Convoy OS.41

 

Depart Liverpool September 19, 1942
Arrive Freetown October 1 , 1942 Dispersed
No. of vessels (Hague) 20
No. of vessels accounted for here

20

Vessels lost from convoy

1
DEFOE


Pdt.
Vessel
Kts.
Tons
Cargo
From
To
Armament
71
CORABELLA
9
5682
Stores
Oban
Takoradi  
33
CORDILLERA
12
6865
Gen.
Liverpool
Capetown/Simonstown/Pt.Elizabeth/E.London A.4M.K.
63
DANBY
4281
Coal
Oban
Buenos Aires  
52
DEFOE
12
6245
Stores/Gen.
Liverpool
Capetown/Port Said/Aden/Alexandria A.4M.K.
22
EEMLAND (Du)
11
4188
Stores/Gen.
Liverpool
Freetown A.8M.
61
EMPIRE LIBERTY
9
 
Gen.
Clyde
Takoradi/Duala A.B.10M.K.
32
EMPIRE SPRAY
11
7242
Gen.
Liverpool
Durban/Karachi/Abadan/Basra A.B.4M.K.
23
FORT DE TROYON (FF)
8
5205
Gen.
Milford
Freetown A.2C.K.
42
GLENIFFER
11¾
9558
Stores
Liverpool
Capetown/Durban/Bombay/Trimcomalee/Calcutta A.5M.K.
31
GLENSTRAE
11½
9460
Vehicles/Gen.
Liverpool
Freetown/Capetown/Karachi/Bombay A.B.6M.K.
43
ILISSOS (Gk)
4724
Coal/Gen.
Milford
Durban/Alexandria A.6M.K.
21
INCOMATI
13½
7369
Gen.
Liverpool
Freetown/Lagos A.B.6M.K.
72
KINDAT
10
4358
Stores
Oban
Durban/Bombay/Colombo  
73
LORD COCHRANE
9
4156
Coal/Coke
Milford
Pernambuco/Montevideo A.7M.K.
12
MANO
9
1418
Gen.
Clyde
Bathurst  
53
NAILSEA COURT
9
4946
Stores
Oban
Capetown/Beira  
41
SILVERGUAVA
12½
5304
Stores
Liverpool
Takoradi/Lagos A.B.4M.K.
11
STUYVESANT (Du)
12
4249
Stores
Liverpool
Freetown/Takoradi/Lagos A.3M.K.
62
UMARIA
11½
6852
Stores/Gen.
Liverpool
Capetown/Karachi/Bombay A.B.3M.K.
51
WM.WILBERFORCE
11
5004
Stores
Liverpool
Takoradi/Accra/Lagos A.6M.K.

KEY
A = 4" or 4.7" Guns DC = Depth Charges (ND) = Ship fitted with Admiralty Net defence.
B = 12 Pounder Guns   K = Kites (CAM) Catapault Aircraft Merchant Ship.
C = Bofors KB = Kite Balloons    
M = Machine Guns (T) = Tanker