Hello Hugh, If I remember correctly they came from Riksarkivet. It should have been one of the dossiers found here: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/?Sokord=kommerskollegium&EndastDigitaliserat=false&AvanceradSok=False&FacettFilter=arkis_ark_typ_facet%24Arkiv%3a&FacettState=gG8Klw%3ac%7cun...

Hello Hugh,

perhaps this will do

Best regards,

Jan-Olof

Hello Urs,

I agree that BF 3639 isn't quite outside St. Valery-en-Caux but it felt close enough that I had to ask.

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Jan-Olof

Hello again,

does anyone know if minefield JX A, laid by HMS Welshman on Oct. 25th, 1941, was close to MQ BF 3639. The German minesweeper M 4030 Regulus was lost there on Dec. 2nd.

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Jan-Olof

Hello Platon and Urs, many thanks for your replies. I got the position information from DEFE 3/33 page 354, which states: T O I 1057/23/10/41 From: V 225 M 6 has hit a mine. Boat is sinking. Square BF 6179. As for BF 6179 we have (according to http://www.navalgrid.com): Square BF6179 Coordinates: Ce...

Hi, On October 23rd, 1941 the M 6 was mined and sunk off Lorient, more specifically in MQ BF 6179. Two days earlier the British minelayers HMS Manxman and HMS Welshman had laid minefield HG somewhere in the vicinity. I'm wondering if that minefield might be the agent which led to the loss of the M 6...

Hello,

This is great, a big thanks to Siri and Mitchy for getting the forum up and running again.

Best regards,

Jan-Olof