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Cherbourg, very close to the coast, this is a very tricky job here as the Germans have heaps of E-Boats* and plenty of Shore Batteries but these ships are very fast and the Captain very cunning at is job. 1.30am 17th we start to lay the eggs, 3am last mine gone, proceeding full speed for Portsmouth for another load and we are told this is the last run to the French coast in the old moon. Captain told us we may have 48 hours leave as we have a small defect in one engine. 18th load with 186 mines, 19th Sunday and off we..
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