28 October 1943 Part 4

28 October 1943 Group B diary island convoys and Alderney radar trial

28 October, 00:00: SE 1–2, sea 1, hazy. 00:20: Point 332. 01:10: Ida 6. 02:30: released convoy for Saint Peter Port. 02:43: boats secured, normal readiness. 11:15: escort task G 46: M 4615/M 4613/V 203 with Normand to Cherbourg tonight; inform messenger of departure, submit measures/report by 14:00. 13:05: submitted. 14:00: M 4613 reports engine damage and non-operational. 15:45: escort office telephone instruction to leave M 4613. 18:35: M 4615/V 203 sailed. 18:45: took over Normand, M 4615 leading. 19:00: Ida 6. 19:14: Ida 12. 19:30: Ida 13. 20:00: E 2–3, sea 1–2, clear sky, patches of fog. 20:25: Ida 14. 21:37: Point 326. 21:53: Point 324. 23:15: Point 254. 23:40: released Normand for Cherbourg. M 4610 at Saint-Malo.

T-1022 Roll 3129, 46th Minesweeping Flotilla and reviewing commands. Supplied English translation T1022_R3129_English_Translation.docx. Record 558 | Source PDF scans 558, 559, 560, 561.