Transcribed from Advance Sailing Telegram received from Tony Cooper, England - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

Convoy stations are not known.

A document listing all the Norway-U.K. Convoys states that Convoy HN 16 had 6 British, 18 Norwegian, 2 Danish and 2 Finnish ships, for a total of 28, 7 of which were bound for the west coast. As can be seen below, this table gives more than 28 ships, but some are also listed in the next convoy, so may not have sailed?

Additionally, A. Hague calls Valborg Norwegian, 844 gt (listed as Danish in the AST).

He otherwise agrees with the AST.

Notes:
The Norwegian ships mentioned in this convoy are discussed on this website, some are listed in the Homefleet section. The easiest way to find them all is via the Master Ship Index.

* Kurikka is listed as French (3106 gt) in the original document, but I believe she was Finnish.

* Vesta, Hafnia, Baron Kelvin, and Ovington Court may not have sailed? They are all also listed in the Advance Sailing Telegram for the next convoy, HN 17.

Report on passage is not available.

Escorts mentioned on this page:
HMS Aurora, Penelope (covering force), Cairo, Escapade, Escort, Encounter, Eclipse, Electra, Inglefield and Imogen.

See also the text under March 2 on this external page (scroll down in the text), which mentions this convoy and its escorts.

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