Convoy SL.126

 

Depart Freetown
March 12, 1943
Arrived Liverpool

April 1, 1943

No. of vessels (Hague) 36
No. of vessels accounted for here

36 + 5 escort vessels + 1 tug

Vessels lost from convoy

4
EMPIRE BOWMAN *
EMPIRE WHALE
NAGARA
UMARIA (straggler)
OCEAN VICEROY (damaged by U-662) *

* reports available
Note: Charted daily positions of SL.126 may be found here.
Form A1 not available for this convoy so most Pendant Numbers are not known .

Pdt
Vessel
Cargo
From
To
  AMSTELKERK (Du)
W.A.Produce/Mails 121/Pass 67
Lagos
Loch Ewe/London
  ARAWA
Refrig./Mails 74/Pass 129
Durban/Buenos Aires
Glasgow
  BARON DUNMORE
Pepel Ore
Pepel
Loch Ewe/M'borough
  BELLEROPHON
Tea/Pig Iron/Gen.
Calcutta/Colombo
Mersey
  BIAFRA
W.A.Produce/Pass 3
Duala/Lagos/Takoradi
Loch Ewe/Lieth
  BUENOS AIRES (Nor)
Gen.
Calcutta/Vizagapatam
Belfast/Avonmouth
  CAPE SABLE
Gen./Mails 1,032
Bombay/Karachi
Loch Ewe/Hull
  CATRINE
W.A.Produce/Mails 1
Lagos
Loch Ewe/Hull
  CITY OF AUCKLAND
Gen./Mails 425
Mombassa/Capetown
Glasgow
  COMMANDANT DORISE
Gen./Mails 200
Mombassa
Mersey
 
DEEBANK
Linseed
Buenos Aires
Loch Ewe/Hull
 
DUBROVNIK (YS)
W.A.Produce/Pass 3
Lagos
Loch Ewe/London
22
EMPIRE BOWMAN
Indian General
Bombay/Karachi
Loch Ewe
 
EMPIRE GERAINT
Frozen Meat/Linseed
Buenos Aires
Belfast/Avonmouth
 
EMPIRE KINGSLEY
Manganese Ore/Mails 71
Takoradi
Loch Ewe/M'borough
21
EMPIRE WHALE
Pepel Ore
Pepel
Loch Ewe
  FORT KOOTENAY
Pepel Ore
Pepel
Loch Ewe/Tyne
  GERASSIMOS VERGOTTIS (Gk)
Gen.
Bombay/Colombo
Loch Ewe/London
  GHARINDA
 
Calcutta/Madras
Glasgow
  GUINEAN
W.A.Produce/Pass 12
Lagos
Mersey
  HMS PELICAN

OCEAN ESCORT

   
  HMS ROTHER
OCEAN ESCORT
   
  HMS SENNEN
OCEAN ESCORT
   
  HMS SPEY
OCEAN ESCORT
   
  HMS WEAR
OCEAN ESCORT
   
  HMS DEXTROUS
RESCUE TUG
   
  HOWRA
Gen.
Bombay/Mauritius
Loch Ewe/Hull
103
MANCHESTER DIVISION
Gen./Mails 7
Beira/Table Bay
Clyde
 
MATAROA
Refrigerated/Pass 152
Buenos Aires
Belfast/Avonmouth
91
NAGARA
Frozen Meat
Buenos Aires
Belfast
 
NESTOR
Meat/Mails 270/Pass 223
Sydney
Mersey
11
OCEAN VICEROY
Pepel Ore
Pepel
Loch Ewe
  PHRONTIS (Du)
W.A.Produce/Mails 150/Pass 8
Lagos
Mersey
  SILVERLARCH
W.A.Produce/Gen.Pass 7
Lagos
Loch Ewe/London
  SILVERSANDAL
W.A.Produce/Mails 3,000
Lagos
Mersey
  TOUAREG
Gen./Mails 248/Pass 80
Lagos
Mersey
  TYNEMOUTH
Manganese Ore
Takoradi
Workington
102
UMARIA
Gen./Pass 1
Bombay/Colombo/Galle
Manchester
  URBINO
W.A.Produce
Port Harcourt
Loch Ewe/Hull
  WEARWOOD
Manganese Ore
Takoradi
Barrow
  WINKLEIGH
Sugar/Rum/Mails 7
Mauritius
Loch Ewe/London
  ZYPENBERG (Du)
Sugar/Rum
Mauritius
Mersey