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Throughout the day a fresh breeze was blowing from the
East North East causing in the shallow shore a line of breakers extending about fifty yards of EXE shore These conditions made embarkation difficult and together with the small number of suit ble boats caused the evacuation to be very slow.
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By 1700, 175 British troops had been evacuated.
6.- company were bombed. At 1500 a very thrilling dog-fight between
Intermitently throughout the day the ship and those in nine spitfires and a larger number of Messershmits and various types of German bombers XEXE shar was witnessed. Two spitfires were shot down and two enemy bombers A fifths unaccounted plane was was also shot down. Most of the enemy aircraft attacks were high level bombing from over 10000 feet.
of 7.- troops assembling on the beach, which in the circumstances
It was particularly distressing to sea an increasing number revailing gave me a feeling of impotence. Towards late afternoon a g general movementMestward to Dunkirk was apparent.
8.- and later four 4" guns situated on the coast to the
Throughout the afternoon a shore battery believed to be two Bastwardshad 9 carried out disultary and inaccuratefire on the anchorage, the principal target appearing to be san abandonned aerchant ship at anchor in the roadstead.
9.- fire #vivacious" At who was under weigh and pointed along assembled the line
1800 this battery commenced a controlled and accurate of fire. on When it was obvious that the target was the to the ships Westard. "Vivacious" ous" was hit on the Foxle by and is
(Shikari, Esk, and Mosquito" I orered a retirement what
Delied casulaities to a to the troops on the upper ness deck. waterline near
******* be 4ᵗʰ graze fuze shell, causing three deaths Two welve about forty small shrapnell holes on the These abreast No. XXXX two fuel tanks rendering lubricating misses caused the ngineroom and the after toypedo them tubes. unfit for use. near
The central store punctured and the De-Gaus ing two mile movemnet is e punctured was flooded partially antx, circuits the were cut pipe in to the ight stern places. was The batteries were outranged by a to the Wesnaxdtward.
10.- a Panne and Bray Br but no noteworthy incident
Throughout the night "viv clous' patrolled occured. between about 1900 on 30th May "Codrington" had returned to Bray
11.- nd took over at the senior officers duties.
12.-.M.S. "Keith" At about ordered "Vivacious" to prodeed embark
0530 on 31st my Rear Admiral to Dunkirk Wake Walker to in roops.
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OPERATION DYNAMO.
ENCLOSURE NO. 10.
SHIP: PRINCESS LILLY.
OFFICER REPORTING: SUB-LIEUTENANT K.B.A. BAYLEY, R.N.V.R.
On 30th May I left Sheerness in PRINCESS LILLY, a river pleasure boat. I started with 19 other small boats escorted by a trawler as guide, as most of the ships had no compass. During the early hours or 31st the trawler left us. life managed to continue on our way by following other vessels and H.M. Ships presumably bound for Dunkirk.
We gave assistance and several tows to motor boats during the passage. Arrived Dunkirk on Friday morning and proceeded to embark a small number of English troops and 4 naval ratings and many Frenchmen from the beach 12 miles East of Dunkirk.
I took these to merchant vessels lying nearby.
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I was told more British troops were at La Panne -
so I proceeded there. The falling tide and lee shore made rescue difficult, 80 1 picked up & derelict ship's boat to which I made fast some 90 fathoms of warp and rowed her/
to the beach paying out the warp. Took British troops aboard and overhauled on line back to ship. The strain eventually proved too great for the anchor cable which broke and the ship drifted ashore fouling her properllor with the warp. Had great difficulty in clearing properllor and only succeeded in getting her to work "Astern".
3. Refibated boat and took troops on board and ferried them by going "backwards" to H.M.S. HOSQUITO. Engine was losing compression after about 40 hours running and propellor was fouled.
when 4. we got aboard MOSQUITO as she was moving
Shore batteries got our range - ao abandoned off. ship
5. MOSQUITO brought us back, arriving Saturday morning, lat June, 1940.
6. lie 2 civilian crew and one behaved perfectly age under 192, had repeated bombings, machine naval gunning rating, and who shrapnel. had only My been 8 days in the Navy, very difficult conditions.