11 January 1944

11 January 1944 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

Alderney naval radar was out of action.

Construction, Naval Artillery Battalion 604. Batterie Mirus: development of the positions and the wire obstacles at anti-aircraft position Gotenhafen continued. Splinter-protection trenches were excavated at No. 3 gun and an emplacement was built for the 7.5-cm gun at No. 2 gun. Kobold & Bruns continued camouflage work.

Batterie Steinbruch: internal fitting-out of the anti-aircraft bunkers was completed. Cable-trench excavation continued, as did wire-obstacle work at the searchlight and anti-aircraft position 1. Field anti-aircraft positions 5 and 6 were further developed. The gardening firm carried out levelling and planting.

Batterie Lothringen: further development of the close-defence installations, excavation for cable laying and work on searchlight shelter Anton.

Batterie Strassburg: the battery continued developing the close-defence installations. The camouflage firm carried out camouflage and painting.

Naval Artillery Battalion 605, Batterie Annes: electrical cables to the fire-control post and its accommodation bunker were laid. Excavation began for a new trench for the cable connecting the machinery bunker to the local electricity network. Levelling and camouflage continued. Organisation Todt continued excavating the cooling bunker's drainage ditch and partly laid the pipe. Earth was banked against the cooling and machinery bunkers.

Roll 2422, scans 0777–0778, original pages 2–3.