9 January 1945 Part 1

9 January 1945

08:00 — Wind north 6; sea 4; visibility 12 nautical miles; cloud 9/10; cloud base 800 metres.

09:45, Alderney — One escort destroyer in grid B.F. 3528, waiting, course south. 10:05 — In grid B.F. 3552, one escort destroyer waiting, course north, and two two-masted freighters southbound.

10:20 — In grid B.F. 3552, one single-funnel passenger ship northbound. 10:55 — In the same grid, one three-masted freighter northbound and one two-masted freighter southbound. 11:35 — In grid B.F. 3528, one J-, K- or N-class destroyer northbound.

12:00 — Wind north 6–7; sea 5; visibility 12 nautical miles; cloud 9/10; cloud base 1,000 metres.

T-1022 Roll 2422, PG 37998, Commander of Sea Defences, Channel Islands. T-1022 Roll 2422 — source scan 0763 (original diary page 16)