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CONVOY MKS 28
Left Gibraltar on Oct. 23-1943, joined up with Convoy SL 138 from Freetown the next day and arrived Liverpool on Nov. 5.
Arnold Hague indicates that MKS 28 had started out in Alexandria on Oct. 14-1943, arriving Gibraltar on Oct. 23, having lost 2 ships to aircraft attack on the 21st - ref. second table on this page.
| Transcribed from documents (Advance Sailing Telegram) received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. Station numbers were obtained from a list of ships in Convoy MKS 28 received from Don Kindell, based on A. Hague's own research. Ships in the combined convoy SL 138 / MKS 28 are named at this external website. This first table shows the Gibraltar-U.K. convoy. As can be seen in the second table on this page, some of these ships had previously arrived with the Alexandria convoy. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Station | Remarks |
| Empire Flame | British | iron ore | Middlesbrough | 11 | (See also MKS 27 - Alexandria convoy) |
| Kerma | " | pyrites | Garston | 43 | – |
| Hallfried | Norwegian | pyrites | Ardrossan | 24 | Sunk - see Hallfried |
| Kingsborough | British | iron ore | Barrow-in-Furness | – | Returned to Gibraltar Joined MKS 29 - put into Casablanca |
| Kiruna | Swedish | iron ore | Dagenham | 12 | – |
| Empire Torridge | British | iron ore | Cardiff | 23 | – |
| Lisbeth | Norwegian | iron ore | Barrow-in-Furness | 13 | – |
| British | pyrites | Hull | – | Listed in MKS 29 | |
| British Courage | " | ballast | Clyde | 22 | From MKS 27 |
| Sutlej | " | general | Liverpool | 33 | From MKS 27 |
| Fort Augustus | " | ballast | Cardiff | 41 | – |
| Sandown Castle | " | none given | Liverpool | 31 | – |
| City of Adelaide | " | none given | Hull | 21 | – |
| " | none given | Barry Roads f. o. | – | Listed in MKS 29 | |
| Levernbank | " | none given | Manchester | 42 | – |
| Empire Jessica | " | iron ore | Sunderland | 14 | – |
| Spurt | Norwegian | general | Preston | 32 | – |
| British | none given | Barry Roads f. o. | – | – | |
| Manchester Commerce | " | none given | Manchester | 51 | – |
| Clan Macbrayne | " | none given | London | 52 | – |
| Tactician | " | none given | Liverpool | 34 | – |
| PLM 17 | " | none given | Middlesbrough | 54 | – |
| Govert Flinck | Dutch | none given | Tyne | 61 | – |
| Empire Garrick | British | none given | Clyde | 53 | (See also MKS 27 - Alexandria convoy) |
| Baron Scott | " | none given | Middlesbrough | 63 | – |
| Elisabeth Dal | " | none given | Tyne | 62 | – |
| Escorts (received from Don Kindell, whose own work, covering "Royal & other Navies Day-by-Day in World War 2" can be viewed at this website): Oct. 23-Oct. 24: Anthony, Barle, Bergamot, Bluebell, Bryony, La Malouine, Velox. |
| Malta, Oct. 18-1943 As mentioned, A. Hague says in his "The Allied Convoy System" that MKS 28 left Alexandria on Oct. 14-1943 and arrived Gibraltar on Oct. 23 Transcribed from the list of ships in MKS 28 received from Don Kindell - Source: A. Hague's own research. Additional details have been added with the help of: "Loyds War Losses", Vol I "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan As can be seen in the first table on this page, some of these ships subsequently proceeded to the U.K. with the Gibraltar-U.K. convoy. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ship | Nationality | Voyage |
| Afghanistan | British | Malta to Philippeville |
| Anticline | American | Malta to Bizerta |
| Arthur Dobbs | " | – |
| Ary Lensen | British | Bizerta to Bougie (Listed in MKS 29 to U.K.) |
| Baltyk | Polish | Alexandria for U.K. (Listed in MKS 29 to U.K.) |
| Baron Scott | British | Algiers to U.K. |
| Belnor | Norwegian | Bizerta to Gibraltar (Listed in MKS 29 to U.K.) |
| British Diligence | British | Alexandria to Malta |
| British Vigour | " | Alexandria to Bizerta |
| Chloris | " | Malta to Bizerta |
| Clan Macbrayne | " | Alexandria for U.K. |
| David L. Swain | American | Malta to Bizerta for U.S.A. |
| Dean Emery | Panamanian | Bone to Gibraltar |
| Elisabeth Dal | British | Oran to U.K. |
| Empire Garrick | " | Algiers to Gibraltar |
| Empire Sapphire | " | Alexandria to Malta |
| Empire Scout | " | Malta to Bizerta |
| Erinna | Dutch | Alexandria to Malta |
| Esso Charleston | American | Alexandria to Malta |
| Fort Frobisher | British | Malta to Algiers |
| Fort Grahame | " | Malta to Philippeville |
| Fort Mingan | " | Joined from Naples, possibly at Augusta (A. Hague's own note) |
| Gleniffer | " | Alexandria to Malta for Taranto |
| Govert Flinck | Dutch | Bougie to U.K. |
| Harmattan | British | Algiers to Gibraltar (Listed in MKS 29 to U.K.) |
| John P. Mitchell | American | Oran to Gibraltar |
| Lars Kruse | British (Ex Danish) | Malta to Algiers |
| Macoma | Dutch | unknown to Gibraltar (Listed in MKS 29 to U.K.) |
| Manchester Commerce | British | Alexandria to U.K. |
| Ocean Glory | " | Malta to Gibraltar (Listed in MKS 29 to U.K.) |
| Ocean Vulcan | " | Malta to Gibraltar (Listed in MKS 30 to U.K.) |
| PLM 17 | " | Oran to U.K. |
| Ronan | " | Malta to Bizerta |
| Salawati | Dutch | Alexandria to Malta for Taranto |
| Saltwick | British | Algiers to Gibraltar (Sunk - See Notes below) |
| Schiaffino | French | Algiers to Oran |
| Sirehei | Norwegian | Oran to Gibraltar (Listed in MKS 29 to U.K.) |
| Tactician | British | Algiers to Gibraltar |
| Temple Yard | " | Malta to Bizerta / Bizerta to Algiers (Listed in MKS 30 to U.K.) |
| Tivives | American | Algiers to Oran (Sunk - See Notes below) |
| William Wilkins | " | Bone to Algiers |
| Notes: The British Saltwick, on a voyage from Algiers to Gibraltar in ballast, carrying 900 Red Cross parcels, was torpedoed and sunk by German aircraft on Oct. 21-1943. She had a crew of 41 and 10 gunners, all of whom were saved, according to "Lloyd's War Losses", while R. W. Jordan's "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939" says 1 was killed, 51 survived.The American Tivives, on a voyage from Algiers to Oran with 1750 tons of refrigerated cargo, was also sunk by aircraft that day. She had a crew of 80, 2 of whom were killed. Note that Belnor is said to have shot down one of the aircraft that attacked the convoy - see my page about Belnor. The dates are a little different, but this could simply be a matter of different time zones used in the report. Escorts: Oct. 14-Oct. 21: Bergamot. Oct. 14-Oct. 23: Bluebell, Bryony, La Malouine. Oct. 20-Oct. 23: Barle. |
| 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 |
