Ire fortiter quo nemo ante iit.

 
Remembering
Michael Walsh Leading Fireman RFA Creosol died 7th of february 1918
William Brocklehurst Scullion RFA Creosol died 7th of february 1918
W J Lawrence Donkeyman RFA Berta died 7th of february 1946
RFA Cedardale Convoys

RFA Cedardale (Dale Class Oiler)  1939

Convoy                 Depart                       Arrive

HG.15F    Gibraltar 13th January 1940 – Liverpool 22nd January 1940
                 (Detached for the Clyde with a cargo of FFO, 22nd January)

OB.103     Liverpool 3rd March 1940 – Joined Convoy OG.21F
                  (Ship detached for Trinidad, arriving on the 21st March)

SJ.7          Batavia 22nd February 1942 – Convoy dispersed 25th
                  (Ship detached for Mombasa, arriving on the 21st April)

A.3            Addu Atoll  14th February 1943 – Trincomalee 19th February 1943
                  (Ship detached for Colombo, arriving 18th February)

MB.26       Colombo 25th February 1943 – Bombay 2nd March 1943

KMS. 19T  Malta 23rd July 1943 – Tripoli 24th July 1943

MES.37Y   Tripoli 26th July 1943 – Port Said 1st August 1943
                   (Cedardale to Tripoli, arriving 31st July)

MKS.21      Alexandria 3rd August 1943 – Gibraltar 14th August 1943
                   (Cedardale detached to Malta as Convoy MWS.39)

UGS.13      Hampton Roads 27th July 1943 – Port Said 24th August 1943
                   (Cedardale joined the convoy from Malta on 18th August)

XT.2           Alexandria 11th September 1943 – Tripoli 16th September 1943

UGS.17      Hampton Roads 6th September 1943 – Port Said 3rd October 1943
                   (Cedardale joined the convoy from Malta on the 28th September)

MK.76        Diego Suarez 29th March 1944 – Mombasa 1st April 1944

PB.76         Bandar Abbas 20th April 1944 – Bombay 25th April 1944
                   (Cedardale detached and proceeded independently to Mombasa)

KM.5          Kilindini 27th August 1944 – Diego Suarez 15th September 1944

JC.62C      Colombo 24th September 1944 – Madras 27th September 1944
                   (Cedardale detached to Trincomalee, arriving on the 26th September)

 

 
 

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