25 January 1943 Part 1

25 January 1943 St Malo Convoy Control Office — surviving opening

Weather: South to south-east force 6–8, rain, visibility about 5 nautical miles, sea 3–5, towards evening veering south-west to west force 3–4. 0030, Guernsey: V 210/12 arrived with La France from Malo. 0230, Alderney: V 724/23 sailed with Rob. Müller 8 for Guernsey. 0630, Guernsey: V 724/23 arrived with convoy from Alderney.

Tasks: (1) night troop convoy La France, H 49 and Rob. Müller 8 Guernsey–Malo; (2) dockyard passage M 4601/04 Guernsey–Cherbourg. Assigned: (1) V 210/12 and V 724/23; (2) because M 4601/04 have no wireless telegraphy, M 4612/06 escort them, simultaneously taking the opportunity… [sentence continues on next reel; no continuation in this folder].

Source boundary: although the diary cover specifies 16–31 January, the surviving text in this local roll ends during 25 January. Scan 0720 says “PG-38001-NID — cont. on Reel T-190-B”. Scan 0721 records the end of Reel T-189-B, documents PG-37998-NID (continued from T-188-B), PG-37999-NID, PG-38000-NID and PG-38001-NID (continued on T-190-B); photographed for ONI on 13 February 1946, machine 1562, photographer Jones. Scan 0722 is the roll identification card. No entries for the remainder of 25–31 January or subsequent reviews are present after this boundary in the supplied Roll 2423 folder.

T-1022 Roll 2423, scan 0719, original page 17. Entry breaks off at the end of this reel.