3 May 1942 Part 1

3 May 1942 St Malo convoy diary

St Malo. W–NW weak breeze, calm sea, visibility one to two nautical miles, western Channel entrance ten nautical miles. 01:30: night convoys carried out as intended. Repeated alarms from aircraft over St Malo; slight anti-aircraft fire. 06:00: V 210/06 anchor with convoy in St Malo Roads. 10:15: M 1205/06 anchor with Immelmann in St Malo Roads. 11:15: discussion with Oberleutnant zur See Speck, leader of divisional convoy 3253, and commanders of UJ 1411/04 [second number indistinct].

11:40: [An overtyped sentence concerning departure is partly illegible.] I have left it to the convoy leader to anchor until daybreak if weather difficulties or other circumstances make the position at point 28a uncertain. The divisional route should be used only with a reliable departure fix.

Situation: V 206/10 H 2 and Ad. le Prince night Jersey–St Malo, then ready; V 208/09 Holland and Livadia night St Malo–Jersey–Guernsey, then ready Guernsey; V 207/12 ready Guernsey, proceed to Jersey for Holland night convoy to St Malo; V 1510/204 Cherbourg–Alderney with three coasters and two tugs, then two tugs to Carteret; V 205 unready Cherbourg; UJ 1404/11 and M 1205/06 ready St Malo Roads, 15:00 westward with H 6/8 and convoy [H 6 as typed, H 7 previously]; V 211 unready St Malo; V 213 ready Cherbourg. Tonnage 8,700 GRT.

Intentions for 4 May: V 210/06 ready St Malo; V 208/09 ready Guernsey for night troop convoy to St Malo; V 207/12 ready St Malo for night troop convoy to Jersey; V 1510/204 Carteret–Cherbourg convoy; V 205 unready Cherbourg; V 211 unready St Malo; V 213 ready Cherbourg.

T-1022 Roll 2423, PG 38000, scans 0336.