29 August 1943 Part 6

29 August 1943 Group C Cherbourg mine checks and Channel Islands escorts

29 August, 00:00: wind W 6, sea 4–5, visibility occasionally poor in rain squalls. 01:45: Demie des Pas abeam; see attached report, submitted to escort office with G 3061 of 1 September. 01:55: convoy released to enter Jersey. 02:00: Mazagan again asks whether she may enter. Reply: yes. 02:03: M 4607 and Rabat entered via the western entrance because of compass damage and excessive leeway. 02:05 [time order as typed]: distress signals and SOS by handheld searchlight near entrance. 02:12: proceeded toward casualty; several harbour-protection boats were assisting Mazagan. About 02:45 Mazagan reported she was clear again. 04:05: anchored in Saint Aubin's Bay. 06:55: M 4601 and M 4607 sailed to escort Tourane into harbour. 08:14: secured at Saint Helier.

Jersey harbour commandant relays order: that evening three boats with Guêpe 76, lighter and Maas from Jersey to Guernsey. 20:45: sailed. 21:15: harbour commandant cancels convoy. 22:04: secured again in Saint Helier. M 4600 training at Saint-Malo. Signed Jonas.

T-1022 Roll 3129, 46th Minesweeping Flotilla and reviewing commands. Supplied English translation T1022_R3129_English_Translation.docx. Record 468 | Source PDF scans 468, 469, 470, 471.