Convoy OS.59/KMS.33

 

Depart Liverpool November 16, 1943 (Separated November 28, 1943)
Arrive Freetown; Gibraltar December 8, 1943; November 29, 1943
No. of vessels (Hague) 11 + 35 = 46
No. of vessels accounted for here

11 + 35 = 46 + 15 did not sail.
ARCHANGELOS and THISTLEWOOD retired after collision.
JOBSHAVEN and ALEX were too late to be included.

Vessels lost from convoy

0

OS.59 formed the starboard wing of the convoy; Pdts 81, 92-115.  

Pdt.
Vessel
Kts.
Tons
Cargo
From
To Armament
62
ADVISER
11½
6348
Gen.
Liverpool
Pt.Said/Colombo/Bombay/Karachi A.6M.
104
ALASKA (Nor)
9½
5681
Ballast
Oban
Buenos Aires  
36
ALEX
DID NOT SAIL
Oban
   
103
ALLERTON
DID NOT SAIL
Milford
   
43
APPLEDORE
9
5218
Vehicles/Stores
Milford
Naples A.4M.
105
ARCHANGELOS (Gk)
DID NOT SAIL
Milford
   
42
BAHARISTAN
11
5476
Gen.
Clyde
Trincomalee/Calcutta B.4M.
112
BASIL
10
4913
Gen.
Liverpool
Para/Tutory Bay/Masse A.6M.
62
BENTON FIELD (US)(T)
DID NOT SAIL
Oban
   
101
BOTHNIA
DID NOT SAIL
Oban
   
61
BRADBURN
9
4736
Coal/Gen.
Liverpool
Sicily A.6M.
12
BRIDGEPOOL
8
4845
Coal
Milford
Gibraltar A.B.8M.
66
BURY
10
1686
RESCUE SHIP
Clyde
Gibraltar B.4M.
21
CARA
8 ½
1760
Coal
Liverpool
Gibraltar B.4M.
74
CHANTILLY
12
9986
 
Liverpool
Algiers  
51
DELANE
10
6054
Gen.
Liverpool
Bombay/Madras.Calcutta A.8M
64
DORNOCH
9
5186
Explosives
Clyde
Italy A.B.4M.
65
EMPIRE FRANKLIN
8½
7292
Gen.
Oban
Taranto Area A.B.6M.
84
EMPIRE PLANET
DID NOT SAIL
Aultbea
   
13
EMPIRE SPRAY
8 ½
4292
Coal
Milford
Gibraltar A.B.8M.
82
EMPIRE SUMMER
8
6948
Ammo/Stores/Acid
Clyde
Algiers A.6M.
45
EMPIRE TORRENT
10
7075
Gen.
Clyde
Bombay A.B.6M.
86
EMPIRE WATERHEN
DID NOT SAIL
Milford
   
32
ENGLISH PRINCE (ND)
10
7275
Gen.
Liverpool
Pt.Said/Mid.East A.B.6M.
113
FLIMSTON
DID NOT SAIL
Aultbea
   
56
FORT LAC LA RONGE
10
7131
Vehicles/Coal
Milford
Syracuse/Bougie/Philippeville A.B.6M.
54
FORT MCLOUGHLIN
10
7128
Gen.
Liverpool
Taranto Area A.6M.
41
FORT SIMPSON
9½
7133
Planes/Gen.
Milford
Bombay A.6M.
44
GEORGE BELLOWS (US(ND))
10½
7244
Vehicles/Stores
Clyde
Sicily 8M.
71
JOBSHAVEN
DID NOT SAIL
Oban
   
23
LAGO (Nor)
8
2552
Coal
Oban
Gibraltar A.6M.
83
LOKE
8
2421
Coal
Clyde
Algiers B.4M.
22
LORCA
8½
4875
Coal
Oban
Gibraltar  
91
LORIGA
9
6665
Stores
Clyde
Algiers 6M.
31
MALIKA (ND)
11
5469
Gen.
Clyde
Bombay 6" B.10M.
111
MARQUESA
DID NOT SAIL
Liverpool
   
95
MONTGOMERY CITY
10½
5685
Planes/Ammo/Acid.
Clyde
Casablanca A.B.8M.
73
MOSES BROWN (US)(ND)
11
5478
Gen.
Clyde
Algiers 2B.8M.
102
MOUNT RHODOPE (Gk)
9
5182
Coal
Milford
Freetown 6M.
72
NARWIK (Pol)
DID NOT SAIL
Liverpool
   
96
NORMAN STAR
10
6817
Coal
Oban
Freetown/Buenos Aires  
81
PHEMIUS
14
7406
 
Clyde
Freetown  
25
PRESIDENT TISSIER (Fr)
DID NOT SAIL
Clyde
   
114
RAGNILDSHOLM (Sw)
9½
2828
Gen.
Clyde
Buenos Aires  
34
REMBRANDT
9½
5559
Gen.
Liverpool
Naples A.B.4M.
94
RIMUTAKA
14
16576
Stores
Milford
Takoradi/Capetown/N.Z.  
85
RUSSELL A.ALGER (US)
10½
7176
Gen.
Liverpool
Algiers A.B.8M.
93
SARPEDON
13 ¼
11321
Planes/Gen.
Liverpool
Freetown/Capetown/Lorenco A.B.6M.
35
SCORTON
DID NOT SAIL
Aultbea
   
24
SILVER ASH
13
7750
Gen.
Liverpool
Gibraltar A.6M.
33
SKELDERGATE
8½
4251
Stores
Oban
Naples
14
SPURT (Nor)
8
2060
Gen.
Liverpool
Seville 6pdr 8M.
115
ST. CLEARS
9½
4312
Coke
Oban
Rio Grande de Sul A.B. Bofor 6M.
46
STANHOPE
8 ½
2336
Stores
Liverpool
Lisbon B.6M.
76
SULEV
9
2460
Coal
Milford
   
15
THISTLEWOOD
DID NOT SAIL
Milford
   
92
THOMAS HOLT
10
2194
Gen.
Oban
Dakar A.B.6M.
53
TONKAWA (US)(T)
10
1119
Ballast
Milford
Pt.Said/Aden B.2M.
75
VERA RADCLIFFE
DID NOT SAIL
Oban
   
63
VILLE D'ORAN
9
4860
Gen.
Liverpool
Malta A.4M.
11
WEARPOOL
9
4980
Coal
Milford
Gibraltar A.6M.
 

KEY
A = 4" or 4.7" Guns DC = Depth Charges
(ND)
Ship fitted with Admiralty Net defence.
B = 3" or 12 Pounder Guns   K = Kites
(CAM)
 Catapault Aircraft Merchant Ship.
C = Oerlikon KB = Kite Balloons
(T)
 Tanker
M = Machine Guns