Convoy OS.86/KMS.60

 

Depart Liverpool August 10, 1944 (Separated August 21, 1944)
Arrive Freetown; Gibraltar August 30, 1944; August 23, 1944
No. of vessels (Hague) 6 + 16 = 22
No. of vessels accounted for here

7 + 17 = 24 + 1 did not sail + 1 Rescue Ship.

Vessels lost from convoy

0

An Aircraft Carrier occupied Pdt. 42.

Pdt.
Vessel
Kts.
Tons
Cargo
From
To
Armament
72
ALCOR (Du)
9
3526
Coal Belfast Dakar A.5M.
74
ATHEL VIKING (T)
10
8779
  Aultbea Durban A.B.6M.
12
BELGIAN FISHERMAN
DID NOT SAIL
Belfast    
13
BLAIRESK
2890
  Aultbea Gibraltar A.6M.
14
CETUS (Nor)
8
2613
Coal Belfast Lisbon A.5M.
53
CITY OF DUNKIRK
11
5861
Gov.Stores Liverpool Malta A.4M.
33
CLUMBERHALL
9
5198
Gen. Oban Algiers A.6M.
21
COLLEGIAN
11½
7886
Gen. Liverpool Alexandria A.6M.
63
DAGO II
8
1993
Coal Belfast Oran/Algiers B.4M.
62
DORDRECHT (Du)(T)
 
 
  Liverpool    
54
EDDYSTONE
RESCUE SHIP
Clyde Gibraltar A.B.5M.
73
EMPIRE ABBEY
10
7031
Ballast Liverpool River Plate A.7M.
52
EMPIRE DARWIN
6764
  Clyde Taranto A.B.4M.
23
EMPIRE JESSICA
 
  Aultbea    
71
EMPIRE PENNANT
 
 
  Liverpool River Plate  
32
EMPIRE SUMMER
8
6949
Tanks/Gen. Clyde Naples Area A.10M.
41
GAELIC STAR
10
5596
Oil Belfast Freetown/Buenos Aires A.6M.
51
GLENIFFER
10
9558
Gen. Clyde Pt.Said/Colombo/Calcutta A.8M.
31
HARMATRIS
 
5395
  Barrow Taranto  
22
JOHN J. MCGRAW (ND)
11
7176
Haz.Cargo/Stores Clyde Naples Area A.B.6M.
35
L.S.E.2
  Belfast Gibraltar  
24
PANDORIAN
13
4159
Chem/Mail/Govt.Stores Liverpool Lisbon A.B.6M.
34
SAMWATER (ND)
10½
7218
OHMS Liverpool Naples Area A.B.8M.
64
SILVERSANDAL
14
6770
Gov.Stores Liverpool Casablanca/Freetown/Nigeria A.B.8M.
61
SINNINGTON COURT
8
6910
Haz.Cargo/Stores Clyde Taranto A.B.6M.
11
THISTLEFORD
4780
Coal Belfast Gibraltar A.4M.
  
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