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A.L.C.8.
A.L.C. 8 was the last A.L.O. to de hoisted out of the Clan Macalister. She proceeded inshore bringing
British troops to the Clan Macalister and continued working from the Old Dunkirk and of the beach until about 1900
39th. May. when trouble experienced with the stern gland which became overheated. She therefore embarked some soldiers from A.L.C. 15 which appeared to So overorawled, and made for Cover,arriving there at Claims on Thursday, May
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Repairs to engines were affected and the returned to Dunkirk, reaching her destination at darm on Priday 31st.
A.L.C. 8 continued bringing off troops, chiefly in towed boats. About 1100 Friday May 31st. the rubber mounting blocks of the engines appeared to be carrying away, however the coxswain carried on working until be vas finally forced to stop the port engine
The starboard engine was also giving trouble, 30 after assisting to demolish A.L.C. 15 he ran one more trip with soldiers, putting them aboard & drifter which then towed them into Dunkirk harbour.
This drifter, still towing them, left Dunkirk for
Dover during Friday afternoon, Shortly after leaving, the wash of a vessel, passing at speed, parted the tow.
As A.L.C. 8 was drifting out of the abannel, the Skipper of the drifter was unwilling to follow her to retake har in so an attempt was made to sigk her by gunfire from 8 the drifter's tow, 3 pdr. gun. This attempt failed, and A.L.C.
was left drifting some one to two miles to the Westward of
Dunkirk. Her grow returned to the base at Hayling Island onboard
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A.L.C. 15.
A.L.C. 15 was the second boat to be hoisted out from Clan Macalister, and proceeded directly in shore embarking British troops from the vicinity of Old Dunkirk.
Fifteen trips were carried out during the day, and at
2000 approximately, as no ships were in the vioinity to accommodate troops, she set off for Dover, with troops aboard. Shortly after passing Dunkirk she fall in with
A.L.C. 3 and 8. These three A.L.C. reached Dover at dawn on Thursday May 30th.
On Thursday evening A.L.C. 15, 8 and 3 laft
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arriving off Dunkirk at dawn on Friday May s1st.
Dover 15 had engine trouble, but carried on enbarking old
A.L.C. troops from the beach in the vicinity of she
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Dunkirk, Eventually she damaged her propellors
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towed. motor lorry, and being out of control, dirifted a small trog of submerged beam on. The crew succeeded in launching off to a ashore the beach and so making their my after and of boat from A.L.C. 8 came alongaide shortly considered put drifter. 15's angineer ashore. As be apparently 15 be at
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The wooden portions of the boat forward and aft were blown to fragments, the bottom of the boat split lengthways, one of the crew falling out through the bottom, but the azmoured portion of the boat remained intact, the of the closing in overhead. Fortunately the boat's
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crew were arouching dorm in the armoured part of the craft when the explosion occurred and were completely unscathed.
They attribute their survival entirely to the armour protection. Several other boats in the imadiate vicinity as were blown to atoms and samic at once. A.L.C. 15 sank after a few admites.
Unfortunately Sub. Lieut. Filsoxes, who was abcard
H.K.S. Bideford, was nortally mounded. P.O. Gill and
Stoker Hardstaff of A.L.C. 16 found him sitting on a
Sollard, just forward of the quarterdeck in Bideford, with one of his legs bloom all above the issue. They endeavoured to stop the hasmorrage using a rifle pail through as & commiquet. Jub, Lieut, Tilecron sent them in search of a medical officer, but they - unite to find one,
II.M.J. Xallet gette alongside Bideford and took off the srew of A.L.C. 16 together with other survivors and wounded.