| Departed Liverpool/ Southend | Wednesday, May 22nd 1940 |
| Joined OG.31F | Saturday, May 25th 1940 |
| Arrived Gibraltar | Thursday, May 30th 1940 |
| No. of vessels (Hague) | 55 (38/ 32) |
| Actual number of vessels | 55 (37/ 23) + 2 did not sail + 2 escorts |
| Vessels lost from convoy | 1 SHEAF MEAD (dispersed) |
Note: CALAFATIS disappeared in fog on May 23 and did not rejoin.
EMPIRE SUNSET (6,009 tons) is shown as sailing but there was no vessel by this name (EMPIRE SUCCESS?).
HMS ENCHANTRESS picked up 23 survivors from KYMA (Gk) at 2100 hours May 24.
KYMA had been sailing independently from Rosario to Avonmouth.
MARYLYN acted as rescue vessel in OB.153GF and SULACO in OG.31F.
Pdt. |
Vessel |
Cargo |
From |
To |
|
L'pool-B |
OG.31F |
||||
11 |
AFRIC STAR | Ballast |
Southend |
St. Vincent C.V.I. |
|
57 |
ASHCREST | Coal |
Cardiff |
Caronte |
|
61 |
61 |
BANTRIA | Gen. |
Liverpool |
Gibraltar |
32 |
BARON CAWDOR | Coal |
Southend |
Gibraltar |
|
41 |
BARRGROVE | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Swansea |
|
85 |
BENARTY | Coal |
Cardiff |
Alexandria |
|
15 |
BENRINNES | Gen. |
Southend |
Dakar/Cape |
|
| BLAIRESK | DID NOT SAIL |
Southend |
Montreal |
||
86 |
BODNANT | Ballast |
Newport |
Takoradi |
|
16 |
BRITISH AMBASSADOR | Southend |
|||
72 |
72 |
BRITISH LORD | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Trinidad |
94 |
94 |
CALAFATIS (Gk) | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Buenos Aires |
14 |
CHRISTINE MARIE | Coal |
Southend |
Las Palmas |
|
33 |
CITY OF BAGDAD | Gen. |
Southend |
Dakar |
|
71 |
71 |
CITY OF KEELUNG | Gen. |
Liverpool |
Alexandria/Port Said |
81 |
81 |
CITY OF ROUBAIX | Gen. |
Liverpool |
Calcutta |
51 |
51 |
CORRALES | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Freetown |
54 |
CORTES | Gen. |
Liverpool |
Fowey |
|
(43) |
DAFILA | DID NOT SAIL |
Liverpool |
Devonport |
|
56 |
DAHOMIAN | Gen. |
Cardiff |
Freetown |
|
65 |
DOMINGO DE LARRINAGA | Coal |
Newport |
Freetown |
|
45 |
DOMINO | Gen. |
Southend |
Alexandria |
|
36 |
DOSINIA | Ballast |
Southend |
Curacao |
|
42 |
DRACO | Gen. |
Southend |
Malta |
|
95 |
DUNSLEY | Coal |
Swansea |
St. John N.B. |
|
46 |
EMPIRE SUNSET | Gen. |
Southend |
Lisbon |
|
91 |
91 |
EMPIRE TRADER | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Durban |
52 |
52 |
ESNEH | Gen. |
Liverpool |
Malta/Cyprus |
25 |
GENERTON | Ballast |
Southend |
Hampton Roads |
|
53 |
53 |
GLEN HEAD | Gen. |
Liverpool |
Patras |
| HMS ENCHANTRESS | ESCORT |
Southend? |
departed May 26 |
||
| HMS LEITH | ESCORT |
Liverpool |
|||
62 |
62 |
HYLTON | Gen. |
Liverpool |
Australia |
83 |
83 |
KATY (Nor) | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Corpus Christi |
63 |
63 |
KIRKLAND | Gen. |
Liverpool |
Gibraltar/Alexandria |
22 |
LAGOSIAN | Ballast |
Southend |
Dakar |
|
64 |
LESBIAN | Gen. |
Barry |
Alexandria |
|
55 |
LIDA (Pol) | Coal |
Swansea |
Gibraltar/Alexandria |
|
31 |
LLANDAFF | Coal |
Southend |
Gibraltar |
|
73 |
73 |
LODESTONE | Ballast |
Liverpool |
St. Thomas W.I. |
82 |
82 |
LUXOR | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Aruba |
23 |
MADRAS CITY | Ballast |
Southend |
Panama |
|
24 |
MANAQUI | Southend |
|||
44 |
MARYLYN | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Swansea |
|
13 |
MINNIE DE LARRINAGA | Coal |
Southend |
Buenos Aires |
|
35 |
MOUNT HELMOS (Gk) | Ballast |
Southend |
Florida |
|
92 |
92 |
NEW BROOKLYN | Gen. |
Liverpool |
Freetown |
12 |
NIRPURA | Gen. |
Southend |
Cape/Calcutta |
|
34 |
PACIFIC SHIPPER | Gen. |
Southend |
New York |
|
42 |
PALESTINIAN PRINCE | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Devonport |
|
26 |
PLM 20 (Fr) | Coal |
Southend |
Caronte |
|
43 |
POLO | Coke |
Southend |
Dugirat |
|
74 |
PORT HARDY | Ballast |
Cardiff |
Durban |
|
84 |
84 |
QUEEN ADELAIDE | Gen. |
Liverpool |
Melbourne |
77 |
REEDPOOL | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Wabana |
|
21 |
SALTERSGATE | Coal |
Southend |
Karachi |
|
93 |
93 |
SAMA (Nor) | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Dakar |
96 |
SHEAF MEAD | Ballast |
Swansea |
Philadelphia |
|
76 |
SILVIO | Gen. |
Swansea |
Oporto |
|
66 |
SULACO | Ballast |
Newport |
Santa Marta |
|
75 |
TEMPLE ARCH | Coal |
Cardiff |
Casablanca |
|
64 |
TEXAS BANKER | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Penarth |
|
54 |
USKSIDE | Coal |
Barry |
Gibraltar |
|
44 |
VOLO | Gen. |
Southend |
Malta |
|