Lfd. Nr.: 5163
| Seegebiet: | Adria |
| Datum / Zeit: | 12./13.04.1945 23h54 |
| Ort des Gefechts: | S Tagliamento |
| Verbandsführer (S.O.): | Lt. C.J. Jerram |
| Angreifer: | 28th MTB 410 409 408 |
| Gefechtsbericht A: | Angriff der MTBs 410 (Lt. Woodhouse mit SO an Bord), 409 (Lt. Holloway) und 408 (Lt. Tonkin) mit 6 Torpedos, von denen nur 410 Treffer auf 2 MFP erzielt. Es gab aber noch eine weitere Detonation. Drei Echos auf dem Radar verschwanden. Im Lichte von Leuchtgranaten und unter Beschuss der 2. MFP-Gruppe setzten sich die brit. Schnellboote rasch ab.[2] -- Gulf of Trieste. 3 M.T.Bs. attacked enemy convoy after shadowing for one hour. 5 enemy craft were torpedoed, disintegrated and sank. Our force which suffered no damage or casualties then retired under heavy enemy fire.[3] -> Three boats left Ancona to patrol off Carole Point to the north of Venice 410 (Woodhouse), with Jerram on board, 409 (Holloway) and 408 (Tonkin). Reaching a position six miles off Carole Light at 22h01, the unit stopped and cut engines to wait. An hour later radar contact was made with an enemy convoy approaching from about 4 miles to the north east. The MTB's started up and headed in that direction at eight knots. Several minutes later the contact was lost, but by this time the enemy's course and speed had been plotted and Jerram was able to fix a point of interception. Speed was increased in order that the attack should not be prolonged, in view of the rapidly lifting visibility. It was nearly midnight when seven long dark shapes were sighted, bunched together in two main groups, with a single ship well astern. Jerram gave the order 'Flag Four' over the R/T - attack with torpedoes. He himself swung round towards the second of the two groups and fired both torpedoes at two of the enemy craft which were moving very close together and which had been identified as F-Lighters. It was remarkable feat of aiming for both targets were hit and sunk. The other two MTB's (409 & 408) followed up the attack and three more F-Lighters in the first group blew up and sunk. The remaining F-Lighter and the escort vessel fired back at the MTB's under star-shell illumination, but no damage or casualties were suffered. Having fired all torpedoes - with 5 hits out of six, certainly one of the highest percentages of success in any MTB attack - the unit headed back to Ancona.[4][5] |
| erkannte Gegner: | MFP-Geleit in 2 Gruppen |
| alliierte Erfolge: | Keine Angaben. |
| alliierte Verluste: | keine |
| tatsächliche Gegner: | Keine Angaben |
| Gefechtsbericht B: | Kein Eintrag im KTB SKL, und keine näheren Angaben bei Freivogel/Rastelli, Seekrieg an der Adria |
| Ausgewertete Quellen: | 1) Flag Four (Pb), page 275 ; 2) Mediterranean, page 161: MO 6220 ; 3) Admiralty War Diary, 13.04.1945, page 239 ; 4) https://cfv.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=457#p3852 ; 5) Bryan Cooper, Battle of the Torpedo Boats (1970), Chapter 18, p.294/295 ; |
| Letzte Änderung: | 21.11.2024 |