The American Bering.

The British Atlantic, Dover Hill, Copeland* (Rescue Ship), Empire Scott (Commodore Ship), Llandaff.

The Dutch Pieter de Hoogh.

The Panamanian Artigas, Norlys (escort oiler).

The Norwegian Marathon.

*Copeland was on her 26th voyage as rescue vessel, having started this voyage from Clyde on Nov. 10-1943, to Loch Ewe Nov. 11, sailed with JW 54A from Loch Ewe to Murmansk Nov. 15-Nov. 24, returning with Convoy RA 54B from Murmansk on Nov. 26, to Loch Ewe Dec. 9-1943.

Escorts:
Nov. 26-Nov. 28: Minesweepers Hussar and Seagull.
Nov. 26-Dec. 9: Trawler Lord Austin.
Nov. 27-Dec. 9: Destroyers Inconstant and Whitehall, minesweeper Harrier and corvette Heather.
Nov. 28-Dec. 5: Destroyers Impulsive, Onslaught, Onslow, Orwell, and Canadian Haida, Huron and Iroquois (the latter left on Dec. 4).
Dec. 5-Dec. 9: Destroyers Brissenden, Middleton, Saladin and Skate.
Nov. 27-Dec. 3: Cruiser cover by Bermuda, Jamaica and Kent (with 54 tons of gold and silver bullion, payment for war supplies to Russia), distant cover by battleship Anson and cruiser Belfast, screened by destroyers Ashanti, Matchless, Musketeer and Oribi (Matchless left on Nov. 29 with weather damage, the other destroyers were also absent due to weather from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1).

Note that some of the above escorts had previously arrived with Convoy JW 54A (link above).

No attacks on convoy.

Related external link:
Russian Convoys

Arctic Convoys main page

To the next RA convoy in my list RA 56
(RA 55 is available at the external link provided above)