RFA Oligarch Voyage List:                                                           (Where known) Departure Date 19 Sep 1939 09 Oct 1939 19 Oct 1939 26 Oct 1939 04 Nov 1939 01 Dec 1939 20 Dec 1939 04 Jan 1940 18 Jan 1940 10 Feb 1940 24 Mar 1940 17 Apr 1940 30 Apr 1940 19 May 1940 28 May 1940 29 Jun 1940 07 Jul 1940 01 Dec 1940 19 Jan 1941 15 Jul 1941 29 Aug 1942 13 Sep 1942 08 Nov 1942 12 Dec 1942 30 Dec 1942 12 Jan 1943 14/15 Jan 1943 01 Mar 1943 21 Mar 1943 29 May 1943 30 May 1943 04 Jun 1943 22 Jun 1943 21 Aug 1943 Port Southend Freetown Lagos Freetown St Helena Trinidad Freetown Trinidad Halifax Scapa Flow Clyde Trinidad Halifax Liverpool Clyde Scapa Flow Clyde Reykjavik Clyde Clyde Clyde Archangel Kirkwall Methil Kola Inlet Reykjavik Seidisfjord Kola Inlet Methil Tyne Methil Oban Gibraltar Tobruk Arrival Date 25 Oct 1939 20 Nov 1939 02 Jan 1940 16 Jan 1940 01 Feb 1940 12 Feb 1940 11 Apr 1940 27 Apr 1940 14 May 1940 20 May 1940 14 Jun 1940 01 Jul 1940 14 Jul 1940 07 Dec 1940 15 Feb 1941 15 Jun 1941 17 Jul 1941 21 Sep 1942 26 Sep 1942 09 Nov 1942 14 Dec 1942 25 Dec 1942 11 Jan 1943 14 Jan 1943 16 Jan 1943 27 Jan 1943 14 Mar 1943 21 Mar 1943 22 Mar 1943 30 May 1943 01 Jun 1943 15 Jun 1943 06 Jul 1943      (Note: Convoy arrival date. Ship was attacked on 30 June.) 23 Aug 1943 Port Freetown Trinidad Trinidad Halifax Scapa Flow Clyde Trinidad Halifax Liverpool Clyde Scapa Flow Clyde Reykjavik Clyde Loch Ewe Clyde Scapa Flow Archangel Loch Ewe Methil Loch Ewe Kola Inlet Loch Ewe Seidisfjord Loch Ewe Kola Inlet Seidisfjord Methil Tyne Methil Oban Gibraltar Tobruk Alexandria Convoy/Notes OA.7 (Southend - Dispersed) Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent Not Reported Independent OB.116 (Liverpool - Dispersed) (Independent) Independent HX.39 (Halifax - Liverpool) Independent Escorted Escorted Not Reported Not Reported Escorted Independent WN.153 (Oban - Methil) Independent QP.14 (Archangel - Loch Ewe) PQ.18 (Loch Ewe - Archangel) QP.14 (Archangel - Loch Ewe) WN.358 (Loch Ewe - Methil) EN.172 (Methil - Loch Ewe) JW.51A (Loch Ewe - Kola Inlet) RA.51 (Kola Inlet - Loch Ewe) RU.57 (Reykjavik - Loch Ewe) (Escorted) RU.57 (Reykjavik - Loch Ewe) (Escorted) JW.52 (Loch Ewe - Kola Inlet) RA.53 (Kola Inlet - Loch Ewe) WN.405 (Loch Ewe - Methil) FS.1069 (Methil - Southend) Not Reported EN.236 (Methil - Loch Ewe) OS.49KM (Liverpool - Convoy Split) KMS.16G(ex OS 49/KMS 16 - Gibraltar) GTX.3 (Gibraltar - Port Said) UGS.13 (Hampton Rds - Port Said) (Arrived Damaged) Back to RFA Oligarch page                        Home Page                         To: Ottoman Trader