A.L.C. 18

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ORDE Registry

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Small Craft Service List

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Ship Details

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Ship type: Landing Craft
Return status: sunk

Lloyd’s Yacht Register (1939)

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TNA ADM 199 795

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199 795. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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OCR text

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Appendix "A"
Part II,
S.S. Clan Macalister.
A.L.C. 18 and A.L.C.4.
Both the above A.L.C. were on the after
deck in S.S. Clan Macalister, and hoisting out commenced
on 29th May after A.L.C. 16,/5, 17, & 5 had been dis-
embarked, A.L.C. 4 was in the process of being hoisted
out shen a destroyed, (D54), passed Clan Macalister
at speed, less than a cable distant.
The Clan Macalister, being light, relled
heavily, and both the after derrick guys parted. Asbolic
4 on the end of this derrick, swang to and fro across
the ship until the lascar seaman working the sinch last
his head, and let her come down with a run across the
after end of A.L.C. 18 The force of the impact knocked
one of the engines right out through the bottom of
A.L.C. 18, and the underside of AsbaCo 4 THE also
extensively damaged, Both boats, being rendered useless
by this accident, were left in their original stevage
positions on the after deck of S.S. Clan Macalister.
Prom approximately 1300 hrs anwards,
British 2. treeps were embarked onboard Clan Cacalister
without interruption. At 1600 hrs approximately Clan
Macalister was hit by a bomb on the part quarter, this
killed or injured most of the 13 pdr gun's crews, she
were serving their gun close by.
At 1630 hrs Clan Maclister was hit by
second bomb in No. 5 hold. This killed or injured
a a number of soldiers in the 'tween decks and set
the ship on fire aft.
At 1700 hrs approximately Clan Macalister
two further bombs right aft. At about
1815 was struck hrs H.M.S. by Malcolm dame alongside and took onbeard

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