Depart Liverpool | July 21, 1944 (Separated August 1, 1944) |
Arrive Freetown; Gibraltar | August 10, 1944; August 2, 1944 |
No. of vessels (Hague) | 4 + 20 = 24 |
No. of vessels accounted for here | 4 + 19 = 23 + 1 Cable Ship + 1 Rescue Ship. |
Vessels lost from convoy | 0 |
An Aircraft Carrier occupied Pdt. 72 and a submarine was in Pdt. 61.
Empire Cato (Pdt. 84) was towing 2 Landing Craft Tanks (LCTs).
Pdt. |
Vessel |
Kts. |
Tons |
Cargo |
From |
To |
Armament |
101 |
BELGIAN TRADER (Bel) | 9 |
2890 |
Coal | Belfast | Oran | A.4M. |
71 |
BELLAROPHON | 11 |
9019 |
Gov.Gen.Toxic | Liverpool | Suez/Zanzibar/Beira | A.6M. |
42 |
BENGKALIS (Du) | 11½ |
6547 |
Gen. | Liverpool | Alex. or Pt.Said | |
33 |
BLAIRDEVON | 8 |
3282 |
Coal | Aultbea | La Goulette | A.8M. |
34 |
BOREAS (Nor) | 9 |
2901 |
Coal | Belfast | Gibraltar | B.8M. |
41 |
COPACABANA (Bel) | 14 |
7340 |
Fuel/Salt | Belfast | Freetown | A.4M. |
83 |
DORNOCH | 9 |
5186 |
Pontoons/Stores/Ammun. | Clyde | Naples Area | A.6M. |
84 |
EMPIRE CATO | 9½ |
7039 |
Pontoons/Stores | Clyde | Naples Area | A.12Pdr.17M. |
31 |
EMPIRE GLORY | 10 |
7920 |
Coal | Clyde | Alexandria | A.8M. |
52 |
EMPIRE METEOR | 9 |
7456 |
Pontoons | Clyde | Naples Area | A.5M. |
53 |
EMPIRE VOICE | 10½ |
6828 |
Gen. | Aultbea | Alexandria | A.12Pdr.4M. |
93 |
FENDRIS | 8½ |
1018 |
Explosives | Belfast | Oran | |
54 |
GOODWIN | RESCUE SHIP |
Clyde | A.12Pdr.3M. | |||
43 |
GORJISTAN | 12 |
5888 |
Gen. | Liverpool | Malta | A.6M. |
51 |
GRAIGLAS | 10 |
4213 |
Coal | Belfast | Alexandria | A.4M. |
94 |
GRODNO | 8½ |
2458 |
Gen. | Belfast | Lisbon | 12Pdr.6M. |
32 |
HMS BULLFROG | CABLE SHIP |
Clyde | Columbo | |||
81 |
JAN STEEN (Du)(ND) | 10 |
7174 |
Bailey Bridges | Belfast | Naples | 8M. |
102 |
LAFIAN (ND) | 10 |
7221 |
Salt | Liverpool | Lagos/Calibar | A.4M. |
44 |
MODASA | 10 |
9070 |
Gen. | Liverpool | Gibraltar | A.12Pdr.6M. |
82 |
OCEAN WAYFARER | 10 |
7178 |
Gen. | Liverpool | Algiers | A.4M. |
104 |
PICOTEE | 7½ |
4306 |
Coal | Aultbea | Lisbon | A.4M. |
103 |
PORJUS (Sw) | 7½ |
2965 |
Coal | Belfast | Casablanca | |
91 |
PROCRIS | 8½ |
1033 |
Explosives | Belfast | Oran | B.1M. |
92 |
TOMBOUCTOU (Fr) | 9 |
5635 |
Gen. | Liverpool | Takoradi/Lagos/Pt.Noire | A.4M. |
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 |