Henry Douglas Lane | 1 | n/a | Deliberately sunk on June 4. |
| SS Nephrite | United Kingdom |
Storeship | 1927 | 927 | Capt. Cyril Gilford West | 1 | 504 | |
| MV New Prince of Wales | Merchant Navy |
Ferry | 1923 | 137 | S/Lt. Peter Harry Edward Bennett | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| Newhaven | France |
Passenger ship | 1911 | 1,888 | Lt. Cdr. Lionel H Phillips | 3 | 1,781 | |
| MV Ngaroma | Merchant Navy |
Coaster | 1931 | 503 | Capt. John William Dickinson | 1 | 30 | |
| HMS Niger (N73) | Royal Navy |
Fleet minesweeper | 1936 | 815 | Cdr. St John Cronyn | 4 | 1,108 | |
| SS Normannia | United Kingdom |
Troopship | 1911 | 1,567 | Capt. M C Whiting | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| 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 | 2 | 144 | |
| ST Ocean Cock | Merchant Navy |
Harbour tug | 1932 | 182 | A V Mastin | 1 | 0 | |
| HMT Olvina (FY154) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1934 | 425 | T/S/Lt. John Handley Cooper | 1 | 244 | |
| HMS Oranje | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1937 | 231 | Lt. Hugh Trevor Crispin | 3 | 606 | |
| HMS Oriole (J110) | Royal Navy |
Paddle minesweeper | 1910 | 441 | T/Lt. Edwin L Davies; T/Lt. Geoffrey P Baker | 5 | 2,587 | |
| HMT Our Bairns (FY1566) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1917 | 275 | Skr. James Henry Miller | 1 | 200 | |
| HMS Pacific | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1938 | 362 | Lt. Cdr. Charles John Skrine | 3 | 994 | |
| SS Pacifico | United Kingdom |
Blockship | 1905 | 687 | Lt. Cdr. Garth Henry Fyson Owles | 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 | 3 | 633 | Damaged by air attack on May 29. Repaired after the operation. |
| SS Paris (32) | United Kingdom |
Hospital carrier | 1913 | 1,790 | Capt. E A Biles | 2 | 630 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| HMS Pascholl | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1931 | 257 | Lt. T Johnson; T/Lt. Jack N Wise; Cdr. Charles E Hamond | 3 | 695 | |
| HMS Patria | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1937 | 343 | Lt. Cdr. N L J Pisani | 2 | 1,400 | |
| Patrie (P36) | French Navy |
Naval trawler | 1920 | 754 | 3 | 771 | ||
| ST Persia | Merchant Navy |
Harbour tug | 1932 | 165 | H Aldrich | 2 | 27 | |
| Pierre & Marie | France |
Trawler | 1897 | 166 | E.V. Royer | 1 | 293 | |
| HMS Plinlimmon (J66) | Royal Navy |
Paddle minesweeper | 1895 | 436 | T/Lt. Geoffrey Percival Baker | 1 | 900 | |
| HMT Polly Johnson | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1919 | 290 | Skr. Lt. L Lake | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| PS Portsdown | Merchant Navy |
Paddle steamer | 1928 | 342 | P/T/S/Lt. Richard Hepworth Church | 1 | 618 | |
| SS Prague | United Kingdom |
Troopship | 1930 | 4,220 | Capt. Clifford Rowland Baxter | 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 | 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 | 1 | 1,270 | |
| HMS Queen of Thanet (J30) | Royal Navy |
Paddle minesweeper | 1916 | 792 | A/T/Cdr. Sidney Peck Herival | 3 | 2,500 | |
| MV Queen of the Channel | United Kingdom |
Troopship | 1935 | 1,162 | Capt. W J O'Dell | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| Queen's Channel | Merchant Navy |
Hopper barge | 1911 | 583 | J L Bunt | 1 | 52 | |
| ST Racia | Merchant Navy |
Harbour tug | 1930 | 163 | A C Addison | 3 | 373 | |
| HMS Reiger | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1920 | 168 | Lt. Alexander Tyson | 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 | 2 | 136 | |
| Rennes | France |
Cargo ship | 1925 | 771 | Sunk by enemy action. | |||
| HMS Rian | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1934 | 232 | Lt. Cdr. John Isdale Miller | 1 | 257 | |
| HMS Rika | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1935 | 197 | Lt. Cdr. Joseph John Youngs | 2 | 495 | |
| Rockall | Belgium |
Fishing vessel | 1930 | 114 | 1 | 150 | ||
| SS Roebuck | Merchant Navy |
Cargo ship | 1925 | 776 | Capt. Wilfred Yvon Larbalestier | 1 | 689 | |
| MV Roselyne | Merchant Navy |
Coaster | 1918 | 138 | 0 | |||
| HMS Ross (N45) | Royal Navy |
Fleet minesweeper | 1919 | 710 | Cdr. John Pollington Apps (wounded May 31); Lt. Kenneth Arthur Gadd | 4 | 1,096 | Damaged by air attack on June 1. Left the operation for repairs. |
| Rouen | France |
Passenger ship | 1912 | 1,882 | 3 | 2,404 | ||
| MV Royal Daffodil | United Kingdom |
Troopship | 1939 | 2,060 | Capt. George Johnson | 5 | 7,461 | |
| HMS Royal Eagle | Royal Navy |
Anti-aircraft paddle steamer | 1932 | 1,539 | T/Lt. Cdr. Edward F A Farrow; Cdr. Edward C Cordeaux | 4 | 4,015 | |
| MV Royal Sovereign | United Kingdom |
Troopship | 1937 | 1,527 | Capt. Thomas Aldis | 6 | 6,370 | |
| Royalty | Merchant Navy |
Sailing barge | 101 | H Miller | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| HMS Ruja | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1926 | 175 | Lt. Harold Roger Webber | 1 | 217 | |
| SS Rye | Merchant Navy |
Cargo ship | 1924 | 1,048 | 0 | |||
| HMS Sabre (H18) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1918 | 905 | Cdr. Brian Dean | 10 | 3,912 | Damaged by shore gunfire on May 30. Repaired after the operation. |
| Saint Camille | France |
Cargo ship | 1920 | 3,274 | Sunk by enemy action. | |||
| Saint Octave | France |
Cargo ship | 1922 | 5,099 | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| HMS Saladin (H54) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1919 | 905 | Lt. Cdr. Laurence James Dover | 1 | 0 | Damaged by air attack on May 29. Left the operation for repairs. |
| HMS Salamander (N86) | Royal Navy |
Fleet minesweeper | 1936 | 815 | Lt. Cdr. Lionel James Spencer Ede | 3 | 1,193 | Damaged by air attack on June 1. Left the operation for repairs. |
| Salomé | France |
Tanker | 1940 | 13,400 | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| HMS Saltash (N62) | Royal Navy |
Fleet minesweeper | 1918 | 710 | Lt. Cdr. Thomas Randall Fowke | 3 | 750 | Left the operation on June 3 due to minor damage and tired crew. |
| HMS San Antonio | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1909 | 410 | Lt. Cdr. George Victor Legassick | 2 | 431 | |
| HMS Sandown (J20) | Royal Navy |
Paddle minesweeper | 1934 | 684 | A/Cdr. Kenneth Morland Greig | 2 | 695 | |
| HMT Saon (FY159) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1933 | 386 | Lt. Cdr. Arthur Geoffrey Gascoyne Webb | 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 | 3 | 455 | |
| Sassa | French Navy |
Tanker | 1936 | 750 | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| 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 | 5 | 2,716 | Damaged by collision on May 31. Left the operation for repairs on June 2. |
| SS Scotia | United Kingdom |
Troopship | 1921 | 3,454 | Capt. William Henry Hughes | 1 | 2,430 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| MV Scottish Co-operator | United Kingdom |
Storeship | 1939 | 513 | Capt. T S Robertson | 1 | 525 | |
| MV Seine | Merchant Navy |
Coaster | 1926 | 179 | Mr. C V Cogger; Lt. Cdr. P M Filleul | 2 | 543 | |
| MV Sequacity | United Kingdom |
Storeship | 1937 | 870 | Capt. J Macdonald | 0 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| HMS Sharpshooter (N68) | Royal Navy |
Fleet minesweeper | 1937 | 835 | Lt. Andrew Edward Doran | 3 | 342 | Damaged by collision on May 30. Left the operation for repairs. |
| HMS Shearwater (L39) | Royal Navy |
Sloop | 1939 | 580 | Lt. Cdr. Philip Frederick Powlett | 0 | 250 | On anti-submarine patrol from May 28-29. Escorted HMS Calcutta. |
| HMS Sheldrake (L06) | Royal Navy |
Sloop | 1937 | 530 | Lt. Cdr. Arthur Edward Tolfrey Christie | 1 | 0 | On anti-submarine patrol from May 28 to June 1. Destroyed wrecks of other ships. |
| Sherfield | Merchant Navy |
Motor barge | 1917 | 145 | A/S/Lt. John David Farquharson Kealey | 1 | 74 | |
| HMS Shikari (D85) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1924 | 905 | Lt. Cdr. Hugh Nicholas Aubyn Richardson | 7 | 3,349 | The last Allied ship to leave Dunkirk on June 4. |
| 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 | 4 | 959 | SUNK by air attack on June 1. |
| HMS Snaefell (J118) | Royal Navy |
Paddle minesweeper | 1907 | 466 | T/Lt. Frank Brett | 2 | 981 | |
| MV Southend Britannia | Merchant Navy |
Ferry | 1924 | 147 | T/Lt. Gordon Little Norton | 1 | 0 | |
| HMS Speedwell (N87) | Royal Navy |
Fleet minesweeper | 1935 | 815 | Lt. Cdr. Frederick Richard Guy Maunsell | 3 | 1,502 | |
| HMT Sphene (FY249) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1934 | 412 | Skr. Charles Pennington | 0 | 0 | |
| HMT Spurs (FY168) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1933 | 399 | Skr. Herbert Henry Jarvis | 0 | 0 | |
| HMT St Abbs (W02) | Royal Navy |
Rescue tug | 1918 | 465 | Lt. T E Brooker | 2 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| HMT St Achilleus (FY152) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1934 | 484 | T/Lt. Harry Alfred Gellett | 0 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| SS St Andrew (24) | United Kingdom |
Hospital carrier | 1932 | 2,702 | Capt. Herbert Cecil Bond | 1 | 122 | |
| HMT St Clears (W06) | Royal Navy |
Rescue tug | 1919 | 468 | William Josiah Penny | 1 | 70 | |
| SS St David (27) | United Kingdom |
Hospital carrier | 1932 | 2,702 | Capt. C Joy; Capt. B H Mendus | 1 | 118 | |
| HMT St Fagan (W74) | Royal Navy |
Rescue tug | 1919 | 420 | Lt. Cdr. George Henry Warren | 2 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| SS St Helier | United Kingdom |
Troopship | 1925 | 1,952 | Capt. Reginald Richard Pitman | 4 | 4,233 | |
| SS St Julien (29) | United Kingdom |
Hospital carrier | 1925 | 1,952 | Capt. L T Richardson | 1 | 247 | |
| HMT St Olaves (W40) | Royal Navy |
Rescue tug | 1919 | 468 | T/Skr. Henry Forester | 2 | 200 | |
| SS St Seiriol | United Kingdom |
Troopship | 1931 | 1,586 | Capt. R D Dobb; Mr. J McNamee; T/Lt. Alan Raymond MacKewn | 2 | 672 | |
| HMT Stella Dorado (FY131) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1935 | 416 | P/Skr. Walter Harcourt Burgess | 1 | 22 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| HMT Stella Rigel (FY657) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1926 | 358 | Skr. Lewis P Keable; P/T/S/Lt. James W Wykeham | 0 | 0 | |
| HMT Strathelliot | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1915 | 211 | P/T/S/Lt. Walter Edward Mercer | 2 | 335 | |
| HMD Strive | Royal Navy |
Naval drifter | 1912 | 102 | T/Skr. Henry Arthur Catchpole | 1 | 243 | |
| ST Sun | Merchant Navy |
Harbour tug | 1906 | 130 | Cdr. Edward Kirby LeMesurier | 1 | 173 | |
| HMT Sun III | Royal Navy |
Harbour tug | 1909 | 197 | F W Russell | 1 | 148 | |
| ST Sun IV | Merchant Navy |
Harbour tug | 1915 | 200 | Mr. C G Alexander; Lt. John E L Martin | 3 | 239 | |
| ST Sun V | Merchant Navy |
Harbour tug | 1915 | 200 | W H Mastin | 0 | 0 | |
| HMT Sun VII | Royal Navy |
Harbour tug | 1917 | 202 | G Cawsey | 1 | 0 | |
| HMT Sun VIII | Royal Navy |
Harbour tug | 1919 | 196 | S Smith | 1 | 120 | |
| ST Sun X | Merchant Navy |
Harbour tug | 1920 | 196 | W A Fothergill | 1 | 211 | |
| ST Sun XI | Merchant Navy |
Harbour tug | 1925 | 183 | J R Lukes | 2 | 188 | |
| ST Sun XII | Merchant Navy |
Harbour tug | 1925 | 183 | A V Mee | 1 | 0 | |
| ST Sun XV | Merchant Navy |
Harbour tug | 1925 | 183 | J J Belton; Cdr. Jeffery Elliott | 2 | 106 | |
| HMS Sursum Corda | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1933 | 199 | Lt. Christopher Phillpotts | 1 | 277 | |
| HMS Sutton (N78) | Royal Navy |
Fleet minesweeper | 1918 | 710 | A/Cdr. Grenville Mathias Temple | 4 | 1,100 | |
| ST Tanga | Merchant Navy |
Harbour tug | 1931 | 203 | Harry Philip Gouge | 3 | 367 | |
| HMY Taransay (FY057) | Royal Navy |
Armed yacht | 1930 | 175 | 1 | 162 | ||
| Thames | Belgium |
Harbour tug | 1904 | 144 | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| HMT Thomas Bartlett (FY553) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1918 | 290 | T/Skr. John Jeffrey Tomlinson | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| 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 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| HMS Tilly | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1939 | 381 | Cdr. W R T Clements; Lt. Cdr. Clement M Ramus | 3 | 588 | |
| HMS Tiny | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1939 | 351 | Lt. Cdr. Jack M D Hunter; Lt. Martin | 1 | 261 | |
| HMT Topaze (T40) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1935 | 421 | Lt. Cdr. John Nicholas Hambly | 1 | 118 | |
| HMS Twente | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1937 | 239 | Lt. Cdr. Humphry Gilbert Boys-Smith; Lt. A W McMullan | 3 | 900 | |
| SS Tynwald | United Kingdom |
Troopship | 1937 | 2,376 | Capt. W A Qualtrough; Mr. John H Whiteway; Lt. Cdr. William C Bushell | 5 | 6,880 | |
| HMS Vanquisher (D54) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1917 | 1,090 | Lt. Cdr. Conrad Alers-Hankey; Lt. Cdr. William Charles Bushell | 7 | 2,704 | Damaged by grounding. Repaired after the operation. |
| HMS Vega (L41) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1917 | 1,090 | Cdr. Cyril Ivan Horton | 0 | 34 | On anti-submarine patrol from May 28-31. Picked up survivors. |
| HMT Velia | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1914 | 290 | Skr. J Clarkson | 1 | 0 | |
| HMS Venomous (D75) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1919 | 1,120 | Lt. Cdr. John Edwin Home McBeath | 5 | 3,128 | Damaged by air attack on May 31. Repaired after the operation. |
| Venus (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 (wounded May 27); Lt. Eric Lister Jones | 3 | 367 | Damaged by shellfire on May 27. Left the operation on May 30. |
| HMS Vimy (D33) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1918 | 1,090 | Lt. Cdr. Richard Knowling (missing May 28); Lt. Adrian Northey; Lt. Cdr. Michael Wentworth Ewart-Wentworth | 7 | 2,987 | Damaged by collision on June 1. Left the operation for repairs. |
| ST Vincia | Merchant Navy |
Harbour tug | 1909 | 150 | A V Hoiles | 1 | 24 | |
| HMS Vivacious (D36) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1917 | 1,090 | Lt. Cdr. Frank Reginald Woodbine Parish; Cdr Emile Dechaineux | 5 | 1,649 | Damaged by shore gunfire on May 31. Repaired after the operation. |
| HMT Viviana (FY238) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1936 | 452 | Skr. Gunnar Lie Olesen | 0 | ||
| HMS Vrede | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1932 | 400 | Lt. Cdr. Robert Tindle Lampard | 1 | 473 | |
| Vulcain | Belgium |
Harbour tug | 1903 | 200 | 1 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. | |
| W.24 | Merchant Navy |
Hopper barge | 1938 | 870 | H F Boyce | 2 | 1,060 | |
| W.26 | Merchant Navy |
Hopper barge | 1938 | W J Allen | 1 | 296 | ||
| HMS Wakeful (L91) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1917 | 1,100 | Cdr. Ralph Lindsay Fisher | 2 | 631 | SUNK by a German torpedo boat on May 29. |
| HMS Waverley (J51) | Royal Navy |
Paddle minesweeper | 1899 | 537 | T/Lt. Sydney Frederick Harmer-Elliott | 1 | 0 | SUNK by a German torpedo boat on May 29. |
| HMS Wega | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1927 | 192 | 0 | |||
| SS Westcove | United Kingdom |
Blockship | 1912 | 2,734 | Lt. Cdr. Alec Murray McKillop | 1 | n/a | Deliberately sunk. |
| HMT Westella (FY161) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1934 | 413 | Ch. Skr. Andrew Gove | 0 | 0 | Sunk by enemy action. |
| HMS Westward Ho (J43) | Royal Navy |
Paddle minesweeper | 1894 | 460 | T/Lt. A L U Braithwaite | 3 | 1,686 | |
| PS Whippingham | Merchant Navy |
Paddle steamer | 1930 | 825 | T/Lt. Eric Reed | 1 | 2,500 | |
| HMS Whitehall (D94) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1924 | 1,120 | Lt. Cdr. Archibald Boyd Russell | 5 | 2,762 | Damaged by collision on May 31. Repaired after the operation. |
| HMS Whitshed (D77) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1919 | 1,120 | Cdr. Edward Reignier Conder | 3 | 1,038 | Damaged by collisions on June 2 and June 3. Repaired after the operation. |
| SS Whitstable | Merchant Navy |
Cargo ship | 1925 | 688 | Capt. W Baxter | 1 | 14 | |
| HMS Widgeon (L62) | Royal Navy |
Sloop | 1938 | 530 | Lt. Cdr. Roger Frederick | 0 | 151 | On anti-submarine patrol from May 28-31. Picked up survivors. |
| HMS Wild Swan (D62) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1919 | 1,120 | Lt. Cdr. John Leslie Younghusband | 1 | 21 | Damaged by air attack on May 26. Left the operation for repairs. |
| HMS Winchelsea (D46) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1918 | 1,100 | Lt. Cdr. William Alan Frank Hawkins | 6 | 4,017 | Damaged by grounding on May 31. Repaired after the operation. |
| HMS Windsor (L94) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1918 | 1,100 | Lt Cdr Peter Pelly | 6 | 3,991 | Damaged by air attack on May 28. Repaired after the operation. |
| HMS Wolfhound (D56) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1918 | 1,100 | Lt. Cdr. John Wentworth McCoy | 1 | 142 | Damaged by grounding on May 27. Left the operation for repairs. |
| HMS Wolsey (L02) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1918 | 1,120 | Lt. Cdr. Colin Henry Campbell | 6 | 3,056 | Damaged by collision on May 31. Left the operation for repairs. |
| HMT Wolves (FY158) | Royal Navy |
Naval trawler | 1934 | 422 | Skr. John D Fowler; Skr. Wilfred S Flowers | 1 | 50 | |
| MV Wootton | Merchant Navy |
Ferry | 1928 | 154 | 0 | |||
| HMS Worcester (D96) | Royal Navy |
Destroyer | 1922 | 1,120 | Cdr. John Hamilton Allison | 6 | 4,661 | Damaged by air attack on June 1. Left the operation for repairs. |
| SS Worthing (30) | United Kingdom |
Hospital carrier | 1928 | 2,294 | Capt. C G G Munton | 2 | 600 | |
| SS Worthtown | United Kingdom |
Storeship | 1939 | 868 | 0 | |||
| X.95 | Royal Navy |
Motor lighter (a flat-bottomed boat) | 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/S/Lt. William R Williams | 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 | 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; T/S/Lt. Michael A A Chodzko | 4 | 391 | |
| HMS Zeus | Royal Navy |
Dutch coastal ship | 1927 | 200 | Lt. Cdr. Cecil Brooke Hoggan | 2 | 601 |
Contents
Understanding the Ship List
This section helps you understand the details in the table above.
Ship Names and Numbers
- Name (Pennant Number): Ships are listed in alphabetical order. The number in brackets, called a pennant number, was usually painted on the ship's side. It helped identify naval ships.
Flags and What They Mean
- Flag: This shows the country the ship belonged to.
- The White Ensign was flown by all British Royal Navy warships.
- The Red Ensign was for British civilian ships, like those in the Merchant Navy.
- The Blue Ensign was used for non-military British government ships, such as hospital ships or troopships.
- French and Belgian naval and civilian flags looked similar to their national flags.
Ship Size (Tonnage)
- Size (Tons): This column shows how big the ships were.
- For commercial ships (like cargo ships or ferries), "Tons" refers to their total internal space, called Gross Register Tonnage (GRT).
- For naval ships (like destroyers or minesweepers), "Tons" means their displacement. This is the weight of the water the ship pushes aside, which is the same as the ship's weight.
- Because these two ways of measuring size are different, you can't directly compare the "Tons" for a cargo ship and a destroyer.
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