| Depart Liverpool | February 23, 1944 (Separated March 5, 1944) |
| Arrive Freetown; Gibraltar | March 15, 1944; March 6, 1944 |
| No. of vessels (Hague) | 11 + 36 = 47 |
| No. of vessels accounted for here | 12 + 35 = 47 + 2 did not sail + 1 RN vessel. |
| Vessels lost from convoy | 0 |
OS.69 was in the starboard wing of convoy Pdts 71, 92-94, 96-104 111-114.
Note: ESSEX TRADER also carried a fishing vessel as deck cargo.
Pdt. |
Vessel | Kts. |
Tons |
Cargo |
From |
To | Armament |
45 |
ABOYNE | 12 |
1020 |
RESCUE SHIP |
Clyde |
Gibraltar | B.4M. |
111 |
BARON ELPHINSTONE | 9 |
4635 |
Coal |
Milford |
Freetown | A.4M. |
25 |
BARON FORBES | DID NOT SAIL |
Clyde |
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81 |
BARON TWEEDMOUTH | 8½ |
3356 |
Coal |
Milford |
Algiers | A.6M. |
52 |
BELLEROPHON | 11½ |
9019 |
Planes/Stores/Gen |
Liverpool |
Pt.Said or Alexandria | A.9M. |
43 |
BLACKHEATH | 8½ |
4636 |
Gen./Ammun |
Belfast |
Naples | A.B. Bofor 6M. |
35 |
BOREAS (Nor) | 9 |
2801 |
Coal |
Milford |
Bone | B.6M. |
73 |
CHISWICK | 9½ |
605 |
Gen./Ammun |
Liverpool |
Taranto Area | A.B. Bofor 9M. |
72 |
CITY OF EXETER | 13 |
9654 |
Clyde |
Bombay | A.B. Bofor 4M. | |
115 |
CLEARPOOL | DID NOT SAIL |
Milford |
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24 |
CULEBRA (Pan) | 9 |
5264 |
Coal |
Oban |
Oran | A.4M. |
95 |
EGTON | 8 |
4363 |
Coal |
Oban |
Oran | A.B.5M. |
21 |
EMPIRE JESSICA | 9½ |
2890 |
Coal |
Milford |
Gibraltar | A.8M. |
44 |
ESSEX TRADER | 9½ |
7237 |
Gen./Vehicles |
Clyde |
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84 |
FORT CARLTON (ND) | 10 |
7131 |
Stores/Ammun/Vehicles |
Milford |
Taranto Area | A.B. Bofor 6M. |
41 |
FORT CATARAQUI (ND) | 10 |
7130 |
Stores |
Liverpool |
Naples | B.8M. |
91 |
FORT DE TROYON | 9 |
5181 |
Coal |
Oban |
Algiers | A. |
31 |
FORT MAUREPAS | 9½ |
7133 |
Stores |
Oban |
Taranto Area | B.8M. |
53 |
FORT STIKINE | 10¼ |
7142 |
Gen. |
Liverpool |
Pt.Said/Bombay/Karachi | A.B.6M. |
85 |
FORT VENAGO (ND) | 10 |
7166 |
Coal |
Milford |
Oran/Algiers | A.B.4M. |
94 |
FRESNO STAR | 12 |
7998 |
Ballast |
Liverpool |
Buenos Aires | A.B.5M. |
102 |
GODFREY B. HOLT | 10 |
3585 |
Stores |
Oban |
Dakar/Bathurst | B.7M. |
75 |
GRAIGLAS | 10 |
4312 |
Stores |
Aultbea |
Bone/Malta | A.B.4M. |
33 |
HARLESDEN (ND) | 11½ |
7273 |
Stores |
Liverpool |
Naples | A.B. Bofor 6M. |
23 |
HMS STUART PRINCE | 11 |
1911 |
Clyde |
Gibraltar | A.B.6M. | |
105 |
IMPERIAL MONARCH | 9 |
5831 |
Coal |
Oban |
Philippeville | A.B.6M. |
92 |
INCHANGA | 13 |
7069 |
Salt/Cement/Rails |
Liverpool |
Takoradi/Lagos | 4M. |
71 |
JONATHON HOLT | 12 |
4962 |
Gen. |
Liverpool |
Freetown/Takoradi/Burutu | A.B.10M. |
14 |
KERMA | 8½ |
4333 |
Pitch/Coke |
Oban |
Gibraltar/Huelva | A.B.5M. |
11 |
KINGSLAND | 8½ |
3669 |
Coal |
Milford |
Gibraltar | A.12M. |
112 |
LIBERIAN | 9 ¼ |
5129 |
Gen. |
Oban |
Rio de Janeiro/Santos | A.B.8M. |
12 |
LLANBERIS | 8½ |
5055 |
Coal |
Milford |
Gibraltar | A.4M. |
51 |
MALANCHA | 13½ |
8124 |
Launch/Mach/Chems |
Liverpool |
Pt.Said/Suez/Bombay | 6M. |
34 |
MOONCREST | 9 |
5202 |
Stores |
Oban |
Taranto Area | A.B. |
42 |
NARBADA | 10½ |
8988 |
Gen/Com/Planes. |
Liverpool |
Pt.Said/Cochin/Melbourne | A.B.6M. |
93 |
NESTOR | 12¼ |
14628 |
Stores/Gen |
Liverpool |
F'town/Capetown/Sydney | A.B.6M. |
82 |
NICOLAOS MICHALOS (Gk) | 8 |
4342 |
Coal |
Oban |
Algiers | A.4M. |
113 |
OCEAN VERITY | 10 |
7174 |
Clyde |
Capetown | A.B. Bofor 6M. | |
15 |
ORMINSTER | 8 |
5712 |
Coal |
Oban |
Lisbon | A.B.4M. |
13 |
PENCARROW | 8 |
4841 |
Coal |
Oban |
Gibraltar | 6M. |
101 |
QUEEN ADELAIDE | 9½ |
4933 |
Coal |
Milford |
Freetown | A.6M. |
96 |
SALVONIA | 11 |
571 |
RESCUE TUG |
Milford |
Azores | B.2M. |
61 |
SAMSTEEL | 11 |
7176 |
Stores |
Liverpool |
Algiers | A.B. Bofor 6M. |
32 |
SAMSURF | 11 |
7176 |
Gen. |
Aultbea |
Colombo/Calcutta | A.B.6M. |
104 |
SILVERWALNUT | 14 |
6770 |
Gen. |
Liverpool |
Takoradi/Lagos/Pt.Harcourt | A.6M. |
114 |
SINNINGTON COURT | 8 |
6910 |
Coal |
Oban |
Bone | A.B.6M. |
22 |
SOUTHGATE | 8 |
4862 |
Coal |
Oban |
Gibraltar | A.7M. |
83 |
THISTLEMUIR | 9 |
7237 |
Vehicles/Mail/Potatoes |
Clyde |
Taranto Area | A.B. Bofor 8M. |
103 |
VILLE D'AMIENS (Fr) | 11 |
6975 |
Gen. |
Oban |
Capetown | A.6M. |
74 |
WANDERER | 9½ |
5079 |
Gen./Ammun. |
Clyde |
Abadan | A.6M. |
KEY |
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| 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 | ||||