Br=British, Du=Dutch, Norw=Norwegian, Sw=Swedish, Am=American, Gr=Greek.

Expositor had been cancelled from the slow Convoy SC 74 - later joined Convoy PQ 15 to Murmansk.

Asbjørn was originally Danish - came under the control of the Canadian government in 1940.

The ships left port in the following sequence:
The first ship to leave at 10:55 was Llanstephan Castle, then with a few minutes between each ship Blankaholm, Tortuguero (Flagship), Hektoria (whale oil factory), followed by the British Catapult freighters Empire Ocean (crated planes) and Empire Spray ("B" flag, crated a/c), then Stuart Prince, Cairnvalona (crated planes), Samuel Bakke, Empire Stanley (Catapult freighter, - notation: "Very broad stack with what I call a telegraph pole alongside it"), then Eclipse, El Aleto, Athelknight, Sandanger, Athelprincess, Ancylus, Medon, Atlantic, Audacious, San Eliseo, Clan Farquhar, Alcoa Rambler (crates and a tank), Idefjord, Mount Kyllene, Sovac (large "S"), Lancastrian Prince, Settler, Dromore, Consuelo, Ocean Viking, Expositor, Asbjørn, British Corporal, Paul Luckenbach. The last ship to leave at 13:12 was the British liner Fort Townshend with a notation saying "There are soldiers aboard with lifebelts on, naval officers and civilians".

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