19 December 1942 Part 1

19 December 1942 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

Weather: wind from 90°, 1–2 m/s.

Tank lighter Naphta II stranded at Skeps on Jersey’s west coast. All crew members saved.

Construction, M.A.A. 604: Battery Mirus — bunker interiors progress slowly; otherwise no substantial changes. Battery Strassburg — the rangefinder has been installed on the upper platform of the new temporary control post. Pouring of the main control post’s lower storey is to begin next week. Battery Steinbruch — shuttering of the main control post’s upper storey continues; pouring is to begin early in January 1943. Gun 4’s accommodation bunker is structurally complete.

M.A.A. 605, Organisation Todt: further preparations for pouring the control post. Installation of iron doors and hoists in turrets 1–4 is not currently being continued. Machinery-bunker work is suspended. Ammunition replenishment bunker I: excavation continues; bunker II: shuttering being stripped. Accommodation bunker 2: reinforcement continues; bunker 4: further excavation under the new plan. Battery’s own work: construction of the common room and all-round defence works continue.

Signed on behalf of the commanding officer [signature not securely read].

T-1022 Roll 2422, scan 0574–0575.