TNA MT 40 36 Pt 2

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operation, was on Kin
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and made 37 seven)
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trips between the larger
renes off- shum and la
STN. 6B,
ulars of the
beach itself . And hav
vacuation of
ferent vessel
She number, crowded with
nade four
trops, to Dorn. Then
carrying
she is leaking
that her
Shn Sauth, promounly after
with machine-
bring beached .
further in-
5'm was eventually
since.
to
Salvaged and Named
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to un up - nin, full of
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buller - holes and also
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Somen has damaged by
R.N.
Shell w the bount splectors.
Sun has now been aprived.
DE
wh
pl
ac
30t
fav setting the with heavy a fresh Mainsail wind, and so Jib the for Naval & good Ratings run got down. busy we in were ass
mizzen set, and harbour motor. about Outside 3.0.p.m. on
We preparing were making to quite a good headway by the evening of 30th
was overhead, with still occasionally close Sails range. favoured so to we gunfire near us. As stopped keep daylight Dover, was But ship the many heard, and broke going Motor times to and get we all and planes could that quickly night, relied night see above when on where planes our us. we we Sails, heard came were So we many while in and con qu p a
motive, lowered when Sails. it seemed just for the purpose the by wind there failed seemed us, to s 1
and The Motor was our only chance now in this strong
contrary wind.
So with the assistance of the Seamen, I tried starting, but f
had to re-start on petrol and change a plug. I had taken some t
she was cold, and that the cold paraffin had given me a wet plug.
to localise our difficulty and to remedy it, that I felt very rel
when she started, as without power, we might very well have been 1