Depart Freetown/ Gibraltar |
July 13, 1943/ July 23 , 1943 |
Arrived Liverpool | August 5, 1943 |
No. of vessels (Hague) | 27/ 18 |
No. of vessels accounted for here | 32/ 18 + 6 part voyage + 8 did not sail + 8 escorts. |
Vessels lost from convoy | 0 |
Note:Pendant numbers refer to the individual MKS and SL sections before combining.
MKS.18 joined SL.133 on July 26, 1943.
KAIPARA was torpedoed by U-306 but managed to reach Dakar and
remained there for 7 months before she was able to sail back to the UK.
Pdt |
Vessel |
Cargo |
From |
To |
51 |
ADASTRUS | Cocoa/Palm Oil/Mails 106/Pass 3 |
Lagos |
Loch Ewe |
92 |
AMSTELKERK (Du) | W.A.Produce/Pass 63 |
Lagos |
Mersey |
12 |
ANTONIO | Iron Ore |
Melilla |
Barrow |
34 |
BACTRIA | Groundnuts |
Kontour/Bathurst |
Mersey |
22 |
BADJESTAN | Iron Ore |
Melilla |
Loch Ewe |
93 |
BARON MACLAY | Manganese Ore |
Calcutta |
Mersey |
44 |
BENDORAN | Palm Kernels |
Lagos |
Loch Ewe |
41 |
BENLEDI | Cocoa/Bauxite/Rubber/Mails 2 |
Duala |
Loch Ewe |
13 |
CAPE WRATH | Phosphates |
Casablanca |
Loch Ewe |
53 |
CARLTON | W.A.Produce |
Lagos |
Loch Ewe |
73 |
CITY OF EXETER | Gen/Mails 2,954/Pass 4 |
Calcutta/Madras |
Mersey |
62 |
CLEARPOOL | Iron Ore |
Melilla |
Belfast |
91 |
COCHRANE | Copper/Gen./Pass 9 |
Matadi |
Mersey |
122 |
CYPRIA (Nor) | Manganese Ore/Cotton/Wool |
Bombay/Bedi Bundar/Navalakhi |
Mersey |
101 |
DAVID LIVINGSTONE | Gen./Mails/150/Pass 11 |
Forcados |
Mersey |
82 |
DESIRADE | Frozen Meat/Mails 21/Pass 157 |
Montevideo |
Glasgow |
31 |
EASTERN CITY | Phosphates |
Casablanca |
Loch Ewe |
61 |
EGYPTIAN PRINCE | W.A.Produce/Mails 2/Pass 5 |
Duala |
Loch Ewe |
55 |
EL BIAR | Dakar-Casablanca |
||
52 |
EMPIRE ADDISON | Manganese Ore |
Takoradi |
Glasgow |
62 |
EMPIRE BARRIE | DID NOT SAIL |
||
123 |
EMPIRE BUCKLER | Frozen Meat/Mails 3 |
Buenos Aires/Montevideo |
Mersey |
43 |
EMPIRE COUGAR | Pepel Ore |
Pepel |
Loch Ewe |
61 |
EMPIRE DARWIN | Phosphates |
Casablanca |
Clyde |
103 |
EMPIRE FOREST | Manganese Ore |
Takoradi |
Loch Ewe |
83 |
EMPIRE SIMBA | Pepel Ore |
Pepel |
Loch Ewe |
11 |
EMPIRE TIDE | Phosphates |
Casablanca |
Mersey |
54 |
EMPIRE TRENT | Pepel Ore |
Pepel |
Loch Ewe |
23 |
EMPIRE WOLFE | Wolfram |
Seville/Lisbon |
Preston |
41 |
ENNERDALE | Ballast |
Gibraltar |
Clyde |
42 |
EXPLORER | Phosphates |
Casablanca |
Loch Ewe |
51 |
FAUZON (Fr) | Wolfram |
Casablanca |
Belfast |
45 |
FINISTERRE | Dakar-Casablanca |
||
31 |
FORT DOUGLAS | Pepel Ore |
Pepel |
to Dakar |
32 |
FORT TREMBLANT | Potash/Cotton/Gen/Mails 179 |
Alexandria/Port Said |
Loch Ewe |
42 |
GAMBIAN | W.A.Produce/Pass 7 |
Dakar/Port Harcourt |
Loch Ewe |
84 |
GASCONY | Gen./Pass 6 |
Rio Grande |
Manchester |
21 |
GERARD DOU (Du) | Phosphates |
Casablanca |
Belfast |
65 |
GRAND QUEVILLY | Dakar-Casablanca |
||
HMS BORRIDGE | ESCORT |
|||
HMS COLUMBINE | OCEAN ESCORT |
|||
HMS DAHLIA | ESCORT |
|||
HMS HURRICANE | ESCORT |
|||
HMS MEADOWSWEET | ESCORT |
|||
HMS MONKSWOOD | ESCORT |
|||
HMS ROCKINGHAM | ESCORT |
|||
HMS VIOLET | OCEAN ESCORT |
|||
75 |
HOGGAR | DID NOT SAIL |
||
63 |
HOPESTAR | Gen. |
Colombo |
Loch Ewe |
63 |
JAARSTROOM (Du) | DID NOT SAIL |
||
81 |
JOHN HOLT | African Produce/Mails 6 |
Forcados |
Mersey |
102 |
KAIPARA | Frozen meat/Gen/Mails 26 |
to Dakar |
|
33 |
KINGSLAND | Iron Ore |
Bougie |
Loch Ewe |
104 |
MAFUTA (Bel) | W.A.Produce/Mails 64/Pass 2 |
Pointe Noire |
Mersey |
121 |
MALAYAN PRINCE | Copper/Gen./Mails 2,900/Pass 4 |
Beira/Durban |
Mersey |
124 |
MAPLEWOOD | DID NOT SAIL |
||
114 |
MOUNT RHODOPE (Gr) | Gen. |
Bombay/Colombo |
Manchester |
64 |
NEW NORTHLAND | DID NOT SAIL |
||
33 |
NORMA (Nor) | Gen./Pass 6 |
Calcutta/Madras/Capetown |
Loch Ewe |
72 |
OCEAN HOPE | Indian Produce/Mails 6 |
Calcutta/Colombo |
Glasgow |
65 |
OCEAN VOLUNTEER | DID NOT SAIL |
||
94 |
PINZON | Palm Kernels |
Freetown |
to Casablanca |
111 |
RHESUS | W.A.Produce/Mails 6 |
Lagos |
Mersey |
53 |
SCHIAFFINO (Fr) | Phosphates |
Casablanca |
Loch Ewe |
43 |
STANHOPE | Iron Ore |
Seville |
Ardrossan |
52 |
STAR (Nor) | Gen. |
Algiers/Gibraltar |
Belfast |
112 |
STUYVESANT (Du) | W.A.Produce/Mails 126/Pass 107 |
Lagos |
Mersey |
95 |
TEMPLE INN | DID NOT SAIL |
||
71 |
TROILUS | W.A.Produce/Mails 16 |
Matadi |
Mersey |
32 |
VINRIVER | Iron Ore |
Benisaf |
Loch Ewe |
113 |
WATERLAND | DID NOT SAIL |
||
85 |
WEARPOOL | DETACHED |
Buenos Aires |
KAIPARA: Captain's report available if you have an interest in this vesssel.