16 August 1941 Part 1

16 August 1941 Channel Islands Harbour Commandant diary

Extract from the War Diary, 16–31 August 1941. Harbour Commandant: Korvettenkapitän Freiherr von Nostitz; acting for him, Korvettenkapitän Dr Graeff.

St Helier: wind south-west force 4–5, sea state 4, occasional rain showers and variable visibility. At Marko Normandie’s request, La Corbière light was shown from 02:00 to 05:00, and Sorel from 03:30 until daylight. At 10:50 H 2 and two patrol boats sailed from the Jersey roadstead for St Malo.

St Peter Port, 09:45: three “Kraehne” (cranes, as typed), two tugs and two patrol boats sailed for St Malo. [The source may have intended Prahme, barges; the typed wording is retained.]

T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 37999, scans 0201–0202.