20 April 1943 Part 1

20 April 1943 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

At 08:40 on 20 April, Army coastal-artillery observation posts A and F observed an approximately 20-metre waterspout and heard a detonation 2,500 metres east of St Sampson's Harbour. Navigation through the Little Russel was temporarily prohibited, and the St Peter Port harbour and roadstead were closed because of suspected ground mines.

Weather: wind 45°, speed not entered. From 23:15 to 23:40, Batterie Annes of Naval Artillery Battalion 605 conducted practice firing at a towed target. Ammunition expenditure: 22 rounds 15-cm.

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37997, scans 0624.