Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Monday, February 21, 1944 @ 1200
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		AORANGI (1924-1940 Passenger liner of Union Steamship Company, then 1940-1946 Troopship and Depot ship, then 1948-1953 Passenger Liner 600 feet long of Union S.S. Company) Own Page

Troopship AORANGI leaves Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage, Greenock in Convoy KMF 29 for Malta
Ship's locationTail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryNew Zealand
Sailing forMalta
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, London

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