Convoy OS.32

Depart Liverpool on 21 June 1942.
Arrive Freetown on 8 July 1942.
Hague's records contain 44 merchants and 9 escorts (45 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
ABERDEEN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 21/06 - 08/07
AFRIKA (Br)
104
8,597
1920
General
P GULF
ANGLO INDIAN (Br)
35
5,609
1938
Stores
MIDDLE EAST
AZALEA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 21/06 - 24/06
BANFFSHIRE (Br)
92
6,479
1912
Stores
BEIRA
BARON YARBOROUGH (Br)
13
3,388
1928
Coal
FREETOWN
BELGIAN FIGHTER (Bel)
85
5,403
1921
Coal, General
ALEXANDRIA
BELLEROPHON (Br)
83
9,019
1906
Stores
AUSTRALIA
BLITAR (Du)
84
7,065
1923
Stores
ALEXANDRIA
BRITISH CHIVALRY (Br)
55
7,118
1929
 
ESCORT OILER
BURDOCK 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 22/06 - 08/07
CITY OF CANTON (Br)
42
6,692
1916
General
BEIRA
CITY OF CHRISTIANIA (Br)
61
4,940
1921
Stores
BOMBAY
COPACABANA (Bel)
23
7,340
1938
Stores
128 PASSENGERS, LAGOS
CORABELLA (Br)
33
5,682
1937
Stores
TAKORADI
CROCUS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/07 - 08/07
EMPIRE GANNET (Br)
63
5,627
1919
Coal, General
L MARQUES
EMPIRE GOVERNOR (Br)
103
8,657
1925
Stores
KARACHI. 12 PASSENGERS
EMPIRE GOVERNOR (Br)
 
8,657
1925
 
 
ENCHANTRESS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 21/06 - 08/07
ERNEBANK (Br)
95
5,388
1937
General
P,GULF
FORT CHAMBLY (Br)
72
7,130
1942
Stores
MIDDLE EAST
GAASTERKERK (Du)
34
8,679
1922
Stores
24 PASSENGERS, PORT SAID
GAELIC STAR (Br)
21
5,596
1917
General
SANTOS
GLOUCESTER CASTLE (Br)
62
8,006
1911
General
CAPETOWN
HELDER (Du)
14
3,629
1920
General
COLOMBO
IBIS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 21/06 - 08/07
KAIPAKI (Br)
94
5,862
1939
Stores
MELBOURNE
KATHA (Br)
75
4,357
1938
Stores
KARACHI
KING ARTHUR (Br)
64
5,224
1928
Coal, Stores
ALEXANDRIA
KRONPRINSESSAN MARGARETA (Sw)
65
3,746
1914
Stores
PORT SAID. 10 PASSENGERS
LAPLACE (Br)
53
7,327
1919
Stores
MIDDLE EAST
MAHANA (Br)
81
10,951
1917
Stores
AUSTRALIA
MALANCHA (Br)
51
8,124
1937
General
CALCUTTA
MARKHOR (Br)
91
7,917
1929
Stores
BOMBAY
MELISKERK (Du)
93
6,045
1919
General
CAPETOWN
NORDLYS (Br)
11
3,726
1916
Coal
FREETOWN
OCEAN PEACE (Br)
44
7,173
1942
Stores
MIDDLE EAST
OCEAN VALOUR (Br)
102
7,174
1942
Stores
DETACHMENT DATE ESTIMATED
OCEAN VULCAN (Br)
43
7,174
1942
Stores
DETACHMENT DATE ESTIMATED
OLAF BERGH (Nor)
12
5,811
1921
Stores, Coal
MIDDLE EAST
PRIMROSE HILL (Br)
71
7,628
1941
Stores
TAKORADI
REUBEN TIPTON (Br)
82
6,829
1940
Stores
CAPETOWN
SCORTON (Br)
73
4,813
1939
Stores
SUEZ
STUYVESANT (Du)
22
4,249
1918
Salt
109 PASSENGERS, FREETOWN
TAMARISK 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/07 - 08/07
TELESFORA DE LARRINAGA (Br)
54
5,780
1920
Coal, Stores
SUEZ
THOMAS HOLT (Br)
31
3,585
1929
Stores
TAKORADI
TREVORIAN (Br)
74
4,599
1920
Stores
KILINDINI
UMGENI (Br)
101
8,149
1938
General
AUSTRALIA
WALNEY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 21/06 - 08/07
YORKWOOD (Br)
52
5,401
1936
General
MIDDLE EAST
ZARIAN (Br)
32
4,871
1938
Stores
TAKORADI

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy OS.32:

    UK LOCAL BUTSER. BURDOCK SAILED LATE ESCORTING AFRIKA TO JOIN AT SEA.
    COMMODORE: V-Adm B C WATSON CB DSO IN MALANCHA
    VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN PRIMROSE HILL
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.