28 October 1944 Part 6

28 October 1944

13:10 — Alderney

Seven L.S.T.s were sighted in grid square B.F. 3528, course south.

Inspection of the starboard shaft bearing of S 112 produced the following finding: the lower outer ring of the aft starboard support bearing had a transverse crack and a central longitudinal crack 89 mm long. A trapezoidal piece measuring 60 × 40 mm had broken away; a piece approximately the size of a pfennig and several splinters had also broken from the middle of the longitudinal crack.

T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. Source scan 0023 — original page 215