Lfd. Nr.: 1355
| Seegebiet: | Westraum |
| Datum / Zeit: | 23./24.03.1944 01h45 |
| Ort des Gefechts: | Dover Enge |
| Verbandsführer (S.O.): | LtCdr. Bradford (Howard) |
| Angreifer: | 59th MTB 699 698 361 354 ; MTB 204 |
| Gefechtsbericht A: | 59th MTB führte 2 Gefechte in der Straße von Dover, wobei diese die Aufmerksamkeit des Gegners von Angriffen der "short boats" ablenkten [1]. - At 0145 today M.T.Bs. 699 and 698 on patrol engaged the six E/R Boats, setting two on fire (of which one was probably sunk) and scoring two hits with 6 pounder shell on a large vessel; after which M.T.Bs 361 and 354, also on patrol, attacked with torpedoes without result and withdrew under heavy fire from the escorts. M.T.B.s sustained slight damage, and one officer and two ratings in M.T.B.698 were wounded. The large vessel is believed to have been M.23, a 4400 ton ship of the ATLANTA class [2]. -> At 0413 M.T.B.204, arriving from a supporting-group off Dyck Bank, fired one torpedo at the large vessel in the entrance of Dunkirk Harbour; and at 0434 a large explosion was seen inside the Harbour. This attack was [obviously] unobserved.[2] |
| erkannte Gegner: | Konvoi, Trawler, AFP |
| alliierte Erfolge: | keine |
| alliierte Verluste: | keine |
| tatsächliche Gegner: | Geleit „Charlotte“ mit 15. V- und 2. AT-Flottille |
| Gefechtsbericht B: | 24.03.: Geleit „Charlotte“ (15. V-Fl. und 2. A-Fl.) zw, Dünkirchen und Calais Gefecht mit feindl. S-Booten. 2 Feindboote versenkt [3]. |
| Ausgewertete Quellen: | 1) Dog Boats (Pb) page 96 ; 2) Admirality War Diary, 24.03.1944, page 403 (NHB, Scan 425) ; 3) KTB SKL Bd.55, S.489 ; 4) KTB 2. AT-Flottille, NARA T1022-3656, Gefechtsbericht Scan 49-52 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 02.09.2024 |