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CLAN MACALISTER.
NOTARIAL PROTEST
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BY THIS PUBLIC NOTARIAL ACT BE IT KNOWN AND MADE
1/-
MANIFEST UNTO ALL Persons to whom these Presents
(3.6.40
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shall come THAT on this day, the 31st day of May
House,
in the year of Our Lord One thousand nine hundred
N.
and forty, before me JOSEPH PHILLIPS CRAWLEY, of
the City of London, Notary Public by Royal Authority
duly admitted and sworn, and in the presence of the
Witnesses hereinafter named, personally came and
appeared ROBERT WILLIAM MACKIE, Master Mariner and
Commander of the Steamship or Vessel called the
ntity
"Clan Macalister" of the Port of Glasgow, of the
was a
burthen of 6787 tons gross registered or thereabouts
last seen by him the Appearer burning furiously in
Dunkirk East Roads;
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WHO said and declared as he doth by those
is as
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Presents solemnly say and declare for truth as follows:-
THAT on the Twenty seventh day of May One thousand nine
hundred and forty the Appearer left the Port of Southampton
in and with his said vessel which was laden with His ajesty's
landing craft and equipment and was engaged on transport
service in accordance with instructions received from the Sea
Transport Authorities. He proceeded in accordance with
the said instructions to the Downs there to await further
orders. There he remained with his said vessel until about
one oblock in the morning of the Twenty ninth day of May,
when in pursuance of instructions given by the Naval Authori
to proceed to Dunkirk or as near thereto as possible, the said
vessel left the Downs and arrived at 9.30 a.m. on the same
day (the Twenty ninth of May) at Dunkirk East Roads, where
all the said landing craft, and equipment that it was
possible to discharge were discharged. During the course
of the unloading two motor craft were damaged and
rendered unfit for service due to the rolling of the said
vessel caused by the wash of one of His Majesty's
Destroyers which was proceeding past the port side of
the said vessel at high speed. Later in the day some
of His Majesty's troops were brought aboard the said
vessel by motor craft and were being embarked until
about 3.45 p.m. when enemy planes flew over dropping
bombs, and scored three direct hits on the stern of the
said vessel at number five hatch. The bombs went
through the weather deck abreast of No. 5 Hatch and set
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the whole of the after end of the said vessel on fire.
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A number of the Appearers crew and some of the troops
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on board were killed and injured. About 4.30 p.m. one
of His Majesty's Dest royers came alongside and the troops
already aboard the Appearer's vessel and the wounded members
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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 Destro
not being able to wait longer owing to enemy air action
the Appearer's vessel with the troops and wounded m
the crew who had been transferred. The Appearer t
to make a further attempt with the remmants of his
his vessel under way.