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REINFORCEMENT CONVOYS - SINGAPORE
From OM File A.D.M. 199/1185 P.R.O. KEW
| Convoy No |
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| BM 9A |
Devonshire - Lancashire - Ethiopia
- Varsova - Rasula ESCORTS: Dragon - Durban - Vampire - Jupiter - Encounter - Hobart From: Bombay 1.12.1941 to Singapore Arr: 3.1.1942 45th INDIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE |
| BM 9B |
El Medina - Risaldar - Rajput - Jalarajan - Maduar ESCORTS: Danae - Electra - Express - Stronghold - Goulburn Burnie - Tromp - De Ruyter - Hobart From: Bombay 22.12.1941 to Singapore 6.1.1942 M.T. AND STORES FOR 45th INDIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE |
|
DN 1
Ex WS 12 ZM |
Narkunda - Oranje - Sussex - Abbekerk
- Mount Vernon ESCORTS: Emerald - Exeter - Durban - Hobart - Jumna Jupiter - Encounter - Vampire From: Durban 24.12.1941 to Singapore 13.1.1942 53rd INFANTRY BRIGADE GROUP 232 SQUADRON R.A.F. 6th HEAVY & 35th LIGHT REGIMENTS 85TH ANTI/TANK REGIMENT Mount Vernon ex SS Washington |
| BM 10 |
Cap St Jaques - Talthybius - Islami - Rohna - Ekina
- Takliwa Jalakaishna - Subadar - Jalanisar - Brittany - Loch - Ranza - Jalaratna ESCORTS: Exeter - Enterprise - Danae - Electra - Stronghold Sutlej - Yarra From: Bombay 8.1.1942 to Singapore 25.1.1942 44th INDIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE (6000 TROOPS) M.T. & STORES FOR 12th DIVISION. CARRIERS FOR RECCE REGIMENT |
| S 2 |
Aquitania (To RATAI BAY, JAVA) TRANS-SHIPPED
INTO SMALLER DUTCH STEAMERS FOR ON CARRIAGE TO SINGAPORE. ESCORTS: Canberra - Express - Thanet - Tenedos - Vampire Dragon - Java From: Sydney 10.1.1942 to Ratai Bay, Java 20.1.1942 to Singapore AFTER TRANS-SHIPMENT TO SMALLER VESSELS 24.1.1942 2/4 M.G. BTN. AIF REINFORCEMENTS FOR 8th DIV (3,500) |
| BM 11 |
Empire Star - Duchess of Bedford - Empress of Japan
Wakefield - West Point ESCORTS: Exeter - Dragon - Durban - Glasgow - Thanet Tenedos - Express - Electra - Caledon From: Bombay 19.1.1942 to Singapore 29.1.1942 5 LIGHT A.A. BATTERIES, 1 LIGHT TANK SQUADRON - RAILWAY COY (18th DIV LESS BRIGADE GROUP 17000 TROOPS & STORES) West Point ex SS America - Wakefield ex SS Manhattan |
| DN 2 (EX WS 14D) |
Warwick Castle - Empress of Australia - City of
Pretoria - Troilus Malancha - Dunera - City of Canterbury ESCORTS: From: Durban 14.1.1942 arrived Batavia 3rd & 5th 2.1942 WING H.Q. AND GROUND STAFF SINGAPORE FOR 3 FIGHTER SQUADRONS 77th HEAVY AND 21st LIGHT A.A. REGTS 4000 TROOPS A.A. GUNS M.T. & STORES 48th LIGHT A.A. REGIMENT |
| BM 12 |
Empress of Asia - Felix Roussel - Devonshire -
Plancius (City of Canterbury JOINED OFF BATAVIA 3/4 2.1942) From: Bombay 23.1.1942 to Singapore 5.2.1942 ESCORTS: Encounter - Exeter - Danae - Sutlej - Yarra DRAFTS FOR 9th & 11th DIVISIONS 3800 TROOPS & STORES DIV TROOPS FOR 18th DIVISION |
| CONVOYS COMBINED AT 05012/28 IN 0105 N 9128 E, BUT
DN 2 AFTERWARDS DIVERTED TO BATAVIA EXCEPT City of Canterbury WHICH JOINED BM 12 AND WENT ON TO SINGAPORE. BECAUSE OF DIFFICULTIES AT TIME AUTHORITIES UNSURE OF EXACT NUMBER OF TROOPS TAKEN. |