Convoy OS.95/KMS.69

 

Depart Liverpool November 13, 1944 (Separated November 22, 1944)
Convoy dispersed; Gibraltar November 26, 1944; November 23, 1944
No. of vessels (Hague) 8 + 23 = 31
No. of vessels accounted for here

9 + 22 = 31 + 2 did not sail + 1 Rescue Vessel
+ 1 Repair Ship.

Vessels lost from convoy

0


OS.95 was in the starboard wing of convoy; Pdts 81-104.
                                                                
Pdt.
Vessel
Kts.
Tons
Cargo
From
To
Armament
32
AFRICAN PRINCE
9
4653
Gen./Stores
Liverpool Alexandria or Pt.Said/Turkey A.B.8M.
103
ALEX
3932
Coal
Milford Gibraltar A.B.4M.
73
ANTONIO
5225
Coal
Milford Oran/Algiers A.6M.
74
BARON INCHCAPE
7005
Stores
Milford Algiers A.6M.
22
BRIGHTON (ND)
9
7350
Vehicles/Ammuntion
Clyde Ancona A.B.8M.
31
CADUCEUS
4364
Gen.
Liverpool Pt.Said/Abadan/Bahrain A.5M.
61
CITY OF HONGKONG
12½
9606
Gen./Vehicles
Liverpool Gibraltar A.B.7M.
63
CUSTODIAN
10
5881
Gen.
Clyde Alex./Palestine/Turkey A.4M.
11
CYDONIA
8
3517
Coal
Milford Lisbon A.B.4M.
52
DELANE
11
6054
Gen.
Clyde Pt.Said/Colombo/Calcutta A.B.8M.
102
EMPIRE CORMORANT
5800
Mail/Coal
Milford Casablanca A.6M.
13
EMPIRE HEYWOOD
DID NOT SAIL
Milford    
101
EMPIRE LIGHTNING
6942
Coal
Milford Freetown A.4M.
54
EMPIRE REST
RESCUE SHIP
Clyde Gibraltar 2B.5M.
72
ESKBANK
5137
Gen.
Milford Malta A.4M.
62
FORT ESPERANCE (ND)
10½
7142
Gen.
Liverpool Bombay/Madras/Calcutta A.2B.6M.
51
FORT GLENORA (ND)
10
7126
Stores
Milford Ancona A.7M.
23
FORT PIC (ND)
10½
7150
Tanks/Guns/Vehicles
Clyde Ancona A.2B.6M.
33
GUDRUN MAERSK
11
2234
Stores
Belfast Freemantle/Sydney via Suez A.8M.
84
INCHANGA
14
7069
 
Liverpool Takoradi/Lagos  
93
LAFIAN (ND)
10
7221
Potatoes/Planes/Coal
Liverpool Casablanca/Takoradi A.6M.
91
MARY KINGSLEY
11
5020
Gen.
Liverpool Freetown/Lagos/Duala A.B.4M.
92
NICOLAS (Gk)
9
4540
Coke/Coal
Milford Dakar A.4M.
71
OCEAN ANGEL (ND)
10
7178
Gen./Hazardous
Liverpool Pt.Said/Cochin A.B.8M.
51
PENCARROW
DID NOT SAIL
Milford    
83
PRINCESA
12½
8731
China Clay/Livestock
Milford Buenos Aires A.B.4M.
41
RECORDER
5982
Stores/Gen.
Milford Cochin/Madras/Calcutta A.8M.
12
RUDBY
8
4846
Coal
Milford Lisbon A.B.7M.
53
SAMETTRICK
10½
7219
Gen./Mail/Vehicles/Dangerous
Clyde Naples Area A.B.6M.
43
SAMSHEE
10½
7210
Gen.
Clyde Alexandria A.B.7M.
42
SAMSPRING (ND)
10
7219
Gen.
Liverpool Naples Area A.B.7M.
64
SEA SALVOR
 
 
Repair ship 
Milford Naples Area  
82
SILVERLARCH
10¼
5064
Potatoes/Stores/Cement
Liverpool Casablanca/Gibraltar A.6M.
81
THOMAS HOLT
10
3585
Cement
Milford Bathurst/Freetown A.B.6M.
21
UFFINGTON COURT
9
4976
Stores/Ammunition
Liverpool Naples/Leghorn A.B.2M.
                                                                
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    
(CSA)
Ship fitted with smoke apparatus.