27 August 1942 Part 2

27 August 1942 St Malo Convoy Control Office

Weather: South to south-west, light to weak breeze; fair, three-tenths cloud; visibility 8–10 nautical miles; smooth to very calm sea.

0100, Alderney: V 707/04 arrived with Georgi from Guernsey. 0140, Jersey: V 211/07 released La France. 0415, Guernsey: V 211/07 arrived from Malo with Minotaure and Robert Müller 8. 0500, Cherbourg: V 213/08 arrived from the east. 0515, Guernsey: V 211/07 sailed with combined convoy and Robert Müller 8 to Jersey. 0800, Jersey: V 211/07 arrived with convoy.

0930, Alderney: V 707/04 sailed with Spinel to Cherbourg. 1120, Malo: V 209 sailed for practice firing with the anti-aircraft detachment. 1140, Cherbourg: V 707/04 arrived with Spinel from Alderney, then coaled.

Requests: (1) escort Spinel Alderney–Cherbourg; (2) escort Kromwyk Cherbourg–Malo; (3) night troop convoy Minotaure Guernsey–Malo; (4) night troop convoy La France and Robert Müller 8 Jersey–Malo. Orders are issued to V 707/04 for (1), V 213/08 for (2) and (3), calling at Guernsey for the latter, and V 211/07 for (4).

The following was sent to 3rd Security Division. Situation for 27 August: (1) V 213/08 arriving Cherbourg, magnetic-loop passage, then independent passage to Guernsey; (2) V 211/07 completing the night troop convoy of 26/27 August, Malo–Jersey–Guernsey, then returning to Jersey with combined convoy and Robert Müller 8; later night troop convoy of 27/28 August, Robert Müller 8 and La France, Jersey–Malo; (3) V 209 daylight practice firing with anti-aircraft detachment off Malo, then readiness; (4) V 206, M 1202 and M 4611/01/04/05 ready at Malo; (5) V 707/04 Alderney–Cherbourg with Spinel, then with Kromwyk and others Cherbourg–Alderney and Georgi to Guernsey, followed by night troop convoy of 27/28 August, Georgi Guernsey–Alderney. Escorted tonnage: 9,000 GRT.

Intentions for 28 August: (1) V 213/08 night troop convoy of 27/28 August with Minotaure and Kromwyk Guernsey–Malo, then rest; (2) V 211/07 completing night troop convoy of 27/28 August, then readiness; (3) V 209/06, M 1202 and M 4611/04 ready at Malo; (4) M 4605/01 independent passage Malo–Granville, then combined convoy to Jersey–Guernsey; (5) V 707/04 convoy Alderney–Cherbourg.

[1]500, Cherbourg: V 213/08 sailed with steamers Kromwyk and Xaver Dorsch to Guernsey. [1]715, Malo: V 209 returned from practice firing. [1]850, Alderney: V 213/08 released Xaver Dorsch, which had joined the convoy. [2]230, Guernsey: V 213/08 arrived from Cherbourg with Kromwyk to take over the escort of Minotaure. [2]345, Jersey: V 211/07 sailed with convoy to Malo.

Signed on behalf: Wunderlich.

T-1022 Roll 2423, scan 0466 left and right, original pages 18–19. Leading digits of the page-19 times are partly obscured.