4 August 1942 Part 3

4 August 1942 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

Weather: wind from 360°, 4 metres per second, misty.

01:10: Naval Group Command West ordered immediate readiness for standby and harbour tugs in Cherbourg and Guernsey. The Commander of E-boats (F.d.S.) had authority to employ them. 01:15: F.d.S. requested which tugs were at immediate readiness from 01:00, giving number, name, size and speed. 02:00: Harbour Commandant Guernsey reported two at St Peter Port: O19 S [identifier as read], about 250 tons, nine knots; Quatrine, about 120 tons, ten knots.

04:15: F.d.S. reported that E-boat flotillas had engaged a westbound convoy near Eddystone Rocks. All stations were to expect E-boats entering St Peter Port from 05:15. Between 06:20 and 07:20 E-boats entered from the south after an operation against a British convoy. 11:05: immediate readiness for standby and harbour tugs was cancelled.

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37996, scan 0480–0481.