Convoy SL.133 / MKS.18

 

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
KAIPARA damaged by U-306.

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.