19 July 1944 Part 1

19-20 July 1944

Batteries Annes and 12./1265, Alderney, engaged two motor torpedo boats and an Atherstone-class escort destroyer south of Alderney. After numerous reported hits the destroyer was observed burning, with a heavy list and its stern low in the water, before drifting towards Cap de la Hague. The accompanying boats appeared to take off members of its crew. The batteries fired 243 rounds; the high expenditure was attributed partly to Sark obstructing observation for the coastal batteries. [T-1022/2174, PG 38470, scans 0823-0824]

T-1022 Rolls 2174–2175, Admiral Channel Coast. Source section in Version 1.74.