TNA ADM 199 792

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arrangements made for clearing refugee ships are as
follows:
(a) Six anchorages have been selected.
(i) Mounts Bay and Bristol Channel (South shore abreast
of Watchet) for the reception of ships which do not
(Say up to 30 cas tir)
carry refugees. 1 Mounts Bay is the more unattractive
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of the two, and it is not proposed to order ships
to this anchorage during the winter months.
(1) Belfast Lough and Firth of Clyde. For the
1 200 ships, with 80, oro
reception of ships carrying refugees
refugers
(iii) Poole Harbour. A large number of small craft are
expected to be included in the evacuation. The
small craft
Home Office state that as many as possible of this
of the constal type with
will
class which embark refugees shall be directed to
Poole, in the neighbourhood of which is a promising
reception area. Investigation has revealed that
the harbour is thought to be capable of accommodating,
in emergency, 100 small craft of the coastal type
A with say 2500 ufugess
(iv) Milford Haven, in Angle Bay. It is considered
practicable to provide berths for 60 or 70 small
craft of the coastal type in Angle Bay on the South
Shore of Milford Haven.
It can be assumed that
no
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such refugees as a fleet of this size is capable of
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carrying.
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(b) Consular Shipping Advisers at the three ports already
hold blank route instructions, corrected for the
latest information, which will carry ships through
the Downs to Belfast, the Clyde, and Bristol Channel.
knless special
When required, in default of precise instructions
are por
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from Admiralty they will issue these route
instructions to conform with the allocation plan