18 November 1942 Part 7

Summary

Shipping and convoy movements. Readiness or defensive orders. Weather report

Location Details

Guernsey; Alderney; Casquets; Cherbourg

Diary Entry

18 November 1942 Alderney Harbour Commandant diary

Overcast, NNW 3, visibility 8–10 nautical miles. [The sea field mistakenly reads “slightly cloudy”.] 0340: Vp 712/22 departed for Cherbourg with Lena and Antonius. 0800: FK 05/08 returned. 1000: Imminent danger cancelled until 1800. 1120: FK 05/21 departed for Les Casquets. 1545: Returned. 1740: FK 03/07 arrived from Guernsey. 1845: FK 04/22 went to patrol position. 2305: Sea-target alarm, Naval Artillery Battalion 605.

Source of Information

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37995, scan 0439.