Convoy OB.162

Depart Liverpool on 5 June 1940
Dispersed on 8 June 1940
Hague's records contain 30 merchants and 1 escorts (29 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
AINDERBY (Br)
 
4,860
1925
 
NEWPORT MON
ARSENAL 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 05/06 - 08/06
ASHANTIAN (Br)
14
4,917
1935
 
FREETOWN
ASSYRIAN (Br)
61
2,962
1914
 
NYC
BASIL (Br)
51
4,913
1928
GENERAL
PARA
BONNEVILLE (Nor)
52
4,665
1929
 
NYC
BRITISH COURAGE (Br)
42
6,952
1928
 
TRINIDAD
CITY OF OXFORD (Br)
21
2,759
1926
 
BALTIMORE
DALEMOOR (Br)
33
5,835
1922
COAL
ST LAWRENCE
EUROPA (Br)
31
10,224
1931
GENERAL
QUEBEC
GEDDINGTON COURT (Br)
23
6,903
1928
 
BALTIMORE
GREGALIA (Br)
71
5,802
1929
GENERAL
MONTREAL
GYPSUM QUEEN (Br)
32
3,915
1927
 
HAMPTON ROADS
INNERTON (Br)
54
5,276
1919
 
MONTREAL
JUSTITIA (Br)
 
4,562
1935
 
 
KELET (Hung)
63
4,295
1913
 
WABANA
KIRNWOOD (Br)
53
3,829
1928
COAL
MONTREAL
MABRITON (Br)
43
6,694
1920
GENERAL
ST LAWRENCE
MAGICIAN (Br)
41
5,105
1925
GENERAL
BARBADOS
MANISTEE (Br)
22
5,360
1920
 
CAMEROONS
MARCONI (Br)
12
7,402
1917
 
PLATE
MARISTON (Br)
72
4,557
1924
 
WABANA
MOUNT KASSION (Gk)
74
7,914
1918
 
ST LAWRENCE
OPALIA (Br)
11
6,195
1938
 
CORPUS CHRISTI
REYNOLDS (Br)
 
5,113
1927
 
NEWPORT MON
SAN EMILIANO (Br)
62
8,071
1939
 
CORPUS CHRISTI
SCOTTISH STAR (Br)
 
7,224
1917
GENERAL
LONDON
TORTUGUERO (Br)
44
5,285
1921
 
CAMEROONS
TREDINNICK (Br)
24
4,589
1921
 
GULF PORTS
VANCOUVER (Br)
13
5,729
1928
 
ARUBA
WHITE CREST (Br)
73
4,365
1928
 
BALTIMORE

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy OB.162:

    COMMODORE: V-Adm F A SOMMERVILLE DSO IN EUROPA
    VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN BASIL
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.