That is all I have for now. Maby French cruisers from 10.DCT had to do something with that.
There was another clash between Partizan and German ships near Maun island on the 9.10.1944, when NB-13 Partizan and PČ-2 Macola captured German transport ship Angelina. Germans had 3KIA and 9POW, while Partizans had 2WIA.
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Oh ok, but don't worry ; ) I will give you a burst of questions also about the other engagements with transports, boats etc that welle boarded/captured etc..
I wanted to start thinking at the most "hot" topics, as for direct clashes with such regular units of the Kriegsmarine.
Um... French cruisers you say? I could try to search about it, however the German text was quiet clear about an engagement with small units, similar to the ones that clashed with on morning. If you're curious here there is the text of the war diary.
http://archive.org/stream/wardiarygermann621944germ#page/494/mode/2upPage 495 (first mention), Page 497 (further details), Page 514 (strange reference of report of the battle occurred on "the morning of 23", should have been of the whole day or evenining). Page 528 (report of the MFP convoy).
Honestly i think that they still should have meet small boats, and the options are two:
1) the partisan crafts had some short exchange of fire on evening, maybe without notice the effect on enemy or on MFP.
2) maybe some other partisan crafts sailed that evening
3) Possibility of involvment of British MTB/MGB (as claimed by Germans, that still could have easily confused partisan boats with British ones)
I've checked this site for data:
http://cfv.org.uk/forum/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.
Exactly who were the others British Flottillas involved in fightings?
Still nothing surface from the general British accounts of warfare in Adriatic about fighting on 22/23/24: the main fightings of that months were the ones of 11 October and 21 October (this was an attack with destruction of convoy of I boats).