29 August 1942 Part 2

29 August 1942 St Malo Convoy Control Office

Weather: Light easterly wind; overcast to cloudy, thunderstorms; visibility about 5 nautical miles; coastal haze in the morning; very calm sea.

0200, Alderney: V 707/04 sailed with Georgi, carrying troops, to Guernsey [Cherbourg struck through]. 0530, Guernsey: V 707/04 arrived with convoy. 0645, Cherbourg: V 212 arrived from dockyard passage. 0830, Malo: M 4611/04 sailed with combined convoy to Jersey. 1200, Guernsey: M 4605/01 sailed with combined convoy for Jersey–Granville–Malo.

Requests: (1) escort two tugs, two barges and two coastal motor vessels Malo–Jersey; (2) Chiemsee from Guernsey to Jersey, Bison and Comptoir 66 to Granville, Nestor to Malo; (3) night troop convoy of 30/31 August, Georgi and Nordsee Guernsey–Alderney. I assign M 4611/04 to (1), M 4605/01 to (2), and V 707/04 to (3).

The following was sent to 3rd Security Division. Situation for 29 August: (1) V 206/07/09/11/13 ready at Malo; (2) M 1202 returned to 12th Minesweeping Flotilla; (3) V 208 minor repairs at Malo; (4) M 4605/01 combined convoy Guernsey–Jersey–Granville–Malo; (5) M 4611/04 combined convoy Malo–Jersey, then readiness; (6) V 707/04 night troop convoy with Georgi Guernsey–Alderney, later Alderney–Cherbourg [direction retained as entered, despite the 0200/0530 movement above]; (7) V 212 resting at Cherbourg. Escorted tonnage: 2,800 GRT.

Intentions for 30 August: (1) V 206/11 leaving via Guernsey for Cherbourg for onward escort eastward to a dockyard stay; (2) V 207/09 daylight practice firing with anti-aircraft detachment; (3) V 213 and M 4605/01 ready at Malo; (4) M 4611/04 Jersey–Malo with combined convoy; (5) V 707/04 convoy Alderney–Cherbourg; (6) V 212 ready at Cherbourg; (7) V 208 minor repairs at Malo, a.K.B. [source abbreviation retained].

1510, Jersey: M 4611/04 arrived with combined convoy from Malo. 1650, Jersey: M 4605/01 released Chiemsee and continued to Granville–Malo. 1935, Granville: M 4605/01 released Bison and Comptoir 66 and continued to Malo. 2200, Guernsey: V 707/04 sailed with convoy to Alderney.

Signed on behalf: Wunderlich.

T-1022 Roll 2423, scan 0467 left and right, original pages 20–21.