Convoy OS.79/KMS.53

 

Depart Liverpool June 2, 1944 (Separated June 11, 1944)
Arrive Freetown; Gibraltar June 21, 1944; June 13, 1944
No. of vessels (Hague) 9 + 18 = 27
No. of vessels accounted for here

10 + 17 = 28 + 3 did not sail + 1 RN vessel.

Vessels lost from convoy

0

OS.79 was in the starboard wing of convoy; Pdts 81-82, 91-93, 101-113.                

Pdt.
Vessel
Kts.
Tons
Cargo
From
To
Armament
64
ACCRINGTON
11
1678
RESCUE SHIP
Clyde
Gibraltar B.4M.
91
ALLERTON
7194
Coal
Belfast
Freetown A.B.8M.
103
ARGYLL
10
4897
Cement/Coal/RedX
Liverpool
Casablanca/W.Africa A.6M.
93
BASIL
4913
Gen.
Liverpool
Rio de Janeiro/Rio Grande de Sul A.6M.
112
BOTHNIA
 
2407
Coal
Belfast
Takoradi  
82
CANAKRIAN
10
4875
Stores/Gen.
Liverpool
Takoradi/Lagos/Calabar A.B.6M.
81
CASTALIA
10½
6621
Gen.
Clyde
Freetown/Capetown/Beira A.B.8M.
51
CITY OF AGRA
13
6361
Gen./Hazadous
Clyde
Pt.Said/Aden/Bombay/Karachi A.B.6M.
52
CLAN MACIVER
10½
4500
Stores/Gen.
Liverpool
Pt.Said/Aden/Bombay/Karachi A.B.Bofor 7M.
31
COULMORE (ND)
3670
Coal
Aultbea
Philippeville A.4M.
102
EEMLAND (Du)
11
4188
Coal/Gen.
Aultbea
Takoradi A.4M.
41
EMPIRE FLAME
7068
Stores
Liverpool
Naples Area A.B.6M.
61
EMPIRE GLADE
10½
7006
Gen/Vehicles/Steel Tube
Clyde
Abadan A.B.6M.
63
EMPIRE JESSICA
2880
Coal
Liverpool
Bizerta A.8M.
101
EMPIRE LANCER (ND)
 
 
 
Liverpool
Freetown/Capetown/Madagascar  
43
EMPIRE LORD (ND)
11½
7538
Stores/Vehicles/Haz.
Clyde
Taranto Area A.7M.
53
EMPIRE MOONRISE
9
6854
Stores
Clyde
Taranto Area A.B.6M.
104
EMPIRE RAIN
8
7290
Coal
Belfast
Casablanca A.6M.
84
EMPIRE SCOTT
9
6150
Gen./Vehicles
Clyde
Algiers A.B.8M.
94
FORT DE TROYON
9
5180
Coal/Coke
Aultbea
Oran A.6M.
42
FORT HALL (ND)
10
7156
Stores/Vehicles/Haz.
Clyde
Naples Area A.B.8M.
32
FYLINGDALE
8
3918
Coal
Aultbea
Tunis A.B.4M.
33
GEDDINGTON COURT
6906
Coal
Belfast
Gibraltar A.8M.
34
GLOUCESTER CITY
9
3071
Gen.
Liverpool
Gibraltar A.6M.
72
HMS CAMPANIA
 
 
 
 
   
92
JENNY (Nor)(T)
DID NOT SAIL
Liverpool
   
62
MAHANADA
DID NOT SAIL
Belfast
   
54
PERIBONKA
9
5673
Coal
Aultbea
Algiers 2B.6M.
111
PILAR DE LARRINAGA
DID NOT SAIL
Belfast
   
83
RUNSWICK
8
3969
Coal
Belfast
Bone  
113
SANDOWN CASTLE
9
7607
POW Mail/Red Cross
Clyde
Casablanca A.6M.
44
STANHILL
10
5769
Stores
Liverpool
Algiers A.B.8M.
                

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