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Sir
so requested that on the night of 1st
I beg to report
P
une 1940 @ 23 hours 45 hinutes H.M.Y
aday
Greives passed us on our starbord
and pulled into line ahead, at a distance
of about 100 ydo a big eseplazion was
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elen. when the whole of the Vessel was
dure
blown to prices this occured about a
at
will outside Due kuk harbour whilst
land
the Port. Jessel We was on her way in to the
to
munched our small boat and received
EACH insdiately stopped. thiship
b was
eleven survivors who were seen chinging
ble
to wreekage, a small motor boat also
to
gave a hand + we understand that
a they micked up four of the survivors.
ord
thorough search was made and
and
of
epr
N.C.G.O.'s were also destroyed. the next signal received was
a eypher which came first as Mosquito was waiting on her way
backagth loading up. It was improsible to decypler this an
a second report stating that all cyphes were destroyed was me
in anxiliary lode.
2. Mosquito arrived Bray Dunes about 1830 and immediate
commenced taking hoops oH the beach. I found the bestmethon
was to anchor with my how afloat and my stein just on The
bottom and with a hass time form the ship to the shore
This enabled the army portoons and my whaters to have out
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