13 August 1943 Part 4

13 August 1943 Group C Channel Islands convoys and weather delays

13 August, 01:00: wind NW 4, sea 3–4, good visibility. 02:20: released convoy to enter Guernsey. 02:31: three boats anchored in roads. 04:16: weighed anchor. 04:43: secured in Saint Peter Port. Escort task G 22: three boats to Jersey independently, take over convoy for Granville in Saint Aubin's Bay, then continue independently to Saint-Malo. Harbour commandant's teleprinter lists lighters Gabès, Saigon, Comptoir 51, Comptoir 66, René, Presto-Normand, tug Guynemer and Duke of Normandie.

22:19: cast off. 22:30: harbour commandant reports Jersey–Granville convoy cancelled. Wind W 5–6, rain, poor visibility. 22:31: reversed course owing to weather. 23:08: secured again in Saint Peter Port. M 4607 ready to sail at Saint-Malo. 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.