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CONVOY RA 56
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Left Kola Inlet Febr. 3-1944, arrived Loch Ewe Febr. 11 - initially 39 ships |
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| Transcribed with the help of "Convoys to Russia 1941-1945", Bob Ruegg / Arnold Hague, and Advance Sailing Telegram received from Tony Cooper.
Br=British, Am=American, Pan=Panamanian, Norw-Norwegian The British Empire Pickwick and the American Philip Livingston were also in this convoy but returned to Murmansk. Note that several of the ships in this convoy later proceeded to the U.S. with Convoy ON 224. |
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Eugene Field Loch Ewe f. o. U.S.A. (Am) |
21
Collis P Huntington Loch Ewe f. o. U.S.A. (Am) |
31
Ocean Gypsy? * Birkenhead (Br) |
41
Horace Grey Loch Ewe f. o. U.S.A. (Am) |
51
Thistledale Tyne (Br) |
61
Will Rogers Loch Ewe f. o. U.S.A. (Am) |
71
John Vining Loch Ewe f. o. U.S.A. (Am) |
81 Stage Door Canteen Loch Ewe f. o. U.S.A. (Am) |
91 John J Abel Loch Ewe f. o. U.S.A. (Am) |
101 Ocean Viceroy W. Hartlepool (Br) |
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12
Thomas Scott Loch Ewe f. o. U.S.A. (Am) |
22
Lewis Emery Jr. Loch Ewe f. o. U.S.A. (Am) |
32
Fort Hall Glasgow (Br) |
42
Fort Missanabie Birkenhead (Br) |
72
British Statesman Clyde (Br) |
82 Fort Nakasley Mersey f. o. (Br) |
92 James Woodrow Liverpool (Am) |
102 Ocean Messenger Tyne (Br) |
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13
Fort Astoria * Grangemouth (Br) |
23
John Fitch Loch Ewe f. o. U.S.A. (Am) |
33 Daniel Willard Loch Ewe f. o. U.S.A. (Am) |
43 Empire Lionel Manchester (Br) |
53 Ocean Valour Mersey f. o. (Br) |
63 | 73 Fort Kullyspell Middlesbrough (Br) |
83 James A Farrell Manchester (Am) |
93 Harold L Winslow Loch Ewe f. o. U.S.A. (Am) |
103 John Wanamaker Loch Ewe f. o. U.S.A. (Am) |
| 14 | 24 Fort Vercheres Middlesbrough (Br) |
34 George Weems Loch Ewe f. o. U.S.A. (Am) |
44 Brockholst Livingston Loch Ewe f. o. U.S.A. (Am) |
54 Empire Archer Immingham (Br) |
64 | 74 Fort Thompson Manchester (Br) |
84 Cardinal Gibbons Loch Ewe f. o. U.S.A. (Am) |
94 Ocean Pride Manchester (Br) |
104 Thomas U Walter Loch Ewe f. o. U.S.A. (Am) |
| * These 2 ships are both listed with station 13, I'm guessing one of them might be a printing error and should be 31(?) | |||||||||
Commodore was in Will Rogers, Vice Commodore in Fort Hall and Rear Commodore in Fort Nakasley. (This was a combination of the ships that had been in eastbound Convoys JW 56A and JW 56B (available at the external link below). The escorts of the 2 convoys were also combined to form the escort for RA 56. The Panamanian Norlys was escort oiler as was the Norwegian Noreg. No attacks. Escorts: Related external link: To the next RA convoy in my list RA 57 |
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