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CONVOY MKS 5 and MKS 5X
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According to Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" this convoy left Philippeville on Jan. 5-1943 and arrived Liverpool on the 22nd (43 ships). |
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| Transcribed from a document received from Don Kindell - His source: A. Hague's own research, whose heading for the following list of ships is Algiers, Jan. 8-1943.
(For info, there was also a faster convoy, MKF 5, which had left Algiers on Dec. 24-1942 and arrived Clyde on the the 31st). See also KMS 5. The British (Ex French) Ville de Strasbourg, which had previously arrived from the U.K. with Convoy KMS 5, is said to have been in Convoy MKS 5 when damaged by a torpedo from U-371 on Jan. 7-1943 - As can be seen, this ship is not included among the list of ships in this table. Br=British, Am=American, Du=Dutch, Bel=Belgian, Norw=Norwegian. |
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11
Michigan (Am) via Belfast Lough |
21
Rosario (Am) |
31
Empire Lancer (Br) |
41
Saint Bernard (Br) |
51
Director (Br) |
61
Lagosian (Br) |
71
Masirah (Br) |
81
Meta (Br) |
91
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101 Blairesk (Br) |
111 Seapool (Br) |
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12
Exchester (Am) |
22
Expositor (Am) |
32
Middlesex Trader (Br) |
42
Clan Macinnes (Br) |
52
Contractor (Br) |
62
Harbury (Br) |
72
Fort Douglas (Br) |
82
Delane (Br) |
92
Manchester Trader (Br) Moanda |
102 Empire Cabot (Br) |
112 Begum (Br) |
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13
Wearpool (Br) |
23
Delrio (Am) |
33 Empire Mallory (Br) |
43 Port Saint John (Br) |
53 Melampus (Du) |
63 | 73 Ocean Courier (Br) |
83 Eildon (Br) |
93 City of Perth (Br) |
103 Ronan (Br) |
113 Empire Gat (Br) |
| 14 Hastings (Am) |
24 Francis Parkman (Am) |
34 Empire Standard (Br) |
44 Fort a la Corne (Br) |
54 | 64 | 74 Topdalsfjord (Norw) |
84 Jade (Br) |
94 Gironde (Bel) |
104 Miriam* (Br) |
114 Ocean Traveller (Br) |
| 15 | 25 | 35 Stad Maassluis (Du) |
45 |
55 |
65 | 75 |
85 Empire Franklin (Br) |
95 |
105 | 115 |
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* Miriam returned to Lisbon, having become a straggler on Jan. 14. 2 ships have been given station 92 - I suspect 1 of them belongs in station 91. A. Hague has also included the following ships (all British, except William Johnson), but station numbers are not given: Escorts: Related external link: |
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Left Bougie on Jan. 14-1943, Gibraltar Jan. 17 - arrived Liverpool on the 25th. |
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| Received from Robert Martin, England - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
Br=British, Am=American, Du=Dutch. |
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11
Ocean Gallant (Br) |
21
Tristram Dalton (Am) |
31
Pacific Shipper (Br) |
41
Tiba (Du) |
51
Houston City (Br) |
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12
John Davenport (Am) |
22
Castilian Mersey (Br) |
32
Caithness (Br) |
42
Shetland (Br) |
52
Kafiristan (Br) |
| Commodore was in Pacific Shipper, Vice Commodore in Houston City.
Cruising speed: 7 knots. Escorts (from Don Kindell, whose own work, which covers "Royal & other Navies Day-by-Day in World War 2" can be viewed at this website): |
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| Related external link: SL, HG and MKS and MKF convoys - In Chronological order. The MKS and MKF convoys start on this page for 1942, while the 1943 convoys are listed on this page. To the next MKS convoy in my list MKS 6 |
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