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CONVOY ON 212
Document gives departure U.K. at 13:00 on Nov. 20-1943, arrival New York at 21:59Z Dec. 4
(Arnold Hague says 57 ships, and gives departure Liverpool as Nov. 19, arrival New York Dec. 5). 5).

Transcribed from a document received from Olaf Evertse, Holland (whose father served on the Dutch Curacao) His Source: National Archives and Records Administration, Washington. A 1 form is not available and, therefore, I do not know the convoys stations. See also Convoy HX 273, Convoy HX 274, and HX 275.
Ship	Nationality	Destination	Remarks
John Mitchell	American (cargo ship)	New York	–
Dudley M. Hughes	"	Halifax	–
Joshua W. Alexander	"	New York	–
Mark Hanna	"	New York	–
Alexander Hamilton	"	New York	–
Amos G. Throop	"	St. John N.B.	–
John Stevenson	"	New York	–
Jacques Laramie	"	New York	–
Eliphalet Nott	"	Boston	–
William E. Borah	"	New York	–
Abel Parker Upshur	"	Halifax	–
Charles J. Folger	"	St. John	–
Katrina Luckenbach	"	Boston	–
Henry B. Brown	"	New York	–
John L. Sullivan	"	St. John	–
Adolph Sutro	"	New York	–
John Armstrong	"	New York	–
John Gorrie	"	New York	See also Convoy RU 97
Clinton Kelly	"	New York	–
Henry S. Foote	"	New York	–
Thomas Hartley	"	Baltimore	Arrived Del Capes Dec. 5 (Had just returned from Murmansk Nov. 14 Convoy RA 54A)
William J. Worth	"	Philadelphia	Arrived Del Capes Dec. 5
John Cabot	"	New York	–
Charles M. Schwab	"	New York	–
Alcoa Master	"	New York	–
Marie M. Meloney	"	New York	–
E. A. Peden	"	New York	–
William H. Gray	"	New York	Straggled Nov. 27
Robert J. Collier	"	New York	–
Amelia Earhart	"	St. John	–
Anna Howard Shaw	"	New York	–
William Moultrie	"	New York	–
Mokihana	"	Boston	–
Champ Clark	"	New York	–
Kaikoura	British (cargo vessel)	New York	Commodore Vessel
Kent	"	New York	Vice Commodore
Empire Flag	"	New York	–
Empire City	"	New York	–
Riverdale Park	"	St. John	–
Erria	"	Halifax	–
Norwegian	"	Halifax	Straggled Nov. 29 - engine defects
Melrose Abbey *	"	Halifax	Rescue Vessel
Salacia	"	Halifax	–
Eastern Prince	"	Baltimore	Arrived Cape Henry Dec. 5
Solarium	British tanker	New York	–
Empire Garrick	"	Marcus Hook	Arrived Del Capes Dec. 5
Luminetta	"	New York	Escort oiler
Villanger	Norwegian (cargo vessel)	New York	–
Waterland	Dutch (cargo)	New York	–
Curacao	"	New York	–
Maya	Honduran (cargo)	New York	See also Convoy RU 97
~~Prinses Maria Pia~~	Belgian (cargo)	Curacao / La Guaira	Cancelled (Had previously arrived U.K. with SC 144)
Boskoop	Dutch (cargo)	Galveston	Detached 07:00 Dec. 2, ETA Dec. 12
Fjalfoss	Icelandic (cargo)	Halifax	See also Convoy RU 97 (Later returned with SC 149 on Dec. 15)
Ganymedes	Dutch (cargo)	Kingston, Jamaica	Detached 07:00 Dec. 2, ETA Dec. 8
Van der Helst	"	St. John	–
Spinanger	Norwegian tanker	Baltimore	Arrived Cape Henry Dec. 5
Fjordaas	"	New York	Escort oiler
Vav	"	New York	(Had previously arrived U.K. with SC 145)

* Rescue Vessel Melrose Abbey was on her 11th voyage as such, joining the convoy from Clyde on Nov. 20-1943, arrived Halifax on Dec. 2. She later returned to the U.K. with Convoy HX 270 on Dec. 12-1943 - to Clyde Dec. 25. ("Convoy Rescue Ships", Arnold Hague).

Escorts:
HMCS St. Clair, Midland, Sherbrooke, Ville de Quebec, Mulgrave
Lethbridge, Shawinigan, Brantford, Granby.
HMS Fame, Vanquisher, Deveron, Vervain, Grenadier, rescue tug Tenacity, Norwegian corvettes Potentilla, Rose and Eglantine. (The latter had just returned from escorting the Arctic convoy RA 54A).

Note that all the Norwegian ships in this convoy are discussed on this website, see alphabet index at the end of this page.

Related external links:
Liberty Ships - Most of the ships listed as American in the table above were Liberty ships. This website lists them alphabetically.
Empire Ships listed in alphabetical order. (I always use these sites to check and, if necessary, correct the spelling of the ships in my lists before uploading a convoy).
To check spelling of escort vessel, I usually go to
Uboat.net's section on Allied warships

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To the next ON convoy in my list ON 213
will be added, as will ON 214 through ON 223
In the meantime, see Ships sailing in all ON convoys
The next available ON convoy is ON 224

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