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Tommy Shiels at Larne by BBC Radio Ulster. The transcription was by Bruce Logan. I was on the ‘A’ gun. Some of them got away, and we were still on the guns up forward. After a while they says “Abandon ...

I had just arrived from Gilbralter on board HMS Dido a cruiser, i was to join Hms Aurora light cruiser which was unfortunately lying in dry dock No:5 in Malta harbour with damage to her bows. After a ...