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COMMANDING OFFICER, H.M.Y. "CHRISTOBELEI".
DATE
June 2nd 1940.
TO
TENDED DEFENCES OFFICER SHEERNESS.
BARRATIVE OF EVENTS FROM FIRST SIGNAL TO ARRIVING AT SHEERIESS.
Sir,
I beg to submit the following report:-
On receipt of your signal passed to me by H.M.Y. "Caleta" I
proceeded to Outer Bar Buoy and met H.M.Y. "Caleta", "Amilree", and
"Glala" I was handed your letter by "Glala" instructing ne to take
these raghts to the North Goodwin Light Vesselo there to close the
Exami: ation Vessel for further instructions, we proceeded in line
ahead led by "Caleta" as Sub. Lieutenant Dunning knew the channels
owing to non appearance of Examination Vessel I decided to anchor my
ships for the nighto at 0400 I ordered engines to be started and
to go and see 11 I could finithe Examination my Vessel, as it was now
dawn at 0500 my engineman reported a defect, I gave orders for
rema: der of yachts to close Examination Vesselsat 0600 and proceed
according to instructions received.
Ramsgate for repairs, which I reported to the Examination Vessel,
& eventually got one engine running and I decided to proceed to
had the Port engine I anchored off Remagate Pier and
just before arriving at Ramsgate at 1000 my engineman reported than he
immediately proceeded running ashore in ship's dinghy for Rg routing instr stion
these I was given without and at *015 were underway for D- irk.
28' E we were attacked Junkers 87 and = hine gunned, his burst
When we were in position approximately 51 degrees 12' No 2 de reed
of fire feal all round by the a shipo I gave orders to sy gun layer not to
would be able to Lewis grun at his heighto imediately we
open fire on him until he was well within range as I did not think he
opened fire he sh ered ae our off.
how I could waiting to be embarked, I weat on boardo There was too such surf
troops (°f the Casino off in the ship's dinghy to see
I anchored at Drokirk at 1530₂ as I saw a lot of
running ( get Home of these troops that these troops were French and
would land, I was also informed abo would be swemped, I learnt that
a party crown the boat so much, that would arrive at about 1700 at that
part to of of the about 50 British troops to the ship and decided to cruise about men,
see if beache I returned some description to embable these
me I went s I could find a boat and was of there spoken by a sloop who that asked part
on to the take his BI as bc. La Panne and try and get troops chelled off to and him, bombed, from at about
this time beach, 70 were being continually our stern the last bomb a for fulling 1
in about 30 It a alvo of bombs only effect fell across was to areg our which storn was down a heavy
bomber the water. away, We the opened fire on this ad a aeroplane direct hit with our Lewis the guys
as and c his her type Starboard ships Dornier were engine also 17 we busit firing register into I cannos flames cat arl he this creshed aeroplane into sea
definitaly.
steament back 2 had at promised all possible to speed hoping to adrift find which a boat we to managed bring then to
As embark the British treope at Dunkirk I
Pack off, and ate we up were with our fortunate dingay in I finding immediately at a proxip a Thaler sent sty these 1750 two this boats was very ashore
"ed
to
embark
troops