14 August 1944 Part 2

14 August 1944 US Navy convoy pursuit between Jersey and Guernsey

Editorial note: Continuation of the 13–14 August action, not a separate confirmed engagement. British operations are described from a US Navy source.

0150 and afterward Convoy dispersal and pursuit

The destroyer engagements continued intermittently until 0150, when the enemy split up. The enemy vessels were pursued until they made port or shore batteries forced the destroyers to disengage. The report gives no final time for the pursuit. [B page 3]

Reported outcome

Enemy: several ships were reported damaged by gunfire. Heavy damage was believed to have been sustained, but no enemy ships were known to have been sunk. The report records no observed result from the torpedo attack.

Allied: no damage to the PT boats and no casualties aboard them. HMS Saumarez sustained minor damage. Ammunition recorded as expended: two torpedoes by PT 505 and two by PT 498. [B pages 2–3]

US Navy. Lt William C. Godfrey, action report dated 15 August 1944, source set B, pages 2–3. Supplied compilation: Jersey Convoy Action 13 to 14 August 1944.docx. Set letters and page or screenshot numbers refer to that compilation.