31 July 1942 Part 3

31 July 1942 — St Malo Convoy Control Office: closing totals

Escorted tonnage for the reporting period, as printed in the closing table: 16 July 3,380 GRT; 17 July 6,175; 18 July 10,700; 19 July 15,600; 20 July 11,500; 21 July 8,057; 22 July 10,450; 23 July 6,550. Printed subtotal: 72,412 GRT. 24 July 12,715; 25 July 4,800; 26 July 10,900; 27 July 7,805; 28 July 14,700; 29 July 10,300; 30 July 9,800; 31 July 8,600. Printed subtotal: 78,620 GRT. Printed grand total for 16–31 July: 151,032 GRT. [Several daily closing figures also differ from the contemporaneous situation reports; neither set has been silently substituted for the other.]

Convoys requested / carried out / carried out later / refused, as tabulated: 16 July 4 / 3 / 1 / 0; 17 July 3 / 3 / 0 / 0; 18 July 6 / 3 / 1 / 2; 19 July 7 / 5 / 2 / 0; 20 July 5 / 4 / 1 / 0; 21 July 5 / 4 / 1 / 0; 22 July 5 / 3 / 1 / 1; 23 July 3 / 1 / 2 / 0; 24 July 6 / 6 / 0 / 0; 25 July 3 / 3 / 0 / 0; 26 July 2 / 2 / 0 / 0; 27 July 7 / 7 / 0 / 0; 28 July 5 / 5 / 0 / 0; 29 July 4 / 4 / 0 / 0; 30 July 4 / 4 / 0 / 0; 31 July 8 / 8 / 0 / 0. Totals: 77 requested, 65 carried out, nine later and three refused. The remarks column gives shortage of boats for the deferred or refused entries. [Blank numerical cells are expressed as zero here.]

Closed on 31 July 1942. Signed: Fregattenkapitän and commander of the 2nd Outpost Flotilla and Convoy Control Office.

T-1022 Roll 2423, scan 0428 (original pages 32–33); scan 0429 left is blank original page 34.