15 November 1944 Part 12

Summary

Coastal battery firing or engagement. Air or sea observations

Location Details

Alderney; Battery Blücher

Diary Entry

Continuation: 15 November 1944

10:11–10:19 — Alderney

Battery Blücher engaged two fishing vessels in grid square B.F. 3551 with seven salvos. The boats were making 12 knots; their speed suggested that they might be auxiliary minelayers rather than ordinary fishing vessels. They disappeared north-eastwards. No hits were observed. Ammunition expenditure: 21 rounds, 15 cm Kan.Gr. 18.

Source of Information

T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. Source scan 0064 — original page 248