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Ministry of War Transport,
Empire Hotel,
Lansdowne Crescent,
Blackpool, N.S.
WR/1940
18th September 1941.
Dear Mr. Dawkins,
You wrote to me on the 9th September
concerning the loss of the "Clan Macalister" during
the evacuation of Dunkirk and I am now enclosing
for your confidential information, a copy of a
Notarial Protest, which appears to contain all the
information we were able to obtain at the time
about this case.
If this is not sufficient for your purposes I
would suggest that you should communicate with Commander
Holbrook of the Shipping Casualties Section, Trade
Division, Admiralty, who will probably be able to supply
you with further details of the circumstances attending
the loss of the ship.
Yours sincerely,
ty's
(SGD)
MARGARET
H.
CHURCHARD.
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on board were killed and injured. About 4.30 p.m. one
of His Majesty's Destroyers came alongside and the troops
already aboard the Appearer's vessel and the wounded members
of the vessel's crew were transferred to the said Destroyer.
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The Destroyer put two lines of hose on board the Appearer's vessel
which were operated from the Destroyer and the Appearer himself
caused his vessel's own hose line to be used in an attempt to
put out the fire. The latter hose could not however, be
operated efficiently as the deck water service pipes were found
to have been fractured as a result of the bombing but
nevertheless so long as the Destroyer was alongside, the fire
was kept under control. About half an hour later the Destroy
not being able to wait longer owing to enemy air action
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the crew who had been transferred. The Appearer t.
to make a further attempt with the remmants of his
his vessel under way.