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0830. Returned to beaches, contacted 350 troops of R.A.S.C.
and R.A.O.C. detachments, including Montenant Colonol and
officers. with ascistance of 150 troops, large ship's lifebout
was pulled down boach and successfully floated to accident
embarlextion, but after removing good, dr take did not give sufficiont
bucyancy to componsate for stove in gerboard stroke.
Scarlous lack of boats, reducing omborization rate to about 30 por hour
with own bonts only. 227 troops orderhod remainder being cont
off to Salamonder and dostroyers. Somo difficulty exporienced
through persistent attempts of Large masses of French troops to
intercept boats and domand passage Assisted by British troo a
in heading off French submers by riflo fire from 50 yurds further
along beach. Dunkirk burning with much molio. Miximm visibility,
slight cloud. No. R.A.F. support aighted all day.
2600. Lovel bonbing attack on Sutton, Solvenndor, Grogliound
and paddlors from 5000-10000 foot. Coo solvo pattom bombo without
result. One salvo of H.S. straddling Station and paddlors, no lite.
One dive borbing attack on Suttom and Creyhound, noor nice started
fire in Greyhound sundships. One line of 5 bombo aloco to G.H.).
on DOB front, on a line starting from centre of the town down
beach and into don, final too bombo fulling such aldo of Service.
Comperitivoly mll bombo used, with incondinres, 000
of which got light to a drifter cable from Strtton which was
sunk by paddlors gunfire. To R.A.P. support visible. for smll
machine gun hits on Strtton. Greyhound budly damaged by bember
and riddled with mahine on fire.
1706. Procoeded Dover, leaving La Panno during further air redd
of Issu intensity, in company with Sulamander. No R.A.F. support
visible on passage.
2300. Arrived off Dove, only, what. feld in progress, unchored
Chocrved plane at about 1500 foot drop three mignatic nines about
2 cables ahoad, coundo of nines strilling mor clearly andible.
Parashutos soon by several separate observers. signalied position
of mines to V.A. Dovor.
mursday 30th. May. 0600. Proceeded into Dover, discharged troops.
1052. Proceeded Sheernues with one boilor. Drove fires in other
boiler to make repairs to birlowork, damgod by bunb explosion.
1632. arrived Shoomoos, orderlood coal and ammittion.
riday State My. 0205. Left Shoorness in company with Lydd and Booo.
0400. Companyee maddenly produced a and 30 degrees of devintion,
Rose assumed load of dividion, Inter company dovintion improved
and Subton responsed Lead.
0812. Arrived proceeded cust puballol to bonches passing
4 planes wrocked on he boach weat of two with Prench
markings. 29. Passed Dunkisk harbour 1 cuble. Harbour fires. wall intect
and little damage apparent from counard except Imgo
Continued DOID from bouch close work of
0835. high Hurricanes One 0.230 ship ounls alenguide cust plur of Dunicipt. 2
Sinfire, and Spitfires overhead, processing home of harbour, at
Fearch spood. and several cargo ships must court cast. continued
groups Long column on the bonoh. Combinuous column about 1 wills
dectroyers of troops surehing into Dunisive from long along
bouch cast of
3 milon off is punno. wind Items force In frushering, troops with DOG
0906. slight Anchored but considerable mall.. Consenced loading
COMMANDING OFFICER
19 JUN 1940
H.M.S. "SUTTON"