Convoy SL.163 / MKS.54

 

Depart Freetown/ Gibraltar

July 1 , 1944/ July 10, 1944

Arrived Liverpool

July 22, 1944

No. of vessels (Hague) 20/ 22 = 42
No. of vessels accounted for here

27/ 21 = 47 + 11 did not sail + 3 naval vessels.

Vessels lost from convoy

0

Note: MKS.54 joined SL.163 on July 11, 1944.
On joining SL.163, MKS.54 took station unchanged in 6 columns on the starboard wing.
(Why did it take so long for them to realise that this was a much simpler way of joining the convoys?)

Pdt
Vessel
Cargo
To
SL
KMS
122
52
ADOLPH S. OCHS (Am)
Gen/Pass
Mersey
33
 
BALFE
 
Algiers
62
 
BENEDICT
Gen.
Mersey
34
 
BRIARWOOD
DID NOT SAIL
Clyde
71
 
CALUMET
 
 
63
 
CANADA (Sw)
from Dakar to Casablanca
21
 
CAPO OLMO (Fr)
 
Loch Ewe
104
34
CARSLOGIE
Potash
Loch Ewe
31
 
CHARLTON HALL
 
Loch Ewe
13
 
CLAN MACBRAYNE
Gen.
Loch Ewe
94
24
COULMORE
Iron Ore
Loch Ewe
95
25
DAGO II
Govt. Stores
Ardrossan
32
 
DALMORE
Pepel Ore
Loch Ewe
22
 
DELANE
Linseed
Loch Ewe
105
35
DUNDEE
RESCUE SHIP
Clyde
53
 
DUNKERQUE (Fr)
 
Casablanca
23
 
EGTON
Linseed
Loch Ewe
 
62
EMPIRE ALMOND
DID NOT SAIL
returned Gibraltar
51
 
EMPIRE GLEN
Manganese Ore
Mersey
114
44
EMPIRE JESSICA
Iron Ore
Workington
113
43
EMPIRE NIGHTINGALE
Iron Ore
Barrow
 
 
EMPIRE PENNANT
DID NOT SAIL
Belfast
111
41
EMPIRE TWEED
Gen.
Loch Ewe
92
22
EMPIRE ZEPHYR
 
 
73
 
FORT LA TOUR
 
Mersey
93
23
FYLINGDALE
Iron Ore
Loch Ewe
61
 
GAELIC STAR
Refrigerated
Mersey
91
21
GASCONY
Gen/Pass
Loch Ewe
102
32
GEDDINGTON COURT
Iron Ore
Glasgow
133
63
GLOUCESTER CITY
Wheat
Belfast
42
 
GUINEAN
Palm Oil
Mersey
43
 
HARMATTAN
Manganese Ore
Manchester
132
62
HERMELIN (Nor)
 
Mersey
52
 
HERMISTON
Linseed/Gen.
Mersey
 
51
HMS ATHENE
DID NOT SAIL
 
82
12
HMS CAMPANIA
 
 
64
 
HMS SLEET
 
Gibraltar
12
 
HOPECROWN
 
Loch Ewe
11
 
HOPERANGE
Rubber
Loch Ewe
134
64
HOPESTAR
 
Azores
101
31
INVENTOR
Gen.
Loch Ewe
74
 
ITINDA
Gen.
Mersey
124
54
LAGO
Pyrites
 
72
 
MAFUTA (Bel)
Palm Oil
Mersey
44
 
MOUNT RHODOPE
Pepel Ore
Barry Roads
63
 
NEW NORTHLAND
 
Bathurst
 
 
OAKWORTH
DID NOT SAIL
Belfast
 
13
PERIBONKA (Du)
DID NOT SAIL
 
41
 
PORT CAROLINE
Meat/Gen.
Mersey
103
33
RUNSWICK
Iron Ore
Glasgow
131
61
SAMSURF
 
 
112
42
SCOTTISH AMERICAN
OILER
Clyde
 
 
SNAR (Nor)
DID NOT SAIL
Belfast
 
53
STAD ARNHEIM (Du)
DID NOT SAIL
 
81
11
TARANTIA
Gen.
Loch Ewe
 
 
TAXIARKIS (Gk)
DID NOT SAIL
Belfast
 
55
ULLA
DID NOT SAIL
 
54
 
VAN OSTADE (Du)
Bauxite
Belfast
 
35
VIGSNES (Nor)
DID NOT SAIL
 
123
53
VILLE DE MAJUNGA (Fr)
Stores/Pass
Clyde