0303 Hands to emergency stations fire in the boiler room
0305 Fire extinguished
0330 Action stations
0502 4.5 stood to HE fuzed N3 for 080° North target height 600
0509 4.5 fired 10 rounds for effect
0511 4.5 fired 10 rounds for effect
0556 161 rounds expended
0604 Air and surface warnings from CARDIFF red
0605 Possible enemy surface craft 220° 10 miles
0610 The ship has fire control radar locked on to us, knocked it out with 4.5
0617 CARDIFF 3 miles ahead CARDIFF fires star shell formation ‘O’ surface contact now 225° - 7 miles
0620 Course 180°, flood alarm in hull outfit 15
0622 Course 120°
0625 4 surface contacts
0626 Course 230°
0634 No flooding in hull outfit 15
0640 Wasp alert 8
0641 Contacts tracking South 14 knots
0647 Course 265° speed 25 knots
0649 Course 280°
0653 - 4 contacts are our LST’s
0707 Surface white, air yellow
0714 Fall out
187 miles to the main group
BRISTOL, CARDIFF, ACTIVE, AMBUSCADE, OLMEDA, TIDEPOOL, BROADSWORD, HERMES, FORT GRANGE, INVINCIBLE, FORT AUSTIN, REGENT ALACRITY, BRILLIANT ATLANTIC CAUSWAY, SIR BEDIVERE, OLWEN and NORLAND
RAS (L)
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