Convoy OS.42

 

Depart Liverpool September 29, 1942
Arrive Freetown October 9 , 1942
No. of vessels (Hague) 22
No. of vessels accounted for here

22 + 2 did not sail + 1 Oiler
RABY CASTLE returned to port with 'engine defects'.

Vessels lost from convoy

0


Pdt.
Vessel
Kts.
Tons
Cargo
From
To
Armament
32
ALDERAMIN (Du)
10½
7886
Stores/Gen.
Oban
Freetown  
12
BACTRIA
10
2407
Oban
Bathurst/Freetown K.
13
BARON NAPIER
9
3659
Coal
Oban
St.Vincent/Cape Verde K.
42
BRITISH ARDOUR (T)
OILER
Clyde
Freetown A.B.8M.K.
22
CHATEAUROUX (FF)
4765
Stores/Gen.
Liverpool
Freetown/Takoradi/Lagos/Apapa 2C.4M.K.
62
CITY OF HEREFORD
10
5100
Gen.
Liverpool
Durban/Dar-es-Salaam/Mombassa A.B.4M.K.
21
EGBA
6681
Stores/Gen.
Liverpool
Freetown/Takoradi/Lagos/Calabar A.2C.2M.K.
11
EGYPTIAN
2867
Stores
Liverpool
Bathurst/Freetown B.5M.K.
81
EMPIRE RAVEN
9
6175
Clyde
Buenos Aires/River Plate B.8M.K.
82
KERMA
9
4333
Coal/Coke
Milford
Pernambuco A.B.8M.K.
83
LEKHAVEN (Du)
DID NOT SAIL
Milford
   
54
MALAYAN PRINCE
13½
8593
Stores
Liverpool
Durban/Aden/Alexandria/Famagusta A.B.2C.4M.K.
61
MANDALAY
10
5529
Stores/Gen.
Clyde
Durban/Port Said/Alexandria A.2C.6M.K.
43
MATHURA
11½
8889
Stores/Gen.
Liverpool
Capetown/Karachi/Bombay A.B.2C.4M.
73
NARIVA
11½
6714
Gen.
Liverpool
E.London/Durban A.6M.K.
72
NEBRASKA
11½
8261
Gen.
Liverpool
Ascension/St.Helena/Port Elizabeth A.B.6MK.
71
OCEAN VAGRANT
10½
7114
Gov.Stores
Milford
Durban/Alexandria B.2C.4M.K.
52
PORT HALIFAX
13
5820
Stores/Gen.
Liverpool
Karachi/Bombay A.2C.4M.K.
53
RABY CASTLE
11¼
4996
Stores/Gen.
Liverpool
Mombassa/Aden/Alexandria/Turkey A.B.4M.K.
63
RIMUTAKA
DID NOT SAIL
Liverpool
   
33
SANDOWN CASTLE
10
7607
Stores/Gen.
Liverpool
Durban/Lourenco/Beira/Mauritius  
31
SOUAVE
4253
Coal
Milford
Freetown A.B.8M.K.
41
THOMAS HOLT
10
3584
Gen.
Liverpool
Freetown/Takoradi/Duala/Warri A.B.4M.K.
23
TORDENE
4271
Coal
Milford
Rio de Janeiro A.8M.K.
51
TUREBY
11½
4373
Stores/Gen.
Clyde
Capetown/Aden/Alexandria A.4M.K.

KEY
A = 4" or 4.7" Guns DC = Depth Charges
B = 12 Pounder Guns   K = Kites
C = Bofors KB = Kite Balloons
M = Machine Guns (T) = Tanker