29 January 1942 Part 2

29 January 1942 St Malo convoy diary — situation and intentions

Situation: V 208/V 212 sailed from Malo at 13:35 without convoy for Guernsey; V 206/V 213 at Jersey; M 4005 at Guernsey; M 4000/M 4006/M 4007 at Cherbourg; M 4003/M 4010 sailed from Malo at 18:00 for Morlaix; V 205 under boiler cleaning; M 4008 ready at Malo. Escorted tonnage: 1,152 gross registered tons.

Intention for 30 January, weather permitting: M 1208/M 4008 to leave Malo at 05:00 for Granville and at 07:30 with Claus Wilhelm for Jersey; around 12:00 to return with H 2 and Robert Muller 8 to Malo. V 208/V 212/M 4005 to leave Guernsey with H 49, Holstein and Stier for Malo. V 206/V 213 at 10:00 from Jersey with Derfflinger, Karel, Nestor and Comptoir to Guernsey and back with Adolph le Prince, Favorit, Diamant and Mazagan. M 4007/M 4000/M 4006 to escort Cherbourg-Alderney and return during the night with RO 8 and three coasters. V 205 to continue boiler cleaning.

22:00: M 4010/M 4003 reported by wireless that they had anchored at Cap Fréhel. Their orders before departure had already instructed them to continue as soon as the weather permitted.

T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 38000, scan 0237, original pages 10–11.