16 July 1943

16 July 1943 M 4613 Channel Islands escorts

16 July, 00:57: Ida 3 passed; SSW force 2, sea 1, cloudy, visibility twenty nautical miles. Searchlight exercise from Jersey towards the sea and in Saint Aubin's Bay, 00:30–01:10. 01:58: Ida 2 passed. 03:45: Saint-Malo approach buoy passed. 03:57: Dinard light anti-aircraft batteries firing; air alarm aboard. Aircraft noise to starboard on course about 300°, type and aircraft not identified. No permission to fire. 04:15: alarm ended. 04:50: secured in lock. 05:28: left lock. 05:40: M 4613 secured. Signed Fieguth; signatures authenticated, draft von Bechtolsheim, countersigned on his behalf.

T-1022 Roll 3129, 46th Minesweeping Flotilla and reviewing commands. Supplied English translation T1022_R3129_English_Translation.docx. Record 395b | Source PDF scans 395, 396.