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CONVOY RA 59
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Left Kola Apr. 28-1944, later dispersed and arrived Loch Ewe and the Clyde May 6 and May 7 (43 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, Norw-Norwegian s=sunk, †=dead, p=passengers |
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Henry Villard Clyde f. o. (Am - 10 p) |
21
John MacDonogh Clyde f. o. (Am) |
31
Fort Brule W. Hartlepool (Br) |
41
Townsend Harris Clyde f. o. (Am) |
51
Fort Kullyspell Clyde f. o. (Br) |
61
Francis Scott Key Clyde f. o. (Am) |
71
Fort Yukon Clyde f. o. (Br - 7 p) |
81 Josef N Nicollet Clyde f. o. (Am) |
91 Fort Columbia Clyde f. o. (Br) |
101 Fort Hall Clyde f. o. (Br) |
111 George T Angell Clyde f. o. (Am - 9 p) |
121 Grace Abbott Clyde f. o. (Am - 10 p) |
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12
Hawkins Fudske Clyde f. o. (Am - 10 p) |
22
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32
Julien Poydras Clyde f. o. (Am - 152 p) |
42
John B Lennon Clyde f. o. (Am - 156 p) |
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Lapland Leith Dock (Br) |
82 William D Byron Clyde f. o. (Am - 139 p) |
92 Andrew Carnegie Clyde f. o. (Am - 160 p) |
102 James Smith Clyde f. o. (Am - 114 p) |
112 Francis Vigo Clyde f. o. (Am - 114 p) |
122 John Davenport Clyde f. o. (Am - 11 p) |
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William McKinley Clyde f. o. (Am - 10 p) |
23
George Gale Clyde f. o. (Am - 11 p) |
33 William S Thayer s - 43† Clyde f. o. (Am - 166 p) |
43 Edward P Alexander Clyde f. o. (Am - 150) |
53 | 63 | 73 | 83 Morris Hillquit Clyde f. o. (Am - 196 p) |
93 William Pepper Clyde f. o. (Am - 112 p) |
103 Nicholas Biddle Clyde f. o. (Am - 110 p) |
113 | 123 Thomas Sim Lee Clyde f. o. (Am) |
| 14 John T Holt Clyde f. o. (Am) |
24 Charles Henderson Clyde f. o. (Am - 112) |
34 Pierre S Dupont Clyde f. o. (Am - 105 p) |
44 William Moultrie Clyde f. o. (Am - 112 p) |
54 | 64 | 74 | 84 Joyce Kilmer Clyde f. o. (Am - 91 p) |
94 John Carver Clyde f. o. (Am - 100 p) |
104 Arunah S Abell Clyde f. o. (Am - 120 p) |
114 Joshua Thomas Clyde f. o. (Am - 108 p) |
124 George M. Cohan Clyde f. o. (Am) |
| 15 | 25 | 35 Robert Eden Clyde f. o. (Am) |
45 Dolabella Clyde (Br) |
55 | 65 | 75 | 85 William Matson Clyde f. o. (Am - ? p) |
95 | 105 Gilbert Stuart Clyde f. o. (Am - 10 p) |
115 | 125 |
| Additionally, Benjamin H. Latrope is mentioned with 137 passengers, and Benjamin Schlesinger with 124. Both were bound for Clyde f. o. - station numbers not known. | |||||||||||
Commodore was in Fort Yukon, Vice Commodore in Fort Brule. Noreg was escort oiler. Many of the ships had passengers on board (officers and ratings) - the number of passengers in each ship is given in parenthesis in the table above. The passengers in the merchant ships were mostly Russians. The American William S Thayer is listed as sunk on Apr. 30 by U-711, but this appears to have been re-evaluated and found to have been U-307. 43 crew and passengers were lost, the majority of the 192 survivors being rescued by the escorting destroyer Whitehall, others by Robert Eden. 3 U-boats were subsequently sunk by HMS Fencer's Swordfish (U-277, U-674 and U-959); the convoy dispersed and arrived Loch Ewe and Clyde on May 6 and 7 respectively. Escorts (passengers were mostly USN personnel): Related external links: The loss of U-277 | The loss of U-674 | The loss of U-959 To the next RA convoy in my list RA 59A |
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