22 January 1943 Part 1

22 January 1943 St Malo Convoy Control Office

Weather: South to south-west force 4–5, cloudy, rain showers, visibility 10 nautical miles, sea 2–3. 0715, Malo: M 4602 sailed to roads with three Hummer boats for WO course. Tasks: (1) Sunderwitt, Udotee and Flensburg Guernsey–Malo; (2) night troop convoy La France Malo–Jersey; (3) night troop convoy Rob. Müller and Amethyste Malo–Guernsey; (4) combined convoy Guernsey–Jersey–Granville. Assigned: (1), then (3), V 206/11; (2) V 210/12; (4) M 4604/05/07.

1000, Jersey: two FK sailed for Guernsey. 1130, Guernsey: M 4604/05/07 sailed with Helma, Comptoir 51 and 66, B 1135 and Presto for Jersey–Granville. 1200, Guernsey: V 206/11 sailed for Malo with Flensburg, Udotee and Sunderwitt. 1245, Malo: M 4602 with three Hummer boats sailed to roads, available to WO course [a second outward movement is recorded]. 1340, Guernsey: two FK arrived from Jersey [M 4604/05/07 struck out]. 1500, Jersey: M 4604/05/07 took Claus, Guynemer, Rabat, Gabes and Nestor into convoy for Granville.

Report to 3rd Security Division. Situation for 22 January: V 210/12 resting at Malo; V 206/11 with Flensburg, Udotee and Sunderwitt Guernsey–Malo, evening night troop convoy of 22/23 January with Rob. Müller 8 and Amethyste Malo–Guernsey, adding Midsland west of Noirmont; V 724/23 ready at Cherbourg; V 711/22 ready at Malo; M 4604/05/07 combined convoy Guernsey–Jersey–Granville, then independently Granville–Malo; M 4602 and three Hummer boats in Malo roads with WO course; C Group of 46th Minesweeper Flotilla and M 4612 ready at Malo. Escorted tonnage: 9,100 GRT.

Intentions for 23 January: (1) V 210/12 night troop convoy of 22/23 January with La France Malo–Jersey, evening return convoy Jersey–Malo with La France and RO 21; (2) V 206/11 complete night troop convoy of 22/23 January Malo–Guernsey, evening night troop convoy Rob. Müller 8 Guernsey–Alderney, then independently to Cherbourg; (3) V 724/23 with Claus Wilhelm Cherbourg–Alderney; (4) V 711/22 ready at Malo; (5) M 4604/05/07, C Group of 46th Minesweeper Flotilla and M 4612 ready at Malo.

[1]500, Guernsey: FK 23/30 sailed for Jersey. [1]815, Jersey: FK 23/30 arrived from Guernsey. [1]900, Malo roads: V 206/11 arrived with convoy from Guernsey. [1]930, Granville: M 4604/05/07 released combined convoy from Guernsey–Jersey and proceeded to Malo. [2]000, Malo: V 206/11 sailed with Rob. Müller 8 and Amethyste for Guernsey via Jersey. [2]230, Malo: V 210/12 with La France proceeded to roads for passage to Jersey. [2]300, Malo: M 4604/05/07 arrived from Granville. [2]345, west of Noirmont: V 206/11 also took Midsland into convoy for Guernsey. Signed Wunderlich.

T-1022 Roll 2423, scan 0717, original pages 12–13. Leading digits of several afternoon/evening times on page 13 are obscured at the binding; supplied digits are bracketed.