| Depart Liverpool on 8 June 1940 |
| Dispersed(OG.33F 9.6.40) on 13 June 1940 |
| Hague's records contain 32 merchants and 1 escorts (31 ships TDS) |
Vessel |
Pdt. |
Tons |
Built |
Cargo |
Notes |
ABOSSO (Br) |
31 |
11,330 |
1935 |
GENERAL |
FREETOWN |
AGUILA (Br) |
64 |
3,255 |
1917 |
GENERAL |
LISBON |
AMERIKA (Br) |
21 |
10,218 |
1930 |
DAKAR |
|
BRITISH LOYALTY (Br) |
32 |
6,993 |
1928 |
ABADAN |
|
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (Br) |
62 |
4,963 |
1925 |
PANAMA |
|
CLAN MACKINLAY (Br) |
42 |
6,365 |
1918 |
GENERAL |
DURBAN |
CLAN MACQUARRIE (Br) |
51 |
6,471 |
1913 |
GENERAL |
CAPETOWN |
CONDYLIS (Gk) |
74 |
4,439 |
1914 |
||
EMPIRE CITIZEN (Br) |
61 |
4,683 |
1922 |
GENERAL |
LAS PALMAS |
ESTRELLANO (Br) |
44 |
1,982 |
1920 |
||
GDYNIA (Sw) |
53 |
1,636 |
1934 |
GENERAL |
FREETOWN |
GLENDENE (Br) |
11 |
4,412 |
1929 |
||
HILDE (Da) |
33 |
1,595 |
1930 |
COAL |
CANNES |
IROQUOIS (Br) |
55 |
8,937 |
1907 |
||
KAVAK (Br) |
43 |
2,782 |
1929 |
GENERAL |
GIBRALTAR |
KING STEPHEN (Br) |
35 |
5,274 |
1928 |
||
LEWANT (Pol) |
54 |
1,942 |
1930 |
COAL |
NANTES |
LOCHMONAR (Br) |
24 |
9,412 |
1924 |
||
MARYLYN (Br) |
45 |
4,555 |
1930 |
||
MATHURA (Br) |
41 |
8,890 |
1920 |
GENERAL |
MOMBASA |
MENTOR (Br) |
52 |
7,383 |
1914 |
GENERAL |
DURBAN |
MERCHANT ROYAL (Br) |
34 |
5,008 |
1928 |
CORPUS CHRISTI |
|
MICHALIS (Gk) |
63 |
5,685 |
1919 |
BA |
|
MOUNT PERA (Gk) |
73 |
5,214 |
1918 |
COAL |
BA |
OLAF FOSTENES (Nor) |
22 |
2,994 |
1936 |
DAKAR |
|
PIAKO (Br) |
12 |
8,286 |
1920 |
||
QUILOA (Br) |
71 |
7,765 |
1925 |
COAL |
FEREETOWN |
SCARBOROUGH |
ESCORT 08/06 - 13/06 |
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SILDRA (Nor) |
7,313 |
1927 |
|||
SITHONIA (Br) |
72 |
6,723 |
1919 |
SALT |
GULF PORTS |
TANA (Nor) |
23 |
5,535 |
1921 |
COAL |
CASABLANCA |
VARAND (Br) |
13 |
6,023 |
1927 |
||
WEST POINT (Br) |
14 |
4,999 |
1920 |
| Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy OB.163: |
| COMMODORE: R-Adm E K BODDAM-WHETHAM CBE DSO IN ABOSSO |
| VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN CLAN MACQUARRIE |