German auxiliary cruiser Michel passing the Strait of Dover according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 17 March 1942

An item referred to the Summary No. 96 reporting that the large and heavily escorted unidentified enemy ship attacked by British naval units while passing in the Strait of Dover bound for the west on 14 March was probably hit by a torpedo and now lying at Le Havre, France. (1) In the naval action were two German E-boats probably sunk and a destroyer damaged.

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. 97 dated 17 March 1942.