Troopship LEOPOLDVILLE repairing in King George V Dock, Glasgow

Troopship TEGELBERG at berth in King George V Dock, Glasgow

EPIROS arrives in Glasgow to be fitted out for invasion

EMPIRE MOORHEN arrived in Glasgow for conversion into a blockship in the Normandy invasion

Norwegian cargo ship MOLDA at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage awaiting inclusion in convoy to New York

Troopship TEGELBERG leaves King George V Dock, Glasgow

Troopship LEOPOLDVILLE due to leave King George V Dock, Glasgow

Norwegian cargo ship MOLDA at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage awaiting inclusion in convoy to New York

SALUTA arrives in Glasgow to be fitted out for invasion

Troopship AORANGI leaves Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage, Greenock in Convoy KMF 29 for Malta

AORANGI was to make one final trooping voyage in 1944, a round trip from the UK to Malta, departing from the Clyde in convoy KMF.29 on February 21st carrying 1,559 troops. She returned with convoy MKF.29 that had left Port Said on March 2nd for Liverpool, carrying 4,143 troops; she arrived at Liverpool on March 16th 1944 and entered a Liverpool dockyard a few days later.

A very full description of the life of AORANGI, both in peacetime and in wartime, is on http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/BPF-EIF/Ships/AORANGI.htm#.WLemRoXXLIU

Norwegian cargo ship MOLDA at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage awaiting inclusion in convoy to New York

ALABAMAN arrives in Glasgow to be fitted out for invasion

META arrived in Glasgow

FERNCOURT leaves Clyde to join Convoy ON225 which originated in Liverpool, for New York City

FERNCOURT had left New York City on 28 January as an escort oiler in Convoy HX277 for the Clyde, arriving February 13

She left the Clyde on February 22 and joined Convoy ON225 which originated in Liverpool, arriving in New York City on March 8

Norwegian cargo ship MOLDA at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage awaiting inclusion in convoy to New York