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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.
Diomed
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.

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.

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