Cargoes have been extracted from a document received from D. Kindell, based on the late Arnold Hague's database - see his listing for HX 154 at Ships in all HX convoys.

See also Convoy ON 15, ON 30, ON 32, ON 34 and ON 35 (and other westbound convoys from this time period).

Br=British, Am=American, Du=Dutch, Norw=Norwegian.

The Norwgian Toronto had returned to port from the previous convoy, HX 153.

The Rescue Vessel Perth was also with this convoy for a while - See Notes below.

The diary also mentions the British Llangibby Castle but station number is not given. According to A. Hague, this ship had station 21, general cargo, 289 passengers (16 days repairs).

*When comparing this information with A. Hague's listing for HX 154 at Ships in all HX convoys, it'll be noticed that he has included some ships that are not mentioned in the diary, as follows:
In station 22 - The American USS Mattole, (USS tanker AO 17), joined from Argentia, N.F., bound for Iceland
In station 32 - The American Algorab, USN vessel, also joined from Argentia, N.F., bound for Iceland
In station 64 - The Panamanian El Almirante, general cargo
In station 85 - The British Tactician, general cargo
In station 26 - The British Martand, general cargo

He says the unnamed freighter in station 41 was the british Corinaldo, cargo of grain and 4 bags of mail
The tanker in station 81 is listed as the British Empire Sapphire, cargo of petrol
The ship in station 12 was Empire Sailor, general cargo
The ship in station 62 was the British Lancaster Castle, cargo of steel and cotton, 2 passengers
The unnamed British ship in station 14 is listed as the British Athelviscount, cargo of molasses, 1 passenger.
The Norwegian tanker in station 44 was Svenør, cargo of fuel oil
In station 45 he has the British Empire Mallory, cargo of steel and cotton - returned to port (Sydney, C.B.), joined Convoy SC 50, Oct. 17 (see Ships in all SC convoys).
The ship in station 65 was the British Orestes, refrig., general, 529 mails
(none of these are named in the diary)

The ships left port in the following sequence (according to the diary, which lists ships joining from Halifax only):
The British Corner Brook was the first to leave at 11:12, followed a few minutes later by Nagara, then the American Hadnot, Norwegian Ranja, British Athelknight and an unnamed British freighter, the Norwegian Tai Shan (4 bombers on deck), British Regent Panther, Dutch Waterland (3 bombers), another unnamed British freighter followed by the British Port Auckland, Norwegian Hilda Knudsen and Samuel Bakke, British Cornwall, Britsh Yeoman, Primrose Hill, Norwegian Emma Bakke, British Glenogle (2 bombers), unnamed British freighter, Charles F. Meyer, Manchester Commerce, Explorer (2 bombers), Norwegian Polarsol and Skiensfjord followed by an unnamed British tanker, Dutch Cistula, British City of Agra, American W. E. Hutton, British Jutland, the Norwegian whale factory N. T. Nielsen-Alonso, Dutch Bintang, British Basil, then an unnamed Norwegian tanker and an unnamed, camouflaged tanker (nationality not given), the British Silvermaple, Norwegian Kaia Knudsen, the British British Diligence, Norwegian Toronto, American Almaack with airmen and soldiers, British Antilochus, Dutch Mijdrecht, unnamed freighter (no nationality given), British Diala, another unnamed freighter (British), the British Llangibby Castle, Dutch Magdala and the last to leave was the Norwegian Noreg at 15:02.

A. Hague names the following escorts (extracted from this list of HX convoy escorts, also received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year):
Abelia - From 19/10/41 to 22/10/41
Amherst - From 10/10/41 to 11/10/41
Annapolis - From 10/10/41 to 13/10/41
Douglas - From 19/10/41 to 22/10/41
Saladin - From 19/10/41 to 23/10/41
Skate - From 19/10/41 to 22/10/41
St. Elstan - 19/10/41
St. Zeno - 19/10/41
USS Charles F. Hughes - From 12/10/41 to 19/10/41
USS Gleaves - From 12/10/41 to 19/10/41
USS Lansdale - From 12/10/41 to 19/10/41
USS Madison - From 12/10/41 to 19/10/41
USS Simpson - From 12/10/41 to 19/10/41
Veronica - From 19/10/41 to 22/10/41
Veteran - From 19/10/41 to 23/10/41

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