| Depart Liverpool | May 22, 1944 (Separated June 4, 1944) |
| Arrive Freetown; Gibraltar | June 14, 1944; June 6, 1944 |
| No. of vessels (Hague) | 5 + 18 = 23 |
| No. of vessels accounted for here | 6 + 19 = 25 + 2 did not sail. |
| Vessels lost from convoy | 0 |
OS.78 was in Pdts 81-83, 94-103.
Pdt. |
Vessel |
Kts. |
Tons |
Cargo |
From |
To |
Armament |
53 |
ADVISER (T) | 13 |
6348 |
Gen. |
Liverpool |
Pt.Said/Zanzibar/Dar es Salaam | A.4M. |
43 |
ALEX | 8 |
3932 |
Coal |
Aultbea |
Algiers | |
103 |
BARON ELGIN | 8½ |
3941 |
Coal |
Belfast |
Casablanca | |
42 |
CARSLOGIE | 7½ |
3788 |
Coal |
Belfast |
Gibraltar | A.B.4M. |
102 |
CLUNEPARK | 8½ |
3491 |
Coal |
Belfast |
Dakar | A.B.5M. |
54 |
DAGO II | 8 |
1993 |
Coal |
Belfast |
Bone | B.5M. |
92 |
EMPIRE FALCON | 10 |
5494 |
Stores |
Liverpool |
Malta | A.B.6M. |
83 |
EMPIRE MOONRISE | DID NOT SAIL |
Aultbea |
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44 |
EMPIRE WOLFE | 8½ |
2873 |
Gen. |
Liverpool |
Gibraltar | A.5M. |
61 |
FORT CHURCHILL | 10½ |
7129 |
Stores/Gen. |
Aultbea |
Pt.Said/Bombay | A.6M. |
81 |
GODFREY B. HOLT | 10 |
3585 |
Gen. |
Aultbea |
Konakri/Takoradi | A.7M. |
71 |
HISTORIAN | 10½ |
5073 |
Gen. |
Liverpool |
Pt.Said/Basra/Abadan | A.B.4M. |
93 |
HOPECREST | 12 |
5099 |
Stores/Ammun/Planes |
Clyde |
Algiers | A.B.6M. |
91 |
INVERBANK | 9½ |
5149 |
Stores/Gen. |
Liverpool |
Suez/Abadan/Bandarmansur | A.B.7M. |
32 |
LAGO (Nor) | 12 |
2552 |
Coal |
Aultbea |
Bougie | |
81 |
MAHANADA | DID NOT SAIL |
Liverpool |
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41 |
MATHILDA (Nor) | 8½ |
3941 |
Coal |
Belfast |
Gibraltar | A.8M. |
73 |
NAILSEA MOOR | 9½ |
4926 |
Stores |
Liverpool |
Catania/Naples Area | A.5M. |
101 |
NORTHLEIGH | 9½ |
5449 |
Coal |
Belfast |
Dakar | A.B.10M. |
74 |
PINTO | 12 |
1345 |
RESCUE SHIP |
Clyde |
Gibraltar | A.B.Bofor 4M. |
72 |
REDGATE | 8 |
4323 |
Ammun./Coke/Vehiles |
Clyde |
Naples Area | A.6M. |
52 |
ROBERT MORRIS (US) | 10 |
7176 |
Stores |
Aultbea |
Persian Gulf | A.B.8M. |
94 |
STANHOPE | 8 |
2336 |
Coal |
Belfast |
Casablanca | B.6M. |
83 |
STUYVESANT (Du) | 12 |
4245 |
Part Cargo Cement |
Clyde |
Freetown | A.6M. |
31 |
THISTLEFORD | 7½ |
4781 |
Coal |
Belfast |
Gibraltar | A.4M. |
51 |
TROILUS | 13½ |
7421 |
Stores/Gen/Planes |
Liverpool |
Pt.Said/Cochin/Bombay | A.4M. |
33 |
YEARBY | 13 |
5666 |
Coke/Coal |
Aultbea |
Gibraltar | A.B.6M. |
KEY |
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| A = | 4" or 4.7" Guns | DC = | Depth Charges | (ND) |
Ship fitted with Admiralty Net defence. |
| B = | 3" or 12 Pounder Guns | K = | Kites | (CAM) |
Catapault Aircraft Merchant Ship. |
| C = | Oerlikon | KB = | Kite Balloons | (T) |
Tanker |
| M = | Machine Guns | ||||