| From: | CAPETOWN | Saturday, 8 May 1943. |
| To: | DISPERSED | Monday, 10 May 1943. |
| Official number of ships = | 15 (TDS) |
| Vessel | Flag | Tons | Built | Pdt. | Cargo | Notes |
| ALPHERAT | Du | 5,759 | 1928 | |||
| ATHELCHIEF | Br | 10,000 | 1939 | |||
| BENAKAT | ||||||
| BRITISH COLONEL | Br | 6,999 | 1921 | |||
| CLYDEBANK | Br | 5,156 | 1925 | |||
| EMPIRE BALLAD | Br | 6,700 | 1942 | |||
| HOPESTAR | Br | 5,267 | 1936 | RETURNED | ||
| ITINDA | Br | 6,619 | 1938 | |||
| KAIKOURA | Br | 5,852 | 1937 | |||
| MAGICIAN | Br | 5,105 | 1925 | |||
| NURANI | Br | 5,414 | 1941 | |||
| WILLIAM GRAYSON | Amer | 7,191 | 1942 |