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HMS / Canadian Hospital Ship LETITIA

Ship's Movements

The table below shows the ship's movements for the Letitia, researched by James McLellan from the ship's movement cards held at the National Archives in London England.

Convoy number Departure Date Departure port Arrival date Destination port Days at sea Days at destn National Archive data
 Other data + source
Convoy checked?                
CT14 8-Apr-42 Clyde 16-Apr-42 Halifax 8 17 Joined Letitia 4 Apr 42
Sailed Glasgow 6 Apr, to Clyde
Repairs at Clyde 		 Convoyweb - sailed with one other
NA8 3-May-42 Halifax 11-May-42 Glasgow 8 19 Carrying commercial cargo
Repairs at Clyde 13-28 May		  
CT17 30-May-42 Glasgow 11-Jun-42 Halifax 12 5   Convoyweb - sailed alone - has departure date of 03 Jun
NA11 16-Jun-42 Halifax 23-Jun-42 Glasgow 7 10 Carrying commercial cargo
Repairs at Clyde 25 Jun - 3 Jul		 Convoyweb - 2370 troops
  3-Jul-42 Greenock 11-Jul-42 Halifax 8 10    
NA13 21-Jul-42 Halifax 29-Jul-42 Clyde 8 9 Carrying commercial cargo
To Glasgow on 2 Aug		 Convoyweb - 2 ships, 4 escorts
CT20? 7-Aug-42 Glasgow 17-Aug-42 Halifax 10 5    
NA15 22-Aug-42 Halifax 30-Aug-42 Clyde 8 57 Repairs at Clyde 1 - 18 Sep
Sailed from Glasgow to ?? 9 Oct		 Internet search - 2 ship convoy, other ship hit and sank a US escort
WS24P / KMF1 26-Oct-42 Clyde 8-Nov-42 Oran 13 2   US troops embarked - Troopship P18;
Passed Gibraltar 6 Nov with Senior US officers embarked - Troopship P21 
Troopship & website - landings at Arzew.  Suspect submarine sunk en-route
  10-Nov-42 Oran 11-Nov-42 Gibraltar 1 3   Uboat attack, torpedos pass fore and aft - Troopship P36
MKF1Y 14-Nov-42 Gibraltar 21-Nov-42 Clyde 7 7   Gibraltar 14 Nov - Troopship P36
15 Nov major convoy battle, carrier Avenger sunk - Troopship P37
15 Nov - SS Ettrick, British troopship also sunk - uboat.net
WS25Q / KMF4 28-Nov-42 Clyde 5-Dec-42 Algiers 7 5   Uboatnet - British destroyer sunk 11 Dec - suspect MKF4 not KMF4
MKF4 10-Dec-42 Algiers 18-Dec-42 Glasgow 8 37 Repairs at Clyde 21 Dec - 7 Jan
?? 11 - 16 Jan		 Troopship P18 - second return from North Africa
Uboatnet - British destroyer sunk
KMF8 24-Jan-43 Clyde 31-Jan-43 Gibraltar 7 4    
MKF8 4-Feb-43 Gibraltar 9-Feb-43 Clyde 5 15 Repairs at Clyde 16 - 20 Feb Early Feb 43 Gib to UK - Troopship P64
KMF10A 24-Feb-43 Clyde 4-Mar-43 Oran 8 3   British Commando Regiment embarked - Troopship P43
MKF10A 7-Mar-43 Oran 8-Mar-43 Gibraltar 1 0    Convoy web has Letitia departing from Algeries
MKF10A 8-Mar-43 Gibraltar 14-Mar-43 Clyde 6 4    
DS38 18-Mar-43 Clyde 21-Mar-43 Reykjavick 3 1   Troopship P26 - Iceland
SD38 22-Mar-43 Reykjavick 26-Mar-43 Clyde 4 18 Repairs at Clyde 15 - 18 Mar Convoyweb - with 2 escorts
DS39 13-Apr-43 Clyde 17-Apr-43 Reykjavick 4 1    
SD39 18-Apr-43 Reykjavick 19-Apr-43 Faroes 1 0   Convoyweb - with 2 escorts
SD39 19-Apr-43 Faroes 21-Apr-43 Clyde 2 28 Repairs at Clyde 24 Apr - 14 May  
KMF15 19-May-43 Clyde 26-May-43 Gibraltar 7 2    
MKF15 28-May-43 Gibraltar 4-Jun-43 Greenock 7 27 Repairs at Clyde 12 - 29 Jun Loading for Sicily - Troopship P46. Convoyweb shows departure port as Algiers
KMF19 1-Jul-43 Clyde 9-Jul-43 Algiers 8 1   Entered Med 7 Jul - Troopship P49
  10-Jul-43 Algiers 19-Jul-43 Augusta 9 0 Dates confused Malta 17-19 Jul - Troopship P51
Air attack on entering Augusta - Troopship P53
Attacked during passage by 2 Italian aircraft - Troopship P74
KMF19Y / MEF37Y 19-Jul-43 Augusta 23-Jul-43 Alexandria 4 11 Dates confused  Convoyweb shows departure from Malta
  3-Aug-43 Alexandria 7-Aug-43 Syracuse 4 0    
  7-Aug-43 Syracuse 10-Aug-43 Algiers 3 9    
  19-Aug-43 Algiers 20-Aug-43 Phillipville 1 0    
  20-Aug-43 Phillipville 22-Aug-43 Augusta 2 0    
  22-Aug-43 Augusta 23-Aug-43 Malta 1 0   Torpedo bomber attack - Troopship P39
  23-Aug-43 Malta 27-Aug-43 Algiers 4 1    
  28-Aug-43 Algiers 28-Aug-43 Phillipville 0 1    
  29-Aug-43 Phillipville 31-Aug-43 Augusta 2 1    
  1-Sep-43 Augusta 4-Sep-43 Algiers 3 4    
  8-Sep-43 Algiers 10-Sep-43 Oran 2 7    
NSF3 17-Sep-43 Oran 21-Sep-43 Salerno 4 1 Salerno not recorded Convoyweb shows Salerno convoy
African-americans embarked - Troopship P61
  22-Sep-43 Salerno 28-Sep-43 Port Said 6 4   End Sep 43 Port Said - Troopship
  2-Oct-43 Port Said 3-Oct-43 Alexandria 1 14    
XIF2A 17-Oct-43 Alexandria 22-Oct-43 Taranto 5 0    
IXF2A 22-Oct-43 Taranto 23-Oct-43 Augusta 1 0    
MKF25 23-Oct-43 Augusta 25-Oct-43 Algiers 2 9    
KMS30 3-Nov-43 Algiers 4-Nov-43 Phillipville 1 1   Uboatnet - French merchant ship sunk
  5-Nov-43 Phillipville 8-Nov-43 Augusta 3 1    
  9-Nov-43 Augusta 13-Nov-43 Algiers 4 8    
  21-Nov-43 Algiers 22-Nov-43 Oran 1 6    
NSF8 28-Nov-43 Oran 2-Dec-43 Naples 4 0    
SNF8 2-Dec-43 Naples 4-Dec-43 Bizerta 2 1    
  5-Dec-43 Bizerta 7-Dec-43 Taranto 2 1   Convoyweb shows Naples instead
Arrived 7 Dec Taranto, from Bizerta carrying US 3rd Inf Bde - Troopship P68
  8-Dec-43 Taranto 9-Dec-43 Augusta 1 0    
XIF5A 9-Dec-43 Augusta 12-Dec-43 Algiers 3 0    Convoyweb show arrival as 13 Dec 43
  12-Dec-43 Algiers 14-Dec-43 Gibraltar 2 0    
  14-Dec-43 Gibraltar 17-Dec-43 Algiers 3 0    
  17-Dec-43 Algiers 22-Dec-43 Port Said 5 26   Somerset LI embarked - Troopship P44
  17-Jan-44 Port Said 18-Jan-44 Alexandria 1 30 Grounded Alexandria  
XIF10 17-Feb-44 Alexandria 20-Feb-44 Naples 3 1    
SNF15 / XIF10 / SNF15 21-Feb-44 Naples 24-Feb-44 Oran 3 5    
NSF16 29-Feb-44 Oran 3-Mar-44 Naples 3 2    
SNF16 5-Mar-44 Naples 8-Mar-44 Oran 3 3    
NSF17 11-Mar-44 Oran 14-Mar-44 Naples 3 1   March 44 Oran - Troopship P55
SNF17 15-Mar-44 Naples 18-Mar-44 Oran 3 6   17 Mar, two adjacent ships hit in same convoy - Troopship p38.
Uboatnet - Dutch troopship and US merchant ship sunk
NSF18 24-Mar-44 Oran 27-Mar-44 Naples 3 1   Smallpox case in disembarking soldier - Troopship P80
SNF18 28-Mar-44 Naples 30-Mar-44 Algiers 2 9 Allocated to STA2?  Military hospital  
MKF29B 8-Apr-44 Algiers 11-Apr-44 Gibraltar 3 0   Algiers - Gib - UK - Troopship P81
MKF29B 11-Apr-44 Gibraltar 17-Apr-44 Greenock 6 1   Algiers - Gib - UK - Troopship P81
  18-Apr-44 Greenock 19-Apr-44 Glasgow 1 21 Repairs at Clyde April 44 Clyde - Troopship P60
ONF236 10-May-44 Glasgow 25-May-44 Montreal 15 165 Fitting out as hospital ship  
  6-Nov-44 Montreal 17-Nov-44 Clyde 11 5 Repairs at Clyde  
  22-Nov-44 Clyde 23-Nov-44 Liverpool 1 3    
  26-Nov-44 Liverpool 8-Dec-44 Halifax 12 5    
  13-Dec-44 Halifax 22-Dec-44 Falmouth 9 0    
  22-Dec-44 Falmouth 22-Dec-44 Southampton 0 3    
  25-Dec-44 Southampton 26-Dec-44 Falmouth 1 0    
  26-Dec-44 Falmouth 2-Jan-45 Halifax 7 2    
  4-Jan-45 Halifax 6-Jan-45 New York 2 1    
  7-Jan-45 New York 18-Jan-45 Gibraltar 11 0    
  18-Jan-45 Gibraltar 21-Jan-45 Marseille 3 3    
  24-Jan-45 Marseille 1-Feb-45 Liverpool 8 12 Voyage repairs  
  13-Feb-45 Liverpool 22-Feb-45 Halifax 9 6    
  28-Feb-45 Halifax 10-Mar-45 Liverpool 10 2 Voyage repairs  
  12-Mar-45 Liverpool 21-Mar-45 Halifax 9 5    
  26-Mar-45 Halifax 4-Apr-45 Southampton 9 4 Voyage repairs  
  8-Apr-45 Southampton 8-Apr-45 Falmouth 0 0    
  8-Apr-45 Falmouth 16-Apr-45 Halifax 8 5    
  21-Apr-45 Halifax 30-Apr-45 Liverpool 9 12 Voyage repairs  
  12-May-45 Liverpool 20-May-45 Halifax 8 6    
  26-May-45 Halifax 4-Jun-45 Southampton 9 3 Voyage repairs  
  7-Jun-45 Southampton 16-Jun-45 Halifax 9 6    
  22-Jun-45 Halifax 30-Jun-45 Avonmouth 8 6    
  6-Jul-45 Avonmouth 17-Jul-45 Halifax 11 4    
  21-Jul-45 Halifax 29-Jul-45 Southampton 8 5    
  3-Aug-45 Southampton 11-Aug-45 Halifax 8 21 Voyage repairs  
  1-Sep-45 Halifax 8-Sep-45 Balboa Panama 7 1    
  9-Sep-45 Balboa Panama 24-Sep-45 Pearl Harbor 15 5 Manila en-route? - unclear  
  29-Sep-45 Pearl Harbor 12-Oct-45 Tacloban, Phill 13 23 Unclear thereafter  
  4-Nov-45 Leyte 6-Nov-45 Manila 2      
Total 519 766
Average 5 8

 

 

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