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CONVOY RA 54A

Convoy RA 54A Cruising Order
Left Kola Inlet on Nov. 1-1943, arrived Loch Ewe on Nov. 14 (delayed by thick fog).
Transcribed with the help of Advance Sailing Telegram received from Tony Cooper.
Station numbers and names of escorts were obtained from "Convoys to Russia 1941-1945", Bob Ruegg / Arnold Hague.

Br=British, Am=American, Po=Polish.
1
2
3
4
5
11
Empire Fortune
London
(Br)
21
Beaconhill
Clyde
(Am)
31
Empire Galliard
Manchester
(Br)
41
Empire Kinsman
W. Hartlepool
(Br)
51
City of Omaha
Clyde
(Am)
12
Francis Scott Key
Clyde
(Am)
22
Thomas Hartley
Clyde
(Am)
32
British Governor
(escort oiler)
Tyne
(Br)
42
Pontfield
Tyne
(Br)
52
Tobruk
London
(Po)
13
Mobile City
Clyde
(Am)
23
Israel Putnam
Clyde
(Am)
 33 43
Empire Portia
Tyne
(Br)		 53


Commodore was in Empire Galliard, Vice Commodore in Empire Kinsman.

The convoy was not attacked.

Escorts:
Nov. 1-Nov. 3 (Eastern local): Minesweepers Harrier and Seagull, Russian destroyers Gromki and Kuibyshev.
Nov. 3-Nov. 8: Destroyers Musketeer and Matchless.
Nov. 3-Nov. 9: Destroyer Savage.
Nov. 3-Nov. 10: Minsweepers Jason and Britomart, corvette Eglantine and destroyers Mahratta, Milne, Saumarez, Scorpion, Scourge.
Nov. 1-Nov. 13: Destroyer Westcott.
Nov. 10-Nov. 13: Minesweeper Halcyon, destroyers Brissenden and Middleton.
Nov. 2-Nov. 8 (cruiser cover): Belfast, Kent and Norfolk.
Also, battleship Anson, aircraft carrier Formidable, cruiser Jamaica, destroyers Onslow and Venus, American Capps and Hobson, Canadian Haida and Norwegian Stord.

Related external link:
Russian Convoy Series

Arctic Convoys main page

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