26 December 1944 Part 18

Continuation: 26 December 1944

21:15 — Alderney

The Artillery Group reported several distant detonations to the north at 21:10. The report was associated with U-boats operating in the sea area.

Radio telegram FT 2211 to Naval High Command West and the Commander-in-Chief U-boats: ‘At 16:19 a drifting lifeboat was reported from the Casquets. In darkness it was recovered by harbour-defence boats and brought to Alderney. A Liberator illuminated it, apparently while searching. The lifeboat was unoccupied and came from the ship Leopoldville, Antwerp.’

T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. Source scan 0151 — original page 320