5 January 1943 Part 9

5 January 1943 Expanded Schockland sinking report

Editorial note: Supplement to the existing 5 January accounts. The earlier Roll 1603 edition described a grounding; the expanded edition explicitly says sank. These are initial reported figures, not a reconciled final casualty total.

5 January, 01:30: The leave ship Schockland, carrying about 300 men on leave, struck an obstruction on Jersey’s south coast and sank. The initial report lists 131 missing and eight dead.

T-314 Roll 1603, expanded reading edition T314_R1603_English_Translation.docx. 1 January 1943 | Source PDF pages 842–843. Supplement to material retained from earlier editions.