Convoy OB.343

Depart Liverpool on 6 July 1941
Dispersed 46N 55W 1240Z on 21 July 1941
Hague's records contain 76 merchants and 17 escorts (75 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
AGHIOS SPYRIDON (Gk)
13
3,338
1905
 
SYDNEY CB
AGIOS GEORGIOS (Gk)
122
4,248
1911
 
WABANA
AGRA (Sw)
36
4,569
1925
 
HAMPTON ROADS
AMSTEL (Du)
64
2,115
1925
 
CURACAO
AROSA (Nor)
45
5,043
1924
 
HALIFAX
ATHELDUCHESS (Br)
 
8,940
1929
 
 
AUSONIA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/07 - 20/07
AVRA (Gk)
55
4,652
1912
 
PORT ALFRED
BENTE MAERSK (Br)
63
5,722
1928
 
NYC
BLAIRATHOLL (Br)
61
3,319
1925
 
SYDNEY CB
BONITA (Pan)
86
4,929
1918
 
BALTIMORE
BRITISH CAPTAIN (Br)
103
6,968
1923
 
NYC
BRITISH COURAGE (Br)
42
6,952
1928
 
NYC
BRITISH MARINER (Br)
116
6,996
1922
 
CURACAO
BRITISH RESOURCE (Br)
113
7,209
1931
 
BALTIMORE
BRYNHILD (Br)
32
2,195
1907
 
ST JOHN NB
BRYNYMOR (Br)
121
4,771
1936
 
BOSTON
CALEDONIA(Sw) (Sw)
93
1,268
1913
 
QUEBEC
CARDIUM (Br)
44
8,236
1931
 
CURACAO
CAROLINE MOLLER (Br)
74
444
1910
RESCUE TUG
ST JOHNS NF
CISTULA (Du)
53
8,097
1939
 
NYC
CITY OF FLORENCE (Br)
102
6,862
1918
 
TRINIDAD
CLARKIA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 06/07 - 20/07
CORONDA (Br)
73
7,503
1899
 
NYC
DIANELLA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 06/07 - 12/07
EMPIRE ALBATROSS (Br)
57
4,714
1918
 
PROVIDENCE RI
EMPIRE CHEETAH (Br)
15
5,507
1918
 
RETURNED
EMPIRE FLAME (Br)
87
7,069
1941
CAM SHIP
HALIFAX
EMPIRE IMPALA (Br)
105
6,116
1920
 
 
EMPIRE LOTUS (Br)
111
3,696
1920
 
MONTREAL
EMPIRE OPOSSUM (Br)
22
5,644
1918
 
BOSTON
EMPIRE SPRINGBUCK (Br)
81
5,591
1918
 
TAMPA
EMPIRE SUN (Br)
47
6,952
1941
 
CAM SHIP, HALIFAX
EMPIRE SUNBEAM (Br)
82
6,711
1941
 
BALTIMORE
EMPIRE TRADER (Br)
21
9,990
1908
 
BERMUDA
EMPIRE WHALE (Br)
124
6,159
1919
 
NYC
EMPIRE ZEPHYR (Br)
104
6,327
1941
 
BALTIMORE
EVVIVA (Nor)
114
1,597
1921
 
ARGENTIA
FANEFJELD (Nor)
123
1,354
1920
 
SYDNEY CB
FANO (Da)
34
1,889
1922
 
SYDNEY CB
FERNCOURT (Nor)
 
9,918
1938
 
BOMBED AND BADLY DAMAGE, RET M HAVEN
FLORA II (Br)
26
1,218
1909
 
ICELAND
FLYNDERBORG (Br)
23
2,022
1930
 
MONTREAL
GENERTON (Br)
31
4,797
1936
 
HALIFAX
GLAISDALE (Br)
101
3,777
1929
 
MONTREAL
GRADO (Nor)
115
3,082
1918
 
TAMPA
GYDA (Br)
62
1,695
1934
 
MONTREAL
GYPSUM QUEEN (Br)
51
3,915
1927
 
NEW ORLEANS
HARVESTER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/07 - 20/07
HENRIK IBSEN (Nor)
56
4,671
1906
 
SYDNEY CB
HEPATICA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/07 - 20/07
IDEFJORD (Nor)
33
4,287
1921
 
MONTREAL
JOANNIS (Gk)
92
3,667
1909
 
WABANA
KALEV (Est)
16
1,867
1917
 
ICELAND
KINGCUP 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 06/07 - 12/07
KOUMOUNDOUROS (Gk)
25
3,598
1925
 
BERMUDA
LADY ELSA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 06/07 - 12/07
LARPOOL (Br)
11
3,872
1924
 
MONTREAL
LARS KRUSE (Br)
95
1,807
1923
 
LEWISPORT
LEOPOLD II (Bel)
46
2,902
1906
 
WABANA
MAGDALA (Du)
54
8,248
1931
 
NYC
MAKEFJELL (Nor)
106
1,567
1932
 
ICELAND
MAN O WAR 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 06/07 - 12/07
MICHAEL L EMBIRICOS (Gk)
 
5,202
1918
 
WABANA
MOUNT HELIKON (Gk)
65
5,525
1918
 
NYC
NESTTUN (Nor)
12
1,271
1917
 
HALIFAX
NORTHERN DAWN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 06/07 - 12/07
PETERSTON (Br)
71
4,680
1925
 
NEUVITAS
PRIMROSE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/07 - 20/07
SABRE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 06/07 - 12/07
SCHUYLKILL (Br)
72
8,965
1928
 
NYC
SHIKARI 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 06/07 - 12/07
SLEMDAL (Nor)
43
7,374
1931
 
NYC
SOBORG (Da)
94
1,993
1924
 
SYDNEY CB
SPURT (Nor)
66
2,061
1918
 
MONTREAL
STALOWA WOLA (Pol)
35
3,133
1924
 
NYC
STAR (Nor)
85
1,531
1922
 
MONTREAL
SUDERHOLM (Nor)
52
4,908
1917
 
NYC
TABORFJELL (Nor)
84
1,339
1933
 
SYDNEY CB
THYRA II (Br)
34
1,088
1923
 
ICELAND
TOVELIL (Br)
125
2,225
1925
 
CLARK CITY
TOWARD (Br)
75
1,571
1923
 
RESCUE SHIP
TRADER (Br)
41
6,087
1940
 
BARBADOS
TRILLIUM 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/07 - 23/07
TROMPENBERG (Du)
14
1,995
1919
 
CURACAO
TRONGATE (Br)
91
3,979
1924
 
PROVIDENCE RI
TULIP 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/07 - 20/07
VASSILIOS A POLEMIS (Gk)
83
3,429
1907
 
WABANA
VENOMOUS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 06/07 - 12/07
WEARWOOD (Br)
112
4,597
1930
 
MONTREAL
WELLARD 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 06/07 - 12/07
WINDFLOWER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/07 - 20/07
ZYPENBERG (Du)
126
4,973
1920
 
TAMPA

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy OB.343:

    VENOMOUS DEFECTS 12.7 AND TOWED TO ICELAND BY SABRE
    EASTERN ESCORT JOINED HX 136
    COMMODORE: Capt C G ILLINGWORTH RD RNR IN BLAIRATHOLL
    VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN TRADER
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.