Hello (sorry for my bad english, i'm italian), i registered into this forum to make few specific questions about naval warfare in Adriatic Sea.
While making some amatour research online, mainly involving the Yugoslavian Partizan small navy of gunboats and patrol boats, it surfaced a mysterious engagement that i've been unable to find further data.
On morning of 23 October the two German submarine chasers UJ-202 and UJ-208 fought a short skirmish against a group of partisan gunboats close Maun Island. The partisan boats took some damage, few wounded, and escaped thanks a smoke screen.
And this is the clear part, but the Germans claim that during the evening they fought in the same location against a mixed group of MTB/gunboats (also the engagement of the morning was considered to have been fought against MTBs/gunboats, while they were only 1 partisan gunboat and 3 patrol boats).
There are basically no data or mention of partisan activity on the evening and the Germans claimed to have fought against at least 9 enemy fast crafts, claimed some sinking, and took some gunfire damage with casualities.
Also interesting that in a further war diary report the germans claimed that a convoy of MFP crafts sailed in the same area at the same time of the battle and got involved, with one MFP (the F-433) sunk in action.
I've failed to understand if and who British units got involved in the fight of the evening. In general account online there are mentions to battles on 11 October (MFP convoy destroyed) and 21 October (group of I-boats captured or sunk), but nothing on 22-23-24 October.
Thanks this forum i've managed to check the short war diary of some MTB/MGB:
About the 57th Flottilla ( MGB 638, MGB 659, MGB 660, MGB 662, MGB 674, MTB 634, MTB 637, MTB 670) there are diaries of 638, 359, 662, 634, 670. without a word about events occurring on 23/23/24 October.
About the 60th Flottilla (MGB 643, MGB 645, MGB 646, MGB 647 MGB 661, MTB 651, MTB 656, MTB 667 ) there are diaries of 646 and 647, again nothing happened around 22/23/24 October.
Someone has some knolwedge/clue about this engagement?