The damage to the craft, in approximately the order in which it occurred, was as follows:

270 - Holed by mine in No. 1 Troop Space.

263 - Two holes in engine room and port ballast tank; engine room flooded and electrical machinery out of action.

125 - Holed by obstacles in the bow causing 15° list which had to be corrected by counter floating of ballast tanks.

115 - Two holes in engine room starboard side from beach obstacles; engine room flooded and pumps put out of action

276 - Four obstacle holes in the bottom causing loss of oil and water.

250 - Mined on the port bow; lost both ramps when turning while getting off the beach.

118 - Damaged by the mine set off by 250; port ramp had to be jettisoned after being rammed by 250; kedge had to be cut after being fouled by 252; starboard screw sheered off by mine while unbeaching and three holes pushed through the ship's bottom, two of them into engine room.

252 - Holed on starboard side forward by beach obstacles; starboard propeller fouled.

135 - Four holes through the bottom from obstacles and port propeller damaged.

299 - Mined on port side, holing engine room and mess deck.

262 - Mined twice in coming off the beach with 276; engine room flooded and electrics and engines put out of action.

The disembarking of troops took between twenty minutes and half an hour. The reason it was so slow was that the troops of the reserve brigade had more equipment to take with them than the assault troops who had landed ahead of them. Many LCI's of the 262nd Flotilla had between 150 and 250 bicycles which had to be disembarked over the ramps. The problem of getting the troops ashore was further complicated by the congestion on the beach which had caused several of the LCI's to beach in an awkward position for the disembarking of troops. The whole Flotilla had had to beach through a tricky surf and past rows of obstacles on to a beach that was only 180 yards long between groins, and was already occupied by several LCT's and one or two other LCI's. It is therefore not surprising that some of the LCI's bumped each other when jostling for position during the run in to the beach. In this way 118 was damaged by 25O. The crowding caused still more