Lyne's many stories was an outstanding inzident when Lieut.-Cmdr. Warwick, was carrying out a /sweep in the war channel with a section of sweepers. It chanced that a blizzard came down upon him almost at the same time that he found himself in a mine field in which one or two of his vessels were blown up. With the on-coming traffic something had to be done to avert a serious situation and possibly disaster. Warwick promptly by sound signal ordered his section to anchor, and well knowing the risk he was taking in his own ship, turned back through the mine field to warn the "ncomíhg traffic, "That was just an example," writes Sir Thomas, "of the readiness of resource shown by the leaders of sections in our force."
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