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CONVOY MKS 6
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Departed Philippeville on Jan. 19-1943, Algiers Jan. 20, and arrived Liverpool on Febr. 1. (Arnold Hague gives 36 ships in his "The Allied Convoy System"). |
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| The A 1 form was received from Robert Martin, England - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. The details have been compared to (and supplemented with info from) a list received from Don Kindell - His source: A. Hague's own research. (Don's work, which covers "Royal & other Navies Day-by-Day in World War 2" can be viewed at this website). For info, there was also a faster convoy, MKF 6, which had left Philippeville on Jan. 5-1943 and arrived Clyde on the the 14th. Note that some of these ships are also listed in the next convoy, so it looks like they did not follow MKS 6 all the way to the U.K. (for instance, William Wirt). Br=British, Am=American, Du=Dutch, Fr=French. |
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Ports East of Algiers
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Oran
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Algiers
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11
Dunkerque Algiers- Gibr. (Fr) |
21
Havildar (Br) |
31
Empire Confidence Oran-Swansea (Br) |
41
Edward Rutledge (Am) |
51
William Wirt (Am) |
61
Alphard (Du) |
71
Manchester Port (Br) |
81
Fort Senneville (Br) |
91
Fort Battle River (Br) |
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12
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22
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32
Marigot (Fr) |
42
British Chivalry (Br) |
52
Empire Chivalry (Br) |
62
Empire Wordsworth (Br) |
72
Hopecrown (Br) |
82
(Am) |
92
Pacific Exporter (Br) |
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13
Capitaine Armand Algiers-Gibr. (Fr) |
23
Eridan (Fr) |
33 (Fr) |
43 Clan Murray (Br) |
53 City of Worcester (Br) |
63 Pacific Grove (Br) |
73 Manchester Merchant (Br) |
83 Thomas B. Robertson (Am) |
93 Thomas Hooker (Am) |
| 14 Gallium Algiers-Gibr. (Fr) |
24 Charles H. Cramp (Am) |
34 Macharda (Br) |
44 Exilona (Am) |
54 Delilian (Br) |
64 Salacia (Br) |
74 Chattanooga City (Am) |
84 Lochmonar (Br) |
94 Harpalyce Bone-Gibr. (Br) |
| 15 Josephine Le Borgne Algiers-Gibr. (Fr) |
25 William Floyd (Am) |
35 Kaipaki (Br) |
45 Mark Twain (Am) |
55 Fort Stikine (Br) |
65 Baltonia Algiers-Gibr. (Br) |
75 Duke of Athens (Br) |
85 Empire Darwin Algiers-Gibr. (Br) |
95 Clan Macbrayne Bone-Gibr. (Br) |
| 16 Marie-Louise Le Borgne Algiers-Gibr. (Fr) |
26 | 36 | 46 | 56 Samuel Chase (Am) |
66 | 76 | 86 | 96 |
| A. Hague's list agrees with the A 1 form, except he does not mention the ship crossed out in station 22, and in addition to the above ships he has included the following, which do not appear on the A 1 form: The British Antonio (with a note saying "probably this convoy"), Baron Kinnaird and Hampton Lodge (sunk - see Notes below) and the American Daniel Huger (Gibraltar to Oran). For Walt Whitman he has a note saying "after damage by air attack" - I'm not sure whether this means she left the convoy after having been attacked. There's another note saying "sheltered off Ramsey" with the date Febr. 1, but it's difficult to tell which ship this note refers to. As for the other ships that are crossed out on the A 1 form, he has no indication in his list that these ships did not sail, so the fact that they're crossed out could simply mean they left the convoy for their destination. For info, Chattanooga City subsequently joined Convoy ON 166, and was sunk - follow link for details. As will be seen, several other ships from MKS 6 also joined that convoy. |
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Notes: I believe the Commodore was in Manchester Port, Vice Commodore in Empire Confidence. Hampton Lodge was on a voyage in ballast from Algiers for Oran and Benisaf when she was sunk by aircraft on Jan. 20-1943 - there were no casualties. ("Lloyd's War Losses", Vol I).
Escorts (from Don Kindell): Related external links: Liberty Ships - Alphabetical list. This site has more on the the "Fort" ships mentioned in this convoy. To the next MKS convoy in my list MKS 7 |
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