17 September 1943 Part 3

17 September 1943 Group C Bordeaux Minotaure and island convoy escorts

17 September, 00:22: Ida 3. Wind SW 2, sea 1–2, good visibility. 01:27: released Bordeaux for Saint Helier. 01:36: Corbière abeam. 03:15: released Minotaure for Saint Peter Port. 03:55: M 4600 secured at berth 4. Verbal Guernsey harbour commandant order: V 214 and M 4600 at 20:30 with Minotaure to Corbière, collect Bordeaux and escort to Saint-Malo. 20:05: cast off. 20:40: took over convoy and commenced passage under V 214. Wind NW 2–3, sea 2, good visibility. 22:25: Point 332. Wind NNW 3–4, sea 2–3. 23:18: took Bordeaux into convoy; wind NNW 4, sea 3, good visibility. Signed Ertel.

T-1022 Roll 3129, 46th Minesweeping Flotilla and reviewing commands. Supplied English translation T1022_R3129_English_Translation.docx. Record 505 | Source PDF scans 505, 506, 507.