ADMIRALTY  
      COMINCH  
    MAY 1 1944   ROUTINE
    0141/0319    
    ALTENHOF    
    YORK/GLUNT    
         
         
         
    PAGE 1 OF 2 302308          NCR 1413  
         
         
         
   
  (COMINCH FOR F21 OIC SERIAL 1099 FROM ADMTY.  OIC
  SERIAL 1099)
   
  1.  CI BY 0415/30 AIRCRAFT ATTACK BF 4926.
  MZ BY 0447/29 AIRCRAFT ATTACK BF 5218.
  2.  JS BY 1916/29 TO REPORT SITUATION.  KP BY
  1918/29 TO REPORT POSITION AND FUEL AND SR TO
  AMERICA 1 AT 0800/30.
  3.  BY 2039/29 VH AND TO ADDRESSED IN OFFIZIER
  REGARDING OPERATIONAL AREAS.  BOATS TO REPORT
  "YES OR NO".  SUGGEST PROCEEDING TO MEDITERRANEAN
  THEN REPORTING ABILITY TO OPERATE.
  4.  ABEL ALLOCATE YT BY 1928/29 STEER FOR
  SUGGEST DH YT POSSIBLY JB.
  5.  LK BY 0444/30 HAD PASSED REPORTING LINE WITH
  215.  GL BY 0429 IN AM 1949 WITH 87.  AT 0630/27
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
     

 

         
         
         
       
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
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  T5 AT DESTROYER AM 4377 SINKING PROBABLE.  FLIEGE WAS
  INVALUABLE AGAINST STRONG SEA AND AIR PATROLS DAY AND NIGHT.
  6.
  7.  GH LAT 54 DEG NORTH LONG 28 DEG WEST 1058/30.
  TQ 47 DEG NORTH 27 DEG WEST 1041/30.
  8.  BORGER ALLOCATE YS AND KLINGSPOR 293 IE BOTH EXR
  29.  NOLLAU 534 LL AND 500-TONNER NUMBER RECEIVED
  CORRUPT AS U 34 QUERY ALLOCATE IG BOTH EXR 27.
  9.  FO UNABLE TO RETURN TO EUROPE UNTIL SUPPLIED WITH
  JAPANESE BATTERY.  C O PENANG PROPOSES OPERATIONAL
  CRUISE APPARENTLY IN FORMER AREA INCLUDING A SUPPLY
  TASK PRESUMABLY TO JP SAILING ABOUT 3RD MAY INSTEAD OF
  A JAPANESE DAMAGED BY MINE.
  10.  MY 1098 WAS TO                             ONLY.
                             2 COPIES DELIVERED TO F-34 FOR COMDR KNOWLES.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
     

 

From
Para.
Correction
AOIC 1101
8
MY 1099 PARA 8 IG EQUALS 344.

 

         
         
         
    ADMIRALTY  
      COMINCH F21 OIC  
    2 MAY 1944   ROUTINE
    0053    
    HANSEN    
    REA/LYNN    
         
         
         
      011544Z              NCR 2110    OPERA
         
         
         
   
  (COMINCH FOR F21 OIC SERIAL 1100 FROM ADMIRALTY OIC.)
   
  U-BOAT SITUATION.  ULTRA TOPSEC.
  1.  N 2  T5  B11  ON25  U16  L9  ST18  P6  G3  M17  UX6  W232  SR17
  PW23  SC31  F3  OE32  OW14.
  2.  TOTAL 470 COMPRISES NI 8 AND ALLOWS Q 4.
  3.  NI COMPRISES 324 EDELHOFF AND 776 AND 793 AND 875 PREUSS
  AND 878 AND 1017 AND 1055 MEYER AND 1206.
  4.  REFERENCE OIC SERIAL 1064 PARA 4, CANCEL Q OF BL AND FOR
  NJ SUBSTITUTE KP.  TO APRIL Q ALLOCATE VZ POSSIBLY BY EG 7
  AT 0750Z 8TH AND EO POSSIBLY IN LAT 50 DEG 05 MIN N LONG
  12 DEG 51 MIN W BY U S S MOFFETT AND OTHERS AT 1255Z/18TH
  AND ZG FOR USS FROST IN LAT 17 DEG 52 MIN N LONG 38 DEG 04
  MIN W AT 0255Z/26TH AND 803 SUNK BY ACCIDENT IN LAT 54 DEG
  06 MIN N LONG 14 DEG 45 MIN E AT 1400Z/27TH AND AZ SUNK IN
   
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      011544Z              NCR 2110  
         
         
         
   
  AIR RAID ON TOULON 29TH.
  5.  BALTIC C OS SANDER 72 ANDERIEN 481 MATUSCHKA 485 KLUG
  794 FINDISEN 877 LEU 921 KNOCKE 925 SCHREYER 987 BOOS
  1015 JUSTI 1170 ZIESSLER 1192 ZANDER 1205 KNEIP 1223.
  REFERENCE KLUG A MAN NAMED BERND KLUG WAS SAID BY P/W 172
  TO BE IN A WALTERBOOT AND SAME MAN WAS FORMERLY AN E-BOAT C O
  794 POSSIBLY REFERRED TO 26/4 AS WALTERBOOT IN SIGNAL MADE
  BY A TUG IN BALTIC.  792 MAY BE SIMILAR.
  6.  SC REDUCED BY DEPARTURE OF LL.
   
  2 COPIES TO COMMANDER KNOWLES.
  *RECLASSIFIED AS SECRET.
   
   
   
   
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    ADMIRALTY  
      COMINCH  
    1 MAY 1944   ROUTINE
    2215    
    HANSEN    
    KNAPP/ROWLAND    
         
         
         
      011813Z             NCR 2150  
         
         
         
   
  (COMINCH FOR F21 OIC SERIAL 1101 FROM ADMIRALTY.)
  ULTRA TOPSEC.*
  OIC SERIAL 1101.
   
  (1)  GL BY 129/30 TO MAKE WW ON RETURNING TO OLD AREA
  AS ORDERED IN 1348/23 GD TO COASTAL 0800/1 AND BY
  0522/1 WAS IN BE 4627.
  (2)  LE DUE AD L 2.  CI DUE AD U3.  GH 0016/1 IN LAT
  54-00N LONG 29-00 W.
  (3)  SH BY 0628/1 WAS IN CF 9535 AND HAD BEEN CONTACTED
  BY SEARCHING GROUP AT 0100/26 IN CG2971.  CO CONFIRMED
  AS WALDEGG.
  (4)  1215/30 TO PENANG CONFIRMED PROPOSALS REGARDING
  FO AND SUPPLYING JP.
  (5)  PRESUME YOU HAVE 0232/1 FROM JS IN DC88 WITH
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      011813Z             NCR 2150  
         
         
         
   
  124.
  (6)  DB BY 0405/1 AT R/V FOR 3 DAYS BUT NOT MET.
  BY 0523/1 BI AND HM TO PROCEED TO DB.  HM TO HAND
  OVER MOST ESSENTIAL PROVISIONS AND FUEL.  HM
  ARRIVING PM 3/5.  R/V 70 MILES S OF PREVIOUS
  R/V.  DB ASSUMED TO HAVE 3 TO 4 CBMS AND SCARCELY
  ANY PROVISIONS.  BY 1112/1 MESSAGES TO AND FROM
  DB TO BE SENT ON SETTINGS OF             DISTINGUISHED BY
  LETTER X AFTER DATE. 
  (7)  MY 1099 PARA 8 IG EQUALS 344.
   
   
   
  *AS RECEIVED
  RECLASSIFIED SECRET
   
  2 COPIES COMDR KNOWLES
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Admiralty OIC Serial 1102 is missing

       
       
       
  COMINCH    
    ADMIRALTY OP    OP  OP
  2 MAY 1944    
       
       
       
       
    021910  
       
       
       
       
  ACTION TO ADMIRALTY FOR OIC X FROM COMINCH X F-21 SERIAL 315 X ULTRA X YOUR  
  1097 PARA 9 CESF 211941 QUOTE UPON ORDERS FROM COMMODORE PROCEED TO  
  DESTINATION AS GIVEN IN BAMS 191636 VIA 41-01N 68-31W THEN 42-01N 68-50W VAV  
  DESTINATION NOW BOSTON UNQUOTE                                X  W7 ORIGINATED 212211 WHICH  
  ACKNOWLEDGED CESF 211937                                         X  COMINCH COMMUNICATION  
  OFFICER HAS DETAILS OF CODE COMPROMISE X YOUR 1100 PARA 4 REFERENCE CTF 67  
  SIGNAL 181255 APRIL MOFFETT ATTACK 171620 TO 172028 X FROST ATTACK 260654 X BY  
  301402 GEORGE JIG TO OCCUPY ATTACK AREA                  POSSIBLY ABLE KING PROCEEDING  
  VIA                           PROBABLY BAKER DOG     X ASSUME YOU HAVE NIP SIGNAL 292053 APRIL  
  CONCERNING TEMPORARY REPAIRS TO I-37 SO AS TO DEPART 4 MAY TO CARRY OUT  
  SUPPLY MISSION 15 MAY PRESUMABLY JIG PETER X BY OFFIZIER 021058 SUGAR HOW AND  
  JIG TARE SUBMERGED BY DAY AND AT HIGHEST SPEED BY NIGHT  
  TO GIVE HOW MIKE AND DOG BAKER EACH 40 CBM AND 3 WEEKS PROVISIONS X BY  
  OFFIZIER 021142 HOW MIKE TO GIVE HALF HIS FOOD AND FUEL TO DOG BAKER AT R/V  
  ALSO         CIPHER AND THEN BOTH TO MOVE OFF TO                             MEET SUGAR HOW  
  AND JIG TARE X                         POSSIBLY                          DOG ROGER X  
     
     
  F-21 . . . ORIG. . .  
. . . . . NO DISTRIBUTION. . . . .                                                                           "CCM"
   
   
   
   
   

 

         
         
         
    ADMIRALTY  
      COMINCH  
    3 MAY 1944   ROUTINE
    0106    
    MELTON    
    KNAPP/MONTGOMERY    
         
         
         
      022102               NCR 3250  
         
         
         
   
  (COMINCH FOR F 21 OIC SERIAL 1103.  FROM ADMIRALTY.)
   
  TOPSEC ULTRA.
  OIC SERIAL 1103.
  (1)  SN BY 0818/2 ATTACKED BY AIRCRAFT MP 97.  JV
  BY 0115* ATTACKED BY AIRCRAFT BF 5745.
  (2)  GD BY 1625/1 REPORTED STEAMSHIP BE 4638.
  PRESUMABLY EMPIRE WISDOM.
  (3)  DY AD L AFTER DIVING TRIALS.  JK EX L1.  WV EX
  U 1 FOR DIVING TRIAL DUE AD U 3.  MF AD G 1 AFTER
  DIVING TRIAL.
  (4)  BY 1302/1 JS FREEDOM OF ACTION IN WHOLE AREA LK
  STEER FOR                               PROBABLY                BC.  AMERICA 1 AT
  0800/2.
  (5)  GU TO IRELAND 0800/2 HAVING REPORTED TASK
   
   
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      022102               NCR 3250  
         
         
         
   
  COMPLETED.  PRESUME THEREFORE TO THE ATLANTIC.
  (6)  BY 1021/2 JT TO REPORT POSITION AS SOON AS EAST OF
  LONGITUDE SE 70.  PROBABLY EE.  IF SO JT MUST HAVE HAD
  ORDERS TO TURN EASTWARDS WHICH WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED.
  OFFIZIER 1058/2 TO SH AND JT PROBABLY REFERS.  BY
  1142/2 HM TO GIVE HALF HIS FUEL AND PROVISIONS TO DB
  PLUS CYPHER MATERIAL.  BOTH SHIPS THEN MOVE TO
           PROBABLY                        DR FOR REFUELLING FROM SH OR JT.  DB
  TO REPORT IF HM HAS NOT ARRIVED BY DAWN 5/5.
  (7)  SH TO AMERICA 2 AND NJ TO COASTAL 000/3.
  (8)  BY 1912/1 WW'S REQUIRED AS FOLLOWS.  SQ NIGHT 2/5
  AND 3/5.  TQ DAY 2/5.  TQ AND JE DAY 3/5 IF NORTH OF
  LATITUDE               PROBABLY CD.  SR NIGHT 4/5 AND 5/5.  JE
  DAY 4/5 AND 5/5.
  (9)  BY 1027/2 GL TO BE IN OLD AREA NOT LATER THAN 4/5
   
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      022102               NCR 3250  
         
         
         
   
  AND MAKE WW.  CH REPORT DATE OF RETURN.
  (10)  MY 1102 TO                       ONLY.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  *AS RECEIVED.
  2 COPIES COMDR KNOWLES.
   
   
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    ADMIRALTY  
      COMINCH PRIORITY
    MAY 3 1944    
    2131    
    MELTON    
    KOTEEN/MONTGOMERY    
         
         
         
    PAGE 1 OF 2 031710Z            NCR 4114  
         
         
         
   
  ULTRA TOPSEC.  COMINCH FOR F 21 OIC SERIAL 1104 FROM
  ADMIRALTY.
   
  OIC SERIAL 1104.
  (1)  NJ BY 0402/3 IN BE 5477 JV BY 0407/3 ATTACKED
  BY AIRCRAFT BF 8111 VH BY 0418/2 IN BF 84  SH BY 0628/3 IN DH 2581.
  (2)  JP BY 1331/2 TO STEER FOR NAVSQ 90 OF SQ E OF
  PROBABLY                      KR.  PASSAGE REPORT AS ORDERED.
  (3)  BQ BY 1340/2 FREEDOM OF ACTION IN WHOLE COASTAL
  AREA PRESUMABLY BRAZIL AND ALONE.
  (4)  LK BY 1741Z/2 1 STEAMSHIP COURSE E IN AK 3983.
  PROBABLY A SWEDE AS NOTHING ELSE ON OUR PLOT.
  (5)  GH 1106/3 LAT 52-00N LONG 29-00W.
  (6)  GJ BY 2330/2 IN BE 5566 WITH 117.  USS DONNELL
  TORPEDOED 1000Z/3 IN LAT 47-48N 19-55W ON PLOT OF GJ
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
     

 

         
         
         
       
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
    PAGE 2 OF 2 031710Z            NCR 4114  
         
         
         
   
  TOWARDS BD 36.  UNFORTNATELY OUR TELEPRINT OF 1402/30 READ
  ERRONEOUSLY                         WHICH SEEMED MORE CONSISTENT
  WITH BE 86.  COMINCH 315 GIVING CORRECT TEXT WAS NOT RECEIVED
  IN TIME TO CLARIFY POSITION AS AFFECTING CU 22.  WE CONSIDER
                             AL RATHER THAN AK ON EVIDENCE OF 1224/5 TO CB
  ESPECIALLY PHRASE ABOUT THRUSTING TO EASTWARD OF AREA SHOULD
  DEFENCES PERMIT AND CORROBOTRATION AFFORDED BY 0630/22 FROM CB.
  IF YOU DO NOT CONCUR PLEASE INTIMATE IMMEDIATELY.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  2 COPIES FOR COMMANDER KNOWLES.
   
   
   
   
   
     

Admiralty OIC Serials 1105 and 1106 are missing

       
       
       
  COMINCH    
    ADMIRALTY          OP  OP
  4 MAY 1944    
       
       
       
       
    041927  
       
       
       
       
  ACTION TO ADMIRALTY FOR OIC X FROM COMINCH X F-21 SERIAL 316 X ULTRA X BLOCK  
  ISLAND A/C OBTAINED SEVEN MILE RADAR CONTACT ON SURFACED U/B AT 012315Z IN  
  16-45N 34-45W SIXTY TWO MILES FROM CARRIER GROUP X U/B SIGHTED SUBMERGING  
  THREE MINUTES LATER X AFTER COORDINATED ATTACK 020127Z U/B BROACHED NEARBY X  
  SERIES OF ATTACKS MADE UNTIL CONTACT LOST 021039Z X THEREAFTER FIVE RADAR  
  CONTACTS NOGHT 2/3 LAST AT 030515 IN 16-25N 34-25W X CONTROL ACKNOWLEDGED  
  GARBELED 040838 FROM JIG TARE AS EASY EASY 36 BCT PREFER EASY EASY 37 FROM  
  021021 X TOUR 1104 PARA 6 NAVSQ AL APPEARS LIKELY X  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  F-21 . . . ORIG. . .  
. . . . . NO DISTRIBUTION. . . . .                                                                           "CCM"
   
   
   
   
   

 

         
         
         
    ADMIRALTY  
      COMINCH FOR F-21 PRIORITY
    5 MAY 1944    
    1310    
    SMITH    
    DIEBEL    
         
         
         
      051058Z               NCR 5318   OPERA
         
         
         
   
  (COMINCH FOR F-21 OIC SERIAL 1107 FROM ADMIRALTY)
   
  ULTRA TOPSEC
  OIC SERIAL 1107.
  1.  SAMMLER 675 IH AND GERLACH 490 ZI EX R 4.
  2.  JT IN EE 36 AT 0838/4.  BY 2136/3 TQ RETURNING 3
  DAYS EARLIER.
  3.  GJ BY 1155/3 REPORTED CONVOY IN BE 5185 CO.  E.
  T. 5 MISS ON DESTROYER AND DEPTH CHARGES.  BY
  0757/4 GJ IN BE 2518 BREAKING OFF SEARCH AND PROCEED-
  ING TO BD 36.
  4.  BY 0307/4 FP ATTACKED BY AIRCRAFT BF 4861.  BY
  CONTROL 0550/4 FP HAD REPORTED AT 0435/4 AIRCRAFT
  HAD ATTACKED WITH BOMBS AND SUPER HEAVY ARMAMENT.
  SUGGEST THIS IS FURTHER REPORT OF ATTACK AT 0307.
   
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      051058Z               NCR 5318  
         
         
         
   
  5.  SS AND GL BY 2256/3 TO MAKE WW DURING THAT NIGHT BY
  0700.
  6.  SN SCUTTLED AND CREW WENT ASHORE 0224Z/3 IN LAT
  09-32 N LONG 50-45 E AS HMS FALMOUTH WAS CLOSING.
  NO DETAILS BUT APPARENTLY CUMULATIVE DAMAGE FROM
  SUCCESSION OF AIR ATTACKS FROM 0245Z/2.  WELINGTON M/407 AT
  0210Z/4 MAY HAVE KILLED POSSIBLY JK AS SURVIVORS
  SEEN PM/4TH IN SAME POSITION 3 ALIVE 9 DEAD IN OIL
  PATCHES.
  7.  MY 1105 AND 1106 TO                ONLY.
   
   
  *RECEIVED AS ULTRA TOPSEC, RECLASSIFIED SECRET.
   
  2 COPIES TO COMMANDER KNOWLES.
   
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Admiralty OIC Serial 1108 is missing

         
         
         
    ADMIRALTY  
      COMINCH (F-21) OP  OP  OP  OP
    5 MAY 1944    
    1950    
    MEYER    
    DUMMIT/BERNER    
         
         
         
      051714                NCR 5532  
         
         
         
   
  COMINCH FOR F-21 FROM ADMIRALTY.
   
  OIC SERIAL 1109.
  1.  LL TO SET WATCH ON IRELAND 0800/5TH MAY.  GH 1121/5
  LAT 53-00 N  LONG 28-00 W.
  2.  EXPERIENCES WITH SCHNORCHEL REPORTED BY LK AT 0600/
  5TH MAY IN MAVSQ AK 5873 AND BY SQ AT 0121/5TH MAY
  IN BD 7143 WITH 450 CBM'S.
  3.  GN ATTACKED BY AIRCRAFT AT 0420/5TH MAY IN NAVSQ AL
  2449.
  4.  FP ATTACKED BY AIRCRAFT AT 0238/5TH MAY IN NAVSQ BF
  4922.
  5.  AT 1504/4TH MAY 41 GROUPS OF OFFIZIER CYPHER FOR CO
  ONLY TO SB.
  6.  BY 0948/5TH MAY GL TO OCCUPY SQUARE        AND GB TO OC-
  CUPY SQUARES                    IN                              PROBABLY AL
   
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      051714                NCR 5532