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The War Office,
Casualty Branch,
Blue Coat School,
Church Road,
Wavertree, original colem filed
Liverpool, 15.
in M/99
7
October, 1941.
(Casualties)
Dear Commander,
We are endeavouring to obtain evidence regarding the loss of the S.S. 'Clan MacAlister' in order that we may presumption be a of death of the personnel who are still missing.
in position to deal with the question of the
It is understood that this vessel was bombed and sunk during the evacuation from Dunkirk, and of I
subsequently shall be most grateful if you can supply further The details partioulars i.e., the date, time and place of the occurrence, in how the required are the ones normally supplied in such circumstances in which the ship was sunk.
cases, the vessel took in sinking, what ships took part not rescue long work and the possibility of survival of those rescued.
I should greatly appreciate your early assistance in this matter.
Yours sincerely, a
(Sd.) H. A. DAWKINS
t ities said
Commander Holbrook,
Shipping Casualties Section,
Trade Division,
Admiralty.
London, S.W.1.
au live natch. The DOMDS went through the weather deck abreast of No. 5 Hatch and set 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 at on board were killed and injured. About 4.30 p.m. one ts of the crew were transferred to the said Destroyer.
already vessel's aboard the Appearer's vessel and the wounded members of His Majesty's Destroyers came alongside and the troops
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caused which were his vessel's operated from the Destroyer and the Appearer himself
The Destroyer put two lines of hose on board the Appearer's vessel ry put The latter hose could not however, be out the fire. own hose line to be used in an attempt to to fractured as a result of the bombing but operated have been efficiently as the deck water service pipes were found was kept under able control. About half an hour later the Destro nevertheless so long as the Destroyer was alongside, the fire not being to wait longer owing to enemy air action the Appearer's vessel with the troops and wounded the crew who had been transferred. The Appearer m t.
his vessel under way.
to make a further attempt with the remmants of his

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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.
Sea the one oblock in
3.30
Authorities to so said left the
(the the
H.A.
Dawkins
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A number of the Appearers crew and some of the troops ts 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 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.

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COPY
CLAN MACALISTER.
NOTARIAL PROTEST
T566
Stamp:
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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
)
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;
in
WHO said and declared as he doth by those is as tish
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 ts 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.

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The fire however began to spread rapidly and the Appearer by reason of the fire had previously given orders for the ammunition
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carried by his vessel to be jettisoned in order to save the said vessel from being blown up. The Appearer then made an attempt
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to leave the Roads with a view to returning to an English Port on a course given to the Appearer by the Officers of the last
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mentioned Destroyer, but it was found that the telemotor steering gear was broken and unusable, and that it was impossible to reach the hand steering gear which was situated aft on the poop owing to the fire and the fact that the remaining ammunition in the tonnage opening was exploding. As at this juncture it became impossible for the Appearer and his crew to navigate the said vessel or even remain on board owing to the fact that the fire was burning fiercely and was beyond control and that explosions were continuously taking place and that the vessel was being subjected to machine gun fire from enemy aircraft which were continuously attacking vessels in the roadsteads, the Appearer called for the assistance of one of His Majesty's Minesweepers which came alongside.
The Appearer then for the aforesaid reasons gave instructions for the Officers and the crew to leave the said vessel, and they, including him the Appearer, were transferred to the said
Minesweeper. When the Appearer and his crew last saw the vessel she was burning fiercely and explosions were constantly occurring.
The Appearer with his Officers and crew were then brought to the
Port of Dover where they arrived at about 10 o'clock in the morning of the Thirtieth day of May One thousand nine hundred and forty.
AND LASTLY that all losses and damages which may have happened to the said vessel her appurtenances or cargo have arisen in manner aforesaid and not through the neglect or default of the Appearer or any of his crew, who all did their duty to the utmost of their power, nor yet by any insufficiency in the said vessel which was tight staunch and substantial sufficiently manned and furnished with everything necessary for such a vessel and voyage and in every respect seaworthy, her engines and machinery being in good working order and condition, her cargo properly stowed and damaged and her hatches well secured.
THEREFORE the Appearer declares to protest and I the said
Notary at his request do hereby solemnly protest for all losses costs and damages, and for what else ought to be protested in the premises.
THUS done and protested in London in the presence of John
William Patching and Rowland Rye, Witnesses.
Witnesses:
J.W. Patching.
R.W. MACKIE, Master.
Rowland Rye.
In testimonium Veritatis.
( S E A L)
J. Phillips Crawley.
Not Pub.
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WE, ROBERT WILLIAM MACKIE, Master Mariner and Master of the
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Steamship or Vessel called the "Clan Macalister", and JOHN OSBORNE
BC
Stamp
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WOODALL, Chief Officer, and ROBERT HANNAH, Chief Engineer on board
/6a the said Vessel, DO SOLEMNLY AND SINCERELY DECLARE THAT the contents of the foregoing protest are strictly true and correct.
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AND WE MAKE THIS SOLEMN DECLARATION conscientiously believing
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the same to be true and by virtue of the provisions of the Statutory
Declarations Act 1835.
BULL
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ARED this first day
BURTO
ne 1940 at No.30
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R.W. MACKIE.
BOU SA
J.O. WOODALL.
BARBAR
ndon England.
ROBERT HANNAH.
BHURAN
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Before me,
J. PHILLIPS CRAWLEY,
Not. P

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The War Office,
Casualty Branch,
Blue Coat School,
Church Road,
Wavertree,
Liverpool. 15.
NO/28.
(Casualties)
9
September, 1941.
Dear Miss Churchard,
I on endeavouring to collect evidence regarding the bombing of the S.S. "Clan MacAlister" in order that we be in a position to doal with the question of the presumption may of death of the personnel who are still missing.
It is understood that this vessel was bombed and sunk during the evacuation from Dunicirk, and I shall be most in which the ship was sunk. The particulars required are grateful if you can supply further details of the circumstances the
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ones normally supplied in such cases, 1.0+2 the date, time and what ships, 18 any, took part in rescue work, whether all place of the occurence, how long the vessel took in sinking, lifeboats were accounted for and the possibility of survival of those not resoued.
I should greatly approciate your early assistance in this matter.
Yours sincerely,
( SqL) H.A DAWKINS
ring to
1.20581
8451.
Miss.M.Churchard,
Marine Division A.
Ministry of Shipping,
Empire Hotel,
Blackpool, Lancs.
BONNY
BOY BI.
BOY BOB
L. Admy. Service.
BOY BRUCE
C. Hayes
Did not go - for Dynamo.
Returned to owner.
BREAD WINNER
J.H.A. Bellhouse
Returned to owner.
BREAM
Golding Bros.
BRITANNIA IV
Sayers Bros.
Prepared - did not go.
BRITANNIC
H. & J. Budd
Returned to owners 5.6.40.
Reported lost.
BRYWYN
C. Priestley Mist
BULL PUP
Mr. Smith
T.98. Returned to owners 19/6.
Reported lost.
BURGONIA
G.W. Burgoine
Re-allocated to A.P.S.
BURTON
Leigh Building Co.
E. Dreyfus
Returned to owners.
BOU SAADA
BARBARA
A.E. Johnson
Re-allocated to A.P.S.
BHURANA
W.H. Grint
Re-allocated to A.P.S.
BOAT (16 ft.)
W. Robertson
Auxy. Patrol Service.
Reported lost by owner.

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LIST B.
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LIST OF VESSELS LOST DURING 'DYNAMO', 'CYCLE' and 'AERIAL'
OPERATIONS.
Approx. 20thMay/1st July, 1940.
Name of Vessel and G.R.T.
Date.
Cause and Position
Remarks.
S.S. WORTHTOWN
27/5
Bombed by Aircraft,
Stores.
set on fire and abandoned
LOST
G.R.T.
868
on Dunkirk Beach.
D.W.
1206
OL
S.S. MAID OF KENT.
21/5
Bombed in Dieppe Harbour
SUNK.
Pass.
G.R.T.
wa
D.W.
S.S. BRIGHTON.
Hospital Carrier
24/5
Bombed in Dieppe Harbour
SUNK
il
PS
S.S. QUEEN OF THE
28/5
Bombed Position.
ti
CHANNEL.
510N25'N. 2° 40'E.
SUNK
Pass.
Troops and crew
G.R.T. 1162
all transferred to "DORIEN ROSE".
D.W.
S.S.SPINEL
25/5
Blown up at Dunkirk.
ABANDONED.
)
Petrol.
CONSIDERED LOST
G.R.T. 650
D.W.
592
+
S.S.ABUKIR.
28/5
Torpedoed by surface craft
SUNK.
Tramp.
50 miles N.E.of N.
a
G.R.T. 694
Foreland.
D.W.
900
SUNK
S.S. LORINA
29/5
Bombed. Sunk in Dunkirk
8 of crew harbour.
Pass.
were lost.
B)
G.R.T. 1578
D.W.
365
S.S.NORMANNIA.
30/5
Bombed whilst in tow
SUNK.
2.71°
Survivors in
Pass.
Dunkirk breakwater 4
H.M.S.ROSS &
G.R.T. 1567.
243
miles.
H.M.S.MOSQUITO.
D.W.
30/5
Bombed at Dunkirk.
SUNK.
S.S.FENEILA.
1
P.C.
G.R.T. 2376
D.W.
520
30/5
Bombed atDunkirk.
SUNK.
S.S.CLAN
MACALISTER.
C.L.
G.R.T. 6787
D.W. 10905
S.S.SCOTIA
1/6
Bombed at Dunkirk
SUNK
G.R.T. Pass 3454
D.W.
540
S.S. PARIS
2/6
Attacked by aircraft
Pass
G.R.T. 1790
approx. 51°11.5'N 2.07E.
SUNK
D.W.
650
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MINISTRY OF SHIPPING,
BERKELEY SQUARE HOUSE, an
Telegrams:
BERKELEY SQUARE,
LONDON, W.1.
is
(O.J.)
March, 1941.
House
N.
Mr.
Dawkins, list shows the ships and small of craft the B.E.F. which ough
Dear The attached lost during the evacuation letter of the untity was a are known to have been stated in Moore's approximate from France last we year. can give As only the names, I hope, dates however, and that the in
16th February of the ships concerned. to you.
PS as tish positions list will be of some assistance
Yours sincerely,
H. The A.
30/5
Bombed at Dunkirk.
SUNK.
S. CLAN
MACALISTER.
C.L.
G.R.T. 6787
D.W. 10905
S.S.SCOTIA
1/6
Bombed at Dunkirk
11
Pass.
G.R.T. 3454
D.W. 540
"
2/6
Attacked by aircraft approx.
S.S.PARTS
51° 11.5'N 2.07E.
Pass.
G.R.T. 1790
D.W. 650
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