CROSS CHANNEL STEAMER NOW RECREATION SHIP FOR SAILORS. JUNE 1943, SCAPA FLOW. THE CROSS-CHANNEL STEAMER, AUTOCARRIER, WHICH USED TO TRANSPORT HOLIDAY-MAKERS CARS TO AND FROM FRANCE, IS TODAY A RECREATION SHIP FOR THE CREWS OF THE MANY HOME FLEET AUXILIARY VESSELS WHICH ATTEND TO THE SERVICING NEEDS OF THE ROYAL NAVY. IT IS THE FIRST AND ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND, AND TO THOUSANDS OF MEN IT MEANS BEER AND "FLICKS" ONCE A WEEK. - A drifter coming alongside the AUTOCARRIER with crews of ammunition ships on board

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