| Depart Freetown/ Gibraltar |
August 14, 1943/ August 25 , 1943 |
| Arrived Liverpool | September 6, 1943 |
| No. of vessels (Hague) | 34/ 15 = 49 |
| No. of vessels accounted for here | 39/ 13 = 52 + 7 part voyage + 1 did not sail + 9 escorts. |
| Vessels lost from convoy | 1 |
Note:Charted daily positions of SL.135/MKS.22 may be found here.
MKS.22 joined SL.135 on August 26, 1943.
LORD BYRON straggled and was ordered to Casablanca .
PERSEUS was short of coal and was ordered to Gibraltar.
B Portion (>12 kts) was detached at 20.00 on Sept. 1 (13 ships) but
Empire Glade and Thurland Castle could not keep up and returned to the main convoy.
PHRONTIS, PRINCESA and THESEUS straggled causing the B convoy to reduce speed .
B |
Vessel |
Cargo |
From |
To |
| ANN STATHATOS (Gk) | Gen. | Loch Ewe | ||
| ASHBURY | Iron Ore | Barrow | ||
| B | ASPHALION | Ammunition/Gen/Mails 56 | Mersey | |
| BARON DOUGLAS | Pyrites | Ardrossan | ||
| BEGUM | Gen. | Loch Ewe | ||
| BENVANNOCH | Gen./Mails 481 | Mersey | ||
| BLOMMERSDIJK (Du) | Gen./Mails 1,564 | Mersey | ||
| BORGHOLM (Nor) | Iron Ore | Barrow | ||
| B | BOSPHOROUS (Nor) | Groundnuts/Mails 34/Pass 4 | Dakar | Loch Ewe |
| BRITISH COAST | DETACHED | Dakar | ||
| CASTALIA | Gen./Pass 82 | Mersey | ||
| CITY OF AGRA | Gen. | Glasgow | ||
| CITY OF LEICESTER | Copper/Gen. | Dakar | Loch Ewe | |
| B | CITY OF SYDNEY | Gen. | Loch Ewe | |
| CONGONIAN | Palm Oil/Pass 6 | Mersey | ||
| DAN Y BRYN | Pepel Ore | Loch Ewe | ||
| DORDRECHT (Du) | Bulk Palm Oil | Loch Ewe | ||
| DUNKERQUE | DETACHED | Dakar | Casablanca | |
| B | DUNSTER GRANGE | Meat | Mersey | |
| EMPIRE ENVOY | Manganese Ore/Pass 2 | Barry Roads | ||
| EMPIRE GALAHAD | Refrigerated/Linseed | Mersey | ||
| EMPIRE GLADE | Gen. | Mersey | ||
| EMPIRE MIRANDA | W.A.Produce | Mersey | ||
| EMPIRE ORTOLAN | Iron Ore | Glasgow | ||
| EMPIRE PROWESS | Phosphates | Casablanca | Loch Ewe | |
| FORBIN | Gen/Pass 4 | Mersey | ||
| FORT CHURCHILL | Gen. | Mersey | ||
| FORT LIVINGSTON | Gen./Mails 4/Pass 1 | Loch Ewe | ||
| FORT SENNEVILLE | Pepel Ore | Barry Roads | ||
| GROIX (Fr) | Frozen Meat/Pass 214 | Mersey | ||
| HMS BERRY | OCEAN ESCORT | |||
| HMS CAMPION | OCEAN ESCORT | |||
| HMS CROCUS | OCEAN ESCORT | |||
| HMS FOWEY | OCEAN ESCORT | |||
| HMS FRISO | OCEAN ESCORT | |||
| HMS MALLOW | OCEAN ESCORT | |||
| HMS MYOSOTIS | OCEAN ESCORT | |||
| HMS STONECROP | OCEAN ESCORT | |||
| HMS STORK | OCEAN ESCORT | |||
| HMS WOODRUFF | OCEAN ESCORT | |||
| JAARSTROOM (Du) | W.A.Produce | Dakar | Loch Ewe | |
| JAN LIEVENS (Du) | Gen./Linseed in Bulk | Loch Ewe | ||
| KIRUNA (Sw) | Pepel Ore | Loch Ewe | ||
| LEONIDAS (Gk) | Linseed in Bulk | Barry Roads | ||
| LORD BYRON | DETACHED | Casablanca | ||
| B | MATHERAN | Gen. | Mersey | |
| B | MENELAUS | Gen/Mails 146/Pass 14 | Glasgow | |
| NYHORN (Nor) | Phosphates | Casablanca | Loch Ewe | |
| OUED FES (Fr) | DETACHED | Dakar | St. Etienne | |
| PARKLAAN (Du) | Phosphates | Casablanca | Mersey | |
| B | PENRITH CASTLE | Gen/Pass 2 | Mersey | |
| PERSEUS | DETACHED | Gibraltar | ||
| B | PHRONTIS (Du) | Palm Oil/Coffee/Mails 6/Pass 7 | Mersey | |
| B | PRINCESA | Frozen meat/Mails 119/pass 4 | Barry Roads | |
| RATHLIN | Rescue Ship | Clyde | ||
| RELOX | DID NOT SAIL | Casablanca | Milford | |
| ROOKLEY | W.A.Produce/pass 1 | Loch Ewe | ||
| SCHELDE (Du) | DETACHED | Dakar | Casablanca | |
| SPURT (Nor) | Iron Ore | Barrow | ||
| ST. LOUIS (Fr) | DETACHED | Casablanca | ||
| STAD VLAARDINGEN (Du) | Linseed/Gen | Mersey | ||
| STANCLEEVE | Bauxite/W.A.Produce | Loch Ewe | ||
| B | TAYBANK | Gen. | Mersey | |
| THALATTA (Nor) | Copper | Loch Ewe | ||
| B | THESEUS | W.A.Produce/Mails 16 | Mersey | |
| THURLAND CASTLE | W.A.Produce | Loch Ewe | ||
| TOLTEN | Linseed/Pass 8 | Greenock | ||
| URANIENBORG | Palm Kernels/Linseed/Rubber | Loch Ewe | ||
| URLANA | Hides/Meat/Gen. | Loch Ewe | ||
| VIVA (Nor) | Govt.Stores | Loch Ewe |