14 July 1942

14 July 1942 St Malo convoy diary

Fresh W–SW breeze, visibility five to eight nautical miles, moderately disturbed sea. 01:45 Cherbourg: V 708/712 arrive with convoy. 05:35 Alderney: V 209/204 return from position. 06:45 St Malo: V 203/M 4611 arrive with troop convoy. 08:00 Alderney: V 209/204 sail for Cherbourg. 08:15 St Malo: M 4601/4604/4605 sail with convoy for Jersey. 09:00 Granville: V 711/724 sail with RO 8 for Guernsey.

Convoy requests: night troop convoy Alderney–Guernsey; night troop convoy St Malo–Guernsey; day convoy Alderney–Cherbourg; day convoy St Malo–Jersey; day convoy Granville–Guernsey. The first is postponed 24 hours because last night’s Guernsey–Alderney troop convoy did not sail and V 713/729 are consequently absent from Alderney; its harbour commandant is notified. V 203/206 receive the second task, V 209/204 the third, M 4601/4604/4605 the fourth, V 711/724 the fifth. 10:00 Cherbourg: V 209/204 arrive with Georgi from Alderney. M 4601/4604/4605 receive orders for the requested Granville–Jersey–Guernsey convoy on 15 July. 14:30 Guernsey: V 713/729 sail with RO 21 to Jersey and are to return alone for their night task.

Corrections to 13 July: item 2 delete Nordfels; Guernsey–Alderney night troop convoy postponed 24 hours. Item 4 V 711/724 enter Granville and stand ready for convoy. Situation: V 209/204 at Brummer then Bremse overnight, Alderney–Cherbourg with Georgi, then ready; V 713/729 ready Guernsey for RO 21 to Jersey, returning alone for Claus Wilhelm to Alderney tonight; V 711/724 Granville–Guernsey with RO 8, then ready; V 203/M 4611 finish Minotaure and Holland Guernsey–St Malo, then ready; V 203/206 ready for H 2, Holland and Schokland St Malo–Guernsey overnight; V 202 ready St Malo; M 4601/4604/4605 St Malo–Jersey with B 113 S, B 126 S, Guoppe 76, Sable d’Or and six barges, then ready; V 702/705/708/712 Cherbourg–St Malo, taking Michel Thérèse for convoy to Brest. Escorted tonnage 8,800 GRT.

Intentions for 15 July [heading types 16 July; the listed night and tasks refer to 14/15 July]: V 204/209 at Bremse overnight, then ready Cherbourg; V 713/729 finish Claus Wilhelm to Alderney, then ready; V 711/724 ready Guernsey; V 206/203 finish H 2, Holland and Schokland to Guernsey, then Kochelsee to St Malo; V 202/M 4611 ready St Malo; M 4601/4604/4605 alone Jersey–Granville, then assembled convoy Granville–Jersey–Guernsey. 15:30 Jersey: M 4601/4604/4605 arrive with convoy from St Malo. 15:30 Jersey: V 711/724 arrive with convoy from Granville [location as typed, conflicting with the Guernsey task]. 16:30 Jersey: V 713/729 release convoy to enter and return to Guernsey. 18:00 Guernsey: V 713/729 arrive alone. 22:20: V 713/729 sail with Claus Wilhelm troop convoy to Alderney. 22:45 St Malo: V 203/206 sail with troop convoy to Guernsey. 23:00 Cherbourg: V 209/204 sail for Caruso. Signed Dr Diederichs.

T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 38000, scans 0407–0408.