Convoy OS.96/KMS.70

 

Depart Liverpool November 23, 1944 (Separated November 26, 1944)
Convoy dispersed; Gibraltar November 27, 1944; November 27, 1944
No. of vessels (Hague) 8 + 32 = 40
No. of vessels accounted for here

7 + 31 = 38 + 1 did not sail + 1 Tug + 1 Boom Defence.

Vessels lost from convoy

0


OS.95 was in the starboard wing of convoy; Pdts 71-72; 81-85.
A submarine occupied a position between columns 4 and 5.

                                                                                                                                
Pdt.
Vessel
Kts.
Tons
Cargo
From
To
Armament
62
ALASKA (Nor)
9
5681
 
Liverpool Taranto Area 6M.
73
ALPHARD (Du)
11
5483
Gen.
Belfast Alexandria A.B.6M.
34
ANN STATHATOS (Gk)
5685
Mail/Coal
Milford Algiers B.6M.
25
BARON STRANRAER
3668
Coal
Milford Horta A.B.6M.
13
BESTIK (Nor)
8
2684
Pitch/Coal
Milford Huelva A.8M.
23
BLACK ROCK (US)
TUG
Milford Pt.Said/Bombay  
75
BLAIRCLOVA
10
5083
Gov. Cargo
Aultbea Pt.Said/Bombay  
82
BONAIRE (Du)
3163
Gen.Cement/Potatoes
Liverpool Las Palmas/Freetown A.6M.
31
BOTHNIA
10
2487
Gen.
Milford Pt.Said/Madras A.B.6M.
14
CARSLOGIE
3786
Pitch
Milford Huelva A.B.4M.
11
CHAS. D. MACIVER (US)
7176
Army Supplies
Milford Marseilles A.B.8M.
32
CLAN MACGILLIVRAY
10
7431
Cement/Ammunition
Milford Pt.Said/Mombassa/Zanzibar A.B.6M.
54
CORJISTAN
12½
5888
Gen./Steel/Cement
Clyde Pt.Said/Abadan/Basra A.4M.
83
DORDRECHT (Du)(T)
10
4402
Ballast
Liverpool Freetown A.B.6M.
53
DURENDA
10
7241
Gen.
Clyde Aden/Bombay/Cochin A.B.3M.
85
EMPIRE ABBEY
10
7431
Ballast
Milford Buenos Aires A.9M.
65
EMPIRE CAXTON
2873
Coal
Liverpool Gibraltar B.7M.
24
EMPIRE SOUTHEY (ND)
10
7041
Stores
Milford Ancona B.6M.
63
EMPIRE STRONGHOLD (ND)
10
7064
Army Supplies
Liverpool Taranto Area A.B.10M.
45
EMPIRE TRENT
8
5006
Coal
Clyde Lisbon/Melilla A.4M.
21
FORT RELIANCE (ND)
10
7133
Stores
Milford Naples Area 3B.6M.
44
GRACE ABBOTT (US)
10½
7191
Army Vehicles
Clyde Marseilles A.B.6M.
74
GRYFEVALE
9
4434
Stores
Liverpool Pt.Said/Trincomalee A.2B.6M.
61
HMS BARBAIN
 BOOM DEFENCE VESSEL   
Clyde Aden  
41
JAARSTROOM (Du)
10
2480
Gen.
Milford Pt.Said/Madras A.6M.
15
JOHN M BROOKE (US)(CSA)
11
7176
Coal
Milford Oran/Bone A.B.8M.
35
KEILA
8
3621
Coal
Milford Gibraltar A.4M.
81
KIRUNA (Sw)
9
5484
Coal
Milford Freetown  
84
MAHANA
11½
10950
Chemical/Livestock
Belfast Buenos Aires A.5M.
51
MATHERAN
13½
8007
Gen./Craft/Inflamm.
Liverpool Gibraltar/Bombay/Calcutta A.6M.
72
OCEAN VESTAL
10
7174
Gen.
Liverpool Capetown/Pt.Eliz./Beira 5M.
36
PLAVNIK (YS)
DID NOT SAIL
Milford    
64
RAVENSPOINT
8
1787
Gen.
Liverpool Seville B.6M.
42
SAMFLORA (ND)(CSA)
10
7176
Gen./Mail/Veficles
Clyde Naples Area A.B.6M.
52
SAMOTHRACE (ND)
10½
7176
Gen.
Clyde Pt.Said/Bombay/Karachi A.B.8M.
43
SAMTROY (ND)
10½
7219
Gen./Vehicles/Tank
Clyde Ancona B.6M.
33
STEPHEN B ELKINS (US)
10½
Stores
Belfast Naples/Marseilles A.B.8M.
71
STUYVESANT (Du)
8
4249
Gen./103 Passengers
Liverpool Freetown/Lagos A.4M.
22
TROUBADOUR (Nor)
12
5808
Gen.
Milford Alexandria A.6M.
12
TUDOR PRINCE
11
1914
Potatoes
Milford Seville/Gibraltar A.B.4M.
55
WM. PAUL DUVAL (US)
10½
7178
Belfast Naples/Marseilles 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    
(CSA)
Ship fitted with smoke apparatus.