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AS about 0300 11 988 impossible to carry out
16.
At about 1200 Commander Ken and I motored into embarkation es the bonches.
Dunkirk to report progress as embarkation on our beach was
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vere showing signs of extreme exhaustion and then impossible. On our return our lorry was heavily machine
80 it 989 impossible to communicate with the Senior Navel Officer gunned and hit. At this period a heavy bombing attack took we decided to take over * shaler that the had salved and to go place on the Fleet and beaches.
to the bearest to report to the Senior Seval officer
17.
On return to our headquarters (a lorry) we decided
25.
We wasted vater and 0750 put to 00, to make contact with General H.Q. but unfortunately our car
There me very heavy surf running and se had only an uneven set broke down and we had to walk back 5 miles.
of sers, voge arutches and only an 062 to by.
18.
During the night another naval embarkation party
17.
We approached two destroyers but they both 201 underesy.
arrived on the beach to the eastward which reduced the
Tea other destroyers passed de at but paid no limits of our beach.
stiention to us.
19.
Early on Thursday morning 30th I proceeded to
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an hour if appeared the
Brigade H.Q. and offered the suggestion that piers be built
Margate the the Consumin to take 12 to the by running lorries out to sea. This was quickly done and was nearest destroyer at this time.
successful.
returning to 80 we case back with him
20.
I then drove Colonel Whitten and Colonel Mackenzie
19,
US28 and into Dunkirk to see Captain Tennant and then drove them back were salses within five minutes of being inboard the lifeboat.
to Brigade H.Q.
1 the or Staff
21.
During the afternoon and dogwatches the French poured Daven and into reported our beaches our return. but no boats arrived within 11 miles
1 usa ordered to return to Chather with by party, of our H.Q.
22.
During the last dog the Germans directed mon $
accurate artillery fire on our beach. This fire continued throughout the night and our lorry was hit. The beach was completely evacuated by allied soldiers.
23.
We had however taken up quarters in a water-boat that was ashore at low mter. No boats had now been in for
16 hours on our beach.
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During the night the weather became bad once more -
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inshore and it brought off the Brigadier of the Brigade 1
then embarking, who asked that a asssage from the acting 6-in-C
might be sent to V.A.Dover asking that the embarkation should be diverted to the beach, as French soldiers were causing congestion at the piers. It was also stated that the rearguard
B
would arrive about 0330. I informed V.A.Dover and all the form at Dunkirk of this by W/T. The difficulty at the beach appeared to be lack of boats. With Kydd's boats about two hundred were embarked by 0245, 2nd June.
Having received no reply to ay signal, I again read V.A.
Dover's signal ordering withdrawal before 0300, and saw that it referred only to Mineswespers. I therefore assumed that the destroyers were earrying on $111 a later hour, advithdrew, pagaing the harbour entrance as 0300. owing to smoke hase it was impossible to see now many other sraft vere still off the beach.
At 0320 V.A.Dover's signal was received ordering the
Ninesweepers to renain if necessary after 0300, by which time
I had nearly reached 1 buoy and therefore continued on my course arriving at Margate shortly after 0600.
The D.G.soil was again found to be defective, which prove fusted the ship taking part in any further operations. This has since been Sumporarily repaired at Cheerness.
The only other damage received apart from a fews minor splintor holes and dents, was & hole som in the bow plating and the port hawse pipe fractured when the Comfort was ramai.

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Dyrams N2, 242
FROM
WISTION OFFICER, TEAMS MAIL DEPARTMENT PLOTALLA,
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DATE
58h June, 1940.
TO
RESIDED INFRIGH OFFICER, -
REPORT DE X MA STATE OF THANKS USA FIGHT
3100 - Will
On completing discharge of the Milliary Date at Resease on Day Stat Holleds "Bayal Engle" proceeded $0.00 boy and reported roady to proceed.
that all poddle minorrecyors and ninenveepers were to proceed
On June tas at 0800 a signal wa received from Dover, forthwish to the benefies and I at once week on bound "Raynl Engle end after having extensived extra lifebelts and same refies from the
North Ch22 at Theomenn the ship proceeded to the beneten via vale
"X" ot Full speed.
When half mg & signal use received from Valie Dates ordering "Royel Segie to Resegate to mit instructions DO the ship us trunsed and enchored of: Images to instructions sere received but an Examination Venual called alonguide with a not if directions to minsewospers and podille to proceed to a point 13 adles East of Dunkink as 2200 to transfer I
endervoursi to obtain confirmation that mayor Engla wa ment to be included In the signal - but 200 obtaining this I signalled that
2-8 intended to proceed and left nb 1930a.
mayn2 Engle" wee the first ship to drrive are the beaches at 2200 and I directed the Commissions officer so mehor 8. full 18
rilles from the DO 00 to Leave room for the ships sending an to eachor entern. on arrivel a French director with same Frencis soldiers crrived olongoide and discributed than but by 2320 3 and seen no sign or any bonts although by the sana six or more effects sweepers had arrived and 1 unde a signal to Value Dovor to this
A signal VOB received smo 011 incomers were to be underway account of the shelling which your miny though In the end clear or Dunkirk by 0300g and 1 presuend that this WG on
Costs not very hundred security DD if from "Savel Engle" 10 cost of the shelle weak. full
It the energy had registered 003 a sould a you between yerds smag and the week or just around the ship's edupony was below the upportuck DD inst DD possible.
"moye" regis™ Regist mattered with shell plinters and 1 kept the cheed too bonta little vere bafore dignted Inchare with 30 BD this vall none - too seriously retings. sere
A 1300 "noyed sagis" excepted them to veigh and they but
Freugh PHOT but injured one 3 Nagis" end troops - ship put their Segion from to end eventually as clear. compents 8 base point returned 8 ourse comen 1020 Lighter video notice to so the British fheomises which the benebes ⑉ for absence item and USO and about been unmaid for owing of boots extrustrade 0330 helf by to being mml a upined only boiler same the only. lest 120
transfured hose "GalDen und Sugles arrived this her on at Consultant 1300 and end officer 1 received at and was coursed in D
Pather or the overwencht atuto Obders 3 bene vere his soon reselved and who for are "Goldon groops Engle from buy Hole. 2 eighted I malled a nation 08 1725. Does whiche after becains the to process ship to to serve Whiles at 0100/3 areasing by poute "X" at DID

inst as 10:00 Treath as "ery 11th and there was 3 THE mail rad as soob are (8) their non Untto the Than ONE the growted, tip
01 area with the assistance 02 some of the through and by as any to their managed to get her float in flost with 15 meen 0230 two of my crew as board 1 0100 Do and two of my C. in Hie dinghy, the wheler WAS to a great struggle as therevere only Whree 0022 in 10, as 1021
these wave got on troun I sent the that nd directing smother Train Ith traging arrived back with * Officer and getting Than are the heach, hise capsi mall in She Burf but fortuni she THE DOB tilease nen vere being yot 01. board ve were:
Jumber 00 If studi out to suu to well for 30 will we bonber 310
us une fullowed us out bombing us but they fell way vide office work, as soon as I decmed it advisable I steamed Thick for the
H
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JEI
At about 1730, a motor beat hailed us that he broken down, could we do anything about it. Took off)
Lieut. Irving R.N.R. and crew n.board, and decided motor boat. The officer had been going backwards and from the beach Since Tuesday without stopping with inexperienced crew, and both he and they had done 15
Job or work and were uttely exhausted.
At about 1800 an led an L.O. full of trops aboard 34 troops and one padre. E.L.C. was broken the decidersin chargeynComeender Shoul and her deaboard. They aleashed been on the move since Tuesday
Descrest. Ascitimes greatly desired that the 368.00 should fall into enemy hands, it wasstaken in 1845
quite impossible to get more troops abourd, and at all washshaped for (SheePnes; as the hadoto be
.CIX DJDOS
All this time, there had been several dive boald vision 702 02 sew MI
no of the beaches. UAB we weldame came past Dunkirk It was being enemy attoraft and theirishäre artillery still subjected to a dénsiderable air your
Hombers were brought down. has телода of 6851095
Whens. HeOp between Dunkirk and B# budy, broke
4a must mind twice and WHE finally secured by fourlatout Dines.
based and tide for Horse Channel.
off N. Foreland 0300 for
Sheerness at approx. 0945.
landed in all, 2 Naval Officers, 6 ratings, cot asses among them, Tand one padre. edd instituted
0752 natural d'more B/W 11 DAMAGE TO SHIP. vrew od has 3200 badeawal only in places were scored, and on buoys in the were launch the petrol
Two calcium flares amestied up.
userg was fractured and glass broken in shteldelong redamaged the propeller shafts. rboard buraterks, shrapnel from shell fire. Shells which suray beam, was damaged by motor boat which ramaed the has in the food Itam at
221v ones SOD.
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At 1950/30 H.N.S. Fitaroy proceeded to Dunkirk via the Western route and at 0210 anchored off beach in three fathoms at a point 2) miles east of Dunkirk. The ships boate vere sent in shore in charge of Legutenant J.S. Horrez Only
3 soldiers could be found and these were embarked.
At 1 0300 ship veighed and proceeded to Dover with and the 3 soldiers
At 0825 proceeded and at (850 secured in
Granville dook and coaled
At 1850 ship proceeded to Rendesvous with
4th. Mineoweeping Plotilla at. long
Legutenant Bull, Scots Guards - on board and subsequently of great help in embarking troops.
June
At 0180 /1/6 H.N.S. Pilargy anchored off the beach at a point 8) miles cast of
Dunkirk.TheD/G gear call ht fire at alas and became tem: orarily useless This is attributed to shrapnel all the fore stay vas also stranded at the name time Ships boats were sent in ahore and Leautenant Bull
Sents Cuards directed the embarkation assisted by Midehipman Bryce R.N.R and Signalman
Froggant. 67 British officers and soldiers were embarked by 0345 By this time there were only a for more troops laft on this section of the beach and H.H.S. Lydd having arrived
I and them to enbark the remainder It ISA
my intention to proceed to join the Senior
Naval Officer 4th. Minesweeping Plotilla and endeavour to embark troops to capacity
However shortly after weighing 1 received a signal from H.N. subpre informing no

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Proceedings high by B.M.S. SABRE for the period 27th May to 5th June.
squadron of, level Bombers. By at high speed all Dombs were avoided though some fall near enough to shake and splash the ship. No damage vis sustained. A continuous are from 12 pdr and
0.5" M.G. 37.13 kept up as Long as the bonbers vero in range.
Arrived at Dover it 1820.
Having completed with all (ual, sailed at 2230/28
and proceeded by "U" route SG as to arrive before daylight. On arrival off the E. beach the whater MIS sent in (the only remainthe bont), but no troops.wara Count. then searching further to the eastward & number ware observed in 3 vreck. Went alongaide and took off 8 small number of British troops. Theremainder were all French and were taken off by 3 French Guaboat. More British destroyers were found off "La Panne* and Shbre's whalar was utilised for bringing OFF troops from there. * 16 0515/29 "SABRE" was ordered to proceed alongside Bast Pier LORVINE shater nt 1st Lieutanant behini. Shoved off at 0550 having embarked about 500 troops and returned V.L.N route "Y". A number of (Live borbing raids occurred during the morning, but "SABRE" ms not hit. urrived at Dover at
1030.
ALL the immition (HeAr) baine expended, procelled atongside Eastern Arn where assumition an: all fuel were taken 111. 100 depth charges vers lanted. At 1600, having ambarked the noval officers for Dunkirk, processed V.I. route "X". On arrival it was found that the plan had Dear aloural ONLINE to air raids, but the vahip WAS placed alongaids without vires and the naval party disembarked. A Lew troops vere seen tom the plar and were emb rked. The 2122 VSS bomb by (LLVD bonbers but "SABRE" was apparantly not noticol. prodicious quantities of ammunition were however expended and one bomber NSS soon to crash, another appeared to be imaged. Both were Junkers67's. After/

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mostly suffering from severe burns; the Commanding
Fifty seven cot-cases alone were brought off,
Officer and other survivors from His Majesty's Destcleared the steamer out as far as was known, I proroyer Grenade were amongst those embarked, After having ceeded down the coast towards Bray, and picked up troops from several boats, which they had found on the beach. A
Captain Churchill, from the Headquarters Staff, off and told me that he had to get over to England to see his uncle, the Prime Minister,by 0600.
8.
I proceeded to Margate, arriving at 0550 on May
30th, disembarked troops,survivors and Cartain Churchill, then sailed for Sheerness for coal and Ammunition.
9.
I left Sheerness at 0300 on the 31st and arrived without incident off the beach just to the Bast of
Dunkirk, at 0930. The rate of embarkation was slow ording to considerable surf on the beach, but valuable assistance was given by a large power boat, It was necessary for me to leave at 1230 in order to unload and be at By render-vous by 8300 on May 31st for the evening operations.
10.
I sailed from liargate to comply with previous instructions and proceeded, under the orders of the
Senior Officer 11 the Fifth Minesweeping Flotila, to By appointed station off the beach; navigation at this period was difficult,a the absence of wind allowed the smoke from Dunkirk to settle over the channel, that visibility The poor. On enchoriz at 2345 a shell from 8
shore battery landed about a cable to securd; this ma repeated spasmodically. Reports were then received of magnetic nines being dropped in the channel.
on 11, embarkation, using ships' boats, Short y after a
About 0832 the Flotil a ms ordered to carry bombing attack took place,and from then on these attacks were practically continuous. Several Heinkel III
type aircraft were observed, but the majority of the attackers were identified as Junkers 87 Dive-bombers.
Embarkation was carried out, though the rate ha slow, this operation the ship case under machine-gun fire aground; 12. a vire was passed and I towed her off. During
His Majesty's Ship Speedwell ma seal to be tenant for the speed and coolness with which be carried from the air, end great credit is due to ay First Lieuout the ution.
afloat 15. to proceed alongaide in Dunkirk harbour, and to
I then received orders from the 7108 Officer comp. ete with troops there. As troops vere being and a machine-gun embarked, attack me delivered, but no casualties were bombs were dropped in the harbour incurred.
14. board, His Majesty's Dostroyer Ivanhoe to was her hit
Just before I al ipped, with a full load of by troops a bomb on outside the herbour. Two ships went assistance, 80 I proceeded at full speed,

verbally, Commander-in-Charge together with of Rescue a well copy Boats of the at boat's Dover) log, to officially decisions of recognised, the life-boat's as crew. as the loyalty may to his be to the the
ETATE LLENTH
17 JUN1940
Vere 07026 ISLAND
LIEUTENANT. R.N.