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SECRET.
c/o Admiralty,
Whitehall, S.W.1.
11th June, 1940.
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Sir,
May 29/1800 Sank
I have the honour to submit the following report
in accordance with your verbal instructions. The delay
has been occasioned by the difficulty in collecting the
necessary information from the Officers, some of whom
landed at Dover, some at Margate and some at Ramsgate.
During and just after the final attack so much was happening
at the same time that I have described firstly what
happened in the vicinity of the Bridge and what action I
took, and, secondly, what happened aft. As appendices
I have attached the report of the adventures of Mr. Crews,
Warrant Schoolmaster, after he had left the GRENADE and a
statement of the known damage done by the bombs.
2.
During the evening o? the 28th May I left
28/5 Dunkirque with over 900 troops for Dover; these troops
were disembarked without incident, and on the Forenoon of
29/5 the 29th of May I received orders from V.A. Dover to proceed
with all dispatch to Dunkirque, taking JAGUAR and GALLANT
with me. I was ordered to take route X to report if I
was subjected to shelling off !ravellines. No shelling
was experienced but all destrovers were subjected to a dive
bombing attack when close to the coast. GALLANT suffered
damage astern but as she did not appear to require assistance
I proceeded alongside the western side of the pier, berthing
JAGUAR outside me. A certain number of attacks were
experienced but no bombs came ery close to either ship.
GRENADE could not fire her guns owing to JAGUAR being on
her starboard side and the pier on her port side.
3.
JAGUAR was filled wi h troops and then proceeded,
being subsequently bombed and it whilst on passage. About
this time some bombs from a hi h level attack fell fairly
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SUBJECT:
LOSS OF H.M.S. "GRENADE".
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THE CAPTAIN (D), FIRST DESTROYER FLOTILLA,
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14th June, 1940.
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The attached report from Commander Richard C Boyle,
Royal Navy, Commanding Officer of H.M.S. "GRENADE", is submitted
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BEAUMIRA
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As this is the only copy available in my office it is
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15 JUN 1940 requested 2. that it may be returned in due course.
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