6 November 1943 Part 4

6 November 1943 Group A mine clearing between Jersey and Guernsey

6 November, shortly after midnight: M 4626 cut one mine, did not detonate, 49°17.6′ N, 2°27.9′ W, water 54 m. M 4621 grapnel detonation; M 4623 mine detonation, 49°20.2′ N [longitude faint], water 57 m, column 80–100 m. Reversed 1.5 nautical miles before Ida 6. M 4621 two grapnel detonations at 49°17.3′ N, 2°27.4′ W; both otters lost. M 4623 grapnel detonation, object in gear, had to cut gear away. M 4623/M 4621 redeployed. Reversed at Point 332. M 4623 grapnel detonation at 49°20.8′ N, 2°27.6′ W; M 4626 grapnel detonation at 49°20.1′ N, 2°28.4′ W; M 4623 sighted mine. [Several individual times on inner edge of scan are clipped; original retained.]

03:45: recovered gear 1.5 nautical miles before Guernsey, normal formation. 04:25: entered and secured. 13:30: division G 6451: sail 23:00 with deepest ORG from Ida 6 via Ida 12, bypass true 128° to Heart Route at 49°20′39″ N, 2°19′6″ W about 24:00; Heart Route to Point 332 about 01:00; work minefield Point 332–Ida 6 until 05:00; return via Point 332, bypass, Ida 12/Ida 6, enter Peter Port about 07:30. 22:30: four boats ready; NE 6–7, gusts 8, sea 5. Postponed 24 hours for rough sea. M 4622 normal readiness Saint-Malo.

T-1022 Roll 3129, 46th Minesweeping Flotilla and reviewing commands. Supplied English translation T1022_R3129_English_Translation.docx. Record 587 | Source PDF scans 587, 588, 589, 590, 591.