Convoy OS.88/KMS.62

 

Depart Liverpool September 4, 1944 (Separated September 10, 1944)
Arrive Freetown; Gibraltar September 20, 1944; September 12, 1944
No. of vessels (Hague) 17 + 16 = 33
No. of vessels accounted for here

11 + 17 = 28 + 3 did not sail + 1 Rescue Ship + 3 subs.

Vessels lost from convoy

0


Three submarines sailed in convoy between columns 3 and 4.
Heavy deck cargo was carried by
SAMGAUDIE and SAMUTA.
  
Pdt.
Vessel
Kts.
Tons
Cargo
From
To
Armament
82
ALEKSANDER I (YS)
9
5948
Coal Milford Freetown A.4M.
51
BENTE MAERSK (T)
9
5722
Ballast Clyde Haifa A.6M.
14
BOTHNIA
10
2407
Gen. Liverpool Lisbon A.B.6M.
84
CAPO OLMO (Fr)
4712
Cement Aultbea Freetown A.4M.
54
CITY OF LEICESTER
9
3351
Gen. Milford Gibraltar A.4M.
24
CLAN MACINNES
11
4671
Expl./Gen. Liverpool Lisbon A.B.4M.
73
CONGONIAN (T)
10
6082
Salt Liverpool Burutu A.B.8M.
61
CORDILLERA
11½
6865
Ballast Aultbea Buenos Aires A.6M.
72
DAVID LIVINGSTONE
11½
5013
Gen. Liverpool Lagos A.6M.
44
DEWSBURY
RESCUE SHIP
Clyde Gibraltar B.6M.
12
EMPIRE HEYWOOD
DID NOT SAIL
Milford    
63
EMPIRE NEWTON
10
7037
Expl./Govt.Stores Clyde Ascension/Capetown/Beira A.B.6M.
13
EMPIRE TRENT
DID NOT SAIL
Milford    
41
ENGLISH PRINCE (ND)
10½
7257
Expl./Gen. Liverpool Pt.Said/Aden/Bombay A.6M.
81
GABON (Nor)
10
4651
Coal Milford Freetown A.6M.
42
HIGHLAND PRINCE
11
7043
Expl./Govt.Stores Clyde Suez or Aden/Bombay 2M.
31
INVENTOR
11
6210
Phosphate Aultbea Durban A.B.6M.
52
ITINDA
11
6619
Expl./Gen. Liverpool Pt.Said/Calcutta A.B.4M.
74
LALANDE
11
7453
Gen. Clyde Rio de Janiero/River Plate A.B.10M.
71
MACGREGOR LAIRD
11½
4992
Gen. Liverpool Freetown/Takoradi/Lagos A.4M.
62
MIDDLESEX TRADER
10
7241
  Liverpool Algiers A.B.8M.
64
MOUNT DOUGLAS PARK (ND)
10
7130
Cement Aultbea Takoradi B.4M.
23
NICOLAOS MICHALOS (Gk)
8
4342
Coal Aultbea Gibraltar A.4M.
11
PENCARROW
8
4840
Coal Milford Gibraltar A.6M.
33
SAMGAUDIE
11
7210
Govt.Stores/Mail Clyde Naples Area A.B.7M.
32
SAMSETTE (ND)
DID NOT SAIL
Clyde    
43
SAMUTA (ND)
11
7219
Tanks/Expl./Mail Clyde Naples Area A.B.6M.
22
STAD ARNHEM (Du)
8
 
Coal Aultbea Gibraltar  
34
TEMPLE ARCH
9
 
Expl./Govt.Stores Aultbea Taranto Area A.B.6M.
83
TOLTEN
11
5348
Coal Liverpool Lagos A.4M.
53
TYNDAREUS
12¾
1361
100 Passengers/Gen. Liverpool Pt.Said/Dar-es-Salaam A.B.8M.
21
VAN OSTADE (Du)
2890
Coal Milford Gibraltar A.6M.
  
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