Br=British, Am=American, Norw=Norwegian, Ru=Russian, Bel=Belgian. s=sunk, †=dead

*The following ships, said to have come from HX 178, are listed in Convoy PQ 14 to Murmansk at the end of March:
The American Hegira, Ironclad and Francis Scott Key. The Russian icebreaker Krassin is also mentioned in the notes for this convoy, but is listed as sailing in PQ 15 in Arnold Hague's "Convoys to Russia 1941-1945".

The American Collamer became a straggler and was torpedoed and sunk on March 5 by U 404 (44 19N 63 09W), 7 died, 31 survived (R. W. Jordan).

The ships left port in the following sequence:
The first ship to leave at 11:12 was the Russian ice breaker Krassin followed a few mintues later by Manchester Commerce (Flagship), then Baron Jedburgh, Taranaki, San Venancio, Salacia (crated planes), Polarsol, Empire Opal, Ville de Tamatave, Polartank, Emma Bakke (Admiralty flag, decks covered with crates, the ship is a mass of posts), Collamer, a Belgian freighter (Brabant), an American freighter (Hegira - crates with green diagonal stripes, sand bags ahead of super structure, doors, boards etc. flung all over the ship), Skiensfjord, Empire Airman, Francis Scott Key, a Norwegian tanker (Katy, 63), Celtic Star, Bayano, Bello, Argos Hill and then Ironclad as the last ship to leave at 12:53.

Related external link:
The attack on Collamer

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