Convoy ON.86

Depart Liverpool on 14 April 1942.
Arrived Cape Cod on 29 April 1942.
Hague's records contain 48 merchants and 16 escorts (45 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
ACANTHUS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 14/04 - 26/04
AGIOS VLASIOS (Gk)
92
2,974
1918
 
HALIFAX
AUDACIOUS (Pan)
82
7,455
1913
 
 
BARON FAIRLIE (Br)
62
6,706
1925
 
NEW ORLEANS
BARON SEMPLE (Br)
41
4,573
1939
 
 
BIFROST (Sw)
13
1,781
1923
 
HALIFAX
BONDE (Nor)
81
1,570
1936
 
HALIFAX
BRITISH PROGRESS (Br)
45
4,581
1927
 
BALTIMORE
BUR (Nor)
53
4,343
1917
 
SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS
CAIRNVALONA (Br)
22
4,929
1918
 
 
CASTILIAN (Br)
102
3,067
1919
GENERAL
MONTREAL
CONDYLIS (Gk)
94
4,439
1914
 
 
CONSUELO (Br)
21
4,847
1937
GENERAL
NYC
CYDONIA (Br)
104
3,517
1927
 
 
DELILIAN (Br)
31
6,423
1923
 
MONTREAL
DETTIFOSS (Ice)
 
1,564
1930
 
JD EX ICELAND 17.4 IN 54.15N 24.33W
DRAMMENSFJORD (Nor)
 
5,339
1920
 
 
DUNAV (Yug)
54
4,369
1912
 
 
EGLANTINE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/04 - 26/04
EGTON (Br)
103
4,363
1938
 
HALIFAX
ELIZABETH MASSEY (Br)
61
4,323
1929
 
 
EMPIRE BUNTING (Br)
42
6,448
1919
 
 
EMPIRE OCEAN (Br)
11
6,765
1941
 
CAM SHIP, HALIFAX
EMPIRE OPOSSUM (Br)
14
5,644
1918
 
NORFOLK,VA
EMPIRE SPEY (Br)
93
4,292
1929
 
BOSTON
EMPIRE UNION (Br)
23
5,952
1924
CHINA CLAY
ST JOHN NB
FJALLFOSS (Ice)
 
1,451
1919
 
JD EX ICELAND 17.4 IN 54.15N 24.33W
FYLINGDALE (Br)
71
3,918
1924
 
MONTREAL
HALIFAX 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 26/04 -
HARPEFJELL (Nor)
63
1,333
1939
 
CORNERBROOK
HARTBRIDGE (Br)
25
5,080
1927
 
 
HJELMAREN (Sw)
44
2,467
1922
 
 
KALLIOPI (Gk)
75
4,965
1910
CHALK
HALIFAX
KIRSTEN MAERSK (Br)
34
2,410
1920
 
HALIFAX
LAUTARO (Br)
43
6,240
1915
 
RETURNED
LYLEPARK (Br)
91
5,186
1929
CHALK
NYC
MARGARITA CHANDRIS (Gk)
64
5,401
1920
 
HALIFAX
MAUD (Nor)
32
3,189
1930
COAL
HALIFAX
MICHAEL JEBSEN (Br)
33
2,323
1927
 
HALIFAX
MIMOSA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 14/04 - 29/04
MONTGOMERY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 26/04 -
MORSKA WOLA (Pol)
73
3,208
1924
 
 
NANAIMO 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 26/04 -
NEW YORK CITY (Br)
74
2,710
1917
CHINA CLAY
NORFOLK,VA
NORHAUK (Nor)
52
6,086
1919
 
PHILADELPHIA
NOVELIST (Br)
101
6,133
1940
 
CAM SHIP, HALIFAX
OAKVILLE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 26/04 -
PERTH (Br)
55
2,259
1915
 
RESCUE SHIP, HALIFAX
POTENTILLA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 14/04 - 26/04
ROSE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 14/04 - 26/04
SETTLER (Br)
51
6,202
1939
 
 
SNELAND I (Nor)
72
1,791
1922
 
HALIFAX
SOVAC (Br)
35
6,724
1938
 
RETURNED SEE ON 89
STANDARD (Pan)
83
10,177
1914
 
PHILADELPHIA
STUART PRINCE (Br)
65
1,911
1940
GENERAL
HALIFAX
TROLLA (Nor)
12
1,598
1923
 
HALIFAX
USS BABBITT 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 15/04 - 17/04
USS DECATUR 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 15/04 - 17/04
USS IMPULSE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 14/04 - 29/04
USS MAYO 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 14/04 - 26/04
USS READY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 14/04 - 29/04
USS SIMPSON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 14/04 - 26/04
VETERAN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 26/04 -
VULCANUS (Du)
24
1,819
1907
 
RETURNED

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy ON.86:

    ONM ESCORT TYNWALD, RETRIEVER, PAUL RYKENS; LIVERPOOL LOCAL BUTSER, LOCH EWE LOCAL MIMOSA
    OCEAN REINFORCEMENTS USS IMPULSE & USS READY WERE USN MANNED FLOWER CLASS CORVETTES LOANED TO USN & ON PASSAGE TO JOIN THE USN
    OCEAN ESCORT TU 24.1.4 SOE USS MAYO, ICELAND ESCORT TU 24.6.5 USS BABBITT & DECATUR, WLEF ESCORT TU 24.18.1 SOE VETERAN
    COMMODORE: Capt R SPENCER RD RNR IN SETTLER
    VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN FYLINGDALE
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.