| Depart Liverpool | July 12, 1944 (Separated July 23, 1944) |
| Arrive Freetown; Gibraltar | August 3, 1944; July 25, 1944 |
| No. of vessels (Hague) | 3 + 23 = 26 |
| No. of vessels accounted for here | 10 + 21 = 31 + 1 Rescue Ship. |
| Vessels lost from convoy | 0 |
OS.83 was in the starboard wing of convoy; Pdts 71, 81-94.
Pdt. |
Vessel |
Kts. |
Tons |
Cargo |
From |
To |
Armament |
71 |
ADRASTUS | 14 |
7904 |
Salt/Mail | Liverpool | Freetown/Lagos | 2B.5M. |
35 |
ASHBURY | 7½ |
3901 |
Coal | Belfast | Oran/Algiers | B.4M. |
24 |
ASTRID (Nor) | 8½ |
2861 |
Coal | Belfast | Oran/Algiers | A.B.4M. |
84 |
BACTRIA | 10 |
2407 |
Cement/Coke | Aultbea | Dakar | A.7M. |
31 |
BARON TWEEDMOUTH | 8 |
3356 |
Coal | Belfast | Gibraltar | A.6M. |
32 |
BENEDICK (T) | 9 |
6977 |
Ballast | Clyde | Gibraltar | A.B.6M. |
72 |
BESTIK (Nor) | 8½ |
2684 |
Coke/Coal | Aultbea | Tunis | |
82 |
BORNHOLM | 8½ |
3177 |
Cement | Aultbea | Lagos | A.4M. |
45 |
CAPT.PAUL LEMERLE (Fr) | 8½ |
Acid/Coal | Aultbea | Oran | ||
91 |
CLAN CHATTAN | 14 |
9585 |
Gen. | Clyde | Capetown/Pt.Eliz./Durban | A.B.7M. |
41 |
EMPIRE ADDISON | 10 |
7009 |
Gen. | Clyde | Persian Gulf | A.6M. |
92 |
EMPIRE CLIVE | 8 |
7194 |
Coal | Belfast | Freetown | A.B.4M. |
21 |
EMPIRE DERWENT | 8½ |
4026 |
Coal | Belfast | Gibraltar | A.8M. |
61 |
EMPIRE FAL | 8 |
4879 |
Coal | Aultbea | Bizerta | B.5M. |
23 |
EMPIRE MELODY | 9 |
Coal | Aultbea | Gibraltar | ||
81 |
EMPIRE PAKEHA | 11 |
8114 |
Stores/Gen. | Liverpool | Durban/Melbourne/Sydney | A.7M. |
44 |
EMPIRE PEACOCK | 8½ |
6098 |
Haz./Stores | Clyde | Naples Area | B.10M. |
33 |
ENGLISH MONARCH | 8½ |
4557 |
Stores | Belfast | Naples Area | A.B.7M. |
34 |
FORT LAWRENCE | 10½ |
7134 |
Haz./Stores | Clyde | Algiers | A.B.6M. |
94 |
FRESNO STAR | 12½ |
7998 |
Aultbea | Buenos Aires | ||
53 |
GEOLOGIST | 11 |
6202 |
Stores/Gen. | Clyde | Bombay | A.B.11M. |
51 |
GLAUCUS | 13 |
7585 |
Gov.Stores/6 Craft | Liverpool | Pt.Said/Madras/Calcutta | A.B.8M. |
75 |
GOTHLAND | RESCUE SHIP |
Clyde | Gibraltar | B.6M. | ||
93 |
HARBERTON | 8½ |
4505 |
Coal | Belfast | Casablanca | A.B.6M. |
52 |
HARPALYCUS | 5628 |
Gen. | Liverpool | Taranto Area | A.8M. | |
43 |
MAIHAR | 11 |
7563 |
Gov.Stores/Gen. | Liverpool | Suez/Columbo/Calcutta | A.6M. |
22 |
NOVASLI (Nor) | 8 |
3704 |
Coal | Belfast | Gibraltar | B.4M. |
74 |
PACHECO | 12½ |
1406 |
Belfast | Gibraltar/Malta | A.5M. | |
54 |
SAMCEBU | 10½ |
7253 |
Gen. | Liverpool | Naples Area | A.B.6M. |
42 |
SAMFINN | 11 |
7254 |
Liverpool | Naples Area | A.B.7M. | |
83 |
SILVERLARCH | 10 |
5064 |
Liverpool | Freetown/Lagos | ||
73 |
TWEEDBANK | 12½ |
5627 |
Explosives | Aultbea | Malta/Alexandria | A.B.8M. |
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 | ||||