Stier's passage of the Channel

12–13 May 1942, English Channel, off Boulogne

German success; Stier got through, but two torpedo boats were sunk

After the Channel Dash the Germans sent their raiders out through the Channel rather than round Scotland. On the night of 12–13 May 1942 the raider Stier came down from the North Sea with a strong escort of torpedo boats and minesweepers. Dover's guns fired on the convoy, and British motor torpedo boats attacked it off Boulogne. The torpedo boats Iltis and Seeadler were both torpedoed and sunk; Seeadler broke in two and 85 of her men were lost. The British lost MTB 220. Stier reached the Gironde and sailed for the Atlantic, where she met Stephen Hopkins four months later.

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