(The stations given below are at time of departure, and may have changed as the voyage progressed).

Br=British, Du=Dutch, Norw=Norwegian, Pa=Panamanian, Bel=Belgian, Sw=Swedish.

According to Arnold Hague (via this external page about HX 176), the above un-named ships were as follows:
Station 22 - British Tudor Prince
Station 23 - Swedish Gdynia
Station 32 - Norwegian Trondheim
Station 33 - British Silverbeech
Station 41 - British Donovania
Station 42 - Norwegian Haakon Hauan
Station 51 - British Tucurinca
Station 52 - British Megara - returned, sailed in HX 177
Station 62 - Norwegian Olaf Bergh (from HX 175)
Station 63 - British British Character
Station 71 - British Empire Bronze
Station 72 - Norwegian Marit II
Station 73 - British Empire Pearl
Station 81 - British Port Alma
Station 82 - Norwegian Norefjord (from HX 175)
He has no ship in station 13, but he has the Panamanian El Estero in station 12 - straggled.

*Also, A. Hague has some ships in stations where none are listed in Ted's info, as follows:
British Asphalion (92)
British British Diligence (53)

Belgian Gulf in station 83 was originally Belgian - under Panamanian flag from 1942.

The Belgian Prinses Maria-Pia was on charter to the Ministry of War Transport from Oct.-1940 till Apr.-1946 at which time she was returned.

The ships (in Ted's list) departed port in the following sequence:
The first ship to leave at 11:10 was a British freighter (Waroonga), followed 2 minutes later by the Commodore Vessels which was the British freighter in station 51 (in other words, Tucurinca according to A. Hague), then with a few minutes between each ship the British James J. Maguire, a tanker (41 - no nationality given, but according to A. Hague this was the British Donovania), the British Waroonga, Ruahine and Marquesa, a Norwegian freighter (82 - Norefjord), the Belgian Prinses Maria-Pia, a Norwegian tanker (42 - Haakon Hauan), a British freighter (33 - Silverbeech), British tanker (73 - Empire Pearl), British freighter (22 - Tudor Prince), unnamed Panamanian freighter (13 - El Estero), unnamed Swedish freighter (23 - Gdynia), a Norwegian tanker (72 - Marit II) a Norwegian freighter (62 - Olaf Bergh) and another unnamed Norwegian tanker (32 - Trondheim), the Panamanian Belgian Gulf followed by 2 unnamed British tankers (52 and 71 - Megara and Empire Bronze), the British passenger vessel Neleus, an unnamed freighter (station 81 - no nationality given, but as mentioned, this was the British Port Alma), the British liner Fort Amherst (either returned or cancelled - listed in HX 179) and the last ship to leave at 12:48 was a British tanker for station 63, which according to A. hague was British Character.

Escorts:
Named on this external page about HX 176

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