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ONA area
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"QUAM " .T.M.H
Sunday, June 2nd. 5.0 p.m.
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Tuesday June 4th.
11.0 p.m.
Repairs completed. Shifted bunker, etc.
0.33 a.m. outway
at transports any moment. Ordered During off to the anchor, night with it was orders noticed to be that dat that y
the bow,
were returning empty siv beege
0.45 a.m. A Fren
edd Monday, June 3rd. 11.0 110 2911m W IIB
a.m. wode to Juods
and almost capsi
VXSO Received at cose
which is
enclosed. a message from V.A. Dover, a copy as of
0.55 a.m. proce
end of
3.0 p.m.
DS. [I
some wa
and to arrive Received at midnight orders to via proceed the medium to Dunkirk route at 8 p.m.
line of
8.0 TE.O JB
of the crew.
p.m. We hove bewede neewted 8BW
encountered up and proceeded. A slight HEALTH
1.40 a.m. The
"W" buoy in the vicinity of "V" buoy, fog was
presented was made, where the spectacle of clearing before
blocked along. at 2
including itself, the oil the entire western portion Dunkirk of ablaze
3 to 4 miles drifting to the westward slowly westwards, was a German battery
black smoke refinery, was ablaze, with dense the clouds town, of
1.50 a.m. We
ST9W
told
channel in the were also firing star shells mottlaog mi
They firing to atathe inferno.
being other steam
that to area, presumably vicinity for of our No.6 buoy in order over to light the swept up
2.5a.m.
be able to shell us. benefit, or at leaststoefind
just vacat
us
Teritons moot entgne However, .Jsod
2.10 a.m.
subjected to shell No. fire. buoy was Isreves rounded :ebia without BISODISTE our being
block shi
wrecks we
(490 feet Then wide); the ticklish portion of the entered
which in
the vicinity; these, it was coupled known that several channel wrecks was
of the cross outward channel overtaken steamers, destroyers with allithe homeward were traffic in
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hazardous passed over task. a This traffic, was accomplished made safe and navigation small craft, a somewhat plus we
Goodwin
of to water, engines wreck, were but didn't feel safely, although
5.5a
steamer. stopped. The wreck anything, looked being like a high paddle
procee be the
beqade our appointed arrived time, off Dunkirk esw IT
bete 198297 11.57 p.m. We of
redew
6.50
all for a berth. The narrow We entered breakwater, very close to
night
the harbour here and there in and out.
varying types of ships fairway bound was crammed to and capacity, looked with
shells bursting, and the occasional The only glare light was that of
Wrecks dotted
I
of
shouted
the
fires.
alongside of hour". ("how long through would he the megaphone to the nearest steamer
the an engineers, This with 15 minutes be"?) must They answered "a quarter
wrecks, etc. Shells have a nightmare for
Jasethis OWJ aircraft and West by
time, and were to constantly keep of traffic,
C
gated bebmow brus
no
VISTORMS of befille
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