29 October 1942 Part 5

29 October 1942 Alderney battery readiness and loss on the Jersey route

Naval Battery West on Alderney, four 15 cm guns, became ready for direct fire; naval radar on Alderney was ready for operation. A vessel designated V 129 F, about eighty tons, travelling Saint-Malo–Jersey collided with La France near the Minquiers and sank around 21:00 the previous evening. Its crew was rescued.

Translation note: The vessel designation and collision location are faint; see the original.

The vessel’s crew was rescued.

T-314 Roll 1603, expanded reading edition T314_R1603_English_Translation.docx. 29 October 1942 | Source PDF pages 592. Supplement to material retained from earlier editions.