Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

The ships are listed in the order in which they appear on the various documents.
Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined ships returned to port.

A 1 form is not available and, therefore, the station numbers are not known.

See also Convoy ON 224, as well as JW 58 to Murmansk and the returning RA 59, and this external site for info on JW 57 and the returning RA 58.

Notes:
Commodore Captain J. O. Dunn, R.N.R. was in Abraham Lincoln, Vice Commodore in Karamea.

When Ocean Escort joined on Jan. 27 in 44 27N 51 52W (details below) the convoy consisted of 69 ships, Abner Doubleday and George Wythe having straggled, and Edvard Kavanagh and Empire Manor having been involved in a collision. The 2 stragglers later rejoined.

During the voyayge, the escorting Assiniboine's doctor was put on board Pacific Exporter to attend to a maternity case!

Throughout Jan. 28 and 29 a moderate gale blew from the south, veering to the southwest, making it impossible to oil the escorts. Most of the escorts were occupied in rounding up stragglers.

Escorts:
HMCS Shediac, S.O. (other local escorts not known).
Group C 1: HMCS Assiniboine (S.O.), HMS Forester, HMCS St. Laurent, Fredericton and Halifax. HMS Celandine did not sail due to defect.
Also: HMS Postillion, Retalick and Northern Reward.

Northern Reward sailed in advance on Jan. 26-1944, escorting 3 St. John's ships to meet the convoy at WESTOMP.
HMCS Assiniboine, HMS Forester and HMCS Halifax left St. John's at 20:00Z in order to rendezvous with HX 276 at WESTOMP (S.O. in HMCS Shediac).
HMS Retalick and HMCS Fredericton caught up with the group during the night, having been subjected to a slight delay.
HMCS St. Laurent was delayed due to weather damage and sailed to overtake 24 hours later.
HMS Celandine had left at the appointed time but had to turn back with defective steering gear, so HMS Postillion sailed to take her place. This ship later reported a defective radar, but due to the weather conditions, no assistance could be rendered.
The convoy was taken over from W 8 at 16:00 on Jan. 27.

Related external links:
Liberty Ships - The vast majority of the ships listed as American in the table above were Liberty ships. This website lists them alphabetically.
This site has more on the the "Park" and "Fort" ships.
Empire Ships listed in alphabetical order.

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