At the concentration zone, the ships assigned to the evacuation from Greece do not sail as one undifferentiated mass. The commander divides transports, cruisers, destroyers, and smaller craft into groups bound for separate embarkation points. That allocation already creates a complicated escort problem because each destination needs a viable combination of lift and protection. One destroyer is also ordered to collect 600 men reported on an island and then return to assist a transport at another port. The passage turns a list of ship names and destinations into a lesson about evacuating dispersed troops: limited escorts and new rescue reports continuously reshape the sailing plan.
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Greek evacuation routing across dispersed Aegean embarkation points
Ships supporting the evacuation from Greece form destination-specific groups while one destroyer receives an extra island rescue assignment before returning to help another transport.