Convoy OS.73/KMS.47

Depart Liverpool April 3, 1944 (Separated April 16, 1944)
Arrive Freetown; Gibraltar April 25, 1944; April 17 , 1944
No. of vessels (Hague) 12 + 32= 44
No. of vessels accounted for here

14 + 30= 44 + 2 did not sail + 1 rescue ship

Vessels lost from convoy

0


OS.73 was in the starboard wing of convoy; Pdts 91-114 plus Pdt 71.
.

Pdt.
Vessel
Kts.
Tons
Cargo
From
To
Armament
73
ALPHARD (Du)
11
5483
Gen. Liverpoool Pt.Said or Alexandria A.B.7M.
14
ANTONIO
9
5225
Pitch/Coke Oban Huelva A.6M.
21
AVRISTAN (ND)
10½
10266
Aircraft/Gen. Belfast Bahrein A.B.6M.
101
BACTRIA
11
2407
Cement/Gen. Oban Dakar/Freetown/Lagos A.4M.
91
BARON RAMSEY
DID NOT SAIL
Belfast    
113
BENEDICT
10
4949
Coal Clyde Rio de Janeiro A.B.7M.
72
BENREOCH
11½
5817
Gen. Oban Karachi/Bombay A.B.6M.
61
BESTIK (Nor)
2684
Coal Oban Tunis B.4M.
85
BURY
RESCUE
Clyde Gibraltar B.4M.
92
CALUMET
10
7268
Stores Oban Freetown A.B.6M.
84
CAPE HOWE (ND)
10
6999
Stores Oban Bone/Malta A.Bofor.8M.
114
CAPO OLMO (Fr)
9
4711
Cement/Gen. Oban Dakar/Freetown/Lagos A.4M.
25
CELTIC MONARCH
8
5823
Coal Belfast Oran/Algiers A.4M.
52
CITY OF BARCELONA
12
5787
RAF Craft/Stores Clyde Pt.Said/Columbo/Calcutta A.7M.
51
CLAN RANALD
9
5447
Gen. Liverpoool Alexandria A.B.4M.
94
COLUMBIA STAR
14
Gen. Liverpoool Buenos AiresA.B.6M.  
22
CRACKSHOT
9
2379
  Clyde Taranto Area B.3M.
43
CUSTODIAN
10½
5881
Gen. Liverpoool Bombay A.9M.
42
DEBRETT
12
6244
Gen. Liverpoool Pt.Said/Aden/Calcutta A.B.7M.
24
DOMBY
9
5582
Coal Oban Gibraltar A.B.6M.
12
EMPIRE DARWIN
Coal Belfast Gibraltar A.Bofor.4M.
34
EMPIRE FOREST (ND)
10
7043
Gen. Liverpoool Gibraltar A.B.6M.
44
EMPIRE GLEN
6327
Gen. Belfast Naples Area A.6M.
11
HARMATTAN
8
4558
Coal Liverpoool Gibraltar A.B.10M.
31
HIGHLAND PRINCE
10
7043
Gen. Liverpoool Karachi/Cochin/Bombay A.8M.
23
JOBSHAVEN (Du)
8
3520
Coal Oban Gibraltar A.4M.
104
LAGO (Nor)
8
2542
Coal Belfast Casablanca B.6M.
103
LYCAON
12½
7350
Gen. Liverpoool Durban/Adelaide/Sydney A.B.8M.
53
MAHOUT
12
7921
Gen. Clyde Columbo/Madras/Calcutta A.Bofor.10M.
111
NELA
11½
7220
Ballast Oban Buenos AiresA.B.6M. A.6M.
112
NICOLAOU VIRGINIS (Gk)
9
6869
Coal Belfast Freetown A.4M.
83
NORTH DEVON
8
3658
Coal Oban Phillipeville A.6M.
41
NOVELIST
10½
6133
Gen. Liverpoool Pt.Sudan/Aden/Mombassa A.B.4M.
33
OCEAN TRAVELLER (ND)
10½
7178
Gov.Stores Liverpoool Naples Area B.7M.
82
OTTINGE
9
2870
Coal Oban La Goulette A.B.4M.
93
RUTENFJELL (Nor)
9
1334
Mail/Coal/Gen. Clyde Bathurst/W.Africa B.4M.
95
SAMPAN
10½
7176
Stores Oban Algiers A.Bofor.6M.
74
SAMPFORD (ND)
10½
7218
Gen. Liverpoool Taranto Area A.B.5M.
54
SAMWASH (ND)
11
7176
Stores Oban Taranto Area A.B.Bofor.4M.
102
SETTLER
12
6202
Gen. Oban Pt.Elizabeth A.B.6M.
45
SKELDERGATE
4251
Coal Belfast Oran A.B.6M.
71
SOBO
12
5353
  Clyde Freetown A.Bofor.10M.
32
ST. CLEARS
9
4312
Planes/Stores Liverpoool Pt.Said/Basra/Banda Manser A.B.Bofor.6M.
81
STREEFKERK (Du)
10
6185
Stores/Gen/Planes Oban India A.7M.
35
USS PROCYON
DID NOT SAIL
Clyde    
13
WEARWOOD
9
4597
Coal Belfast Gibraltar A.4M.
105
ZYPENBERG (Du)
5054
Coal Belfast Oran/Algiers A.6M.