Convoy OB.221

Depart Liverpool on 29 September 1940
Dispersed 56.43N 20.29W on 3 October 1940
Hague's records contain 30 merchants and 10 escorts (35 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
ANTHONY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/09 - 03/10
ARABIS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/09 - 02/10
ASHWORTH (Br)
11
5,227
1920
COAL
MONTREAL
ATHELQUEEN (Br)
23
8,780
1928
 
 
ATHELTEMPLAR (Br)
73
8,992
1930
 
TRINIDAD
BLACKFLY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/09 - 30/09
BOTHNIA (Br)
34
2,407
1928
GENERAL
BATHURST
BRADBURN (Br)
12
4,736
1930
 
MONTREAL
CALENDULA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/09 - 03/10
CASTLETON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 19/10 - 23/10
CITY OF MANILA (Br)
43
7,452
1916
 
CAPETOWN
CLAN ALPINE (Br)
52
5,442
1918
 
DURBAN
COLONIAL (Br)
61
5,108
1926
 
MOBILE
COREOPSIS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/09 - 29/09
CORNISH CITY (Br)
13
4,952
1936
 
NYC
DANAE II (Br)
22
2,660
1936
 
SYDNEY CB
DORELIAN (Br)
72
6,431
1923
GENERAL
MONTREAL
DRANGEY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 19/10 - 23/10
EASTGATE (Br)
82
5,032
1940
 
CURACAO
EDWARD F JOHNSON (Br)
31
10,452
1937
 
ARUBA
EMPIRE EAGLE (Br)
 
5,582
1919
 
PUT BACK
ENSIS (Br)
32
6,207
1937
 
HOUSTON
GALLIA (Nor)
63
9,974
1939
 
 
GLENPARK (Br)
21
5,136
1939
COAL
ADEN
KENBANE HEAD (Br)
91
5,225
1919
COAL
MONTREAL
LADY ELSA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/09 - 30/09
LAPLAND (Br)
14
1,330
1936
PATENT FUEL
ANTIGUA
MAGICIAN (Br)
81
5,105
1925
GENERAL
BARBADOS
MALAYA II (Br)
71
8,651
1921
BRICKS
MONTREAL
MANCHESTER PROGRESS (Br)
51
5,620
1938
 
QUEBEC
MARY SLESSOR (Br)
41
5,027
1930
 
DURBAN
MEANDROS (Gk)
83
4,581
1919
 
WABANA
PAYNTER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 19/10 - 23/10
PICOTEE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 19/10 - 22/10
ROSEWOOD (Br)
 
5,989
1931
 
PUT BACK
SANGARA (Br)
42
4,174
1939
 
BATHURST
SOLFONN (Nor)
53
9,925
1939
 
ARUBA
TILAPA (Br)
62
5,392
1928
 
JAMAICA
TISNAREN (Sw)
33
5,747
1918
 
DURBAN
TORVANGER (Nor)
74
6,568
1920
 
PANAMA

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy OB.221:

    ESCORT DETACHED TO HX 75
    COMMODORE: V-Adm P E PARKER DSO IN MANCHESTER PROGRESS
    VICE COMMODORE: R-Adm E K BODDAM-WHETHAM CBE DSO IN MAGICIAN
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.