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CONFIDENTIAL
COMMANDING OFFICER,
H.M.Y. "AMULREE"
137.
Extended Defences
OMMANDING OFFICER,
173
Officer,
2nd June, 1940.
GLALA.
164
Sheerhess.
Dynamd 138 163
June, 1940.
Sir,
I have the honour to report that
Ereing in all respects ready for sea and
to engage the enemy we sailed fróm
g received orders, I
Sheerness at 1930 30th May, 1940 and
in three other Yachts
proceeded to the Downs for orders. We
anchored off North Goodwin Light Vessel
at about 0030 31st May and received
vicinity of the North
to contact the
routeing instructions at about 0530
when we proceeded by "X" route to La
the senior ship
Panne arriving about 1200. On arrival
we began to pick up and to tow out
Senior Officer that he
pontoons containing soldiers from the
ble, so I weighed and
beach to various destroyers and merchant
om her I delivered them
ships.
by route "X".
At 1500 when making fast two
It was sighted and we
pontoons in 2 fathoms the enemy began
teamed along the coast
shelling the beach and one shell burst
off the beach 3 miles
approximately 50 yards ahead distracting
She asked us to tow
the attention of the leadsman and
longside and when this
causing the ship to ground. We re-
assistance, but she
floated at 1700 and again got underway
could be of more use
under heavy gunfire. In all we towed
out 11 pontoons up to 1900.
a us up and informed us
At this time we received a signal
We went close to the
from Captain Howson R.N. (S.N.O.
ports, and having
Beaches) directing operation from No.
urned to the destroyer.
Yacht attached to Inner Hamble Patrol,
Lme took out her whaler.
to stand by him as his ship was making
H.M.S. "Vivacious" and
water through the stern gland.
had three boats which
close as possible,
chored with the intention
point our steering ropes
1 as
single strand. It was
t with ir it without completely new wire and at that
shell
and shelling which had been going on
tense. hie intense. A Captain R.N. in Yacht No.1 of the
us to stored us to make for the open sea and all the
'ollowed t followed him out.
out 1
loated
nder he
of bombs 8'Q of bombs fell across our stern the last bomb fall
11
the only V, the only effect was to drag our stern down a few
he opened fife opened fire on this aeroplane which was a heavy
ier 17 *iy nier 17 we registered a direct hit with OUD Lewis gu
engine fird engine buret into flames and he crashed into the
ere also refere also firing I cannot claim this seroplane
nomise
iromised to embark the British troops at Dunkirk I
opened
all possible speed hoping to find a boat to bring to
17 we
bortunate in finding a Whaler adrift which we magaged
engine urst isur dinghy, I immediately sent these two boats ashore
also embark troops at approximately at 1750, this was ve
continued over.