TNA / MT 40 36 Pt 2

TNA MT 40 36 Pt 2

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TNA MT 40 36 Pt 2

A second digitised section of MT 40/36: Ministry of Transport papers on the Dynamo small-craft pool, special-service planning and claims procedure.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: MT 40 36 Pt 2

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, MT 40/36 Pt 2. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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136	Log in to enlarge	124 the pier which Jerry was bombing and shelling. To make matters worse I was right in the fairway, liable to be run down by ships coming in and going out. Darkness was fast approaching. With no engineer on board, and me without the slightest knowledge of engines, I had to hope that the soldiers could get her going again. The engineers among them got to work, The others I ordered to break up both the cabin doors and use the pieces as paddles in order to keep a little way on the boat and prevent her from running on to the pièr. Although they were dead tird they put all they knew into it and SO we managed to keep a little way on the boat and keep her in a safe position. About this time I began to shiver and got very cold as it got dark, for I had on the same togs that I had been swimming in. I was still wet through. Then one of the soldiers tapped me on the shoulder. He handed over a flask, asking me to drink. I did. It was rum, and it certainly put warmth and fresh life into me. The soldiers tinkered with the engine in the darkness and it must have been between ten and eleven oclock at night when there was a clamour of excitement. They had got the starboard engine going! I told them to "drop everything" and leave the port engine and I would get them over to England all right on the one engine, which gave me about five to six knots. I counter-acted the pull of the one engine with the wheel. Because the main channel between Dunkirk and Ramsgate was crowded with ships that night, and I stood a big chance of being run down in the blackness, I decided to try and make Dover and keep clear of the main channel 4	Boat England Dover Little right

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the pier which Jerry was bombing and shelling. To make
matters worse I was right in the fairway, liable to be run
down by ships coming in and going out. Darkness was fast
approaching.
With no engineer on board, and me without the
slightest knowledge of engines, I had to hope that the
soldiers could get her going again. The engineers among
them got to work, The others I ordered to break up both
the cabin doors and use the pieces as paddles in order
to keep a little way on the boat and prevent her from
running on to the pièr. Although they were dead tird they
put all they knew into it and SO we managed to keep a
little way on the boat and keep her in a safe position.
About this time I began to shiver and got very cold as it
got dark, for I had on the same togs that I had been swimm-
ing in. I was still wet through. Then one of the soldiers
tapped me on the shoulder. He handed over a flask, asking
me to drink. I did. It was rum, and it certainly put
warmth and fresh life into me.
The soldiers tinkered with the engine in the dark-
ness and it must have been between ten and eleven oclock
at night when there was a clamour of excitement. They had
got the starboard engine going! I told them to "drop
everything" and leave the port engine and I would get them
over to England all right on the one engine, which gave me
about five to six knots. I counter-acted the pull of the
one engine with the wheel.
Because the main channel between Dunkirk and
Ramsgate was crowded with ships that night, and I stood a
big chance of being run down in the blackness, I decided
to try and make Dover and keep clear of the main channel
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