18 July 1942 Part 2

18 July 1942 Guernsey Harbour Commandant report

1630, between Cap de la Hague and Alderney: NW force 4–5, heavy sea, visibility five nautical miles, intermittently hazy with light showers. HS 133 and HS 134, which had sailed from Cherbourg at 1430, were attacked by several fighters and bombers. Both vessels were damaged. The boat commander of HS 133 was killed and five soldiers were wounded. HS 133 received hits above the waterline; HS 134 received hits below it and took water. Harbour-protection boats towed both vessels into Alderney. HS 134 was beached, capsized and filled on the rising tide.

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37993, scan 0210.