Convoy OS.51/KMS.20

 

Depart Liverpool July 4, 1943 (Separated July 13, 1943)
Arrive Freetown; Gibraltar July 23, 1943; July 14, 1943
No. of vessels (Hague) 15 + 42 = 57
No. of vessels accounted for here

21 + 36 = 57 + 1 did not sail + 1 Oiler + 3 RN vessels

Vessels lost from convoy

0
TWICKENHAM damaged by U-135, July 15, 1943.


OS.51 formed the starboard wing of the convoy, i.e. Pendants 81-83, 91-124.
 
Pdt.
Vessel
Kts.
Tons
Cargo
From
To Armament
104
AGEN (Fr)
4186
Coal
Milford
Dakar A.4C.
22
ASTRA (Nor)
2164
Stores
Oban
Bone B.4C.
65
BAXTERGATE
5531
Coke
Oban
Huelva A.B.4C.
45
BECHEVILLE
8
4228
Coal
Oban
Huelva A.B.2M.
25
BLAIRNEVIS
4155
Coal
Oban
Lisbon/Melilla A.4C.3M.
103
BOSPHOROUS (Nor)
13½
2111
Pat.Fuel/Coal
Milford
Bathurst B.4C.
93
CITY OF DERBY
12
6616
Stores/Planes
Liverpool
Capetown/Beira A.4C.4M.
105
COITY CASTLE
8
2767
Coal/Gen.
Oban
Huelva  
31
CORCHESTER
8
2374
Stores
Oban
Algiers B.4C.2M.
91
DAHOMIAN
9
5277
 
Clyde
Takoradi/Lagos A.B.4C.
83
DINGLEDALE (T)
OILER
Clyde
Freetown A.B.4C.4M.
73
EMPIRE COPPICE
9
814
Ballast
Oban
Algiers  
43
EMPIRE HAVEN
9
6852
Stores
Oban
Algiers A.B.4C.4M.
76
EMPIRE SAMSON
DID NOT SAIL
Clyde
   
32
EMPIRE SOUTHEY (ND)
7040
Stores
Oban
Bone/Philippeville A.4C.2M.
81
EMPIRE WYCLIF
6966
Coal
Milford
Freetown A.5C.2M.
21
FORT ALEXANDRIA
10
7127
Ammunition
Belfast
Bone A.4C.
63
FORT BEDFORD
10½
7127
Stores
Oban
Algiers B.M.
44
FORT FITZGERALD
10
7133
Coal/Stores
Milford
Bone B.5C.M.
64
FORT JASPER
10
7124
Stores/Coal
Clyde
Oran B.4M.
41
FORT LA MONTEE
10
7143
Stores
Oban
Algiers A.B.6C.
75
FORT VERCHERES
10½
7128
Stores/AC/Coal
Clyde
Casablanca/W.Africa B.4C.4M.
101
GLENBANK
9
5151
Stores/Planes
Liverpool
Takoradi/Capetown/Bombay A.4C.M.
53
GLENPARK
10
5136
Stores
Clyde
Algiers A.6M.
111
GUJARAT
9
4148
Gen.
Liverpool
Rio Santos/Montevideo/Buenos Aires A.2C.
125
HMS BARCOCK
BOOM DEFENCE SHIP
Clyde
Gibraltar  
115
HMS BARSPEAR
BOOM DEFENCE SHIP
Clyde
Gibraltar  
15
HMS MAID MARION
PATROL
Clyde
Gibraltar  
13
ICELAND
10
2899
Stores
Oban
Gibraltar A.4C.4M.
82
KIRUNA (Sw)
9
5484
Coal
Milford
Freetown  
84
LA PAMPA
10
4148
Stores/Planes
Milford
Casablanca A.5C.6M.
92
LORCA
4875
Coal
Milford
Freetown A.B.2C.2M.
54
MARIGOT (Fr)
15
4048
Gen.
Oban
Algiers A.4C.
12
MARSA
8
4405
Coal
Oban
Gibraltar A.B.4C.2M.
72
MATADIAN (T)
11
4274
Ballast
Liverpool
Freetown/Nigeria A.B.8M.
94
MELAMPUS (Du)
13
5962
Stores/Gen.
Liverpool
Dakar/Freetown/Takoradi/Lagos A.4C.4M.
85
MIRIAM
9
1903
Parcels/Den.
Milford
Lisbon B.4C.
71
NAIRNBANK
10
5155
Gen.
Liverpool
Freetown/Capetown/Bombay A.4C.
52
OCEAN LIBERTY
10
7172
Toxic Stores
Clyde
Algiers 2B.4C.4M.
24
OCEAN TRAVELLER (ND)
10½
7178
Stores
Oban
Bone/Philippeville  
62
OCEAN VIGIL
10½
7172
Stores/Vehicles
Milford
Algiers/Bougie B.4C.4M.
61
OCEAN VISCOUNT
10
7174
Stores/Coal/Transport
Milford
Algiers B.4C.2M.
33
OCEAN VOLGA
10½
7174
Stores
Clyde
Bone B.4C.4M.
95
OGMORE CASTLE
8
2481
Coal/Coke
Oban
Lisbon A.4C.
113
ORMINSTER
5712
Coal
Oban
Buenos Aires A.B.4C
11
P.L.M.14
9
3754
Coke/Coal
Milford
Gibraltar B.4C.4M.
74
P.L.M.21 (Fr)
5417
Coal
Oban
Oran A.4C.2M.
55
PANDORIAN
13½
4159
Stores/Gen.
Liverpool
Lisbon A.B.4C.4M.
66
PROSPEROUS
 
 
RESCUE TUG
Clyde
Gibraltar  
34
QUEEN ADELAIDE
4933
Stores
Clyde
Bone A.4C.2M.
112
RAGNHILDSHOLM (Sw)
2818
Coal
Milford
Buenos Aires  
112
RAVENSPOINT
7 ½
1787
Gen.
Liverpool
Cadiz/Seville B.2M.
51
SAINT BERNARD
10
5183
Coal/Gen.
Milford
Bone/Philippeville A.4C.4M.
121
SINGKEP (Du)
11½
6607
Chems.
Milford
Buenos Aires A.3C.3M.
14
SNELAND I (Nor)
1791
 
Oban
Aguilas  
114
ST.USK
9
5474
Gen.
Oban
Rio/Santos/Rio Grande A.
42
STANLODGE
10
5970
Stores
Oban
Algiers A.4C.4M.
102
TOUAREG (Fr)
11
5135
Gen.
Clyde
Takoradi/Lagos/Pt.Noire  
124
TWICKENHAM
4762
Coal
Oban
Buenos Aires A.6M.
122
UFFINGTON COURT
9
4976
Coal
Oban
Montevideo  
123
VERA RADCLIFFE
5587
Coke
Oban
Santos  
23
ZAAN (Du)
8
1298
Stores
Milford
Philippeville B.3C.M.
 

KEY
A = 4" or 4.7" Guns DC = Depth Charges
(ND)
Ship fitted with Admiralty Net defence.
B = 12 Pounder Guns   K = Kites
(CAM)
Catapault Aircraft Merchant Ship.
C = Bofors KB = Kite Balloons
(T)
Tanker
M = Machine Guns