TNA / ADM 199 xxx

TNA ADM 199 xxx

Collection details

TNA ADM 199 xxx

A working collection of Admiralty Operation Dynamo material whose full ADM 199 catalogue reference is still being identified.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: ADM 199 xxx

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

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207	Log in to enlarge	184 181 ,o fall. Almost immediately a large quantity of water and oil fuel :ommenced to fall on the Bridge until it was 1s feet deep. No further bombs were dropped for a minute or so and everyone on the Bridge commenced to think about the amount of damage done, when more bombs ere heard, one of which hit X gun shield. nul. This was the first serious raid and as I saw several men in the vater close to the ship I ordered them to swim back. I sent for the Engineer Officer and asked him if we could move the engines, as by ,his time GRENADE'S stern had commenced to swing out away from the ier right across the harbour. He informed me that the engines were ut of action and that there was a serious fire in No. I Boiler Room. sent the First Lieutenant to find out our condition forrard and he nformed me that the after end of the Upper Mess Deck and the Canteen 'lat were ablaze. The destroyer mentioned in para. 3 proceeded out f harbour and I shouted to her captain as she passed us to report the lamage to GRENADE by signal. I then decided to give the order to Abandon Ship. In the meantime GRENADE had swung still further round and many officers and nen were able to step on board the trawler, POLLY JOHNSON. When I ad seen that everyone was away from the ship I left the bridge and vent down to the Iron Deck Port Side, intending to see for myself the damage forrard and to try andfire the depth charge by the Asdic Dome in the fore store, but owing to the fire in the Canteen Flat I could not make my way forrard. I now consider that it was just as well that Bhis charge was not exploded at this time as it would have undoubtedly caused GRENADE to sink in the fairway. I then walked aft and tried to get into the after lobby to see about my Confidential Books. While I was doing this more bombs were dropped in the vicinity and as I found that I could not get the clips off the doors, which had been hammered up to bottle up the fire in the after lobby, I decided that I could do no more good on board. I walked forrard on the Port Side and stepped into the water from the deck which was no practically level with the water, and was hauled on board the only remaining trawler. It had originally been my intention to order this trawler	Polly Polly Johnson Bridge Johnson right

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,o fall. Almost immediately a large quantity of water and oil fuel
:ommenced to fall on the Bridge until it was 1s feet deep. No further
bombs were dropped for a minute or so and everyone on the Bridge
commenced to think about the amount of damage done, when more bombs
ere heard, one of which hit X gun shield.
nul.
This was the first serious raid and as I saw several men in the
vater close to the ship I ordered them to swim back. I sent for the
Engineer Officer and asked him if we could move the engines, as by
,his time GRENADE'S stern had commenced to swing out away from the
ier right across the harbour. He informed me that the engines were
ut of action and that there was a serious fire in No. I Boiler Room.
sent the First Lieutenant to find out our condition forrard and he
nformed me that the after end of the Upper Mess Deck and the Canteen
'lat were ablaze. The destroyer mentioned in para. 3 proceeded out
f harbour and I shouted to her captain as she passed us to report the
lamage to GRENADE by signal.
I then decided to give the order to Abandon Ship. In the
meantime GRENADE had swung still further round and many officers and
nen were able to step on board the trawler, POLLY JOHNSON. When I
ad seen that everyone was away from the ship I left the bridge and
vent down to the Iron Deck Port Side, intending to see for myself the
damage forrard and to try andfire the depth charge by the Asdic Dome
in the fore store, but owing to the fire in the Canteen Flat I could
not make my way forrard. I now consider that it was just as well that
Bhis charge was not exploded at this time as it would have undoubt-
edly caused GRENADE to sink in the fairway. I then walked aft and
tried to get into the after lobby to see about my Confidential Books.
While I was doing this more bombs were dropped in the vicinity and
as I found that I could not get the clips off the doors, which had
been hammered up to bottle up the fire in the after lobby, I decided
that I could do no more good on board. I walked forrard on the Port
Side and stepped into the water from the deck which was no practically
level with the water, and was hauled on board the only remaining
trawler. It had originally been my intention to order this trawler