Convoy RA.54B

Depart Archangel on 26 November 1943.

Arrive Loch Ewe on 9 December 1943.

Hague's records contain 10 merchants and 27 escorts (9 ships TDS)

Vessel	Pdt.	Tons	Built	Cargo	Notes
ANSON					ESCORT 28/11 - 03/12
ARTIGAS (Pan)		5,613	1920	CHROME ORE, PULPWOOD	NYC
ASHANTI					ESCORT 28/11 - 03/12
ATLANTIC (Br)		5,414	1939
BELFAST					ESCORT 28/11 - 03/12
BERING (US)		7,631	1920	ORE	NYC
BERMUDA					ESCORT 27/11 - 03/12
BRISSENDEN					ESCORT 05/12 - 09/12
COPELAND (Br)		1,526	1923		RESCUE SHIP
DOVER HILL (Br)		5,815	1918
EMPIRE SCOTT (Br)		6,150	1941
HAIDA					ESCORT 28/11 - 05/12
HARRIER					ESCORT 27/11 - 09/12
HEATHER					ESCORT 27/11 - 09/12
HURON					ESCORT 28/11 - 05/12
HUSSAR					ESCORT 26/11 - 28/11
IMPULSIVE					ESCORT 28/11 - 05/12
INCONSTANT					ESCORT 27/11 - 09/12
IROQUOIS					ESCORT 28/11 - 04/12
JAMAICA					ESCORT 27/11 - 03/12
KENT					ESCORT 27/11 - 03/12
LLANDAFF (Br)		4,825	1937
LORD AUSTIN					ESCORT 26/11 - 09/12
MARATHON (Nor)		7,208	1930		RETURN DATE TO MOLOTOVSK UNKNOWN
MATCHLESS					ESCORT 28/11 - 29/11
MIDDLETON					ESCORT 05/12 - 09/12
MUSKETEER					ESCORT 28/11 - 03/12
NORLYS (Pan)		9,892	1936
ONSLAUGHT					ESCORT 28/11 - 05/12
ONSLOW					ESCORT 28/11 - 05/12
ORIBI					ESCORT 28/11 - 03/12
ORWELL					ESCORT 28/11 - 05/12
PIETER DE HOOGH (Du)		7,168	1941
SALADIN					ESCORT 05/12 - 09/12
SEAGULL					ESCORT 26/11 - 28/11
SKATE					ESCORT 05/12 - 09/12
WHITEHALL					ESCORT 27/11 - 09/12

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy RA.54B:

MATCHLESS detached with weather damage,remainder of Home Fleet

screen absent due to weather 29.11 to 1.12

KENT embarked 54 tons of gold & silver at Kola for passage to UK

MATCHLESS detached with weather damage.

Home Fleet screen absent due to weather 29.11 to 1.12

KENT embarked 54 tons of gold & silver at Kola for passage to UK

COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN EMPIRE SCOTT