Convoy OG.23 (OB.115G + OA.115G)

 

Departed Liverpool/ Southend Saturday, March 23rd 1940
Joined OG.23 Monday, March 25th 1940
Arrived Gibraltar Sunday, March 31 1940
No. of vessels (Hague) 30 + 33 / 51
Actual number of vessels 27 + 22 / 49 + 4 did not sail + 3 escorts.
Vessels lost from convoy  

Note: OB.115G + OA.115G joined to form OG.23 on Tuesday, March 5th 1940.
AGUILA and SALICIA acted as rescue vessels.

Pdt. OG.23
Vessel
Cargo
From
To
93
AQUILA
 
Liverpool
 
53
ASHCREST
Ballast
Cardiff
Bona
45
BARNBY
Coal
Southend
Montevideo
94
BARON FORBES
 
Liverpool
 
73
BARON MACCLAY
 
Liverpool
 
62
BARON NEWLANDS
 
Liverpool
 
43
BARON RAMSEY
Coal
Southend
Oran
95
BEIGNON
Ballast
Cardiff
Dakar
22
BRIKA
Coal
Southend
Gibraltar
65
BRITISH GRENADIER
Ballast
Cardiff
Aruba
42
BRITISH JUDGE
Ballast
Southend
Abadan
16
BUFFIELD
 
Southend
Abadan
32
CAITHNESS
Ballast
Southend
Alexandria
63
CITY OF SHANGHAI
 
Liverpool
 
61
CLAN MACBRAYNE
 
Liverpool
 
81
CLAN MACNAUGHTON
 
Liverpool
 
82
CLAN MACPHERSON
 
Liverpool
 
33
CLAN MACWHIRTER
DID NOT SAIL
Southend
Port Said
51
DOLIUS
 
Liverpool
 
15
DOMINO
Gen.
Southend
Gibraltar
64
ETRIB
 
Liverpool
 
52
HARPASA
Coal
Barry
Port Said
34
HARPERLEY
Ballast
Southend
Alexandria
 
HMS VOLUNTEER
ESCORT
 
 
 
HMS WALKER
ESCORT
 
 
 
HMS WANDERER
ESCORT
 
 
21
IMPERIAL MONARCH
Coal
Southend
Marseilles
31
KARABAGH
Ballast
Southend
Gibraltar
72
KAVAK
 
Liverpool
 
44
KING CITY
DID NOT SAIL
Southend
Alexandria
23
KING IDWAL
Coal
Southend
Algiers
26
KYRIAKOULA (Gk)
Ballast
Southend
Capetown
74
LONGWOOD
 
Liverpool
 
36
LYCIA
Ballast
Southend
Casablanca
96
MERCHANT ROYAL
DID NOT SAIL
Cardiff
Northern Range
56
MORSKA WOLA (Pol)
Coal
Swansea
Madeira
47
NAROCZ (Pol)
Coal
Southend
Casablanca
76
OROPOS (Gk)
DID NOT SAIL
Cardiff
Dakar
66
PEARLMOOR
Ballast
Cardiff
Huelva
24
PEEBLES
Ballast
Southend
Las Palmas
13
ROD-EL-FARAG (Eg)
Ballast
Southend
Constantinople
12
SAGANAGA
Ballast
Southend
Bona
91
SAINT ANSELM
 
Liverpool
 
85
SALACIA
 
Liverpool
 
84
SHAKESPEAR
 
Liverpool
 
75
STALHEIM (Nor)
 
Liverpool
 
55
STAR OF RAMLEH
Coal
Newport
Alexandria
11
STARSTONE
Ballast
Southend
Gibraltar
54
TAYGETOS (Gk)
Pat. Fuel
Cardiff
Salonica
46
TREGARTHEN
Coal
Southend
Sierra Leone
35
TRONGATE
Coal
Southend
Gibraltar
83
TUCURINCA
 
Liverpool
 
14
VOLO
Gen.
Southend
Gibraltar
71
VOLTURNO
 
Liverpool
 
25
WILLOWBANK
Ballast
Southend
Durban
92
ZARIAN
 
Liverpool