7 + 16= 23 + 3 did not sail + 1 Rescue Ship
+ 2 Boom Defence Vessels.
| Depart Liverpool | March 9 , 1945 (Separated March 14, 1945) |
| Convoy dispersed | March 22, 1945 (Arrived Gibraltar March 16, 1945) |
| No. of vessels (Hague) | 5 + 19 = 24 |
| No. of vessels accounted for here | 7 + 16= 23 + 3 did not sail + 1 Rescue Ship |
| Vessels lost from convoy |
Note: Hague lists LORNASTON as being a casualty from OS.115
but
she was sunk on March 8, 1943 in ONA.289, en route to join this convoy .
Pdt. |
Vessel |
Kts. |
Tons |
Cargo |
From |
To |
Armament |
82 |
ALCOR (Du) | 9 |
3526 |
Coal |
Milford |
Dakar | A.7M. |
53 |
ANTILOCHUS | 12 |
9081 |
Gen./Mail/Craft |
Liverpool |
Pt.Said/Mombassa/Dar-es-Salaam | A.B.4M. |
63 |
BELNOR (Nor) | DID NOT SAIL |
Clyde |
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61 |
BENEDICT | 10 |
4949 |
Gen. |
Liverpool |
Pernambuco/Coira/Para | A.2B.6M. |
13 |
BRIDGEPOOL | 8½ |
4844 |
Coal/Pitch/Coke |
Southend |
Gibraltar | A.6M. |
62 |
COULBEG | 9 |
5237 |
Stores |
Liverpool |
Augusta for Ancona | A.B.8M. |
72 |
DALDORCH | 10½ |
5571 |
Gen./Hazardous |
Clyde |
Pt.Said | A.2B.6M. |
34 |
DARST CREEK (T) | 9 |
1135 |
Ballast |
Milford |
Gibraltar/Aden | 4M. |
52 |
DEFENDER | 10½ |
5106 |
Gen. |
Liverpool |
Pt.Said/Bombay | A.B.6M. |
21 |
ELIZABETH MASSEY | 8 |
4322 |
Coal |
Milford |
Alexandria | A.B.4M. |
31 |
EMPIRE FOAM | 8¾ |
7047 |
Gen./Inflammable |
Southend |
Calcutta | A.B.6M. |
44 |
EMPIRE LIFEGUARD | RESCUE SHIP |
Clyde |
Gibraltar | A.B.5M. | ||
24 |
EMPIRE MERGANSER | 9 |
6187 |
Southend |
Naples | ||
81 |
EMPIRE THACKERAY | 9 |
2864 |
Coal |
Milford |
Freetown | A.B.5M. |
51 |
GEOLOGIST (ND) | 10½ |
6203 |
Stores |
Liverpool |
Gibraltar/Pt.Said/Bombay | A.7M. |
11 |
HERMISTON | 9 |
4812 |
Stores/Gen. |
Milford |
Alexandria/Haifa | A.B.6M. |
64 |
HMS BARBERRY | BOOM DEFENCE VESSEL |
Clyde |
Gibraltar | |||
54 |
HMS BARTIZAN | BOOM DEFENCE VESSEL |
Clyde |
Gibraltar | |||
83 |
INNESMOOR | 8½ |
4392 |
Gen./Stores |
Belfast |
Alexandria | A.4M. |
22 |
KANA | 9½ |
2783 |
Stores/Gen/Hazardous |
Southend |
Casablanca/Gibraltar | A.B.8M. |
23 |
LORNASTON | DID NOT SAIL
|
Southend |
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71 |
MARY KINGSLEY | 10 |
5021 |
Clyde |
Pt.Harcourt | A.B.4M. | |
43 |
OCEAN LIBERTY | 10 |
7172 |
Gen./Hazardous |
Clyde |
Bombay | A.B.7M. |
42 |
OCEAN VICEROY (ND) | 10½ |
7000 |
Gen./Hazardous |
Clyde |
Pt.Said/Madras | 2B.8M. |
12 |
PERIBONKA | 9 |
5673 |
Coal |
Milford |
Gibraltar | A.B.5M. |
41 |
RODSLEY | 9½ |
5000 |
Gen. |
Clyde |
Pt.Said/Bombay/Cochin | A.B.7M. |
33 |
SAN FELIX (T) | DID NOT SAIL |
Cowes |
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32 |
TOLTEN | 10½ |
5348 |
Gen. |
Southend |
Montevideo/Buenos Aires | A.4M. |
73 |
WEST POINT | 8½ |
5000 |
Stores |
Liverpool |
Algiers | A.B.6M. |
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 | (CSA) |
Ship fitted with smoke apparatus. | ||
L.S.T. |
Tank Landing Ship | ||||