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BASILISK
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After boiler Port side completely wrecked.
Shut off oil supply coming out of main line, shut
off after strainer; main oil line carried away.
All emergency valves shut off and S.V's opened.
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4. P.O. Cast.
All lights in ship out after 1st. Salvo.
went down to L.P. room to make sure battery was still
on. Vent aft and found dynamos out of action. Sent
hand to switch on Oldham lamps previously placed
tall in place and all worked)
Joined up with party under Gunnor(1) and
jettisoned torpedoes and depth charges (Torpedoes
fired with air levers forward
Scuttling charges placed on foremost end of
E.R. bulkhead Starboard side against ships side under
Water Level, consisted of 11 1b T.N.T. 2 primers and
2 detonators, Bickford fuse. These were not fired in
the end.
5.P.O. Robinson.
Q.Where were you stationed during 1st air attack?
A.With "A" gun.
Q.When did you 80 to Pom-Pom ?
A.When you called for volunteers (after Capt. went)
Q.What was ultimate reason why Pom-Pom would not fire?
A.Crdinary cartridge Jam which took 3 mins. to clear,
Q.D1U you remain at Pom-Poms after I left ?
A.No I went up to "A" gunn.
Q.Who stayed behind.
A.L/Sea. Peperell.
6. Yeo. Bunkin.
All S.P's put in weighted bag and given to
S.O. for destruction.
F.S.B. left on bridge on orders of Captain
All Signal logs left on bridge ( Including A, AZ,QZ,
etc. all in wh relhouse )
V.C. V.F. lanterns taken down and thrown overboard.
Selector boxes left intact.
Communications;-
(a) Called AAA-P in direction of tug and Salamander
when realized it was Salamander called with her pendants
She was facing towards Basilisk but did not answer.
Called for about 20 mins. with Aldis. Tug called
Basilisk and made "Go and destroy Keith" Basilisk
made "Q" and made AAA-P. Tug still made 111 Basilisk
made "Q". Could see he would not read Basilisk, so
decided to read his message :-
" Proceed and sink Keith by gunfire by firing at
Water Level and destroy Asdic cabinet D.19, standing
by to watch you sink her. Sorry to trouble you."
Made following signal.
Bas. I am out of action.
Tug. Sink her with torpedoes.
Bas. I have jettisoned torpedoes.
Tug. Sink her by depth charges.
Bas. I have no depth charges, I am out of action,
require inmediate assistance and tug.
Tug,gave "R"