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had been thought to be the last and thon each day the chigo had been enked
for one EOYO offort, By this time many of the Commanding Officers and in
were at the limit of their endurance and the Vice Admiral did not Sool to
could order ships to go over. Accordingly D. signal was made solding that
ships would be ready and able to go, and finally 10 transports, G destroyers,
8 mineswoopers, 4 paddle sweepers, 2 corvottes, 2 yachts, ]. gunboat, 10
drifters, 5 scoots and 1 this were collected. Bosides these there was a
large number of small craft and hoats 0.5 before.
For this night the time was cut down by an hour to between 2230 and
0230. The small craft were to go right up to the quays and docks of the
innor harbour, the transports, destroyers and 4. paddle sycopers MCIC to use
the East Pier and the remainder the West Quay. irvangoments were also made
to bring off the Fronch Admiral in MASB.No. 7 as his own M.T.B.S vote soid
to bo out of action.
Naval pier and borthing partion for the East Piar under Commender
Buchanan were to go over early in H.M.S. "WHITSHED." I went over in M.S.B.
102, the same that had brought ne away from the "KEITH." This boat had a
cruising ongine which was very usoful when we were noving about incide in
the confined waters of the harbour, which were crowded with smill creft. On
the way we passed other ships who had started carlier, and in the distance
they seemed to be having a hot time from an air attack,
I got over tvt 2200 to find the harhour with French fishing
craft and vessels of all sorts. They were yelling and crowding alongside
the East Pier which was alroady thick with French troops. At one time 11
100ked as if they would get in the way of the Transports and destroyers which
were on their way, but I managed to get them to [0 on w the innor herbour
and out of the way in time.
"WHITSHED" arrived at 2220, but owing to a fresh Easterly wind and the
Westgoing tide she could not get alongside the pier where there VOD no one
who could be persuaded to assist by taking a lina. She was soon followed
"SABRE" and "KINGFISHER." The "KINGPISHER" was sont into the Wont to may got
by the others were backing and filling in the narrow harbour buying easter
but alongaide and being continually net off. The situation was not made