17 August 1943 Part 6

17 August 1943 Group C Cherbourg mine checks and Channel Islands escorts

17 August, 02:20: passed La Corbière inward bound. Wind NE 3, sea 1–2, good visibility. 03:00: M 4600 and M 4605 anchored in Saint Aubin's roads owing to low water; M 4601 and M 4607 entered Saint Helier. Wind E 3, sea 1. 10:10: weighed anchor. 10:40: M 4600 and M 4605 secured in harbour. Jersey harbour commandant orders Group C to stand off Corbière at 23:00, proceed without gear via new Point 332 to Guernsey, continue to Cherbourg during night of 18/19 August. 22:00: boats cast off. 22:30: M 4600 took M 4607 in tow. 23:05: Corbière abeam. Wind S 2–3, sea 1, good visibility. 23:50: air-raid warning; anti-aircraft fire over Guernsey. 23:57: warning ended. Signed Ertel.

T-1022 Roll 3129, 46th Minesweeping Flotilla and reviewing commands. Supplied English translation T1022_R3129_English_Translation.docx. Record 468 | Source PDF scans 468, 469, 470, 471.