Convoy SL.125

 

Depart Freetown
October 16, 1942
Arrived Liverpool

November 9, 1942

No. of vessels (Hague) 42 (probably 37)
No. of vessels accounted for here

44 + 1 escort + 1 did not sail.

Vessels lost from convoy

12
ANGLO MAERSK (Straggler)
BARON VERNON

BRITTANY
BULLMOUTH
CORINALDO
HOPECASTLE
NAGPORE
PACIFIC STAR
PRESIDENT DOUMER
SILVERWILLOW
STENTOR
TASMANIA
ALASKA
(damaged)
BARON ELGIN (damaged)

See Notes at the bottom of the page.
After the attack, the convoy scattered with the remaining vessels
reforming later. The second pendant number column shows the position
when met on November 5, 1942.
Form A1 (5/11/42) shows
DEROUEM in Pdt. 72 who was not present in SL.125.

Pdt.
Pdt.
Vessel
Cargo
From
To
33
 
ALASKA (Nor)
Tea/Gen.
Colombo
 
53
53 
ALEXANDRE ANDRE (Bel)
 
 
Oban
62
 
AMSTELKERK (Du)
 
 
 
32
 
ANGLO MAERSK
Ballast
Pointe Noire
Glasgow
23
 
BARON ELGIN
 
 
 
24
 44
BARON KINNAIRD
 
 
Oban
31
 
BARON VERNON
Iron Ore  
Pepel 
Belfast Lough/Port Talbot   
63
64 
BELNOR (Nor)
 
 
Barrow
64
 63
BORNHOLM
 
 
Oban
44
 41
BOTHNIA
 
 
Mersey
52
52 
BRITISH ARDOUR
 
 
Clyde
102
 
BRITTANY
Hides/Rice/Cotton 
Buenos Aires  
Liverpool
43
 
BULLMOUTH
Ballast 
 
Tyne 
25
 42
CALGARY
 
 
Oban
112
 62
CLAN MURRAY
 
 
Mersey
82
 
CORINALDO
Frozen Meat
Buenos Aires 
  
92
 81
DEBRETT
 
 
Liverpool
103
 91
DUNDRUM CASTLE
 
 
Mersey
22
61 
EMPIRE COUGAR
 
 
Oban
84
 54
EMPIRE SIMBA
 
 
Belfast
71
 
ESPERANCE BAY
Passengers
 
detached
11
 
GERMA (Nor)
 
 
 
93
 82
GUINEAN
 
 
Mersey
111
 84
HENRY STANLEY
 
   
 
 
HMS COWSLIP
ESCORT
   
    HMS CROCUS
ESCORT
   
54
  HMS KELANTAN
 
   
    HMS PETUNIA
ESCORT
   
 
 
HMS WOODRUFF
ESCORT
   
72
 
HOPECASTLE
Ores/Tea/Gen.
Cochin 
Liverpool
13
 32
KING EDWARD
 
 
Oban
45
 
LAFONIA
 
 
 
113
 
LLANBERIS
DID NOT SAIL
 
 
104
 92
LYNTON GRANGE
 
 
 
35
 33
MANO
RESCUE SHIP
 
Oban 
51
 51
MARQUESA
 
 
Glasgow
61
 
NAGPORE
Copper/Gen. 
Suez/Durban 
Manchester
81
 
PACIFIC STAR
Frozen Meat/Gen.  
Rosario
 
42
 
PRESIDENT DOUMER
Passengers
 
   
 
114
 
SALVONIA
HM TUG
 
 
94
 83
SAN FRANCISCO (Sw)
 
 
Mersey
12
 31
SEMBILAN (Du)
 
 
Oban
101
 
SILVERWILLOW
Gen. 
Lagos
 
 
91
 
STENTOR
W.A.Produce/Palm Oil
Lagos 
Liverpool 
41
 
TASMANIA (ex. Dan)
Foodstuffs/Pig Iron/ Ore
Calcutta
Glasgow
73
93 
TYNEMOUTH
 
 
Barrow
83
 
VILLE DE ROUEN
 
 
 
74
71 
WELSH TRADER
 
 
Mersey
34
 
WEST KEBAR (Am)
 
 
 
21
 43
ZARION
 
 
 

Vessel
Notes
ALASKA (Nor) Torpedoed picking up survivors 30/11/42.
AMSTELKERK (Du) Left full speed 30/10/42
ANGLO MAERSK Left about 18/10/42
BARON VERNON Sunk 30/11/42
BRITISH ARDOUR R. Commodore
BRITTANY Sunk 30/10/42
BULLMOUTH Sunk 29/11/44
CORINALDO Sunk 29/10/43
EMPIRE COUGAR R. Commodore. Became Commodore.
ESPERANCE BAY Military personnel and families returning home. Detached on 30/11/1942
GERMA (Nor) Engine trouble. Left 1/11/42.
HMS KELANTAN Has 99 survivors (Brittany & Silverwillow)
HOPECASTLE Sunk 29/10/42
LAFONIA Left, independent route.
MANO Rescue ship. Had 34 survivors. (names available)
NAGPORE Commodore. Sunk 29/10/42
PACIFIC STAR Sunk 28/10/42
PRESIDENT DOUMER Sunk 30/11/43
SALNONIA HM Tug. Left convoy
SILVERWILLOW Sunk 31/10/42 p.m.
STENTOR V. Commodore. Sunk 29/10/43
TASMANIA (Ex. Dan) Sunk 30/11/42
WEST KEBAR Independent route.