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"QUAM " .T.M.H
Sunday, June 2nd. 5.0 p.m. 20
11.0 p.m.
Repairs completed. .M.S Shifted ship to bunker, etc.
at transports any moment. Ordered During off to the anchor, night with it was orders noticed to be ready
of were returning siv that
Monday, June 3rd. 110 2911m beege IIB
11.0 a.m. to W Juods
enclosed. a message from V.A. Dover, aentievent a copy as of
Received at GOSE
which is
3.0 p.m.
DS. [I
and to arrive Received at orders to proceed to Dunkirk at
midnight via the medium route. 8 p.m.
8.0 p.m. TE.O Js
We hove up and bewede asw
3 black including presented "W" encountered to buoy 4 smoke miles was the itself, drifting in to made, oil the the refinery, the where vicinity westward slowly entire the proceeded. westwards, was of was western spectacle "V" ablaze, buoy, portion A a of with slight German clearing Dunkirk dense of fog battery the ablaze before clouds was
town, of
They firing to at the inferno.
to that channel area, in presumably the vicinity were also for of firing our No.6 buoy star in shells order over to light the swept up
hazardous the of the (490 subjected cross outward be vicinity; feet able channel task. wide); Then to However, overtaken to shell these, shell the steamers, it ticklish fire. No.6 coupled was us. traffic, buoy known destroyers portion with was made that benefit, rounded all safe several of and the the ;eble or small without homeward channel at wrecks DISODISTE least craft, our traffic were was to being plus entered find in us
to steamer. water, passed engines over a wreck, were This stopped. but was didn't accomplished The feel wreck anything, safely, looked navigation being like although a a high somewhat paddle we
11.57 p.m.
for our appointed berth. We arrived time. off We entered Dunkirk breakwater, esw IT very close to
all varying a types The of narrow fairway the was Pierheads, crammed and looked
this wrecks, the of alongside shells the an engineers, time, harbour hour". etc. bursting, I ("how and shouted here aircraft Shells with This long and and having 15 through would were the there. ships minutes occasional to he bound the constantly be"?) The must megaphone in only have glare and They light keep been out. to of answered the clear the was a to nightmare Wrecks nearest fires. that capacity, of "a traffic, of quarter dotted by steamer for with
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