Minenabwehrfahrzeuge: M 305 & M 324 u.a.: 17.01.1945

[Darius]

Hallo zusammen,

aus DEFE 3/525 und 3/526:

ZIP/ZTPG/328361:

TOO: 0936
TOI: 0903/17/1/45
FROM: S O 21ST M/S FLOTILLA
TO: 3RD DEFENCE FLOTILLA

M 305 IS IN DANGER OF CAPSIZING. POSITION 20 MILES NORTH OF BRUESTERORT.

ZIP/ZTPG/17/1/45

TOO: 2117
TOI: 2206/17/1/45
FROM: 3RD DEFENCE FLOTILLA VIA F 3
TO: V 1604'S AND UJ 1208'S SUBDIVISIONS

M 305 IS INCAPABLE OF MANOEUVRING AND WITHOUT W/T. SEARCH HER LAST POSITION WHICH WAS SQUARE AO 9644 AT 1100/17/1. ALL BOATS ARE TO REPORT POSTION AND INTENTIONS.

ZIP/ZTPG/329067:

TOO: 2012/2133/2101/2106/2112
TOI: 2131/2142/2150/2155/2200/17/1/45

FROM: "N"
TO: "F", "M", "S"
SITUATION REPORT 1600/17/1:
[...]
3) ACCORDING TO W/T REPORT FROM S.O. 3RD DEFENCE FLOTILLA AT 1226 M 305, M 324 IN DISTRESS IN SQUARES 9620 TO 9536. UJ 1207 AND UJ 1208 ORDERED TO RENDER ASSISTANCE. FURTHER 2 PATROL VESSELS AND ONE TUG LEFT PILLAU FOR SCENE OF CASUALTY AT 1300.
[...]

ZIP/ZTPG/329232:

TOO: 1957
TOI: 2226/16/1/45
[...]
UNDER 2) THE 21ST M/S FLOTTILLA WITH M 305, M 324, M 341 AND M 342 HAS BEEN SUBORDINATED TO THE §RD DEFENCE FLOTILLA FOR THE MEMEL TASK AND ARE EQUIPPED WITH "KFRG". THE 11TH M/S FLOTILLA HAS BEEN DETACHED:

ZIP/ZTPG/329355:

TOO: 0242
TOI: 0304/19/45
FROM: M 324
TO: "N"

EMERGENCY
IN CONSEQUENCE FO RUDDER DAMAGE IN THE HEAVY SEAS, M 305 CAPSIZED IN SQUARE AO 9644, UPPER LEFT, ABOUT 1130/17/1. NO SURVIVORS SO FAR. S O WAS ON BOARD. COMPROMISE OF CYPHER MATERIAL IS NOT TO BE ASSUMED.

Darius

[Urs Heßling]

moin,

M 305 CAPSIZED IN SQUARE AO 9644, UPPER LEFT,

AO 9644 oben links

Gruß, Urs