| Depart Liverpool on 26 December 1940 |
| Dispersed on 30 December 1940 |
| Hague's records contain 36 merchants and 6 escorts (32 ships TDS) |
Vessel |
Pdt. |
Tons |
Built |
Cargo |
Notes |
AMAKURA (Br) |
1,987 |
1924 |
PROBABLY AN INDEPENDENT |
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ANDALUSIAN (Br) |
92 |
3,082 |
1918 |
COAL |
FREETOWN |
BARNEVELD (Du) |
83 |
5,597 |
1928 |
GENERAL |
CAPETOWN |
BARRWHIN (Br) |
74 |
4,998 |
1929 |
COAL |
HAMPTON ROADS |
BEGUM (Br) |
82 |
5,843 |
1922 |
GENERAL |
CAPETOWN |
BEREBY (Br) |
72 |
5,248 |
1919 |
FREETOWN |
|
BIANCA (Nor) |
5,688 |
1926 |
WITH ENGINE DEFECTS |
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BODNANT (Br) |
91 |
5,342 |
1919 |
COAL |
SANK IN COLLISION WITH CITY OF BEDFORD |
CAPE BRETON (Br) |
22 |
6,044 |
1940 |
GENERAL |
PANAMA |
CITY OF BARCELONA (Br) |
81 |
5,787 |
1930 |
NYC |
|
CLAN MACNAIR (Br) |
61 |
6,096 |
1921 |
GENERAL |
CAPETOWN |
DIRECTOR (Br) |
51 |
5,107 |
1926 |
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EMPIRE PANTHER (Br) |
65 |
5,600 |
1919 |
BALTIMORE |
|
ETRIB (Br) |
63 |
1,943 |
1919 |
LAGOS |
|
FANAD HEAD (Br) |
73 |
5,038 |
1941 |
HAMPTON ROADS |
|
FLYNDERBORG (Br) |
84 |
2,022 |
1930 |
RETURNED |
|
GENTIAN |
ESCORT 26/12 - 30/12 |
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GEO W MCKNIGHT (Br) |
31 |
12,502 |
1933 |
CURACAO |
|
GOVERNOR (Br) |
42 |
5,571 |
1918 |
CAPETOWN |
|
HAMMAREN (Sw) |
43 |
3,220 |
1930 |
DURBAN |
|
INVERSUIR (Br) |
32 |
9,456 |
1938 |
ARUBA |
|
MACTRA (Br) |
13 |
6,193 |
1936 |
CURACAO |
|
MANCHESTER DIVISION (Br) |
53 |
6,048 |
1918 |
HALIFAX |
|
MATADIAN (Br) |
44 |
4,275 |
1936 |
FREETOWN |
|
OILFIELD (Br) |
64 |
8,516 |
1938 |
ARUBA |
|
OPALIA (Br) |
12 |
6,195 |
1938 |
CURACAO |
|
OPORTO (Br) |
94 |
2,352 |
1928 |
GENERAL |
BARBADOS |
PATELLA (Br) |
62 |
7,468 |
1927 |
TRINIDAD |
|
POLAR CHIEF (Br) |
71 |
8,040 |
1897 |
CURACAO |
|
PORT SAINT JOHN (Br) |
21 |
5,668 |
1938 |
GENERAL |
HALIFAX |
RAWNSLEY (Br) |
23 |
4,998 |
1940 |
STORES |
CAPETOWN |
RHODODENDRON |
ESCORT 26/12 - 30/12 |
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SAGAING (Br) |
41 |
7,958 |
1925 |
FREETOWN |
|
SAN AMADO (Br) |
33 |
7,316 |
1935 |
CURACAO |
|
SOLARIUM (Br) |
53 |
6,239 |
1936 |
CURACAO |
|
SOMERVILLE (Nor) |
4,265 |
1929 |
PUT BACK, COLLISION WITH UNKNOWN SHIP |
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VANQUISHER |
ESCORT 29/12 - 30/12 |
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VISCOUNT |
ESCORT 26/12 - 28/12 |
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VIVI (Nor) |
34 |
6,546 |
1932 |
PORT ARTHUR |
|
WEIRBANK (Br) |
11 |
5,150 |
1925 |
COAL |
CAPETOWN |
WHITEHALL |
ESCORT 29/12 - 30/12 |
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WINCHELSEA |
ESCORT 26/12 - 30/12 |
| Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy OB.265: |
| COMMODORE: V-Adm R ELIOT CBE IN SAGAING |
| VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN MANCHESTER DIVISION |