Convoy OS.68/KMS.42

 

Depart Liverpool February 12, 1944 (Separated February 23, 1944)
Arrive Freetown; Gibraltar March 5, 1944; February 25, 1944
No. of vessels (Hague) 9 + 45 = 54
No. of vessels accounted for here

10 + 44 = 54 + 3 did not sail + 1 RN vessel.

Vessels lost from convoy

0


Note: The Port List is not available for this convoy so there is no data for tonnages, cargo or armaments. The Reporting Officer in Gibraltar shows SILVER LAUREL and NADA in convoy which do not appear in the Cruising Order.

Pdt.
Vessel
Kts.
From
To
31
ALEX
8
Milford
Gibraltar
113
ALLERTON
Clyde
Dakar
54
ATLANTIC
9
Clyde
Naples
102
BARON CAWDER
9
Milford
Algiers
33
BELGIAN FISHERMAN (Bel)
8
Milford
Gibraltar
52
BLACKHEATH
DID NOT SAIL
Liverpool
 
12
BRIDGEPOOL (CSA)
6
Oban
Huelva
25
CETUS (Nor)
8
Aultbea
Lisbon
46
CHARLTON HALL
9
Aultbea
Naples
41
CITY OF EASTBOURNE
12 ½
Liverpool
Pt.Said/Bahrein/Basra/Abadan
95
COULGORM
10
Oban
Naples
104
DALDORCH
10½
Clyde
Alexandria/Pt.Said
55
DEWDALE
11
Clyde
Mediterranean
13
DRAKEPOOL
Milford
Lisbon/Melilla
94
DUMFRIES
Oban
Algiers
82
ECHODALE (T)
12½
Oban
Aden
15
EMPIRE GANNET
Oban
Huelva
32
EMPIRE JESSICA
DID NOT SAIL
Milford
 
84
EMPIRE NOBLE
10
Liverpool
Malta
103
EMPIRE SIMBA
Milford
Algiers
115
EMPIRE STALWART
10
Milford
Oran
125
EMPIRE TRENT
8
Milford
Oran/Algiers
85
ENNERDALE
10
Clyde
Gibraltar
43
FORT FROBISHER
10
Clyde
Taranto Area
64
FORT LA PRAIRIE (ND)
10
Oban
Taranto Area
91
FORT WALSH
10
Milford
Colombo
112
FRAMLINGTON COURT
8
Oban
Bone
44
GLENFINLAS
11½
Oban
Gibraltar/W.Africa/Takoradi/Lagos
35
GRODNO
8
Liverpool
Lisbon
93
HMS LAOMEDAN
 
Aultbea
Far East
71
ITINDA
10
Oban
Pt.Said/Aden/Mombassa/Zanzibar/Dar-es-Salaam
53
JAN LIEVENS (Du)(ND)
10
Oban
Taranto Area
121
KATANGA (Bel)
Liverpool
Takoradi/Lagos/Pt.Noire
23
KINGSBOROUGH
8
Aultbea
Oran
14
LISBETH (Nor)
8
Milford
Lisbon
51
LYMINGE
9
Milford
Taranto Area
122
LYRAS (Gk)
9
Clyde
Buenos Aires
63
MASIRAH
11
Oban
Pt.Said/Karachi/Bombay
83
MODASA
10½
Clyde
Bombay
-
NADA
SEE NOTE
 
Gibraltar
101
NEW TEXAS
Liverpool
Las Plamas/Freetown/Lagos
24
NORDLYS
Clyde
Gibraltar
36
NORTHLEIGH
 
 
Gibraltar
22
NOVASLI (Nor)
8
Clyde
Gibraltar
61
OCEAN VESTRAL
9
Liverpool
Alexandria/Haifa
34
PANDORIAN
13
Liverpool
Gibraltar
111
PORT FREEMANTLE
13½
Liverpool
Freetown/Montevideo/Buenos Aires
124
RAGNHILD (Nor)
9
Milford
Casablaca
92
RHESUS
12½
Liverpool
Pt.Said/Colombo/Trincomalee/Calcutta
123
SCHIAFFINO (Fr)
8
Milford
Casablaca
-
SILVER LAUREL
SEE NOTE
 
Capetown
45
SNAR (Nor)
8
Oban
Lisbon
11
STANHOPE
6
Clyde
Lisbon
65
SYRIAN PRINCE
11
Clyde
Gibraltar
62
TARANTIA
11
Liverpool
Pt.Said/Trincomalee/Madras/Calcutta
105
TEMPLE ARCH
10
Milford
Horta
42
THISTLEMUIR
DID NOT SAIL
Clyde
 
81
TORTUGUERO
11
Liverpool
Capetown/Durban
114
UMBERLEIGH
8
Oban
La Goulette/Tunis
21
WEARPOOL
9
Milford
Gibraltar