13 June 1941

13 June 1941 Harpune Süd — nautical reference material

Naval High Command. Berlin W35, Tirpitzufer 72/76, telephone 21 82 81, 13 June 1941. File No. 55/41, secret command matter, commanders only, Naval Staff/HW II. In replies, quote this reference, date and brief subject. Secret command matter; commanders only; to be handled by an officer.

To Naval Commander, Western France, Royan (control No. 1); for information, Group West (control No. 2). [Received 20 June 1941; file 44, commanders only; initials.]

Subject: “Harpune Süd”. Reference: Naval Staff Operations Division Iop 573/41, secret command matter, commanders only (sent only to Group West).

The following nautical material is being prepared for “Harpune Süd”:

1. Sketch maps of the enemy coastal strip, scale 1:25,000.

2. Tide tables giving daily times and heights of high and low water for Portland, Lyme Regis, Sidmouth, Exmouth, Torquay and Start Point.

3. Tide tables of the same kind as under 2 for the following French coastal ports: Alderney, Guernsey, St Hélier, St Malo, Le Légué, Morlaix, Brest, Lanros, Lorient, Vannes, St Nazaire, Nantes, La Rochelle and Rochefort.

4. Tidal-stream atlas for the western half of the Channel (No. 2300 B), together with the reference-time sheet for 1941.

5. Charts of tidal streams on the French Atlantic coast, together with a table of high-water times at Brest, which is the reference time to be used for the tidal-stream charts.

6. Calendar of sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset.

By order: Dr Conrad, Rear Admiral. Certified correct: [signature], Government Councillor.

T-1022 Roll 2439, T1022_R2439_English_Translation.docx. Archive and frame references follow.
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