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22 August 1943 Part 4

Summary

M 4627 Channel Islands escorts and sweeping school training

Location Details

Jersey; Guernsey; St Malo; Granville

Diary Entry

22 August 1943 M 4627 Channel Islands escorts and sweeping school training

22 August: Guernsey harbour commandant's order: at 21:30 M 4627 with V 714 and Holstein to Jersey; take Gabès into convoy there for Granville, continue with Holstein to Saint-Malo. 21:25: cast off. 21:30: sailed under V 714. 22:04: approach buoy abeam. 22:10: Ida 6, formed up. 23:34: Point 332. 23:50: V 714 exchanged ES signals with V 214's convoy. 24:00: wind W 4, sea 4, visibility 15 nautical miles. Signed König.

Source of Information 

T-1022 Roll 3129, 46th Minesweeping Flotilla and reviewing commands. Supplied English translation T1022_R3129_English_Translation.docx. Record 455 | Source PDF scans 455, 456, 457.

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