Clockwise around the North and South Atlantic RMS Andes (1939)

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in 1941 hms ramillies led 2 convoys included andes: tc 11 canada scotland in june , ws 14 scotland sierra leone in december


from suez andes went via cape town , trinidad halifax, embarked 2,744 troops. left halifax on 21 june 1 of 6 troop ships in convoy tc 11. others pasteur, cunard-white star s britannic, krl s indrapoera, , union-castle s stirling castle , windsor castle. escorts led revenge-class battleship hms ramillies , renown-class battlecruiser repulse , included 10 royal navy destroyers, 3 canadian destroyers , dutch anti-aircraft destroyer hnlms jacob van heemskerck. tc 11 reached clyde on 30 june , on 2 july andes continued liverpool, arriving next day.


a month later andes embarked 3,076 troops , joined 12 other troop ships in convoy ws 10 clyde south africa. had sailed 5 of them before: britannic, indrapoera, orcades, reina del pacifico , strathallan. ws 10 s other troop ships anchor line s cameronia, rml s highland monarch, greek line s nea hellas, new zealand shipping company s rangitiki, holland america line s volendam , union-castle s warwick castle , windsor castle. warwick castle suffered collision , had return home, other 12 ships reached south africa carrying total of 28,282 troops.


ws 10 s escorts included heavy cruiser hms london, 2 light cruisers, 9 royal navy destroyers, polish destroyer piorun, dutch destroyer hnlms isaac sweers , 2 royal navy flower-class corvettes. convoy left clyde on 2 august 1941, called @ freetown 17–21 august , reached durban 5 september, whence dispersed. andes doubled back, leaving durban unescorted on 8 september , calling @ cape town 12–14 september. continuing unescorted crossed south atlantic, called @ trinidad on 25–26 september , reached halifax on 1 october.



the cunard-white star liner britannic sailed andes in 3 convoys: tc 11 , ws 10 in 1941 , ws 19p in 1942


at halifax, andes embarked 2,719 troops , joined eastbound convoy tc 14 uk. carrying 2,454 tons of general cargo. other troop ships in tc 14 monarch of bermuda, reina del pacifico , warwick castle, plus union-castle s capetown castle , union steam ship co s aorangi. light cruiser hms cairo led escort of 7 royal navy , 4 canadian destroyers. tc 14 reached liverpool on 17 october, andes stayed repairs took 12 days.








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