| Departed Liverpool/ Southend | Saturday, March 23rd 1940 |
| Joined OG.23 | Monday, March 25th 1940 |
| Arrived Gibraltar | Sunday, March 31 1940 |
| No. of vessels (Hague) | 30 + 33 / 51 |
| Actual number of vessels | 27 + 22 / 49 + 4 did not sail + 3 escorts. |
| Vessels lost from convoy |
Note: OB.115G + OA.115G joined to form OG.23 on Tuesday, March 5th 1940.
AGUILA and SALICIA acted as rescue vessels.
Pdt. OG.23 |
Vessel |
Cargo |
From |
To |
93 |
AQUILA | Liverpool |
||
53 |
ASHCREST | Ballast |
Cardiff |
Bona |
45 |
BARNBY | Coal |
Southend |
Montevideo |
94 |
BARON FORBES | Liverpool |
||
73 |
BARON MACCLAY | Liverpool |
||
62 |
BARON NEWLANDS | Liverpool |
||
43 |
BARON RAMSEY | Coal |
Southend |
Oran |
95 |
BEIGNON | Ballast |
Cardiff |
Dakar |
22 |
BRIKA | Coal |
Southend |
Gibraltar |
65 |
BRITISH GRENADIER | Ballast |
Cardiff |
Aruba |
42 |
BRITISH JUDGE | Ballast |
Southend |
Abadan |
16 |
BUFFIELD | Southend |
Abadan |
|
32 |
CAITHNESS | Ballast |
Southend |
Alexandria |
63 |
CITY OF SHANGHAI | Liverpool |
||
61 |
CLAN MACBRAYNE | Liverpool |
||
81 |
CLAN MACNAUGHTON | Liverpool |
||
82 |
CLAN MACPHERSON | Liverpool |
||
33 |
CLAN MACWHIRTER | DID NOT SAIL |
Southend |
Port Said |
51 |
DOLIUS | Liverpool |
||
15 |
DOMINO | Gen. |
Southend |
Gibraltar |
64 |
ETRIB | Liverpool |
||
52 |
HARPASA | Coal |
Barry |
Port Said |
34 |
HARPERLEY | Ballast |
Southend |
Alexandria |
| HMS VOLUNTEER | ESCORT |
|||
| HMS WALKER | ESCORT |
|||
| HMS WANDERER | ESCORT |
|||
21 |
IMPERIAL MONARCH | Coal |
Southend |
Marseilles |
31 |
KARABAGH | Ballast |
Southend |
Gibraltar |
72 |
KAVAK | Liverpool |
||
44 |
KING CITY | DID NOT SAIL |
Southend |
Alexandria |
23 |
KING IDWAL | Coal |
Southend |
Algiers |
26 |
KYRIAKOULA (Gk) | Ballast |
Southend |
Capetown |
74 |
LONGWOOD | Liverpool |
||
36 |
LYCIA | Ballast |
Southend |
Casablanca |
96 |
MERCHANT ROYAL | DID NOT SAIL |
Cardiff |
Northern Range |
56 |
MORSKA WOLA (Pol) | Coal |
Swansea |
Madeira |
47 |
NAROCZ (Pol) | Coal |
Southend |
Casablanca |
76 |
OROPOS (Gk) | DID NOT SAIL |
Cardiff |
Dakar |
66 |
PEARLMOOR | Ballast |
Cardiff |
Huelva |
24 |
PEEBLES | Ballast |
Southend |
Las Palmas |
13 |
ROD-EL-FARAG (Eg) | Ballast |
Southend |
Constantinople |
12 |
SAGANAGA | Ballast |
Southend |
Bona |
91 |
SAINT ANSELM | Liverpool |
||
85 |
SALACIA | Liverpool |
||
84 |
SHAKESPEAR | Liverpool |
||
75 |
STALHEIM (Nor) | Liverpool |
||
55 |
STAR OF RAMLEH | Coal |
Newport |
Alexandria |
11 |
STARSTONE | Ballast |
Southend |
Gibraltar |
54 |
TAYGETOS (Gk) | Pat. Fuel |
Cardiff |
Salonica |
46 |
TREGARTHEN | Coal |
Southend |
Sierra Leone |
35 |
TRONGATE | Coal |
Southend |
Gibraltar |
83 |
TUCURINCA | Liverpool |
||
14 |
VOLO | Gen. |
Southend |
Gibraltar |
71 |
VOLTURNO | Liverpool |
||
25 |
WILLOWBANK | Ballast |
Southend |
Durban |
92 |
ZARIAN | Liverpool |