Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

See also Westbound Convoy ON 270,

Details re. Arctic convoys were found in "Convoys to Russia 1941-1945" by Bob Ruegg and Arnold Hague.

Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined returned to port.
A 1 form is not available to me and, therefore, I don't know the station numbers for these ships.

Notes:
Commodore Captain F. H. Taylor, R.N. was in Norwegian Abraham Lincoln. Commodore's notes are not available.

The Rescue Vessel Zamalek was on her 28th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Dec. 14-1944 with the westbound Convoy ONS 38, to Halifax Jan. 1-1945. She returned with Convoy HX 332 on Jan. 15-1945, to Swansea Jan. 29, then travelled to Clyde with HX 332A, arriving Clyde on Jan. 31-1945. Her previous voyage had been with Convoy ON 261 / Convoy HX 319. ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague).

The Norwegian Solør was torpedoed and damaged by U-825 on Jan. 27-1945; survivors were picked up by Zamalek - my page about this ship has more details.

Ruben Dario, on a voyage from New York to Manchester with 8026 tons of grain as well as gliders on deck was also hit in U-825's attack, but could continue her voyage. There were no casualties.

Martin van Buren, on a voyage from Boston for Halifax and N.W. France with 6100 tons general, trucks, Army rations and 2 locomotives on deck and 1000 tons ballast, was torpedoed on Jan. 14-1945 by U-1232. She had a crew of 41, 1 U.S. Army and 27 Armed Guard - 3 Armed Guard died. She later drifted ashore in the vicinity of Sambro and broke in two, becoming a total loss. ("Lloyd's War Losses" Vol. I). The British Athelviking and British Freedom, both en route to join the slow Convoy SC 165, were also torpedoed by U-1232 that day - follow the link for details.

Please note that more information on all the Norwegian ships listed in this convoy can be found with the help of the index below.

Related external links:
Eastbound convoys 1944 & 1945 - This page shows all the other eastbound convoys sailing in 1944 and 1945 in chronological order.

The attack on Ruben Dario
The attack on Martin van Buren

Liberty Ships - Most of the ships listed as American in the table above were Liberty ships. This website lists them alphabetically (includes "Sam" ships).
List of Liberty Ships by Hull No. - Includes info on the men for whom the ships were named (from Wikipedia).

The Empire Ships website has a section listing the "Sam"-ships, and other Liberty ships.

Russian Convoys

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