5 May 1944 Part 1

Summary

Coastal battery firing or engagement. Shipping loss or rescue. Shipping and convoy movements

Location Details

Guernsey; Granville

Diary Entry

5 May 1944

Between 04:05 and 04:10 Battery Strasbourg, Guernsey, fired 36 rounds at two enemy motor torpedo boats six nautical miles south of Guernsey. The boats had repeatedly attacked the Granville-Guernsey convoy. The steamer Bizon was sunk by a torpedo, but the rest of the convoy entered Guernsey carrying most of Bizon's crew. [T-1022/2174, PG 38468, scan 0249]

Source of Information

T-1022 Rolls 2174–2175, Admiral Channel Coast. Source section in Version 1.74.