Convoy OS.87/KMS.61

 

Depart Liverpool August 25, 1944 (Separated September 3, 1944)
Arrive Freetown; Gibraltar September 13, 1944; September 4, 1944
No. of vessels (Hague) 8 + 26 = 34
No. of vessels accounted for here

8 + 26 = 34 + 1 Rescue Ship.

Vessels lost from convoy

0


Pdt.
Vessel
Kts.
Tons
Cargo
From
To
Armament
44
ABOYNE
RESCUE SHIP
Clyde Gibraltar B.4M.
83
AMSTELKERK (Du)
12
4457
66 Pass./Coal Liverpool Freetown/Takoradi A.6M.
11
BELGIAN FISHERMAN (Bel)
4714
Coal Belfast Gibraltar A.6M.
43
CITY OF KIMBERLEY
11½
6168
Toxics/Naval Arm.Stores Clyde Suez/Bombay/Karachi A.B.7M.
41
CITY OF NEWCASTLE
10
6921
Govt.Stores/Gen. Liverpool Pt.Said/Bombay A.B.7M.
62
CITY OF SYDNEY
13½
6986
Expl./Gen. Clyde Pt.Said/Basra/Abadan A.4M.
73
CLUMBERHALL
9
5198
Govt.Stores/Deck Cargo Oban Algiers A.4M.
33
COULBEG
9
5237
Expl./Govt.Stores/Vehicles Clyde Taranto Area A.B.8M.
82
DORDRECHT (Du)(T)
10
4401
Ballast Clyde Freetown A.B.6M.
94
EMPIRE BARDOLF
 
 
   Clyde River Plate  
71
EMPIRE BARON
5894
Coal Belfast Pt.Said A.8M.
63
EMPIRE NIGHTINGALE
5697
Expl./Govt.Stores Clyde Taranto Area/Malta A.10M.
35
EMPIRE ZEPHYR
 
 
  Milford Gibraltar  
32
EURYADES
11½
5801
Ammun./Govt.Stores Clyde Malta A.6M.
21
FORT LA TOUR
9
7100
Expl./Govt.Stores Liverpool Naples Area 6M.
24
FORT STURGEON
10½
7127
Toxics/Govt.Stores/Expl. Aultbea Naples Area A.6M.
42
GLENOGLE
11¾
9513
24 Pass./Expl./Gen. Clyde Mid.East A.B.10M.
12
GLOUCESTER CITY
3071
Gen. Liverpool Cadiz/Seville A.4M.
64
JENNY (Nor)(T)
9
 
  Liverpool Lagos  
65
M.V.F. 1517
 
 
  Milford Gibraltar  
91
MAFUTA (Bel)(T)
6322
Ballast Liverpool Lagos A.8M.
61
MALAKAND
12½
8030
2 Launches/Gen. Liverpool Pt.Said/Colombo/Madras A.B.6M.
14
MALIKA (ND)
 
 
  Clyde Mid.East  
92
MELAMPUS (Du)
13
5962
Gen. Liverpool Casablanca/Freetown A.8M.
93
NELA
11
7220
Ballast Milford Buenos Aires A.6M.
51
NELEUS
12
6479
Expl./Gen. Liverpool Alexandria/Naples Area A.B.6M.
72
OCEAN WANDERER (ND
10
7178
Expl./Gen. Aultbea Bombay A.B.6M.
13
OTTINGE
9
2870
Coal Belfast Lisbon A.B.6M.
74
P.L.M. 21 (Fr)
5417
Coal Belfast Oran/Algiers A.6M.
34
REAVELEY
9
4998
Ammun./Stores/Paint/Acids Clyde Algiers/Malta A.10M.
22
SAMKANSA (ND)
10½
7176
Expl./Govt.Stores Liverpool Naples Area A.B.6M.
23
SAMSURF
11
7219
  Clyde Naples Area A.B.6M.
84
SILVER GUAVA
12½
5305
Expl.Group 6 Liverpool Gibraltar/Casablanca A.B.8M.
81
STUYVESANT (Du)
12
4249
85 Pass./Salt Liverpool Freetown/Lagos A.4M.
31
TARANTIA
10½
7268
Expl./Gen. Liverpool Pt.Said/Persian Gulf A.B.6M.
  
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