Transcribed from A 1 form received from Ted Agar, England (station numbers), and Advance Sailing Telegram received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined returned to port.

MOWT = Ministry of War Transport

** Kolkhosnik was wrecked off Sambro Island, Nova Scotia on Jan. 16-1942. ("The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan).

Ted Agar's document also lists the following as sailing from Halifax, which are not included in the Advance Sailing Telegram:
British Fintra - station 54; this ship may not have sailed, she shows up again in SC 69, Febr. 10.
British Nascopie - station 16

The ships departed in the following sequence (note that several more are mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram as per table above, which are not included in this list):

The first to leave at 10:28 was the British Dorelian (Commodore ship), followed by Empire Gale (Hurricane LUE), then with a few minutes between each ship:
Losada, Penhale, Brynymor (did not sail), the Greek Theoskepasti, the Polish Zagloba, British Baron Vernon, Panamanian Exterminator and Bonita, Greek Euthalia and Mount Taygetus, British Glendene and Iroquois, Greek Souliotis, Norwegian Evanger, British Katvaldis (Lithuanian, under Ministry of War Transport [R. W. Jordan]), Norwegian Finnanger (no pennant No. given), British Fintra (may not have sailed, also shows up in SC 69, Febr. 10), Randa (Danish, Canadian Gov. 1940-1945 according to R. W. Jordan) and Manaqui, Russian Dneprostroi, flying a Russian flag at stern, mainmast and a British flag at foremast, British Rajahstan, Saint Margaret, Empire Shackleton (Hurricane NJN) and Essex Lance, the Panamanian Bateau, British Lautaro (no pennant No. given for the latter), Empire Lightning, Celtic Monarch, Nascopie, Norwegian Tore Jarl and the Dutch Themisto as the last ship to leave at 13:40.

Related external link:
Russian Convoys - PQ 11, PQ 12, PQ 13 and PQ 14 are included (see also my own page about PQ 13 and PQ 14).

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