16 January 1945

16 January 1945 Depth charge explosions north of Alderney

Naval High Command West area

North of Alderney, patterns of depth charges were observed at a great distance from 0950 to 1005 hours on the 16th; the detonations occurred at intervals of half a minute. At midday, the same observations were made to the north and northwest.

Traffic to and from Cherbourg could not be observed because visibility was only moderate.

German Naval Staff diary. BArch RM 7/68; former British Admiralty reference Case GE 165, PG 34425. Published Part A, volume 65. PDF pages 296, 297; printed page 290–291. Audited translation reference 16.