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Of the crew of M.L. 282 one officer and two men (out of four) laid down their lives in this splendid achievement.

Considering the dangerous locality in which M.L. 558 was operating, she was fortunate in being hit by only one shell.

The proceedings of M.L. 526, which also rescued some of the crew from another blockship, will be described later.

Shallow-draught M.L.'s carried out the scouting for mines at low tide.

The M.L.'s were emitting their smoke screen to cover the bombarding ships.