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TUG DO, LIMITED.
UNITED TOWING CO., LTD.
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FRIDAY,
YOURS
21st June,
1940.
OURS
G/4-1/1222/0.
Dear Sir,
The
TUG "EMPIRE HENCHMAN" - Dunkirk Operations.
We acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 19th instant enclosing one addressed to the Master of the tug "EMPIRE HENCHMAN".
Accordingly we are taking steps to transmit the letter in question to the Master of the tug "EMPIRE HENCHMAN" as requested.
of
Yours faithfully, letter the Officers in of For our UNITED TOWING CO., LIMITED, in the
Weransmik.
Private Secretary,
Ministry of Shipping,
SECRETARY.
Parker skeley Square House,
Berkeley Square,
LONDON, W.1.
to We For Mo Tage
The Elliott Steam Tug up your
Joint Manager.
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ALL WORK UNDERTAKEN BY US IS SUBJECT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM STANDARD TOWAGE CONDITIONS.
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owned collision by I went the with Great to the spot and found that the
The H.M. been Helier" in
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alo wind, and The weather visibility was was fine, fairly sea smooth. good. There was very little him isfa very
Destroyer with "St. Helier" her stem. struck the starboard bow of the until vessels When The were I arrived together. at the sceme of the collision the two and th me to take I Officer hold of in his charge vessel of as the quickly Destroyer as possible. hailed me, and asked to m
then made at fast. once ordered my crew to get out the tow rope, and and passed I backed the my end stern of the close wire up aboard. to the stern of the Destroyer shackled The to tow 50 rope fathoms consisted of 5" wire. of 60 fathoms of 16" manilla rope,
Destroyer, The end and of the the manilla wire was was made on our fast towing to the hook. stern of the her could stern. see the Destroyer had a number of tow depth rope charges because on
I had to use care in passing the I
backed As away I passed and carried the tow on rope with to her the business. Destroyer, the "St. Helier"
in a westerly
I made fast direction. at about 11.20 p.m. and at once commenced towing her bows very severly damaged.
The were Destroyer had been hit just forward of her bridge, and
The bridge of the Destroyer was well forward.
and let go 10.35 a.m. on the 31st May.
I towed at the Destroyer stern first and arrived off Dover
He left the job of towing in my hands.
The Captain of the Destroyer did not use his engines.
and I asked her Master to hold the Destroyer's stern to the
The Tug "Empire Henchman" was following us into Dover, tide so that I could get my tow rope in.
At 11.35 a.m. I moored alongside the starboard side of the "Sharpshooter" and steered her to No. 10 buoy inside the
Eastern entrance to Dover Harbour.
The "Empire Henchman" had a short scope of rope to the stern of the tow and assisted me to get the Destroyer through the Eastern entrance.
We took the Destroyer in stern first.
We moored her to the buoy at 1.20 p.m. and then proceeded alongside the Prince of Wales Pier.
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