11 August 1943 Part 2

11 August 1943 Group C Channel Islands convoys and weather delays

11 August: Boat Order 434: four boats to pass outward through lock [time obscured] and anchor in roads. Take over convoy off Granville at 24:00: Saigon, René-Marguerite and Comptoir 51 for Jersey; Claus and Isigny [onward convoy]. Enter Saint Helier; 46th Flotilla to continue the latter convoy the following night. V 206 with Bordeaux joins off Jersey the following night; V 203/204 with Minotaure for the Guernsey convoy [numbers partly unclear]. Arrange measures independently. Commander of 3rd Security Division aboard V 206.

16:02: four boats cast off at Saint-Malo. 16:45: M 4600, M 4601 and M 4605 anchored in roads; M 4607's electric motor failed, secured at mole to enter later. 21:00: weighed anchor and proceeded toward Granville under V 206. Signed Hüfner.

T-1022 Roll 3129, 46th Minesweeping Flotilla and reviewing commands. Supplied English translation T1022_R3129_English_Translation.docx. Record 451 | Source PDF scans 451, 452, 453.