5 January 1943 Part 9a

5 January 1943 Part 9a Schockland morning report

Related existing record: 5 January 1943 Part 9 — 5 January 1943 Expanded Schockland sinking report. This separate source account concerns material already represented in that record; it does not by itself establish an additional incident.

LXXXIV Army Corps: the leave ship Schockland, with 300 men on leave aboard, ran aground at 01.30 hours on Jersey’s south coast and sank in the early morning. The ship was on passage from Jersey to St Malo.

Supplement at 08.43 hours: 170 rescued, including the captain; eight dead; nine wounded; 131 missing.

Editorial note: These are initial reported figures, not a verified final casualty total.

German Army, Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1553. T312_R1553_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx, translated entry 53. Original source T312-1553.pdf, PDF page 741. PDF pages count from the first page and are not original folio or microfilm frame numbers.