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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