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soldiers, some 370 mostly french were disembarked considerable difficulty. We arrived without furth
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I returned from Ramsgate to Margate and to assist S.N.T.O. Now Lieutenant Commander Givin
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On 31/5/40 I boarded H.M.S. "Nelson" (motor
31/5
On Monday evening at 1900 I sailed in launch) in Ramsgate Harbour under orders to proceed
"Guillemot" for Dunkirk, she had not previously been to Dunkirk. At 1310 I left the Harbour in company prgme
3th and so took me on as Navigator. We arrived at with H.M.S. "Fervent" in charge of Lieutenantentrance at about 2330 after an uneventful trip
Commander Clements, R.N.R. The starboard engine of the sinking a floating mine. We went alongside the motor launch was out of repair and on getting outside and embarked 400 Frenchmen without incident.
the harbour both the centre and port engines developed air locks which made it neessary to return to harbour.
On our return we ran into fog at the last
After a strenuous afternoon's work the engineer before the Goodwin and proceeded at slow speed with cleared the air locks and at about 1645 I again left the harbour. When about 2 miles south of the mi visibility about a cable. We made the North Good
Goodwin Light Vessel I was signalled to by Lieutenant set course for the elbow and North Foreland buoys,
Newell, R.N.R. in charge of the Northern Inspection had Tug.
unable to find them we anchored tillthe fog lifted, we found the North Foreland buoy a quarter mile 00
His struck tug a submerged wreck and was listed about was standing by the trawler "Jacita" which 25°
Starboard beam; we set course for Margate pier and to port. There were about 300 French colonial asked troops no second ship alongside.
the trawler and Lieutenant-Newell, R.N.R.
TO I humathed working Lieutenant Commander Gin refloat to the vessel. He was afraid that the I trawler in transfer them to his tug before he attempted to the S T.O. S office was closed on Wednesday, thes would spent about one hour in transferring return the be holed and sink during refloating.
reported first to Ramsgate as ordered and then to &
finally proceeding on leave that evening.
accordingly which left barely enough petrol for arriving the at troops from Dunkirk. I then proceeded, The harbour
Throughout the evacuation I was impressed voyage Mole, Dunkirk at about 2200. but necessity of sending in boats fully manned by navel bosts the East shelled a few minutes before I entered, in on had been alongside the Mole I found British troops ships.
shallow draught, not necessarily powerfully used.
to the beach, or better still sending in power engined large numbers onto the Mole and asked an Thereafter Officer to we detail getting going along the Mole to other few if any of this type of boat was being
82 men for my and after having nearly run 79 returned by an
I climbed up launch, which he did. down bas I have the honour to be left the harbour minesweeper in Dunkirk channel, we anchored till overtaking and reaching the Downs and landed
Sir by daylight buoys V.V and then on entered Ramsgate Harbour the troops.
doinw WOTD Bre Your obedient servant.
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