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and as all the "OUR BAIRNS" had leaving,I waited until 1930, attack,
At 1915 the the vessels port underwent were then a particularly heavy air
which time I then slipped and taken the remaining soldiers by off
the quay. proceeded to sea.
Both vessels were under continuous bombardment from air and
shore all day, but no hits were registered or damage done from
this source.
Owing to the incessant ranging up and down against the pier,
however, a certain amount of damage was done to the D.G. Band
on the "OUR BAIRNS". Dover was reached at 0300/1, vessels having
proceeded at slow speed, through the Downs and at 0400/1 troops
were disembarked at the Admiralty Pier, Dover.
Both vessels then berthed at Prince of Wales Pier, Dover,
and at 0700/1 "LORD INCHCAPE" resumed sweeping off Dover.
of
0040.
COMMANDER
THE
(Signed) Longsdon,
*
17JUN1940
*
0125.
WESTERN
APPROACHES
Port
Sub.Lt. R.N.V.R. Hingsdon
heard
II.
D/O. No. 959/1.
no FLAG OFFICER COMMANDING DOVER.
for rapidly E and Forwarded, in accordance with
one Admiralty Message 1652/6th June, 1940.
Lewis
Guns,
couldn't
Pom
too
M.T.B's
'on'
ADMIRAL
enemy
19JUN 1940
0430.
Joined
The
whol
DO
VOR
was
either
who.
survivors or dead.
Carried notivity on both German
Patrol, no contacts
uously overliead, no attacks
Received
instructions from
under dropped further out of
0615.
Instructions to
received to
nothing there seemed to
to
0040.
All had up, N.T.B.
and was