Convoy SL.165 / MKS.56

 

Depart Freetown/ Gibraltar

July 20 , 1944/ July 29, 1944
Arrived Liverpool

August 10, 1944
No. of vessels (Hague) 17/ 18 = 35
No. of vessels accounted for here

19/ 18 = 37 + 2 RN vessels.

Vessels lost from convoy

0

Note:The route taken by this convoy is charted here.
The Mediterranean section of MKS.56 from Port Said to Gibraltar is detailed here.
MKS.56 joined SL.165 on July 30, 1944.
Pendant numbers for SL/MKS are for the slow section.

Pdt.
Vessel
Cargo
To
MKS
SL
SL/MKS
103
 
44
ALGONQUIN PARK
Gen.
Clyde
 
21
 
 AMSTELKERK (Du)
W.A.Produce
Loch Ewe
 
52
53
AURETTA
Copper/Fen.
Mersey
71
 
71
AVRISTAN
Ammunition/Gen
Mersey
 
12
12
BRADBURN
Gen.
Loch Ewe
 
23
 
 CAP CANTIN
Groundnuts
Clyde
 
42
52
CONGONIAN
W.A.Produce/Palm Oil
Mersey
 
 
45
CRANE
from Azores
Glasgow
94
 
64
CROMARTY
 
Mersey
 
62
 
 DAVID LIVINGSTONE
W.A.Produce
Mersey
 
43
41
EMPIRE BARDOLPH
Meat/Gen.
Mersey
61
 
21
EMPIRE CONFIDENCE
Gen.
Loch Ewe
 
71
13
EMPIRE GERAINT
Meat/Gen.
Mersey
 
31
63
EMPIRE SCOTT
Pepel Ore
Glasgow
 
32
42
EMPIRE SHEARWATER
Maize/Flour
Glasgow
93
 
64
EMPIRE TRENT
 
Barrow
101
 
31
EMPIRE WYCLIFF
Gen.
Clyde
 
11
11
FORT SAKISDAC
Iron Ore
Loch Ewe
102
 
33
FRAMLINGTON COURT
Iron Ore
Loch Ewe
 
72
54
GABON (Nor)
W.A.Produce
Mersey
84
 
34
GLAISDALE
Iron Ore
Loch Ewe
74
 
46
GOTHLAND
RESCUE SHIP
 
 
 
23
HARBURTON
 
Loch Ewe
63
 
 
 HMS BITER
 
 
 
 
43
HMS TEVIOTBANK
 
Clyde
 
 
14
HOPESTAR
from Azores
Loch Ewe
104
 
32
JOBSHAVEN
 
Belfast
 
22
62
LANGLEETARN
Gen.
Loch Ewe
 
61
 
 NIGERSTROOM (Du)
Asbestos/Chrome/Gen.
Mersey
 
53
51
NORMAN STAR
Refrigerated
Mersey
 
 
 
 REDGATE
 
Glasgow
92
 
61
SAMANA
Chrome/Cotton
Manchester
83
 
24
SAMBUR
Gen.
Loch Ewe
81
 
62
SAMCLEVE
Gen.
Loch Ewe
82
 
 
 SAN TIRSO
OILER
 
 
13
 
 STAL
Gen.
Clyde
 
41
 
 STUYVESANT (Du)
W.A.Produce
Loch Ewe
 
51
 
 TARANAKI
Meat/Gen.
Mersey
73
 
 
 TEVIOTBANK
 
Clyde
91
 
 
 TROUBADOUR
Gen.
Mersey
72
 
63
WANDERER
Gen.
Mersey