See alo ON 34 and subsequent ON convoys.

Br=British, Ice=Icelandic, Sw=Swedish, Du=Dutch, Norw=Norwegian.

The Rescue Vessel Copeland was also with this convoy for a while (from Dec. 24) - see Notes below.

T. Agar's form only had 10 columns. According to A. Hague (via the external website that I've linked to further up on this page), the convoy consisted of 11 columns, and the unnamed ships above were as follows - note that these ships do not necessarily match up with T. Agar's list with regard to whether the ship was a tanker or a steamer:
In station 115 - Panamanian Alan-a-Dale
In station 32 - British Benledi
In station 94 - British British Destiny
In station 81 - British British Tenacity
In station 75 - Norwegian Bronxville (but not a tanker)
In station 13 - British Cairnvalona
In station 113 - British Cape Horn
In station 104 - Dutch Cistula
In station 95 - Norwegian Daghild
In station 82 - British Daronia
In station 91 - British Empire Amethyst
In station 101 - British Empire Bronze
In station 12 - British Empire Hawk
In station 111 - British Empire Ocean
In station 31 - British Empire Swan
In station 84 - Norwegian Fenja
In station 102 - Swedish Gdynia
In station 43 - Norwegian Hardanger
In station 74 - Dutch Hercules
In station 114 - British Indus
In station 44 - Norwegian Lise
In station 54 - British Mactra
In station 33 - Dutch Magdala
In station 53 - Dutch Ondina
In station 103 - Norwegian Pan Norway
In station 92 - British Pomella
In station 73 - Norwegian Salamis
In station 62 - British San Delfino
In station 35 - British Siris
In station 15 - British Suva
In station 34 - Norwegian Sydhav
In station 63 - Norwegian Vardefjell
In station 112 - British Wayfarer

The Icelandic Dettifoss is listed in station 21 instead of 24, as above.
The British Clan Mcnair is also included - station unknown.

* He has the British Pacific Exporter in station 61, instead of Cuba above. Cuba is not included in Hague's list; it's possible she left port for other reasons than to join HX 165. In fact, on checking further, I find that there's a Cuba listed in Convoy TC 16 (external link), which left Halifax for Clyde on the same day. (This was probably the ex French Cuba, captured by the Royal Navy on Oct. 31-1940 and sailed as troop ship for MOWT).

Empire Pearl became the Norwegian D/T Norheim in March-1942.

Rescue Ship was Copeland, on her 14th voyage as Rescue Ship, having been requisitioned as such on Dec. 20-1940. She had started this voyage at Clyde and was with Convoy ON 47 from Dec. 15 until dispersed Dec. 23-1941 (see ships in ON convoys), then returned to Clyde with HX 165, being with this convoy from Dec. 24 till the 28th. ("Convoy Rescue Ships", Arnold Hague).

Related external links:
According to
this webpage, USS Swanson, Buck, McCormick, Herbert and Greer formed part of the escort for this convoy (scroll down to "Second trip to Iceland").

Convoy HX 165 - Escorts at various times of the passage are listed as Boadicea, Commandant Detroyat, Cowichan, Hamilton, Heather, Kamloops, Lobelia, Molde, Narcissus, and Saskatoon, and USS Buck, Greer, Herbert, McCormick and Swanson.

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