Convoy OS.83/KMS.57

 

Depart Liverpool July 12, 1944 (Separated July 23, 1944)
Arrive Freetown; Gibraltar August 3, 1944; July 25, 1944
No. of vessels (Hague) 3 + 23 = 26
No. of vessels accounted for here

10 + 21 = 31 + 1 Rescue Ship.

Vessels lost from convoy

0

OS.83 was in the starboard wing of convoy; Pdts 71, 81-94.              

Pdt.
Vessel
Kts.
Tons
Cargo
From
To
Armament
71
ADRASTUS
14
7904
Salt/Mail Liverpool Freetown/Lagos 2B.5M.
35
ASHBURY
3901
Coal Belfast Oran/Algiers B.4M.
24
ASTRID (Nor)
2861
Coal Belfast Oran/Algiers A.B.4M.
84
BACTRIA
10
2407
Cement/Coke Aultbea Dakar A.7M.
31
BARON TWEEDMOUTH
8
3356
Coal Belfast Gibraltar A.6M.
32
BENEDICK (T)
9
6977
Ballast Clyde Gibraltar A.B.6M.
72
BESTIK (Nor)
2684
Coke/Coal Aultbea Tunis  
82
BORNHOLM
3177
Cement Aultbea Lagos A.4M.
45
CAPT.PAUL LEMERLE (Fr)
 
Acid/Coal Aultbea Oran  
91
CLAN CHATTAN
14
9585
Gen. Clyde Capetown/Pt.Eliz./Durban A.B.7M.
41
EMPIRE ADDISON
10
7009
Gen. Clyde Persian Gulf A.6M.
92
EMPIRE CLIVE
8
7194
Coal Belfast Freetown A.B.4M.
21
EMPIRE DERWENT
4026
Coal Belfast Gibraltar A.8M.
61
EMPIRE FAL
8
4879
Coal Aultbea Bizerta B.5M.
23
EMPIRE MELODY
9
 
Coal Aultbea Gibraltar  
81
EMPIRE PAKEHA
11
8114
Stores/Gen. Liverpool Durban/Melbourne/Sydney A.7M.
44
EMPIRE PEACOCK
6098
Haz./Stores Clyde Naples Area B.10M.
33
ENGLISH MONARCH
4557
Stores Belfast Naples Area A.B.7M.
34
FORT LAWRENCE
10½
7134
Haz./Stores Clyde Algiers A.B.6M.
94
FRESNO STAR
12½
7998
  Aultbea Buenos Aires  
53
GEOLOGIST
11
6202
Stores/Gen. Clyde Bombay A.B.11M.
51
GLAUCUS
13
7585
Gov.Stores/6 Craft Liverpool Pt.Said/Madras/Calcutta A.B.8M.
75
GOTHLAND
RESCUE SHIP
Clyde Gibraltar B.6M.
93
HARBERTON
4505
Coal Belfast Casablanca A.B.6M.
52
HARPALYCUS
5628
Gen. Liverpool Taranto Area A.8M.
43
MAIHAR
11
7563
Gov.Stores/Gen. Liverpool Suez/Columbo/Calcutta A.6M.
22
NOVASLI (Nor)
8
3704
Coal Belfast Gibraltar B.4M.
74
PACHECO
12½
1406
  Belfast Gibraltar/Malta A.5M.
54
SAMCEBU
10½
7253
Gen. Liverpool Naples Area A.B.6M.
42
SAMFINN
11
7254
  Liverpool Naples Area A.B.7M.
83
SILVERLARCH
10
5064
  Liverpool Freetown/Lagos  
73
TWEEDBANK
12½
5627
Explosives Aultbea Malta/Alexandria A.B.8M.

KEY
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