19 January 1943 Part 5

Summary

Shipping and convoy movements. Weather report

Location Details

Guernsey; Alderney; Cherbourg

Diary Entry

19 January 1943 Alderney Harbour Commandant diary

Overcast, SE 2–3, visibility 10 nautical miles, calm sea. 0530: Vp 424/M 4047 departed for Cherbourg. 0750: Irene arrived from Guernsey; the escort continued to Cherbourg. 0842: FK 08 returned. 1400: Divers examined Vp 703. Result: two holes on the port side; keel torn open for four metres beneath the engine room; propeller damaged. 1840: FK 21 went to patrol position.

Source of Information

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37995, scan 0459.