12 January 1944 Part 4
Summary
Naval command and harbour services in the islands.
Location Details
Jersey; Guernsey; Alderney; Channel Islands; St Helier; St Peter Port
Diary Entry
12 January 1944 Part 4 Naval command and harbour services in the islands
The sheet has a handwritten “12” over a struck-out 17 December 1943 date; placed under the 12 January 1944 compilation date. The corrected month is not legible.
Organisation of the Navy in the West.
Naval Group West, Paris: Admiral Krancke; Chief of Staff, Rear-Admiral Karl Hoffmann.
Admiral Channel Coast: Vice-Admiral Rieve; Chief of Staff, Captain Kopp.
Naval Commander Channel Islands, Guernsey: Captain Steinbach. The staff-officer field is blank.
Naval Artillery Battalion 604, Guernsey and Jersey; Naval Artillery Battalion 605, Alderney.
Harbour commandants: Guernsey, Jersey and Alderney.
Guernsey: Harbour Security Flotilla Guernsey; Harbour Surveillance Station Saint Peter Port.
Jersey: Harbour Surveillance Station Saint Helier; Harbour Security Flotilla Jersey.
Source of Information
German Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1566. Roll 1566 Jersey and Channel Islands English translations.docx, reference 6. T312-1566.pdf, PDF page 65. PDF pages count from the first page of the supplied file.
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