Convoy JW.56B

Convoy JW.56B

 

Departed from Liverpool January 22, 1944
Arrived Kola Inlet February 1, 1944
No. of vessels (Hague) 17
No. of vessels accounted for here

17

Vessels lost from convoy

0

Note: HMS HARDY was sunk by U-278 on January 30.


Vessel
Tons
Built
Notes
ABNER NASH (Am)
7,177
1942
 
ALBERT C. RITCHIE (Am)
7,176
1943
 
CHARLES A MCALLISTER (Am)
7,176
1943
 
EDWARD L. GRANT (Am)
7,176
1943
 
EMPIRE TOURIST (Br)
7,062
1943
sunk in RA.57 (U-703)
FORT CREVECOEUR (Br)
7,191
1943
 
FORT NORFOLK (Br)
7,131
1943
 
HENRY BACON (Am)
7,177
1942
sunk in RA.64 (aircraft)
HENRY LOMB (Am)
7,176
1943
 
HENRY WYNKOOP (Am)
7,176
1942
 
JOHN H. B. LATROBE (Am)
7,191
1942
  Op. FB (returned to Iceland)
JOHN LA FARGE (Am)
7,176
1943
 
PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE (Am)
7,177
1942
 
ROBERT LOWRY (Am)
7,176
1943
 
SAMUEL MACINTYRE (Am)
7,176
1943
 
WILLARD HALL (Am)
7,200
1943
 
WINFRED L. SMITH (Am)
7,191
1943
 


27 escorts were associated (at least in part) with convoy JW.56B.


BERMUDA    BERWICK    CYGNET    HARDY    HONEYSUCKLE   
HURON    HYDRA    INCONSTANT    MAHRATTA    METEOR   
MILNE    MUSKETEER    OFFA    ONYX    OPPORTUNE   
OXLIP    RHODODENDRON    SAVAGE    SCOURGE    SEAGULL   
STORD    VENUS    VIGILANT    VIRAGO    WESTCOTT   
WHITEHALL    WRESTLER               
                   

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