As WW2progressed and convoys of merchant ships were lost to the
enemy the Royal Navy provided armed escorts. The very last escort
vessel then became known as `THE CANTEEN BOAT'. The vessel would be
commanded by the lowest ranking of the Royal Navy escort Vessels.
H.M.S. CASSANDRA a brand new Destroyer was in her last stages of
"Working up ". The story here is remarkable how an inexperienced
war ship and ships company battled the odds with little help and
survived without suffering more casualties. The conditions were
terrible, but the morale was good. I have not been able to find any
record of a situation recorded similar to that contained in this
book. If the above had not been successfully accomplished the only
alternative most likely would have been the following. Remove
everybody that it was possible to remove, before the convoy steamed
too far ahead. The ship would have then been sunk by our own forces
to prevent it falling into the hands of the enemy.
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