Convoy OS.104/KMS.78

 

Depart Liverpool January 12, 1945 (Separated January15, 1945)
Convoy dispersed January 15, 1945
No. of vessels (Hague) 1 + 18 = 19
No. of vessels accounted for here

2 + 17 = 19 + 2 did not sail + 1 Rescue Ship
 + 1 Boom Defence Vessel .
Vessels lost from convoy

0

                                                              Three submarines sailed between columns 3 and 4.
Pdt.
Vessel
Kts.
Tons
Cargo
From To Armament
52
BIAFRA
8½
5405
Stores/Gen.
Liverpool Freetown/Lagos A.6M.
22
BOSTON CITY
9
2669
Seed Potatoes
Milford Gibraltar/Valencia 6M.
51
CRAGPOOL
DID NOT SAIL
Milford    
42
DENEWOOD
10
7240
Stores
Liverpool Augusta for Italy A.B.6M.
43
DUNKELD
9
4943
Stores
Liverpool Algiers A.B.6M.
21
EGYPTIAN PRINCE
11
3490
Potatoes/Timber
Milford Augusta for Dubrovnic A.B.5M.
54
EMINENT ?
 
 
 
      
33
EMPIRE GALE
9
7089
Stores/Vehicles
Clyde Naples/Leghorn A.B.8M.
34
EMPIRE REST
RESCUE SHIP
Clyde Gibraltar 2B.5M.
31
EMPIRE SCOTT
9½
6150
Stores
Liverpool Naples A.B.6M.
61
FORT ENTERPRISE
10
7126
Gen./Mltry Stores
Milford Augusta A.4M.
24
FORT FRONTENAC
DID NOT SAIL
Clyde    
63
HARMATRIS
8½
5395
Coal
Milford Oran for Marseilles A.B.6M.
23
HMS BARRANCA
BOOM DEFENCE VESSEL
Clyde Gibraltar/Aden  
41
MALAYAN PRINCE
13
6592
Lorries/Planes/Gen
Liverpool Gibraltar/Suez/Madras  
62
MALIAKOS (Gk)
8
3903
Pitch/Coal
Milford Oran A.4M.
44
MAFUTA (Bel)(T)
8¾
6322
Ballast
Milford Matadi A.8M.
12
NANCEEN (Fr)
9
2870
Coal
Milford Gibraltar for Algiers B.4M.
13
OTTINGE
9
2870
Coal
Milford Gibraltar A.B.4M.
11
RAVENSPOINT
8
1787
Gen.
Liverpool Gibraltar for Seville A.4M.
32
SCOTTISH MONARCH
10
7004
Stores
Liverpool Augusta for Ancona A.4M.
14
TUDOR PRINCE
 
1914
-
 Milford Gibraltar/Seville/Lisbon  
53
URBINO
10½
5198
Gen.
Milford Augusta for Greece A.B.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    
(CSA)
 Ship fitted with smoke apparatus.