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16 June 1944
Summary
Coastal battery firing or engagement. Air or sea observations. Shipping and convoy movements
Location Details
Jersey; Guernsey; Alderney; Granville; Battery Annes
Diary Entry
16 June 1944
From 02:58 to 03:12 Batteries Annes and Blucher, Alderney, engaged radar-located enemy targets, assessed as torpedo boats or destroyers. The targets withdrew westwards at high speed while altering course. No hits were observed. [T-1022/2174, PG 38468, scans 0426 and 0438]
At 00:00 Pondichery and Saigon sailed from Jersey for Granville. In Guernsey, the OT coastal motor vessel Karel was severely damaged by bomb hits and burnt out.
Source of Information
Roll 2424, PG 38004, scan 0892 (St Malo Naval Command War Diary).
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