Convoy WS.8A


From: CLYDE   Saturday, 26 April 1941.
To: FREETOWN   Friday, 9 May 1941.
Official number of ships = 8 (TDS) 

Vessel Flag  Tons  Built Pdt.    Cargo          Notes      
ABBEKERKDu 7,906 1939 43 MT  
ARONDABr 9,031 1941 51  1461 TROOPS 
BEAGLE     ESCORT 26/04 - 29/04 
BOREAS     ESCORT 06/05 - 09/05 
CLAN CAMPBELLBr 7,255 1937 41   
CLAN CHATTANBr 7,262 1937 13   
CLAN LAMONTBr 7,250 1939 42   
DOMINION MONARCHBr 27,155 1939 23  19 DAYS DOCKING ON ARRIVAL 
DUNCAN     ESCORT 05/05 - 09/05 
EMPIRE SONG   52   
EMPRESS OF ASIABr 16,909 1913 32  AFTER FIREMEN MUTINIED 
EMPRESS OF RUSSIABr 16,810 1913 31  2539 TROOPS 
ERIDGE     ESCORT 26/04 - 29/04 
HARVESTER     ESCORT 26/04 - 02/05 
HAVELOCK     ESCORT 26/04 - 02/05 
HESPERUS     ESCORT 26/04 - 02/05 
HIGHLAND CHIEFTAINBr 14,135 1929 33  27 DAYS COLLISION DAMAGE REPAIRS 
HIGHLANDER     ESCORT 06/05 - 09/05 
HURRICANE     ESCORT 26/04 - 29/04 
IMPERIAL STARBr 12,427 1935 11   
LEGION     ESCORT 26/04 - 29/04 
MAURITIUS     ESCORT 02/05 - 09/05 
NAIAD     ESCORT 26/04 - 02/05 
NEW ZEALAND STARBr 12,436 1935 33   
OTTAWA     ESCORT 26/04 - 29/04 
PIORUN     ESCORT 26/04 - 29/04 
PRETORIA CASTLE     ESCORT 26/04 - 09/05 
REINA DEL PACIFICOBr 17,702 1931 21   
REPULSE     ESCORT 26/04 - 02/05 
RESTIGOUCHE     ESCORT 26/04 - 29/04 
SAGUENAY     ESCORT 26/04 - 29/04 
SOBIESKIPol 11,030 1939 32  2100 troops 
STRATHAIRDBr 22,281 1932 31  3038 TROOPS 
WISHART     ESCORT 05/05 - 09/05 

Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.