23 October 1944 Part 21

Continuation: 23 October; entries for 24 October 1944

Enemy traffic from Cherbourg: two freighters with two masts and one funnel; two standard War Emergency-type freighters; seven LST; one auxiliary aircraft carrier; one tanker; one escort destroyer; one frigate; and two naval targets whose type could not be determined. To Saint-Malo: three freighters with two masts and one funnel, and two escort destroyers.

The head of Convoy Control intended to reoccupy the Minquiers at 05:30 the following morning.

T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. Source scan 0019 — original page 211