25 April 1944 Part 2

25 April 1944 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

Weather: wind from 220°, 4 metres per second. 02:08: Guernsey Artillery Group alerted after detection of unidentified fast targets changing course in BF 3547. From 02:28 to 02:35 the group's heavy-howitzer batteries and naval Batterie Steinbruch fired on the detected surface targets, approximately 21°11′–21°19′, range 143½–150½ hectometres [14,350–15,050 metres]. After shelling, the targets withdrew north-west at maximum speed, probably motor torpedo boats or torpedo boats. No enemy counteraction; no German losses. Steinbruch expended seventeen 15-cm high-explosive shells with ballistic cap and nose fuze, L/4,6; the heavy-howitzer batteries nine rounds of 21-cm 18 ammunition. 03:05: alert ended. 19:00: No. 2 gun of 2./1265 operational again.

Roll 2422, scan 0825, original page 39.