4 + 9 = 13 + 1 Rescue Ship
WEST POINT towed LCT 1177 and LCT 1228
CITY OF AGRA towed LCT 1180 and LCT 1181
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| Depart Liverpool | May 27, 1945 (Separated May 30, 1945) |
| Convoys dispersed | OS.131 did not form |
| No. of vessels (Hague) | 13 (combined) |
| No. of vessels accounted for here | 4 + 9 = 13 + 1 Rescue Ship |
| Vessels lost from convoy | 0 |
This was the last OS/KMS convoy, three weeks after Germany signed unconditional surrender on May 7, 1945.
Pdt. |
Vessel |
Kts. |
Tons |
Cargo |
From |
To |
Armament |
22 |
BARON FORBES | 8 |
3061 |
Gen./Mail |
Liverpool |
Seville/Cadiz | B.3M. |
43 |
CITY OF AGRA | 13½ |
6360 |
Gen./Towing LCTs |
Liverpool |
Pt.Said/Colombo/Madras | A.6M. |
31 |
CITY OF DURBAN | 13 |
10025 |
Stores/Gen. |
Liverpool |
Pt.Said/Aden/Melbourne | A.8M. |
32 |
EXPLORER | 10 |
6235 |
Cement |
Cowes |
Bahia/Rio de Janeiro/Rio Grande | 6M. |
23 |
FASTNET | RESCUE SHIP |
Clyde |
Gibraltar | A.4M. | ||
53 |
GLENAPP | 12 |
9503 |
Clyde |
Pt.Said/Bombay | ||
41 |
HARMATTAN | 9 |
4558 |
Govt.Stores |
Liverpool |
Naples | A.B.5M. |
52 |
HENRI JASPAR (Bel) | 13 |
5760 |
Coal |
Milford |
Freetown/Takoradi/Matadi | A.4M. |
12 |
KERMA | 8½ |
4333 |
Coal |
Cowes |
Casablanca | A.B.4M. |
21 |
LONE STAR (US) | 10 |
5101 |
US Army Stores |
Liverpool |
Oran for Marseilles | A.B.8M. |
51 |
PORJUS (Sw) | 7½ |
2965 |
Coal |
Liverpool |
Bone | |
11 |
ROBERT M. EMERY (US) | Cowes |
Marseilles | ||||
42 |
THOMAS HOLT | Cowes |
Takoradi/Warri | ||||
13 |
WEST POINT | 8¼ |
4999 |
Stores/Gen/Towing LCTs |
Liverpool |
Alexandria | A.B.8M. |
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 | ||||