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probably towards the where she might have bean
salved by the enemy 11 she sank in shoul water, I asked
the Commanding Officer 11 I should ink ser where she was.
He agreed and I cut my sweep wires and sunk er.
12. Five minutes after this the "SCOTIA" and RIGHTON
QUEEN" were sunk. I made a report and proceeded to rescue
survivors. My whaler had been damaged and I only had a
skiff left. One bunch of survivors were picked U. and
I then put the ship alongside bridge and must of the
"BRIGHTON QUEEN" and artially on er deck, and took off
men clincin to her. These nen were mostly French
HTON
Colonial troops and must reluctant to let 80 of what
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support they had, it was sometimes necessary to make a
line fast to them and pull then off. A carley float and
skiff were used to assist in resoue work, no other boats
were available. Thile "SALTASH" YRS alongable and on
board "BRIGHTON QUEEN" she burped & little on the bilge,
but it is not believed that my damage was done. German
aircraft bombed and machine gunned men in the water.
my shift was machine gunned.
13.
The work of S.B. 1.Hutter at this time is worthy of
mention. He, with the uld of untrained assistants,
including Ldg. Sto. Crowley, dealt with 98 casualties,
CUE.
including 10 recussitation cases and only 3 died. He
worked most successfully until 10 collepsed. Also worthy
of mention is B. Gaughan, Sto. 1. who sma about I mile
from the ship, when the ship might easily have had to
leave him.
14.
I had picked up 350 to 400 survivors by now, many of
them serious casualties, there were no more survivors in
SCUE.
the water SQ I returned to Margate. On the return journey
I closed three trawlers and took on board the Commanding
Officer and crew of M.T.B. 175, these included three
serious casualties and one dead rating. I took the M.T.B
in tow and arrived at Margate at 1855.
15.
About 2000 I left the Pier and about 2200 sailed again
for Duskerque with boats in tow, one motor boat and the
small skiffs. I bad SOMO difficulty with the tow which
VD
MARGATE
light buoy I ran into thick smoke (from Dunkerque) my
delayed no about half an hour. Before getting to the greeen
UNKERQUE
being very unreliable, I had to rely very much on
compass hand lead (all the tubes for the machine slow had and been I used
the in Knock Deep) which made y progress got
1 far Sast.
16.
Orders for this ni that all sweepers had to
be lear at 0400. About 0200 I heard The buoy other and
by 0500 and the destroyer evacuation the whistle would
UNKERQUE
commence was off the Breakwater at Dunkerque. I followed them
at 0245 passed no on the may out, the 30 orders about being as I
did not 0300, even 11 I had an empty having seen
sweepers feel Justified in breaking ship. Daring the
clear by journey a small craft reported found an object a which mine,
return back along ner course and investigation, proved
I turned for a mine, but on closer handles. These broken
I mistook kitchen utensil with broken small craft as horns.
to handles be a may have appeared to the
end. June. 16. I anchored at Margate about 0800 and was toldito wait
instructions.
I understood that this was the final