Please note that not all the ships have been given a convoy station number.

Br=British, Am=American, Norw=Norwegian, Bel=Belgian, Du=Dutch, Pa=Panamanian, RV=Rescue Vessel, s=sunk, †=dead.

Also scheduled for this convoy, but did not sail, were:
Zebulon B. Vance and Mormacsul - both joined Convoy SC 77.

* G. S. Walden had been cancelled from the slow Convoy SC 75.

** According to Arnold Hague, Bralanta became a straggler and joined up with the slow Convoy SC 75 on March 26 - see Bralanta. He also says that Ravnefjell detached to Argentia.

* See Convoy PQ 14 to Murmansk

Empire Tide (Catapult freighter. Crated planes), Otina (sand bags under gun mount on stern), British Tenacity (no pennant number is given), Empire Faith (Catapult freighter), Luculus, Stiklestad, Glittre (star on stack), Yaka, Leonatus, Adula, Bralanta (black wire net over stack). At 12:16 the American freighter Bayou Chico went out (KDGK, 5 tanks on decks, several men standing on gun mount at stern have orange lifebelts) but there's no pennant number given. As mentioned, this ship returned and joined the slow Convoy SC 77. At 12:21 the Dutch tanker Magdala went out, then Winona (10 tanks on her decks), Solarium, Marathon, Toledo (crated planes), British Prudence, Torr Head (hand on shield on stack), Dewsbury (Admiralty freighter, "A fi L" on stack), Ravnefjell, Ocean Vestal, Jean Jadot, Vav, Ocean Liberty, Skandinavia (black border on stack, also 'TEXACO T' on stack), and G. S. Walden. The last ship to leave was the British freighter Arabian Prince at 2:15, but she also returned to port, later joining HX 182.

According to Jürgen Rohwer, British Prudence became a straggler and was torpedoed and sunk on March 23 by U-754 in 45 28N 56 13W. A. Hague says she detached to St. John's, N.F. and was sunk on her way there. Roger W. Jordan's "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939" provides the additional information that 3 died, 47 survived (though the year is given as 1941 in this book - must be a misprint).

The rescue vessel for this convoy was Dewsbury, on her 3rd voyage as rescue vessel having been requisitioned as such on July 24-1941 (her first voyage was with Convoy SC 57 in Dec.-1941, and her 2nd with ON 54 in Jan.-1942). She had started this voyage from Clyde with Convoy ON 73 to Halifax (March 5–March17-1942 and returned with HX 181, staying with the convoy until Apr. 2 (returned to Clyde). This info from Arnold Hague's "Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945".

All the Norwegian ships mentioned here are further discussed under their respective letter of the alphabet - ref. index below.

Escorts:
Named on This external page. Among them are the Norwegian corvettes Eglantine and Potentilla.

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