17 August 1943 Part 5

17 August 1943 Group B mine check between Jersey and Guernsey

17 August, 00:20: near Ida 3, encountered V 213's convoy and exchanged ES signals. 00:30: Ida 3. 02:40: off Jersey, released convoy for Saint Helier. 02:50: minesweepers anchored in Saint Aubin's Bay owing to unfavourable tide. 06:25: weighed anchor. 06:45: entered Saint Helier and secured at Albert Pier. 07:40, intention report to division, copies to escort office and flotilla: sail with four boats at 21:30, sweep in two strips with SDG from Ida 5 via Point 332 to Ida 6, reverse course via Point 332 to Ida 5, then enter Jersey. M 4615, G 293.

13:30: Jersey harbour commandant relays order to stand off Corbière at 22:00 and undertake ordered task; harbour commandant to transmit departure radio in M 4615's name. 16:20, radio 1550/56 from division: because of unfavourable tide, only one Jersey–Guernsey route pass during night of 17/18 August; sail 21:30. 21:15: Group B cast off and sailed under M 4615's commander. 22:15: at Ida 5, deployed SDG with 30-metre float pendants; formation line abreast, centre guide, interval 300 metres. 23:15: Point 332. 24:00: wind SE 2, sea 1, cloud 5/10, visibility about 10 nautical miles. Signed Meier.

T-1022 Roll 3129, 46th Minesweeping Flotilla and reviewing commands. Supplied English translation T1022_R3129_English_Translation.docx. Record 460 | Source PDF scans 460, 461.