Br=British, Am=American, Norw-Norwegian

Black Ranger and Lucerna were escort oilers.

The Norwegian trawler Oksøy is mentioned within the convoy, in station 111 (next to Marie M Meloney). I thought perhaps this was the former whaler Pol VI but that Oksøy was renamed Cyclone in 1944, so this might be Oksøy 2, the ex HMS Kerrera?

Sighted by aircraft on Febr. 6, a Ju 88 was shot down that day by 2 Wildcat fighters. The next day 48 torpedo bombers attacked, but lost 7 aircraft, 6 to fighters and 1 to Denbigh Castle. Another torpedo bomber attack took place on the 10th, with the loss of 7 aircraft, no damage to the convoy.

Oksøy straggled on Febr. 11, and Fort Crevecoeur collided with the American Arunah S. Abell upon entry to the inlet.

11 U-boats were encountered on the 13th; no merchant ship losses but the escorting corvette Denbigh Castle was torpedoed by U-992, and was towed to the Kola Inlet by the corvette Bluebell and a Russian tug, but grounded and capsized on arrival (total loss).

The flag officer of JW 64 detached the escorting destroyers Sioux, Zambesi, Zealous and Zest to have 500 civilians brought from the Norwegian island Sørøy (under German attack) to Murmansk. They were later distributed in various ships in RA 64; read more about this in my text for Skiensfjord and Idefjord.

Escorts:
From Febr. 3 (close escort): Sloops Cygnet and Lark, destroyer Whitehall and corvettes Alnwick Castle, Bamborough Castle, Bluebell and Rhododendron. Destroyer Zebra had to return to the Faroes with defects.
From Febr. 6: Cruiser Bellona, escort carriers Campania and Nairana, sloop Lapwing, corvette Denbigh Castle and trawler Oksøy, destroyers Onslaught, Onslow, Opportune, Orwell, Serapis, Zambesi, Zealous, Zest and Canadian Sioux.

(Most of the above subsequently went on to escort outbound Convoy RA 64 - link above).

Related external link:
The attack on Denbigh Castle