18 December 1944 Part 9

Item 3 — reference to page 302

Radio telegram FT 2121 to Naval High Command West and the Commander-in-Chief U-boats: on 17 December, continuous G-firing was heard in grid square B.F. 2656 from 22:56 to 23:02. From 23:08 on 18 December until 00:47, the sound of a heavy diesel engine was heard in approximately grid square B.F. 3541/1, from north-west to east of the Casquets. On 18 December from 14:11 to 16:45, five destroyers at high speed and on varying courses were observed in grid square B.F. 2939. Probably an enemy U-boat hunt by U-boat hunter groups in the sea area. — Naval Commandant, Channel Islands.

T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. Source scan 0165 — annex to the War Diary, 16–31 December 1944