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6 February 1944 Part 1
Summary
Minelaying or minesweeping. Readiness or defensive orders. Weather report
Location Details
Jersey; Cherbourg
Diary Entry
6 February 1944 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary
Weather: wind from 315°, 7 metres per second. At 02:00 Cherbourg operations centre reported four to six enemy sea targets, probably motor torpedo boats, in grid square BF 3577. Jersey Artillery Group sounded a sea-target alarm. It did not open fire because the 46th Minesweeper Flotilla was sweeping in the immediate vicinity of the enemy targets. At 03:10 Jersey Group cancelled the alarm.
Source of Information
Roll 2422, scan 0786, original page 9.
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