Convoy OB.314

Depart Liverpool on 23 April 1941
Dispersed 61.05N 35.25W on 30 April 1941
Hague's records contain 31 merchants and 15 escorts (33 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
ABELIA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/04 - 28/04
AMAZON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 27/04 - 29/04
ANADYR (Br)
12
5,321
1930
 
W AFRICA
ASHWORTH (Br)
71
5,227
1920
 
NYC
ATHELPRINCE (Br)
31
8,782
1926
 
CIEFUEGOS
AYMERIC (Br)
72
5,196
1919
 
MONTREAL
BARRWHIN (Br)
73
4,998
1929
 
HALIFAX
BAXTERGATE (Br)
61
5,531
1925
 
MONTREAL
BENVENUE (Br)
63
5,920
1927
 
BOMBAY, SUNK AFTER DISPERSAL
BRADBURN (Br)
36
4,736
1930
 
DURBAN
CHESTERFIELD 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 27/04 - 30/04
DOUGLAS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/04 - 28/04
EL GRILLO (Br)
21
7,264
1922
 
JAMAICA
EMPIRE DAWN (Br)
65
7,241
1941
 
MONTREAL
EMPIRE LIGHTNING (Br)
24
6,942
1940
 
MONTREAL
EMPIRE ZEPHYR (Br)
52
6,327
1941
 
MONTREAL
FERNCASTLE (Nor)
34
9,940
1936
 
ARUBA
GLADIOLUS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/04 - 28/04
GRADO (Nor)
75
3,082
1918
 
SAN FERDANINO
HOLLYHOCK 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 28/04 - 30/04
LEAMINGTON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/04 - 28/04
MAJA (Br)
33
8,181
1931
 
CURACAO
MANCHESTER COMMERCE (Br)
41
5,343
1925
 
QUEBEC
NEW TEXAS (Br)
42
6,568
1919
 
BATHURST
NIGELLA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 28/04 - 30/04
NOTTS COUNTY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/04 - 28/04
ORNEFJELL (Nor)
 
1,334
1937
 
 
ROXBOROUGH 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/04 - 28/04
SAN ALVARO (Br)
23
7,385
1935
 
CURACAO
SAN AMBROSIO (Br)
35
7,410
1935
 
ARUBA
SAN DEMETRIO (Br)
53
8,073
1938
 
AFTER LARGE REPAIR
ST ELSTAN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/04 - 28/04
ST KENAN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/04 - 28/04
ST ZENO 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/04 - 28/04
SWIFTPOOL (Br)
74
5,205
1929
 
HALIFAX
TAXIARCHIS (Gk)
25
4,221
1913
 
 
TERKOELI (Du)
64
5,158
1923
 
CAPETOWN
TORR HEAD (Br)
51
5,021
1937
 
MONTREAL
VANJA (Nor)
22
6,198
1929
 
CURACAO
VELOX (Nor)
11
3,831
1922
 
PANAMA
VERONICA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/04 - 28/04
VIZALMA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/04 - 28/04
VOLTURNO (Br)
13
3,420
1914
 
FREETOWN
WARFIELD (Br)
62
6,070
1917
 
DURBAN
YNGAREN (Sw)
32
5,246
1921
 
CAPETOWN
ZAAFARAN (Br)
43
1,559
1921
 
RESCUE SHIP

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy OB.314:

    LEAMINGTON RETURNED TO LONDONDERRY AFTE FIRE ONBOARD
    SHERWWOD DETACHED TO SL 71
    DOUGLAD AND OCEAN ESCORT DETACHED TO HX 121
    COMMODORE: R-Adm E W LEIR DSO IN MANCHESTER COMMERCE
    VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN BAXTERGATE
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.