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16 July 1942 Part 6

Summary

Shipping and convoy movements. Readiness or defensive orders. Weather report

Location Details

Guernsey; Alderney; Cherbourg

Diary Entry

16 July 1942 Alderney Harbour Commandant diary

Cloudy, visibility 9–10 nautical miles, NW 1–2, sea 1. 0600: HS 35/183 returned from patrol. 1130: HS 184/187 arrived from Guernsey. Increased combat readiness, with the hours partly lost at the damaged left edge (minutes 25–15 remain). An arrival time ending in 30 records Vp 713/204 with Georgi and Corona from Cherbourg. 2310: Vp 713/204 went to patrol position. 2345: HS 135 went to patrol position.

Source of Information 

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37995, scans 0396–0401. This section begins 16 July, original page 30. The preceding section ends 1 July, original page 24, at scan 0395. No entries for 2–15 July are present between them. The 1 July entry is translated with the June section.
T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37995, scan 0397.

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