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General Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.,
103
n°0
" for Telegrams:
15, TRINITY SQUARE,
ONIC TELEX,"
DNDON.
LONDON, E.C.3.
F. H. Keenlyside, Esq.,
Telephone:
Ministry of Shipping,
ROYAL 3200-7
(23 LINES).
3rd Sept. 19 40
Berkeley Square House,
:ference WIP/LK
Berkeley Square, W.1.
now
OF
one
Dear Sir,
Further to my letter of the 23th ultimo, I
YOU
now enclose copy of a report made by the Chief Engineer of
GALOGE
the "ROYAL EAGLE" in connection with the evacuation of the
B.E.F. from Dunkirk, from which you will see that this vessel
OF
made three trips in all :
99
First Trip - landed 800 to 900 troops
and
Second trip - landed 1800 to 1900 troops including
40 wounded.
Third trip - Picked up three boatloads of wounded.
Yours faithfully,
for THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED.
up Dunkirk ship. arrived Proceeded at dusk waited off shore all night.
Shelling heavy all night and a few dents in ship but no
one hurt.
French drifter brought off mostly French troops.
Last hour three boat loads of wounded arrived some very
bad cases, Left at daylight and arrived Sneerness 6 p.m.
3rd June but were recalled at 8 p.m. as Evacuation was
finished.
on day.
of
service
The General Manager,
The Isle of Man Steam Packet Co., Ltd.,
General Manager's Office,
DOUGLAS.
aniss
left,
in
Heinkels dived on to the berth which we had just vacated and practically
blew it to pieces. However, we got back to Dover safely and
disembarked our troops. On 24th. May we were ordered to go to anchorage
congested. We were at anchor in the Downs on Saturday evening. Next 25/5
in the Downs for a little rest as Dover harbour was getting rather
day at noon we got orders and a route for Dunkirk, so we accordingly
set off as per instructions. Our route took us about 4 miles off Calais
to a certain buoy. On nearing the position I could not see the buoy,
but saw a buoy a little further inshore and steamed towards it to make
certain. On nearing the buoy I saw it was not the buoy on the
instructions and ordered the helm hard aport. Immediately hell was let
loose on our ship. We were shelled from the shore by single guns and
1.