List of ships at Dunkirk
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This list consists of all major[lower-alpha 1] 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A5 | File:Government Ensign of Belgium.svgBelgian Naval Corps | Naval trawler | 1917 | 326 | Lt. J d'Hauwer | 1 | 229 | |
| HMS Abel Tasman | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Cargo ship | 1918 | 8,033 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| Adjader | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Dredger | 1900 | 414 | 1 | 0 | ||
| HMY Adventuress | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Armed yacht | 1898 | 322 | 1 | 85 | ||
| HMS Aegir | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 277 | Lt. William Whitworth, RN | 3 | 952 | |
| Aidie | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Sailing barge | 1925 | 144 | Skipper H Potter | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| Aïn el Turk | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Cargo ship | 1925 | 2,508 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| HMS Albury (N41) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1919 | 710 | Lt. Cdr. Colin Henry Corbet-Singleton, RN | 6 | 1,851 | |
| HMD Alcmaria (FY1525) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1916 | 148 | Skr. Arthur Offord, RNR | 1 | 32 | |
| HMS Alice | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 291 | Lt. Hubert Slater, RN | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| HMS Amazone | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 250 | Lt. Cdr. Lawrence Henry Phillips, RN (retd) | 3 | 639 | |
| André Louis (AD29) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1907 | 284 | L.V. Aubert | 2 | 549 | |
| Angèle Marie (AD71) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1929 | 238 | 2 | 199 | ||
| HMS Anthony (H40) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1912 | 157 | Lt. Malcolm Buist, RN | 2 | 593 | |
| SS Archangel | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1910 | 2,448 | 0 | 0 | With Royal Daffodil transported 30th Brigade to defend Calais.[1] | |
| HMT Arctic Pioneer (FY164) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval Trawler | 1937 | 501 | Lt. Robert Cambridge, RNR | 0 | 0 | |
| HMT Argyllshire | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1938 | 540 | S/Lt. John Sturdee Weddle, RNR | 0 | 0 | Sunk |
| HMT Arley (FY620) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1914 | 304 | Skr. Lt. George Robinson, RNR | 1 | 45 | |
| HMY Aronia | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Armed yacht | 1929 | 193 | T/S/Lt. John Llewellyn, RNVR | 1 | 42 | |
| Arras (A05) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Sloop | 1918 | 850 | 1 | 542 | ||
| HMS Atlantic | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1930 | 221 | Lt. Cdr. Leonard Fordham, RNR | 2 | 311 | |
| SS Autocarrier | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Passenger ship | 1931 | 822 | Capt. C M Masters, Master | 2 | 712 | |
| Barbara Jean | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Sailing barge | 1925 | 144 | Skipper C Webb | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| HMS Bart | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1938 | 435 | Lt. Cdr. Edward Ball, RN (retd) | 1 | 0 | |
| HMS Basilisk (H11) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1931 | 1,360 | Cdr Maxwell Richmond, RN | 3 | 695 | Sunk by air attack off La Panne on 1 June |
| MV Beal | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Storeship | 1936 | 504 | Capt. J W Liley, Master | 1 | 364 | |
| Beatrice Maud | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Sailing barge | 1910 | 102 | Skipper L Horlock | 1 | 313 | |
| Belfort (Q74) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Sloop | 1920 | 850 | C.C. L Viel | 1 | 0 | |
| SS Ben-my-Chree | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1927 | 2,586 | Capt. George Woods, Master | 3 | 3,845 | |
| Bernadette (AD90) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1914 | 302 | M.P. P Stohlberger | 1 | 0 | |
| SS Biarritz | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1915 | 2,388 | Capt. William Hay Baker, Master | 0 | 0 | |
| HMS Bideford (L43) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 422 | Skr. William Martin, RNR; Cdr. R W English, RN (retd) | 0 | 0 | Sunk |
| ORP Błyskawica (H34) | File:Naval Ensign of Poland.svg Polish Navy | Destroyer | 1937 | 2,043 | Kmdr ppor. Stanisław Michal Nahorski | 1 | 0 | On anti-submarine patrol 28–31 May |
| HMS Bornrif | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 336 | Lt. Arthur Norman Blundell, RNR | 2 | 146 | |
| Bouclier (T141) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Torpedo boat | 1938 | 610 | C.F. (T) de la Fournière | 6 | 1,437 | |
| Bourrasque (T41) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Destroyer[lower-alpha 2] | 1926 | 1,320 | C.F. (D) R Fouque | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| HMS Brandaris | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1938 | 249 | Cdr. Charles Euman, RN (retd) | 2 | 330 | |
| Branlebas (T113) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Torpedo boat[lower-alpha 3] | 1938 | 610 | C.C. de Cacqueray | 3 | 1,180 | |
| HMS Brighton Belle (J117) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1900 | 396 | T/Lt. Leonard Perrin, RNVR | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| HMS Brighton Queen (J28) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1905 | 807 | T/Lt. Archie Stubbs, RNR | 1 | 160 | Sunk |
| HMT Brock (FY621) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1914 | 304 | Skr. Joseph Jappy, RNR; P/S/Lt. Kenneth H G Roberts, RNVR | 1 | 6 | |
| MV Bullfinch | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Coaster | 1936 | 433 | Capt. H Buxton | 1 | 713 | |
| HMT C9 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Harbour tug | 1919 | 138 | C or J Treleaven, Master | 1 | 23 | |
| HMS Calcutta (I82) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Anti-aircraft cruiser | 1919 | 4,200 | Capt. Dennis Lees, RN | 2 | 1,856 | On anti-aircraft patrol 1–2 June |
| HMY Caleta | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Armed yacht | 1930 | 138 | T/Lt. James Dunning, RNVR | 1 | 43 | |
| HMT Calvi | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1930 | 363 | T/Skr. Bertie David Spindler, RNR | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| SS Canterbury | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1929 | 2,910 | Capt. Charles Hancock, Master | 4 | 4,369 | |
| Cap d'Antifer (AD69) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1912 | 294 | 1 | 291 | ||
| Cap Tafelnah | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Cargo ship | 1920 | 2,299 | Sunk | |||
| HMT Cape Argona (FY190) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1936 | 494 | T/Lt. Kenneth Lee, RNVR | 0 | 0 | |
| Caporal Peugeot (AD9) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval drifter | 1923 | 102 | M. Josselin | 1 | 105 | |
| HMS Caribia | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1936 | 312 | Lt. Donald Swift, RN | 2 | 583 | |
| HMT Cayton Wyke (FY191) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1932 | 373 | Cdr. R H B Hammond-Chambers, RN (retd) | 1 | 277 | |
| Cérès | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Cargo ship | 1918 | 3,073 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cérons (P21) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval cargo ship | 1923 | 1,049 | ||||
| ST Cervia | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1925 | 157 | W H Simmons, Master | 1 | 30 | |
| ST Challenge | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1931 | 212 | 1 | 0 | ||
| HMY Christabel II | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Armed yacht | 1928 | 111 | T/Lt. Hubert Edward Wigfull, RNVR | 1 | 33 | |
| Ciel de France (C5598) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Trawler | 2 | 108 | ||||
| SS City of Christchurch | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Transport ship | 1915 | 6,009 | Capt. A W Wooster, Master | 1 | 0 | |
| SS Clan Macalister | United Kingdom Merchant Navy | Transport ship | 1930 | 6,787 | Capt. R W Mackie, Master | 1 | 0 | Sunk[lower-alpha 4] |
| HMT Clyth Ness (FY1596) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1920 | 276 | P/Skr. Ernest George Catchpole, RNR | 1 | 150 | |
| HMS Codrington (D82) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1930 | 1,540 | Capt. (D) George Stevens-Guille, RN | 8 | 5,450 | |
| Commandant Delage (A12) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1939 | 630 | C.C. Froget | 2 | 624 | |
| Commandant Rivière (A32) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1939 | 630 | 1 | 276 | ||
| ST Contest | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1933 | 213 | H J Bates, Master | 1 | 0 | |
| Costaud | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Harbour tug | 1934 | 139 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| Côte d'Argent | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Passenger ship | 1932 | 3,047 | 5 | 5,152 | ||
| Côte d'Azur | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Passenger ship | 1930 | 3,047 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| Credo (DG924) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Trawler | 1 | 53 | ||||
| ST Crested Cock | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1935 | 177 | T Hills, Master | 1 | 0 | |
| HMS Crested Eagle | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Anti-aircraft paddle steamer | 1925 | 1,110 | P/T/Lt. Cdr. Bernard Booth, RNR | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| Cyclone (T61) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Destroyer | 1927 | 1,320 | C.V. (D) U de Portzamparc | 1 | 705 | |
| HNLMS De Mok I | File:Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg Royal Netherlands Navy | Armed yacht | 1940 | 149 | 3 | 214 | Sunk | |
| HMS Delta | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1934 | 200 | Lt. Cdr. D F Lawrence, RN (retd) | 2 | 282 | |
| HMS Deneb | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1927 | 199 | 1 | 100 | ||
| Denis Papin (AD48) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1917 | 309 | L.V. J F Raquez (S.O.) | 3 | 405 | Sunk |
| HMS Despatch II | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1931 | 199 | Capt. F E Wilmot-Sitwell, RN (retd) | 2 | 428 | |
| HMS Devonia (J113) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1905 | 622 | T/Lt. John Brotchie, RNVR | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| Dhoon | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Trawler | 1915 | 323 | 1 | 130 | ||
| Dijonnais (AD33) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 389 | ||||
| Diligente | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Gunboat | 1915 | 315 | 1 | 346 | ||
| SS Dinard (28) | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Hospital carrier | 1924 | 2,313 | Capt. P Lewis, Master; Mr. John W A Jones, Chief Officer | 2 | 361 | |
| HMS Doggersbank | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 208 | Lt. Donald McBarnet, RN | 2 | 708 | |
| HMT Doria | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Harbour tug | 1909 | 150 | A W Mastin, Master | 1 | 90 | |
| HMD Dorienta | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1914 | 101 | Skr. William Reynolds, RNR | 1 | 65 | |
| SS Dorrien Rose | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Storeship | 1922 | 1,039 | Capt. William Thompson, Master | 2 | 1,541 | |
| Douaisien | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Cargo ship | 1920 | 2,954 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| HMS Duchess of Fife (J115) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1903 | 336 | T/Lt. John Anderson, RNR | 4 | 1,633 | |
| HMS Dundalk (N60) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1919 | 710 | Lt. Cdr. Frederick Arthur Ivone Kirkpatrick, RN (retd) | 3 | 1,129 | |
| Duperré | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Trawler | 1918 | 337 | 1 | 307 | ||
| Edmond-René (AD51) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1907 | 288 | 1 | 0 | ||
| SS Edv. Nissen | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Blockship | 1921 | 2,062 | Lt. Edward John King-Wood, RNR | 1 | n/a | Deliberately sunk |
| Edwina | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Naval trawler | 1915 | 267 | Skipper P Bedford | 1 | 120 | |
| HMD Eileen Emma | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1914 | 102 | P/T/Skr. Barney Everite Sebert Smith, RNR | 1 | 114 | |
| Elbe | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | Harbour tug | 1904 | 150 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| Emile Deschamps (AD20) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1922 | 349 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| Emma (AD89) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1902 | 255 | 1 | 164 | Sunk | |
| HMS Emperor of India (J106) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1906 | 482 | T/Lt. Charles Pawley, RNR | 3 | 644 | |
| ST Empire Henchman | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Rescue tug | 1940 | 243 | J or E Fisher, Master | 3 | 0 | |
| Epervier (X112) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Large destroyer | 1934 | 2,441 | 0 | 0 | ||
| HMS Esk (H15) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Coaster | 1917 | 472 | 1 | 27 | ||
| Ethel Everard | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Sailing barge | 1926 | 190 | T Willis, Master | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| HMT Evelyn Rose (4.136) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1918 | 327 | T/Skr. Arthur John Lewis, RNR | 1 | 130 | |
| HMS Express (H61) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1911 | 162 | S Wright; G Finch | 3 | 0 | |
| HMD Feasible | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1912 | 103 | Skr. Charles Carstairs Findlay, RNR | 1 | 0 | |
| SS Fenella | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1937 | 2,376 | Capt. W Gubbon, Master | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| MV Fishbourne | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Ferry | 1927 | 136 | 1 | 0 | ||
| HMS Fitzroy (N03) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Storeship | 1922 | 811 | Capt. A T Mastin, Master | 1 | 98 | |
| Foremost 101 | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Hopper barge | 1939 | 833 | W E Llewellyn, Master | 1 | 70 | |
| Foremost 102 | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Hopper barge | 1940 | 833 | W C Attwaters, Master | 1 | 200 | |
| HMT Foremost 22 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Harbour tug | 1924 | 211 | C Fieldgate, Master (sick); F M Holden, A/Master | 2 | 91 | |
| HMT Foremost 87 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Harbour tug | 1935 | 163 | Capt. James Fryer, Master | 2 | 95 | |
| ST Fossa | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1929 | 105 | S/Lt. Martin Solomon, RNVR | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| Foudroyant (T52) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Destroyer | 1930 | 1,380 | C.C. Fontaine | 3 | 1,250 | Sunk |
| François Tixier | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Cargo ship | 1918 | 499 | 1 | 0 | ||
| HMS Fredanja | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1936 | 277 | Lt. Cdr. Kenneth Stewart, RN (retd) | 2 | 680 | |
| HMS Friso | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 250 | Lt. George Osborn Symonds, RN | 2 | 495 | |
| Fronsac | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Cargo ship | 1906 | 518 | 1 | 289 | ||
| HMT Fyldea (FY666) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Hopper barge | 1936 | 821 | J F Mason, Master; S/Lt. Francis N F Johnston, RN | 1 | 123 | |
| Gaston Rivier | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1918 | 315 | 1 | 120 | ||
| Gateshead | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Cargo ship | 1919 | 744 | Capt. J R Linn, Master | |||
| Gâtinais (AD43) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1933 | 389 | 1 | 159 | ||
| HMT Gava | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1920 | 257 | Skr. Day, RNR; P/T/Lt. Francis Joseph Jordan, RNR | 1 | 160 | |
| Georges-Edouard | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | Trawler | 1937 | 217 | Capt. M Coppin, Master | 1 | 401 | |
| HMD Gervais Rentoul | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1917 | 100 | P/T/Skr. John Henry Burgess, RNR | 3 | 187 | |
| HMD Girl Gladys | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1917 | 110 | T/Skr. Frank Francis Lewis Strowger, RNR | 4 | 311 | |
| HMS Glen Avon (J104) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1912 | 509 | T/Lt. Bertie Horace Loyns, RNR | 2 | 885 | |
| HMS Glen Gower (J16) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1922 | 553 | A/Cdr. Michael Anthony Ormus Biddulph, RN (S.O.) | 2 | 1,235 | |
| SS Glengarriff | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Coaster | 1936 | 868 | 1 | 64 | ||
| Glenway | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Sailing barge | 1913 | 110 | W H Easton, Master | 1 | 213 | |
| HMS Golden Eagle | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | Rescue tug | 1921 | 354 | 1 | 183 | ||
| HMS Gorecht | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1927 | 187 | P/S/Lt. David Edwards, RNR | 1 | 47 | |
| HMS Gossamer (N63) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1936 | 393 | T/Lt. N Larkin, RNR; T/Lt. Alfred C Weeks, RNVR | 1 | 281 | |
| HMS Grafton (H89) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 419 | Lt. William Riley, RNVR | 0 | 0 | |
| HMY Grive | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Armed yacht | 1905 | 816 | Capt. The Hon. Lionel John Oliver Lambert, RN (retd) | 3 | 1,110 | Sunk |
| HMS Guillemot (L89) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Armed yacht | 1934 | 201 | T/Lt. Cedric Brammall, RNR | 4 | 563 | |
| HMS Halcyon (N42) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Cargo ship | 1920 | 1,684 | 1 | 0 | ||
| HMS Hebe (N24) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1932 | 176 | 2 | 337 | ||
| Henri Louis (AD397) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1 | 98 | ||||
| Henriette | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Trawler | 1906 | 261 | 1 | 0 | ||
| HMS Hilda | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 250 | Lt. Archibald Gray, RN | 2 | 883 | |
| MV Hird | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | Cargo ship | 1924 | 4,950 | Capt. Ansgar M Fredhjem, Master | 1 | 2,850 | |
| SS Holland | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1937 | 227 | Lt. Frederick Thomas Renny, RNR | 4 | 1,442 | |
| HMS Horst | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Cargo ship | 1925 | 688 | Capt. R W Morford, Master | 1 | 749 | |
| HMS Icarus (D03) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1914 | 248 | Lt. Cdr. Alister Angus Martin, RNR (G.O.) | 1 | 0 | |
| SS Isle of Guernsey (26) | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Hospital carrier | 1930 | 2,143 | Capt. Ernest Leonard Hill, Master; Capt. Hodges | 2 | 836 | |
| SS Isle of Thanet (22) | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Hospital carrier | 1925 | 2,701 | Capt. A J Hammond, Master | 1 | 0 | |
| HMS Ivanhoe (D16) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1937 | 200 | 3 | 668 | ||
| HMT Jacinta (4.138) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1915 | 289 | 1 | 0 | ||
| HMS Jackal (F22) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1939 | 1,720 | Cdr. Trevylyan Michael Napier, RN | 0 | 0 | On anti-submarine patrol from 31 May |
| Jacobsen | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Cargo ship | 1923 | 523 | 1 | 181 | ||
| HMS Jaguar (F34) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1932 | 381 | Lt. Arthur Johnson, RNVR | 0 | 0 | |
| ST Java | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1905 | 128 | W Jones, Master | 1 | 270 | |
| HMS Javelin (F61) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | Doublecourt, Skipper | 2 | 188 | |||
| Jean Ribault (AD81) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval drifter | 1933 | 153 | P.M. Dupiénois | 1 | 97 | |
| Jeanne Antoine | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Trawler | 1 | 53 | ||||
| Jésus Flagelle (B1853) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Trawler | 1 | 89 | ||||
| Jeune France (Di1213) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Trawler | 1 | 186 | ||||
| HMT John Cattling (FY536) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1918 | 276 | T/Skr. George W Aldan, RNR; T/Lt. Guy St C Rideal, RNVR | 1 | 77 | |
| Jolie Mascotte (C1347) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Trawler | 1 | 60 | ||||
| Jolie Rose Effeuillée | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Trawler | 1 | 0 | ||||
| HMS Jutland | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1919 | 710 | Cdr. Reginald Cecil Haskett-Smith, RN | 5 | 1,446 | |
| Kerkena | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Cargo ship | 1922 | 1,579 | 1 | 247 | ||
| SS Killarney | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Passenger ship | 1893 | 2,081 | Capt. Richard Hughes, Master | 1 | 656 | |
| HMD Kindred Star | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1926 | 801 | Capt. Robert McCallum McLean, Master | 5 | 4,263 | |
| HMS King Orry | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Armed boarding vessel | 1913 | 1,877 | Cdr. Jeffery Elliott, RNR | 1 | 1,139 | Sunk |
| HMS Kingfisher (L70) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1933 | 412 | Ch. Skr. Albert Henry Foster, RNR | 0 | 0 | |
| HMT Kingston Andalusite (FY160) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 415 | A/Skr. John Bruce, RNR | 0 | 0 | |
| HMT Kingston Galena (FY145) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 415 | P/S/Lt. James Lindsay Pringle, RNVR | 0 | 0 | |
| HMT Kingston Olivine (FY193) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1930 | 378 | Lt. George Windsor Gregorie, RNR | 0 | 0 | |
| L'Impétueuse (A35) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1940 | 630 | C.C. Bachy | 2 | 1,231 | |
| La Boudeuse (A18) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1940 | 630 | 1 | 281 | ||
| La Colombe (C1322) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Trawler | 2 | 111 | ||||
| La Flore (T143) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Torpedo boat | 1937 | 610 | C.C. Roussel de Courcy | 4 | 1,371 | |
| La Nantaise (P135) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1933 | 403 | L.V. Jaume | 1 | ||
| HMT Lady Brassey | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Rescue tug | 1913 | 362 | Frederick John Hopgood, Master | 3 | 0 | |
| SS Lady of Mann | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1930 | 3,104 | Capt. Thomas C Woods, Master | 4 | 2,906 | |
| HMT Lady Philomena (FY148) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1936 | 417 | Skr. Joseph Hodson, RNR | 1 | 172 | |
| Lady Rosebery | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Sailing barge | 1917 | 109 | W F Ellis, Master | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| MV Lady Sheila | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Coaster | 1935 | 216 | G H E Brooks, Master | 1 | 185 | |
| Lady Southborough | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Hopper barge | 1923 | 704 | Capt. A M Poole, Master | 1 | 478 | |
| Le Chasse Marée (AD94) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1920 | 251 | L.V. Y Drogou | 4 | 947 | |
| Le Moussaillon (AD79) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1932 | 183 | 2 | 307 | ||
| Le Puissant | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Harbour tug | 1938 | 245 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| Le Robuste | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Harbour tug | 1939 | 250 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| HMS Leda (N93) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1938 | 383 | Lt. Cdr. R P C Hawkins, RN (retd) | 3 | 1,003 | |
| Léopard (X22) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Large destroyer | 1927 | 2,126 | C.F. C Loisel | 0 | 19 | |
| SS Levenwood | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Coaster | 1924 | 803 | Capt. William Oswald Young, Master | 1 | 51 | |
| L'Incomprise (T112) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Torpedo boat | 1938 | 610 | C.C. Gras | 4 | 636 | |
| SS Lochgarry | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Passenger ship | 1898 | 1,670 | Capt. Ewen Mackinnon, Master | 1 | 1,001 | |
| HMS Locust (T28) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1930 | 116 | (Lt) Geoffrey Thrippleton Marr RNR | 1 | 315 | |
| HMT Lord Grey (FY1593) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1928 | 346 | T/Skr. William J Tiller; T/Lt. John A Simson, RNVR | 1 | 123 | |
| HMT Lord Inchcape (FY1611) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1924 | 338 | T/S/Lt. Serlo Jack Longsdon, RNVR (U.O.) | 1 | 240 | |
| HMD Lord Keith | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1930 | 116 | R Pye, Master | 1 | 315 | |
| HMT Lord Melchett (FY672) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1929 | 347 | Skr. Robert C Taylor, RNR; Lt. William H Ward, RNVR (G.O.) | 0 | 0 | |
| HMD Lord Rodney | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1928 | 104 | Robert Durrant, Master | 1 | 0 | |
| HMD Lord St Vincent | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1929 | 115 | 1 | 150 | ||
| SS Lorina | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1918 | 1,578 | Capt. A Light, Master | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| HMS Lormont | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval cargo ship | 1927 | 1,561 | Lt. Cdr. Walter Stuart Smithies, RN (retd) | 1 | 1,084 | |
| Louise et Marie (AD2) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1916 | 265 | 1 | 78 | ||
| Lucien Gougy (AD28) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval drifter | 1935 | 150 | L.V. Foignet | 2 | 283 | |
| Lutteur | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Rescue tug | 1919 | 150 | 2 | 287 | ||
| HMS Lydd (N44) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1918 | 2,386 | Capt. A E Larkins, Master (sick); Capt. Gordon Dyer Walker, Master | 4 | 5,503 | |
| HMS Malcolm (D19) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Destroyer | 1919 | 1,530 | Capt (D)[lower-alpha 5] 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 | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Passenger ship | 1921 | 2,980 | Capt. G H Mallory, Master (quitted 2 June) | 2 | 1,469 | |
| HMS Mallard (L42) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1904 | 2,030 | Capt. Philip Basil Cowley, Master (disembarked 2 June) | 3 | 2,298 | |
| Margaux | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Cargo ship | 1912 | 1,463 | 1 | 1,369 | ||
| Marguerite Rose (AD23) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1931 | 409 | Sunk | |||
| Maria Eléna (AD54) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval drifter | 1932 | 146 | E.V. Fatout | 1 | 120 | |
| HMS Marmion (J114) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1906 | 409 | T/Lt. Harry Cecil Gaffney, RNVR | 3 | 745 | |
| Mars | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Cargo ship | 1918 | 721 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| Max | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | Harbour tug | 1911 | 177 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| HMS Medway Queen (J48) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1924 | 316 | T/Lt. Alfred Thomas Cook, RNR | 7 | 2,914 | |
| Mistral (T63) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Destroyer | 1927 | 1,320 | C.C. Lavene; L.V. Guillanton | 1 | 37 | |
| HMD Monarda | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1916 | 108 | T/Lt. Pearce Trewhella Lovelock, RNVR | 1 | 110 | |
| HMS Mona's Isle | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Armed boarding vessel | 1905 | 1,688 | Cdr. John Charles Keith Dowding, RNR | 2 | 2,491 | |
| SS Mona's Queen | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1934 | 2,756 | Capt. Radcliffe Duggan, Master; Capt. A Holkham, Master | 1 | 1,312 | Sunk |
| Monique-Camille (AD25) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 277 | 1 | 302 | ||
| Monique Schiaffino | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Cargo ship | 1929 | 3,236 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| HMS Montrose (D01) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Trawler | 1906 | 303 | 1 | 58 | ||
| SS Moyle | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Blockship | 1907 | 1,761 | Lt. Cdr. Robert Henry Douglas Lane, RN | 1 | n/a | Deliberately scuttled 4 June |
| SS Nephrite | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Storeship | 1927 | 927 | Capt. Cyril Gilford West, Master | 1 | 504 | |
| MV New Prince of Wales | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Ferry | 1923 | 137 | S/Lt. Peter Harry Edward Bennett, RN | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| Newhaven | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Passenger ship | 1911 | 1,888 | _____, Master; Lt. Cdr. Lionel H Phillips, RN (from HMS Amazone) | 3 | 1,781 | |
| MV Ngaroma | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Coaster | 1931 | 503 | Capt. John William Dickinson, Master | 1 | 30 | |
| HMS Niger (N73) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1936 | 815 | Cdr. St John Cronyn, RN | 4 | 1,108 | |
| SS Normannia | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1911 | 1,567 | Capt. M C Whiting, Master | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| Normanville | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Cargo ship | 1921 | 1,803 | 1 | 438 | ||
| Notre Dame Des Miracles (Di1194) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Trawler | 1 | 85 | ||||
| Noune (DG694) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Trawler | 1 | 66 | ||||
| HMD Ocean Breeze | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1927 | 112 | Skipper Bailey, ?; Lt. Victor Alexander C H G De Mauny, RN (retd) | 2 | 144 | |
| ST Ocean Cock | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1932 | 182 | A V Mastin, Master | 1 | 0 | |
| HMT Olvina (FY154) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 425 | T/S/Lt. John Handley Cooper, RNVR (U.O.) | 1 | 244 | |
| HMS Oranje | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1937 | 231 | Lt. Hugh Trevor Crispin, RN | 3 | 606 | |
| HMS Oriole (J110) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1917 | 275 | Skr. James Henry Miller, RNR | 1 | 200 | |
| HMS Pacific | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1938 | 362 | Lt. Cdr. Charles John Skrine, RN (retd) | 3 | 994 | |
| SS Pacifico | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Blockship | 1905 | 687 | Lt. Cdr. Garth Henry Fyson Owles, RN | 1 | n/a | Deliberately sunk |
| SS Palmston | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Cargo ship | 1907 | 430 | 0 | |||
| HMS Pangbourne (N37) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Hospital carrier | 1913 | 1,790 | Capt. E A Biles, Master | 2 | 630 | Sunk |
| HMS Pascholl | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1937 | 343 | Lt. Cdr. N L J Pisani, RN (retd) | 2 | 1,400 | |
| Patrie (P36) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1920 | 754 | 3 | 771 | ||
| ST Persia | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1932 | 165 | H Aldrich, Master | 2 | 27 | |
| Pierre & Marie | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Trawler | 1897 | 166 | E.V. Royer (i/c convoy) | 1 | 293 | |
| HMS Plinlimmon (J66) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1895 | 436 | T/Lt. Geoffrey Percival Baker, RNVR | 1 | 900 | |
| HMT Polly Johnson | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1919 | 290 | Skr. Lt. L Lake, RNR (retd) | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| PS Portsdown | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Paddle steamer | 1928 | 342 | P/T/S/Lt. Richard Hepworth Church, RNR | 1 | 618 | |
| SS Prague | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1930 | 4,220 | Capt. Clifford Rowland Baxter, Master | 2 | 2,891 | |
| Président Briand (AD108) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1932 | 227 | L.V.(?) Le Talaer | 2 | 283 | |
| HMS Princess Elizabeth (J111) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1927 | 388 | T/Lt. Cecil John Carp, RNVR | 4 | 1,673 | |
| PS Princess Helena | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Paddle steamer | 1883 | 246 | 0 | |||
| TSS Princess Maud | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1934 | 2,883 | Capt. Henry Clarke, Master | 1 | 1,270 | |
| HMS Queen of Thanet (J30) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1916 | 792 | A/T/Cdr. Sidney Peck Herival, RNVR (S.O.) | 3 | 2,500 | |
| MV Queen of the Channel | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1935 | 1,162 | Capt. W J O'Dell, Master | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| Queen's Channel | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Hopper barge | 1911 | 583 | J L Bunt, Master | 1 | 52 | |
| ST Racia | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1930 | 163 | A C Addison, Master | 3 | 373 | |
| HMS Reiger | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1920 | 168 | Lt. Alexander Tyson, RN | 3 | 592 | |
| Reine des Flots (P39) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1923 | 608 | E.V. Le Bitoux | 1 | 62 | |
| HMD Renascent | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1926 | 100 | Skr. Richard Edward Hannaford, RNR | 2 | 136 | |
| Rennes | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Cargo ship | 1925 | 771 | Sunk | |||
| HMS Rian | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1934 | 232 | Lt. Cdr. John Isdale Miller, RNR | 1 | 257 | |
| HMS Rika | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1935 | 197 | Lt. Cdr. Joseph John Youngs, RNR | 2 | 495 | |
| Rockall | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | Fishing vessel | 1930 | 114 | 1 | 150 | ||
| SS Roebuck | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Cargo ship | 1925 | 776 | Capt. Wilfred Yvon Larbalestier, Master | 1 | 689 | |
| MV Roselyne | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Coaster | 1918 | 138 | 0 | |||
| HMS Ross (N45) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Passenger ship | 1912 | 1,882 | 3 | 2,404 | ||
| MV Royal Daffodil | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1939 | 2,060 | Capt. George Johnson, Master | 5 | 7,461 | |
| HMS Royal Eagle | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1937 | 1,527 | Capt. Thomas Aldis, Master | 6 | 6,370 | |
| Royalty | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Sailing barge | 101 | H Miller, Master | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| HMS Ruja | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1926 | 175 | Lt. Harold Roger Webber, RN | 1 | 217 | |
| SS Rye | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Cargo ship | 1924 | 1,048 | 0 | |||
| HMS Sabre (H18) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Cargo ship | 1920 | 3,274 | Sunk | |||
| Saint Octave | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Cargo ship | 1922 | 5,099 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| HMS Saladin (H54) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France | Tanker | 1940 | 13,400 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| HMS Saltash (N62) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1909 | 410 | Lt. Cdr. George Victor Legassick, RNR | 2 | 431 | |
| HMS Sandown (J20) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1934 | 684 | A/Cdr. Kenneth Morland Greig, RN (retd) (S.O.) | 2 | 695 | |
| HMT Saon (FY159) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1933 | 386 | Lt. Cdr. Arthur Geoffrey Gascoyne Webb, RN (retd) | 1 | 31 | |
| HMT Sarah Hide (FY968) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1921 | 162 | 1 | 90 | ||
| HMY Sargasso (FY053) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Armed yacht | 1926 | 216 | T/Lt. Charles C L Gaussen, RNVR | 3 | 455 | |
| Sassa | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Tanker | 1936 | 750 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| Sauternes (P22) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval cargo ship | 1922 | 1,049 | 2 | 870 | ||
| Savorgnan de Brazza (A03) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Sloop | 1932 | 1,969 | 1 | 5 | ||
| HMS Scimitar (H21) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1921 | 3,454 | Capt. William Henry Hughes, Master | 1 | 2,430 | Sunk |
| MV Scottish Co-operator | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Storeship | 1939 | 513 | Capt. T S Robertson, Master | 1 | 525 | |
| MV Seine | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Coaster | 1926 | 179 | Mr. C V Cogger, Master; Lt. Cdr. P M Filleul, RN (retd) | 2 | 543 | |
| MV Sequacity | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Storeship | 1937 | 870 | Capt. J Macdonald | 0 | 0 | Sunk |
| HMS Sharpshooter (N68) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Motor barge | 1917 | 145 | A/S/Lt. John David Farquharson Kealey, RN | 1 | 74 | |
| HMS Shikari (D85) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Destroyer | 1927 | 1,320 | C.C. de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa | 1 | 509 | |
| HMS Skipjack (N38) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1907 | 466 | T/Lt. Frank Brett, RNVR | 2 | 981 | |
| MV Southend Britannia | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Ferry | 1924 | 147 | T/Lt. Gordon Little Norton, RNVR | 1 | 0 | |
| HMS Speedwell (N87) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1935 | 815 | Lt. Cdr. Frederick Richard Guy Maunsell, RN (retd) | 3 | 1,502 | |
| HMT Sphene (FY249) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 412 | Skr. Charles Pennington, RNR | 0 | 0 | |
| HMT Spurs (FY168) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1933 | 399 | Skr. Herbert Henry Jarvis, RNR | 0 | 0 | |
| HMT St Abbs (W02) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Rescue tug | 1918 | 465 | Lt. T E Brooker, RN (retd) | 2 | 0 | Sunk |
| HMT St Achilleus (FY152) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 484 | T/Lt. Harry Alfred Gellett, RNVR (S.O.) | 0 | 0 | Sunk |
| SS St Andrew (24) | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Hospital carrier | 1932 | 2,702 | Capt. Herbert Cecil Bond, Master | 1 | 122 | |
| HMT St Clears (W06) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Rescue tug | 1919 | 468 | William Josiah Penny, Master | 1 | 70 | |
| SS St David (27) | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Hospital carrier | 1932 | 2,702 | Capt. C Joy, Master (sick); Capt. B H Mendus, Master | 1 | 118 | |
| HMT St Fagan (W74) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Rescue tug | 1919 | 420 | Lt. Cdr. George Henry Warren, RN | 2 | 0 | Sunk |
| SS St Helier | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Troopship | 1925 | 1,952 | Capt. Reginald Richard Pitman, Master | 4 | 4,233 | |
| SS St Julien (29) | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Hospital carrier | 1925 | 1,952 | Capt. L T Richardson, Master | 1 | 247 | |
| HMT St Olaves (W40) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Rescue tug | 1919 | 468 | T/Skr. Henry Forester, RNR | 2 | 200 | |
| SS St Seiriol | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1935 | 416 | P/Skr. Walter Harcourt Burgess, RNR | 1 | 22 | Sunk |
| HMT Stella Rigel (FY657) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1915 | 211 | P/T/S/Lt. Walter Edward Mercer, RNVR | 2 | 335 | |
| HMD Strive | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval drifter | 1912 | 102 | T/Skr. Henry Arthur Catchpole, RNR | 1 | 243 | |
| ST Sun | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1906 | 130 | Cdr. Edward Kirby LeMesurier, RN | 1 | 173 | |
| HMT Sun III | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Harbour tug | 1909 | 197 | F W Russell, Master | 1 | 148 | |
| ST Sun IV | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1915 | 200 | Mr. C G Alexander, Master; Lt. John E L Martin, RN | 3 | 239 | |
| ST Sun V | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1915 | 200 | W H Mastin, Master | 0 | 0 | |
| HMT Sun VII | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Harbour tug | 1917 | 202 | G Cawsey, Master | 1 | 0 | |
| HMT Sun VIII | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Harbour tug | 1919 | 196 | S Smith, Master | 1 | 120 | |
| ST Sun X | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1920 | 196 | W A Fothergill, Master | 1 | 211 | |
| ST Sun XI | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1925 | 183 | J R Lukes, Master | 2 | 188 | |
| ST Sun XII | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1925 | 183 | A V Mee, Master | 1 | 0 | |
| ST Sun XV | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1925 | 183 | J J Belton, Master; Cdr. Jeffery Elliott, RNR (from sunk HMS King Orry) | 2 | 106 | |
| HMS Sursum Corda | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1933 | 199 | Lt. Christopher Phillpotts, RN | 1 | 277 | |
| HMS Sutton (N78) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Fleet minesweeper | 1918 | 710 | A/Cdr. Grenville Mathias Temple, RN (retd) (S.O.) | 4 | 1,100 | |
| ST Tanga | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1931 | 203 | Harry Philip Gouge, Master | 3 | 367 | |
| HMY Taransay (FY057) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Armed yacht | 1930 | 175 | 1 | 162 | ||
| Thames | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | Harbour tug | 1904 | 144 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| HMT Thomas Bartlett (FY553) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1918 | 290 | T/Skr. John Jeffrey Tomlinson, RNR | 1 | 0 | Sunk |
| HMT Thrifty (FY1523) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1916 | 139 | 1 | 0 | ||
| HMT Thuringia (FY106) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1933 | 396 | Ch. Skr. David William Leon Simpson, RNR | 0 | Sunk | |
| HMS Tilly | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 381 | Cdr. W R T Clements, RNR; Lt. Cdr. Clement M Ramus, RNR (retd) | 3 | 588 | |
| HMS Tiny | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1939 | 351 | Lt. Cdr. Jack M D Hunter, RN (retd); Lt. Martin, RN | 1 | 261 | |
| HMT Topaze (T40) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1935 | 421 | Lt. Cdr. John Nicholas Hambly, RN (S.O.) | 1 | 118 | |
| HMS Twente | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1914 | 290 | Skr. J Clarkson, RNR | 1 | 0 | |
| HMS Venomous (D75) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg French Navy | Naval trawler | 1906 | 264 | E.V. de R Rosec | 2 | 207 | |
| HMS Verity (D63) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Harbour tug | 1909 | 150 | A V Hoiles, Master | 1 | 24 | |
| HMS Vivacious (D36) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1936 | 452 | Skr. Gunnar Lie Olesen, RNR | 0 | ||
| HMS Vrede | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1932 | 400 | Lt. Cdr. Robert Tindle Lampard, RN | 1 | 473 | |
| Vulcain | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | Harbour tug | 1903 | 200 | 1 | 0 | Sunk | |
| W.24 | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Hopper barge | 1938 | 870 | H F Boyce, Master | 2 | 1,060 | |
| W.26 | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Hopper barge | 1938 | W J Allen, Master | 1 | 296 | ||
| HMS Wakeful (L91) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1927 | 192 | 0 | |||
| SS Westcove | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Blockship | 1912 | 2,734 | Lt. Cdr. Alec Murray McKillop, RN | 1 | n/a | Deliberately sunk |
| HMT Westella (FY161) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 413 | Ch. Skr. Andrew Gove, RNR | 0 | 0 | Sunk |
| HMS Westward Ho (J43) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Paddle minesweeper | 1894 | 460 | T/Lt. A L U Braithwaite, RNVR | 3 | 1,686 | |
| PS Whippingham | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Paddle steamer | 1930 | 825 | T/Lt. Eric Reed, RNR | 1 | 2,500 | |
| HMS Whitehall (D94) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Cargo ship | 1925 | 688 | Capt. W Baxter, Master | 1 | 14 | |
| HMS Widgeon (L62) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Naval trawler | 1934 | 422 | Skr. John D Fowler, RNR; Skr. Wilfred S Flowers, RNR | 1 | 50 | |
| MV Wootton | File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Merchant Navy | Ferry | 1928 | 154 | 0 | |||
| HMS Worcester (D96) | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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) | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Hospital carrier | 1928 | 2,294 | Capt. C G G Munton, Master | 2 | 600 | |
| SS Worthtown | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Storeship | 1939 | 868 | 0 | |||
| X.95 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Motor lighter | 1915 | 124 | 1 | 0 | ||
| X.149 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Motor lighter | 1915 | 124 | 1 | 0 | ||
| X.209 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Motor lighter | 1916 | 120 | R G Banks, A/Master; A/S/Lt. William R Williams, RN | 1 | 67 | |
| X.213 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Motor lighter | 1916 | 120 | 1 | 0 | ||
| X.217 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Motor lighter | 1916 | 120 | S/Lt. Richard Anthony West Pool, RN | 1 | 250 | |
| SS Yewdale | File:Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Storeship | 1929 | 823 | Capt. E Jones | 1 | 940 | |
| HMD Yorkshire Lass | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 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 | File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy | Dutch coaster | 1927 | 200 | Lt. Cdr. Cecil Brooke Hoggan, RNR | 2 | 601 |
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Legend
Name (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
- ↑ 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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