Lfd. Nr.: 1691
| Seegebiet: | Westraum |
| Datum / Zeit: | 17./18.03.1945 |
| Ort des Gefechts: | NW Ostende |
| Verbandsführer (S.O.): | LtCdr. Kirkpatrick (RCN) / LtCdr. Marshall |
| Angreifer: | 65th MTB 736 743 ... [1] ; 53rd MTB-Flottille 740 755 772 775 [2] |
| Gefechtsbericht A: | N.R.G.1: 4 E-Boats detected in position 336 Ostend 19 at 2227 steering 140 at 36 knots. Illuminated by RIOU at 2235 and engaged by F.G. 3 at 2237. Enemy split and retired under smoke to N.W. At furthest south position 336 Ostend 12. Headache intercepted by ARENDAL indicates mines laid in vicinity of this position. F.G. 3 reports hits on 3 E-Boats while passing through enemy line. Superficial damage suffered by both M.T. B.s. On M.T.B. 743 one serious and 1 minor casualties. On M.T.B. 736 1 minor casualty. All casualties embarked in RIOU [1]. -> N.R.G. 2: 4 E-Boats detected in position 338 Ostend 17 at 2308 steering S.E. at 40 knots. Engaged by RIOU at 2313 and at 2321 by F.B. 2 at N.F. 7 buoy. Enemy retired north under smoke. Mines probably laid between 1 mile S.E. and l£ miles N.E. of N.F. 7 buoy. Engaged again by RIOU at. 2327. No results observed. F.B. 2 suffered superficial damage in both boats. No damage or casualties in RIOU [1] -> In E-boat attacks on the Schelde shipping route on 17/18 March, boats of the 65th and 53rd were involved [2]. |
| erkannte Gegner: | 2 Schnellboot-Gruppen |
| alliierte Erfolge: | keine |
| alliierte Verluste: | keine |
| tatsächliche Gegner: | Boote der 2. und 6. S-Flottille, vor allem S 706 |
| Gefechtsbericht B: | Minenunternehmung der 2. (S 174, 176, 177, 181, 209, 210, 221) und 6. S-Fltl (S 211, 212, 213, 222, 704, 705, 706 minus 1) auf dem Themse-Schelde-Weg nordwestl. Ostende. S 706 (abgehängt) führte heftiges Gefecht mit 2 MGBs [2] |
| Ausgewertete Quellen: | 1) Admirality War Diary, 18. Mar. 1945, page 316 (NHB, Scan 347) ; 2) Dog Boats (Pb) page 188 ; 3) HMA-Projekt Schnellboote ; |
| Letzte Änderung: | 29.07.2024 |