TNA ADM 199 795

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TNA ADM 199 795

Admiralty reports on naval operations off the Dutch, Belgian and French coasts during 1940.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: ADM 199 795

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199/795. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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475	Log in to enlarge	Emprome 195 307 284 285 Report from Sub Lieutenant R.H.C. Amos, R.N.V.R. 44 Date The engine of the secong boat I started in for Bunkirk failed at Ramsgate on June 2nd. Engine was put in order and we left in tow of Tug "SunXV" June 3rd. About 2300 the tow rope parted and fouled our propeller. We signalled many ships but could get no reply As soon as it was light, Sub Lieut. Wallace and I went over the side to see if we could clear the screw with knives but failed. We went astern for two hours rigging blankets as sails to keep away from the French coast. At 1300 the screw was cleared and we set course N.W. for England, having no charts and not knowing our position. At 2000 on June 4th we contacted No. 82 Lightship near Harwich. Mr. R.H. Wingfield (in charge) and his crew were very good to us, and put the seven of us up for the night, ours being an open life boat (motor). at 0800 June 5th left for Sheerness arriving 1130.	Boat England Amos Light Wallace

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Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 475.

Emprome 195
307
284
285
Report from Sub Lieutenant R.H.C. Amos, R.N.V.R.
44
Date
The engine of the secong boat I started in for
Bunkirk failed at Ramsgate on June 2nd. Engine was
put in order and we left in tow of Tug "SunXV" June
3rd. About 2300 the tow rope parted and fouled our
propeller. We signalled many ships but could get no reply
As soon as it was light, Sub Lieut. Wallace and I
went over the side to see if we could clear the screw
with knives but failed. We went astern for two hours
rigging blankets as sails to keep away from the French
coast. At 1300 the screw was cleared and we set
course N.W. for England, having no charts and not
knowing our position.
At 2000 on June 4th we contacted No. 82
Lightship near Harwich. Mr. R.H. Wingfield (in
charge) and his crew were very good to us, and put
the seven of us up for the night, ours being an open
life boat (motor).
at 0800 June 5th left for Sheerness arriving
1130.