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CONVOY ON 170

Convoy ON 170 Cruising Order
Departed Liverpool on March 3-1943 and arrived New York on the 20th (Arnold Hague gives 51 ships).
Source: "The Critical Convoy Battles of March 1943" by Jürgen Rohwer, with written permission from the author.

Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Bel=Belgian, Gr=Greek, Du=Dutch, Sw=Swedish, Am=American, Hon=Honduran
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
11
This shows the cruising order as per March 11
61
Port Adelaide
New York
(Br)
71
81
91
 101 111
12
Samuel Bakke
New York
(Norw)
22
Carillo
New York
(Am)
32
Karamea
Panama
(Br)
42
Port Huon
New York / Panama
(Br)
 52
Norvinn
New York
(Norw)		 62
Abbeydale
New York
(Br)
72
Empire Cobbett
New York
(Br)
82
Ivaran
New York
(Norw)
92
Settler
Curaçao
(Br)
 102
Corner Brook
Halifax
(Br)		 112
Empire Faith
Halifax
(Br)
13
Steel Traveler
New York
(Am)
23
Port Darwin
New York
(Br)
 33
Katy
New York
(Norw)		 43
Norheim
New York
(Norw)		 53
British Vigour
New York
(Br)		 63
O. M. Bernuth
Houston
(Am)		 73
Empire Pakeha
New York
(Br)		 83
British Character
New York
(Br)		 93
Alcoa Cutter
New York
(Am)		 103
John Bakke
Halifax
(Norw)		 113
Ulysses
Halifax
(Du)
14
Skiensfjord
New York
(Norw)		 24
Maya
New York
(Hon)		 34
Henry Dundas
New York
(Br)		 44
Axel Johnson
New York
(Sw)		 54
City of Khios
New York
(Br)		 64
Robert F. Hand
New York
(Br)		 74
British Valour
New York
(Br)		 84
Ville d'Anvers
New York
(Bel)		 94
Glarona
New York
(Norw)		 104
Ameriki
Halifax
(Gr)		 114
Eastgate
Halifax
(Br)
15 25
William Wirt
New York
(Am)		 35
Fernmoor
New York
(Norw)		 45
Fernwood
New York
(Norw)		 55
Canara
New York
(Br)		 65
Devis
New York
(Br)		 75
Empire Fletcher
New York
(Br)		 85
Villanger
New York
(Norw)		 95
Noreg
New York
(Norw)		 105
Pachesham
Halifax
(Br)		 115
Bradford City
Halifax
(Br)
16 26 36 46
Kaituna
New York
(Br)		 56
Atenas
New York
(Am)		 66
Sovac
Philadelphia
(Br)		 76 86
Pandorian
New York
(Br)		 96 106
Daghestan
Halifax
(Br)		 116


Notes:
Several of the ships in this convoy returned to the U.K. with Convoy HX 233 on Apr. 6, others with HX 234 on Apr. 12, while some are listed in HX 235, Apr. 18.

Commodore was in Port Adelaide.
Vice Commodore was in Canara.
Rear Commodore in Corner Brook.
Escort Oiler: Norvinn
Standby oiler: British Valour.

On March 5/6, 2 ships (un-named) had to return to port due to technical problems.
On March 8 Empire Puma stayed behind (not included in above table).
On March 9 Steel Traveler lost her top masts in the bad weather which was encountered after March 7, and Karamea's deck cargo of aircraft crates were smashed.

The bad weather also caused difficulties in replenishing the escorts, so that the escorting destroyer HMS Whitehall was forced to proceed on her own to St. John's on March 11.

Ocean Escort (Group B 2) - joined March 4:
Sloop HMS Whimbrel, destroyers HMS Vanessa and HMS Whitehall, corvettes HMS Gentian, HMS Heather and HMS Sweetbriar. (HMS Hesperus, which was normally the leader of the B 2 escort group was in the yard. The corvette Clematis, also belonging to the group, did not join).

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