| Depart Liverpool on 21 April 1943. |
| Arrive Halifax on 12 May 1943. |
| Hague's records contain 46 merchants and 22 escorts (42 ships TDS) |
Vessel |
Pdt. |
Tons |
Built |
Cargo |
Notes |
AGIOS GEORGIOS (Gk) |
113 |
4,248 |
1911 |
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ARGON (US) |
52 |
6,952 |
1920 |
ESCORT OILER |
|
BARON ELGIN (Br) |
53 |
3,942 |
1933 |
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BARON GRAHAM (Br) |
32 |
3,242 |
1925 |
||
BARON SEMPLE (Br) |
94 |
4,573 |
1939 |
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BARRIE |
ESCORT 07/05 - 12/05 |
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BENGKALIS (Du) |
23 |
6,453 |
1918 |
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BERKEL (Du) |
104 |
2,130 |
1930 |
AFTER COLLISION WITH BORNHOLM 25.4 |
|
BONDE (Nor) |
82 |
1,570 |
1936 |
SUNK BY U 266 |
|
BORNHOLM (Br) |
93 |
3,177 |
1930 |
COLLISION WITH BERKEL. DET TO ICELAND |
|
BOSWORTH (Br) |
74 |
6,672 |
1919 |
JD EX ICELAND 26.4 |
|
BRISTOL CITY (Br) |
11 |
2,864 |
1920 |
SUNK BY U 358 |
|
BRITISH LADY (Br) |
62 |
6,098 |
1923 |
ESCORT OILER |
|
BUCTOUCHE |
ESCORT 07/05 - 12/05 |
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CAMPUS (Br) |
72 |
3,667 |
1925 |
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COMMANDANT DORISE (Br) |
112 |
5,529 |
1917 |
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COWICHAN |
ESCORT 07/05 - 12/05 |
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CYDONIA (Br) |
73 |
3,517 |
1927 |
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DIRECTOR (Br) |
43 |
5,107 |
1926 |
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DOLIUS (Br) |
21 |
5,507 |
1924 |
SUNK BY U 638 |
|
DUNCAN |
ESCORT 22/04 - 03/05 |
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DUNSLEY (Br) |
114 |
3,862 |
1929 |
||
EMPIRE ADVOCATE (Br) |
5,787 |
1913 |
PUT BACK WITH DEFECTS |
||
EMPIRE GAZELLE (Br) |
54 |
4,848 |
1920 |
||
EMPIRE PLANET (Br) |
121 |
4,290 |
1923 |
||
FANA (Nor) |
41 |
1,375 |
1939 |
||
GHARINDA (Br) |
111 |
5,306 |
1919 |
SUNK BY U 266 |
|
GUDVOR (Nor) |
2,280 |
1928 |
JD EX ICELAND 26.4 |
||
HARBURY (Br) |
83 |
5,081 |
1933 |
SUNK BY U 628 |
|
HARPERLEY (Br) |
13 |
4,586 |
1930 |
SUNK BY U 264 |
|
IMPULSIVE |
ESCORT 02/05 - 03/05 |
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ISOBEL (Pan) |
122 |
1,515 |
1929 |
STRAGGLED, NOTIONAL DATE |
|
IVAN TOPIC (Yug) |
44 |
4,943 |
1920 |
||
JED |
ESCORT 06/05 - 08/05 |
||||
LOOSESTRIFE |
ESCORT 22/04 - 03/05 |
||||
LORIENT (Br) |
34 |
4,737 |
1921 |
STRAGGLED, SUNK BY U 125 |
|
LOSADA (Br) |
51 |
6,520 |
1921 |
||
MANO (Br) |
103 |
1,418 |
1925 |
||
MCKEESPORT (US) |
42 |
6,198 |
1919 |
SUNK BY U 258 |
|
MERTON (Br) |
71 |
7,150 |
1941 |
||
MODLIN (Pol) |
84 |
3,569 |
1906 |
RETURNED. BOILER DEFECTS |
|
NICOLAS (Gk) |
123 |
4,540 |
1910 |
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NORTH BRITAIN (Br) |
91 |
4,635 |
1940 |
STRAGGLED, SUNK BY U 707 |
|
OFFA |
ESCORT 02/05 - 06/05 |
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OMEGA (Br) |
92 |
3,788 |
1912 |
||
ORIBI |
ESCORT 29/04 - 06/05 |
||||
OTTINGE (Br) |
31 |
2,870 |
1940 |
||
PANTHER |
ESCORT 02/05 - 03/05 |
||||
PELICAN |
ESCORT 06/05 - 08/05 |
||||
PENHALE (Br) |
81 |
4,071 |
1924 |
STRAGGLED AND ARRIVED REYKJAVIK |
|
PENN |
ESCORT 02/05 - 03/05 |
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PINK |
ESCORT 22/04 - 03/05 |
||||
RENA (Nor) |
61 |
5,242 |
1924 |
||
SAPELO (US) |
24 |
5,422 |
1919 |
JD EX ICELAND 26.4 |
|
SELVISTAN (Br) |
102 |
5,136 |
1924 |
SUNK BY U 266 |
|
SENNEN |
ESCORT 06/05 - 08/05 |
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SNOWFLAKE |
ESCORT 22/04 - 07/05 |
||||
SPEY |
ESCORT 06/05 - 08/05 |
||||
SUNFLOWER |
ESCORT 22/04 - 03/05 |
||||
TAY |
ESCORT 22/04 - 07/05 |
||||
TEMPLE ARCH (Br) |
14 |
5,138 |
1940 |
||
USS TARAZED (US) |
6,963 |
1931 |
JD EX ICELAND 26.4 |
||
VIDETTE |
ESCORT 26/04 - 03/05 |
||||
WEAR |
ESCORT 06/05 - 08/05 |
||||
WENTWORTH (Br) |
33 |
5,212 |
1919 |
SUNK BY U 358 & HMS LOOSESTRIFE |
|
WEST MADAKET (US) |
12 |
5,565 |
1918 |
SUNK BY U 584 |
|
WEST MAXIMUS (US) |
22 |
5,561 |
1919 |
SUNK BY U 264 |
|
YEARBY (Br) |
101 |
5,666 |
1929 |
| Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy ONS.5: |
| MOLDE, PC 74, SOUTHERN STAR, SETTER & YORK CITY UK LOCAL ESCORTS. |
| OCEAN ESCORT TU 24.1.5 (B7) SOE DUNCAN. 3 EG SOE OFFA IN SUPPORT, 1 EG SOE PELICAN IN SUPPORT 6 TO 8.5. |
| ESCORT WOMP TO HOMP W4 GROUP 7 TO 12.5 WHICH THEN CONTINUED WITH XB 52 TO CAPE COD BAY |
| VIDETTE BROUGHT OUT ICELAND JOINERS. VIDETTE & DUNCAN LEFT 3.5 DUE TO FUEL SHORTAGE |
| U 710 SUNK 24.4 BY FORTRESS D/206 AHEAD OF THE CONVOY, U 125, 192, 438, 531, 630 and 638 SUNK NIGHT 5/6.5 BY ESCORT VESSELS |
| COMMODORE: Capt J K BROOK CBE DSO RD RNR IN RENA |
| VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN OTTINGE |