مجموعة ٣٠/١١٤ "تقارير إجراءات السُفُن البريطانية." [و‎‎١‎٠‎٨] (١٢٠٣/٢١٥)

8* Our anxiety about our dhow proved well f’ounded.
When we picked her up she had only made good 32 miles
from where we had slipped her two days previously.
MUSCAT.
9* "DEPTFORD" anchored at Muscat at 1750 on 8th April.
The remainder of the party were landed and after discussing
with the Political Agent several points in connection with
our reports of the expedition we sailed for Khasab at 1220
on 9th April*
MUSCAT TO KHOR KUWAI .
10* At 0600 the next morning two dhows were sighted
off LIMAH. we closed and when one of them was seen to
be a Jalibut we hoped we had fallen in with the slaver
CHAKAR BIN MURAD* " The search was disappointing as both
dhows were peaceful traders.
11. "DEPTFORD" anchored at Khasab at 1230 on 10th April
and the interpreter was sent ashore to inform the Wall that
we should be firing in Elphinstone Inlet on the 12th April.
The Wall said he would send and warn his people and we
sailed again and anchored at KHOR KUWAI at 1715*
COHFIDENTI/iL.
prom .The Commanding Officer, H.K.3. ”DEPTFORD'*,
at Bahrain,
Date#.....*1st May 1938. No.56.
To*.. THE SENIOR NAVAL OFFICER, PERSIAN GULF,
H.M.3. "SHOREHAM"*
LETTER OF PROCEEDINGS - 16TH - 30TH APRIL 1938*
MOVEMENTS.
Arrive.
Place.
Leave,
BAHRAIN
0700
22nd April
1300 23rd April
SHARJAH
0430
24th April
1710 24th April
DUBAI
0600
25th April
1700 26th April
KHOR KO'.VAX
0700
26th April
1100 27th April
DIBAH
1115
27th April
1920 27th April
KHOR KUWAI
0600
28th April
1616 29th April
BAHRAIN
BAHRAIN.
2* The "SHOREHAM" arrived with Captain Faulknor
in command as the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf, at
1830 on 19th April. I called at 1030 next morning.
BAHRAIN TO SHARJAH.
3. "DEPTFORD" sailed at 0700 on the 22nd April
for a cruise on the Trucial Coast. The object of this
cruise was to search dhows especially between Dubai and
Khor Kuwai. There had been reports of some slave and
gun running on this coast and it was hoped that an
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