Convoy MKS 20 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY MKS 20 Left Gibraltar on July 31-1943 and arrived Liverpool on Aug. 10.
| Transcribed from a document (Advance Sailing Telegram) received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. There's a note in the document stating that the convoy sailed unannounced on July 31 - previous estimated time of departure was Aug. 8. See also MKF 20 (faster convoy), as well as KMS convoys from the same time period (for instance, KMS 17). | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination |
| Empire Beatrice | British | phosphates | London |
| Helencrest | " | phosphates | Leith Dock |
| Empire Nightingale | " | phosphates | Ipswich |
| Empire Fal | " | iron ore | Barrow-in-Furness |
| Baron Ruthven | " | iron ore | Tyne |
| Fort Norman | " | iron ore | Cardiff |
| Stirlingville | Norwegian | scrap | Swansea |
| Ville de Strasbourg | British (Ex. Fr.) | scrap | Clyde f. o. |
| British | none given | – | |
| Franconia | " | none given | Liverpool |
Escorts (transcribed from a document received from Don Kindell, based on A. Hague's own research):
July 31-Aug. 4: Viceroy, Wallace, Woolston.
July 31-Aug. 6: Ilfracombe, Qualicum.
July 31-Aug. 10: Dornoch, Parrsboro, Tadoussac, Wedgeport.
Aug. 2-Aug. 4: Scylla.
To the next MKS convoy in my list MKS 21
| Aa–Al | An–Ar | As–Av | Ba | Be | Bi–Bl | Bo | Br–Bu | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | F | G | Ha | He | Hi–Hy | Hø | I | J | K |
| L | M | N | O | PQ | R | Sa–Sc | Se–Sj | Sk–Sn | So |
| Sp–St | Su–Sø | Ta–Te | Th–Ti | To | Tr–Tø | U | V | W | Ø |
