5 January 1945 Part 1

Summary

Shipping and convoy movements. Weather report

Location Details

Jersey; Guernsey; Alderney; Little Sark; Battery Lothringen

Diary Entry

5 January 1945

09:00, Alderney — One escort destroyer in grid B.F. 3551, waiting and on a southerly course. Weather: wind north-north-east 6–7; sea 5; visibility 8 nautical miles; cloud 8/10; cloud base 800 metres.

12:00 — Wind north-north-east 6; sea 4–5; visibility 12 nautical miles; cloud 8/10; cloud base 700 metres.

13:00, Jersey — M 4613 sailed on a courier voyage to Guernsey. Batterie Lothringen and 6./1265 stood ready as artillery protection from 13:25 to 15:15; 5./1265 from 14:00 to 15:30; and Batteries Klein Sark and Generaloberst Dollmann from 14:32 to 16:00.

Source of Information

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. T-1022 Roll 2422 — source scan 0755 (original diary page 8)