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At midnight Baillie-Grohman sails in the caique; HMS Havock takes him off

27 April 1941 Proven

As there was still no sign of the destroyer, Rear-Admiral Baillie-Grohman left the quay at Myloi at midnight with his staff and beachmasters in the caique chartered by Colonel Smith-Dorrien, heading for Monemvasia. Later the destroyer HMS Havock arrived and took them off the caique.

Where
The pier and harbour
Who
Harold Tom Baillie-Grohman, Peter Lockwood Smith-Dorrien
Threads
War and occupation, Harbour and pier
Certainty
Proven confirmed by primary sources

Sources

  • Supplement to the London Gazette no. 38293, 19 May 1948: despatch of Admiral A. B. Cunningham with the report of Rear-Admiral H. T. Baillie-Grohman, par. 35; Cunningham par. 15 Open
  • W. G. McClymont, To Greece (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War), Wellington 1959, p. 426 Open
  • A. Heckstall-Smith and H. T. Baillie-Grohman, Greek Tragedy 1941, London: Anthony Blond 1961, pp. 126–127, 157–159 Open

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