HN & ON Convoys, Escorts - warsailors.com

Transcribed from documents received from Tony Cooper, England - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. British trawlers to and from the Orkneys are not shown. Destroyer reliefs took place throughout the voyage at different times. The table below shows the destroyers engaged with each convoy (but not necessarily all at the same time). Click on the links provided for more information on each convoy.
Convoy	Covering Force (Cruisers)	A/A Cruisers / Subs	Destroyers			Distant Covers
Convoy	Covering Force (Cruisers)	A/A Cruisers / Subs	Name of Destr.	Crossed North Sea	With Western Portion	Distant Covers
HN 0	Southampton	–	Jervis, Jupiter, Janus, Jackal, Mohawk	4	–	–
Narvik 1	Aurora, Edinburgh	–	Somali, Ashanti, Tartar, Fame, Intrepid, Icarus, Ivanhoe, Fearless, Foxhound	4	1	Nelson, Rodney, Hood
ON 1	Edinburgh	Curlew	Somali, Ashanti, Punjabi, Tartar	4	–
HN 1	Edinburgh	Curlew	Somali, Ashanti, Punjabi, Tartar	4	2
ON 2	Aurora	Cairo	Afridi	1	–	–
HN 2	Aurora	Curlew	Imperial, Impulsive, Imogen, Icarus, Isis, Kandahar	4	2	–
ON 3	Glasgow	Cairo	Eskimo, Icarus, Ilex, Matabele	4	–	–
HN 3	Glasgow, Suffolk	Cairo	Eskimo, Icarus, Ilex, Matabele	4	1	Nelson, Hood, Rodney, Warspite, Dunkerque
ON 4	Edinburgh, Glasgow	–	Eskimo, Icarus, Ilex, Matabele	4	–	Hood
HN 4	Edinburgh	–	Eskimo, Icarus, Ilex, Matabele, Maori, Nubian, Isis, Escort, Escapade	4	–	–
ON 5	Southampton, Edinburgh	S/M Trind	Afridi, Maori, Nubian, Mohawk	4	–	–
HN 5	Southampton, Edinburgh	S/M Trind	Afridi, Maori, Nubian, Mohawk	4	2	Repulse, Barham
Narvik 2	Southampton, Edinburgh	–	Jervis, Janus, Jaguar, Juno	4	–	Repulse, Barham
ON 6	Edinburgh, Glasgow	S/M Orzel (Polish)	Exmouth, Encounter, Eclipse, Escapade	4	–	Hood
HN 6	Edinburgh, Glasgow	S/M Orzel	Exmouth, Encounter, Eclipse, Escapade, Eskimo, Tartar, Jervis, Fearless, Fury	7	2	Hood
ON 7	Edinburgh, Glasgow	S/M Triton	Kashmir, Tartar, Khartoum, Encounter, Kandahar	5	–	–
HN 7	Edinburgh, Glasgow	S/M Triton	Kashmir, Tartar, Khartoum, Kandahar, Afridi, Maori	6	2	–
ON 8	Edinburgh, Glasgow	S/M Narwhal	Isis, Imperial, Impulsive, Icarus, Imogen, Exmouth, Duncan, Khartoum, Kimberley	5	1	–
HN 8	Edinburgh, Glasgow	S/M Narwhal	Inglefield, Isis, Kashmir, Khartoum, Kimberley, Icarus, Impulsive	5	2	–
ON 9	Edinburgh, Glasgow	S/M Seal	Inglefield, Isis, Imogen, Kashmir	4	–	Rodney, Repulse
HN 9A	Edinburgh, Glasgow	S/M Seal	Inglefield, Isis, Imogen, Kashmir, Sikh, Tartar	6	2	–
HN 9B	Edinburgh, Glasgow	–	Jervis, Juno, Jupiter, Imperial	4	–	–
ON 10	Edinburgh, Arethusa	S/M Narwhal	Delight, Kimberley, Ilex, Imogen, Imperial A report also mentions Tartar	5	–	–
HN 10	Edinburgh, Arethusa	–	Delight, Kimberley, Ilex, Imogen, Imperial, Nubian	5	2	–
HN 10B	Edinburgh, Arethusa	Cairo	Cossack, Gurkha, Mohawk, Nubian, Tartar, Diana	5	2	Glasgow (Norw. coast - Patrol)
ON 11	Edinburgh, Arethusa	Cairo	Escapade, Echo, Encounter, Eclipse, Ivanhoe, Gurkha	4	–	Glasgow (Norw. coast - Patrol)
HN 11	Edinburgh, Arethusa	Cairo	Escapade, Echo, Encounter, Eclipse, Ivanhoe, Gurkha	4	–	Hood, Warspite, Glasgow
ON 12	Edinburgh, Arethusa	S/M Thistle	Inglefield, Imogen, Ilex, Delight	4	–	–
HN 12	Edinburgh, Arethusa	Calcutta, S/M Thistle	Inglefield, Imogen, Ilex, Delight, Daring, Gallant, Jaguar, Sikh, Nubian, Imperial	4	2	See also Notes
ON 14	Edinburgh, Arethusa	Cairo, S/M Narwhal	Escapade, Eclipse, Electra, Escort	4	–	Rodney, Hood
HN 14	Edinburgh, Arethusa	Cairo, S/M Narwhal	Escapade, Eclipse, Electra, Escort, Inglefield, Imogen	4	2	Rodney, Hood
ON 15	Aurora, Penelope	Calcutta	Cossack, Diana, Nubian, Delight, Sikh, Imperial	6	–	–
HN 15	Aurora, Penelope	Calcutta	Cossack, Diana, Nubian, Delight, Sikh, Imperial, Khartoum	6	2	–
ON 16	Aurora, Penelope	Cairo	Escapade, Escort, Encounter, Eclipse, Electra	5	–	–
HN 16	Aurora, Penelope	Cairo	Escapade, Escort, Encounter, Eclipse, Electra, Inglefield, Imogen	5	2	–
ON 17	Edinburgh, Arethusa	Calcutta	Delight, Diana, Gurkha, Nubian, Ilex	5	–	Hood, Valiant
ON 17A	Edinburgh, Arethusa	Calcutta	Jervis, Janus, Juno, Jupiter, Jaguar	5	–
HN 17	Edinburgh, Arethusa	Calcutta	Delight, Diana, Gurkha, Nubian, Ilex, Cossack	5	2
ON 18	Edinburgh, Arethusa	Cairo	Cossack, Fame, Sikh, Kelly, Escort, Electra, Encounter, Eclipse	5	2	–
HN 18	Edinburgh, Arethusa	Cairo	Escort, Electra, Encounter, Eclipse, Kimberley, Fame	4	2	–
ON 19	Edinburgh	Calcutta	Cossack, Nubian, Gurkha, Faulknor, Fortune	5	–	–
HN 19	Edinburgh	Calcutta	Cossack, Nubian, Gurkha, Faulknor, Fortune	5	2	–
ON 20	Sheffield	Cairo	Escapade, Electra, Escort, Encounter, Kimberley, Kashmir	6	–	–
HN 20	Sheffield	Cairo	Escapade, Electra, Escort, Encounter, Kimberley, Kashmir	6	2	–
ON 21	Sheffield	Calcutta, S/M Porpoise	Janus, Jupiter, Eclipse, Ivanhoe, Javelin	5	1	–
HN 21	Sheffield	Calcutta, S/M Porpoise	Cossack, Eclipse, Javelin, Janus, Juno, Gurkha	6	2	–
ON 22*	Aurora, Sheffield	Cairo	Breda, Escapade, Kashmir, Zulu, Kimberley, Faulknor, Tartar, Juniper	6	2	–
* See also HMS Breda's report on my page about Convoy HN 22.
HN 22	Aurora, Sheffield	Cairo	Breda, Escapade, Kashmir, Zulu, Kimberley, Faulknor, Tartar	6	2	–
ON 23	Galatea, Arethusa	Calcutta, S/M Porpoise	Javelin, Eclipse, Eskimo, Juno, Bedouin, Punjabi (A report also mentions Janus See page about ON 23)	6	–	–
HN 23A	Galatea, Arethusa	Calcutta	Afridi, Gurkha, Mohawk, Sikh, Encounter, Cossack	6	2	–
HN 23B	Sheffield, Penelope	S/M Porpoise	Javelin, Eclipse, Eskimo, Juno, Bedouin, Punjabi	6	–	–
ON 24	Sheffield, Penelope	Cairo	Faulknor, Zulu, Escapade, Somali, Tartar, Matabele, Mashona	4	–	–
HN 24	Sheffield, Penelope	Cairo	Somali, Mashona, Kimberley, Tartar, Matabele, Codrington	4	2	–
ON 25	Manchester, Southampton	Calcutta	Breda, Javelin, Juno, Janus, Eclipse, Grenade	5	–	Home Fleet
HN 25	Home Fleet at Sea		Tartar, Blyskawica (Polish), Grom, Burza	–	–	Home Fleet

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