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 Echodale Convoys

RFA Echodale (Dale Class Oiler)  1941

Convoy                 Depart              Arrive

EN.88     Methil 19th March 1941 – Oban 22nd March 1941
               (Detached to Loch Ewe in ballast)

HX.124    Halifax 30th April 1941 – Liverpool 20th May 1941

OB.341   Liverpool 30th June 1941 – Unknown
                (Echodale bound for Curacao)

CM.28     Durban 2nd June 1942 – Kilindini 10th June 1942
                (Detached to Mombasa, arriving 9th June 1942)

CM.2B    Kilindini 11th June 1942 – Rendezvoused with KM.1 to Bombay 21st June 1942
                (Joined from Mombasa, detached for Aden)

SL.138    Freetown 13th October 1943 – Rendezvous with MKS.28 24th October 1943
               (Escort Oiler)

SL.138MK  Rendezvous of SL.138 and MKS.28 24th October 1943 – Liverpool 5th November 1943
                (Escort oiler, detached to Clyde)

WN.508    Loch Ewe 20th November 1943 – Methil 22nd November 1943

FS.1280   Methil 23rd November 1943 – Southend 25th November 1943
                 (Detached to Tyne, arriving 24th November)

FN.1251   Southend 29th January 1944 – Methil 31st January 1944
                 (Joined from the Tyne 30th January)

EN.340     Methil 31st January 1944 – Loch Ewe 2nd February 1944
                 (Detached to Oban)

OS.68/KMS.42  Liverpool 12th February 1944 – Convoy split 24th February 1944
                 
KMS.42G  ex OS.68/KMS.42 24th February 1944 – Gibraltar 25th February 1944

KMS.42     Gibraltar 25th February 1944 – Port Said 6th March 1944

PB.73     Bandar Abbas 28th March 1944 – Bombay 3rd April 1944

BM.93     Bombay 14th April 1944 – Colombo 19th April 1944

JC.46      Colombo 26th April 1944 – Calcutta 3rd May 1944
                (Detached for Trincomalee)

 
 

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