25. Dezember 1944

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GEO INFO
Harbour of Danzig Karte — map
Harbour of Neufahrwasser Karte — map
Harbour of Gotenhafen Karte — map
Harbour of Pillau Karte — map
Steamer “Charlotte Cords”, the other ship in question (Bild: alamy)

25 Dec 44. Christmas Day. At 7pm, the battalion lines up on the quay.[1] We start with the loading. The soldiers stand in long queues, packed high with rucksacks, laundry bags, carbines, steel helmets and lots of equipment on their belts. Then the point starts to move and, man after man, they climb up the swaying gangplank. While the men board the ship, the booms swing our equipment on board in large nets and set it down on deck or sink it into the depths of the hatches.

We are at sea. The naval officers have invited us into their small saloon, where we now talk together about the uncertain future over a bottle of cognac. One of the officers is blotto. He’s drowned his Christmas spirit and his blues in alcohol, but he carries it off well.


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  1. In view of the ships in question, the convoys to which they belonged and the ports of departure of these convoys, it is questionable whether this was a quay in the harbour of Danzig, Neufahrwasser, Gotenhafen or even Pillau. The author reports neither a ride to Gotenhafen nor a passing by there or Pillau. (Sources of the table below: KTB Geleitstelle Libau of 26 Dec 1944, NARA T-1022 Roll 3744 p. 14; KTB 9.SichDiv of 24 Dec 1944, BA-MA 070.jpg; others as indicated)
    Ship Convoy Convoy Start Entered Libau on 26.12.44 Remarks
    “Charlotte Cords” Pi 234 in Pillau (no time information found) 02.45 hrs
    (however, the author does not report anything about such an unusually early arrival)
    Perhaps convoys from Danzig or Neufahrwasser ran via Pillau or were escorted from there and then not called Da/Ne (if that existed at all), but “Pi”.
    “Robert Möhring” Go 242 10.00 hrs in Gotenhafen, intended (KTB 9.SichDiv of 24 Dec 1944, BA-MA 059.jpg) 05.00 hrs
    (the author does not report anything about an arrival at dark, but 5 a.m. is not as unusually early as 2.45 a.m., so the editor considers this ship to be the more likely one)
    Perhaps convoys from Danzig or Neufahrwasser ran via Gotenhafen or were escorted from there and then not called Da/Ne (if that existed at all), but “Go”.
    Perhaps the battalion was first moved to Gotenhafen (20 km away) and shipped from there, then as “Go”.
    Some convoys numbered as “Go” paused in Pillau without being renamed “Pi” (KTB 9.SichDiv of 26 Dec 1944, BA-MA 068.jpg/070.jpg).