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A.L.C.3.
A.L.C. 3 was stowed in No. 8 hold in
Clan Macalister, and was hoisted out at approx-
imately noon. She worked the beach near Old
Dunkirk embarking British troops until the evening,
then as there were no vessels left in the vicinity,
set off for Dover with about twenty soldiers aboard,
Shortly after passing Dunkirk she fell in with
A.L.C. 8 and 15, and in company with them arrived
at Dover at dawn, on Thursday May 30th.
2.
On the evening of Thursday, May 30th, the
left Dover in company with A.L.C. 8 and 15, for
Dunkirk beaches arriving there at dawn, Friday,
May 31st.
She evacuated troops, (French and British),
until approximately 2230 hrs, when both engines
gave out due to sand in the cooling systems, A.L.C.S
was then taken in to# by 2 small merchant vessel
who towed her to Ramrgate, where she arrived about
0500 hrs on Saturday June 1st.
Two civilians volunteered to assist in
attending to the engines, and eventually succeeded in
repairing them satisfactorily. Ash.C. 3 then
preceeded to Dover, and arrived there about 1130 hrs
on Saturday 1st June. On reporting at Dover they
were told to hold themselves in readiness to return
to Dunkirk, but later were ordered to proceed in company
with A.L.C. 17 to their base in Hayling Island,
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A.L.C. 15.
A.L.C. 15 was the second boat to be hoisted
out from Clan Macalister, and proceeded directly in shore
embarking British troops from the vicinity of Old Dunkirk.
Fifteen trips were carried out during the day, and at
2000 approximately, as no ships were in the vioinity to
accommodate troops, she set off for Dover, with troops
aboard. Shortly after passing Dunkirk she fall in with
A.L.C. 3 and 8. These three A.L.C. reached Dover at
dawn on Thursday May 30th.
On Thursday evening A.L.C. 15, 8 and 3 laft
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arriving off Dunkirk at dawn on Friday May s1st.
Dover 15 had engine trouble, but carried on enbarking old
A.L.C. troops from the beach in the vicinity of she
British principally with the aid of Scate which on a
Dunkirk, Eventually she damaged her propellors
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towed. motor lorry, and being out of control, dirifted a small
trog of
submerged beam on. The crew succeeded in launching off to a
ashore the beach and so making their my after and
of
boat from A.L.C. 8 came alongaide shortly considered put
drifter. 15's angineer ashore. As be apparently 15 be at
A.L.C&B not be possible to salve A.baC. to burden
that it would and shortly after ahe at ssan the to after part
her on fire and the petrol tanks to explode, at
fiercely, of the boat being blown high in the

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