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screw 20-tonner, with forecastle-mid-ship covered steering cock-pit; aft of that came a. galley to starboard, and single sþeeping cabin to port, and then a saldon; there was a small after cock-pit. She was a fine ship, whose only drawback was the difficulty of making anybody get the name right.
In accordance with instructions, the owner had stripped her of a
masts and putting on quay and flxing all ready to sail at 2.30 p.m. Orders came to P.
outside harbour at 4 p.m. to the Tug "SUN XV" to be towed across in company with other yachts. Three other yachts make fast astern of us, under way 6.35 p.m. Engines running at half-speed to ease the strain of the tow ropes. Slight swell. The tow ropes of two of the yachts broke and they were told to proceed on under own power. Arrived off Dunkin at 11.30 p.m. and cast off from Tug. Proceeded into Moored Dunkir past the Mole, and up the Canal for about 2 miles.
Could find no Englishmen so took on board 40 Frenchmen.
alongside the quay and proceeded to take troops on board.

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I only heard casually of the need for crews when on Thursday, the 30th May, Denis Dalby told me that he would not be able to come sailing with me that week-end, as he had been asked to keep himself free. He suggested, moreover, that it might be worth my ch while getting in tough with Quill at his River Emergency Service station. This I did, and after one or two false alarms I received a telephone message at the Dominions Office on Saturday, 1st June, just as I was picking up my hat and umbrella to go home at 1310.
"Could I be at Westminster Pier at 1330 to take delivery of the motor yacht 'Madame Sans Gene'? I would receive further instructions on the Pier, and would meet there Reginald Brown, who knew all about engines." I said, "Yes", and picked SE up some sandwiches and beer on my way.
Brown was to time at the Pier, but the yacht was nearly two hours late. We took over from the owner and builder, Mr Guy
Shelley of Gosport, and I was fortunate enough, as I had only my
Office clothes, to borrow from him a very old pair of out-size dungarees. We received instructions to proceed immediately to
Gravesend, where we were to report to "Eternal Wave", so we set off downstream tidying up as we went along. "Madame Sans Gêne"
was a fairly new twin-screw 20-tonner, with forecastley mid-ship covered steering cock-pit; aft of that came a. galley to starboard, and single sheeping cabin to port, and then a saldon; there was a small after cock-pit. She was a fine ship, whose only drawback was the difficulty of making anybody get the name right.
In accordance with instructions, the owner had stripped her of masts and putting on quay and fixing a machine gun and all ready to sail at 2.30 p.m. Orders came to proceed outside harbour at 4 p.m. to the Tug "SUN XV" to be towed across fast astern of us, under way 6.35 p.m. Engines running in company with other yachts. Three other yachts make at half-speed to ease the strain of the tow ropes. and Slight swell. The tow ropes of two of the yachts broke off they told to proceed on under own power. Arrived Dunkir Dunkiy were at 11.30 p.m. and cast off from Tug. Proceeded into Moored past alongside the quay and proceeded to take troops Frenchmen. on the Mole, and up the Canal for about 2 miles. board.
Could find no Englishmen so took on board 40