Large unidentified German vessel passing Strait of Dover according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 16 March 1942

An item reported that a large unidentified vessel of the enemy (1) with a heavy escort passed the Strait of Dover early on 14 May in western direction despite being attacked by the British Dover patrol craft and 5 destroyers.

Note

1. The German auxiliary cruiser Michel (HSK-9, Schiff 28, Raider H called by the British)? Launched as the Bielsko of the Gdynia-America-Line by Danziger Werft, Danzig, Poland in April 1939, acquired by the German Kriegsmarine, commissioned on 9 September 1941, renamed Bonn in 1939, Michel in 1941 and sunk by the American submarine USS Tarpon east of Yokohama, Japan on 17 October 1943. Main armament consisted 6-15cm/5.9” L/45 quick firing guns. She passed the Strait of Dover in the night of 13-14 March underway for her first operational voyage.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 96 dated 16 March 1942.