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CONVOY RA 57
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Left Kola Inlet March 2-1944, arrived Loch Ewe March 10 |
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| Transcribed with the help of "Convoys to Russia 1941-1945", Bob Ruegg / Arnold Hague, and Advance Sailing Telegram received from Tony Cooper.
For info, a number of these ships had previously arrived with Convoy JW 56A, others with JW 56B (available at the 3rd external link provided at the end of this page). Br=British, Am=American, Du=Dutch. |
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Charles A McAllister Loch Ewe for U.S.A. (Am) |
21
Thorstein Veblen Liverpool (Am) |
31
Empire Tourist Sunk - See Notes (Br) |
41
Samuel McIntyre Loch Ewe for U.S.A. (Am) |
51
Fort Crevecoeur Hull (Br) |
61
Empire Ploughman Liverpool (Br) |
71
Paul Hamilton Hayne Loch Ewe for U.S.A. (Am) |
81 Willard Hall Loch Ewe for U.S.A. (Am) |
91 Fort Norfolk W. Hartlepool (Br) |
101 Winfred L Smith Loch Ewe for U.S.A. (Am) |
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Fort Slave Leith Dock (Br) |
22
Empire Pickwick London (Br) |
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San Cirilo Clyde f.o. (Br) |
52
San Adolfo Clyde f.o. (Br) |
62
HMS Black Prince |
72
San Ambrosio Clyde f.o. (Br) |
82 William Tyler Page Loch Ewe for U.S.A. (Am) |
92 Albert C Ritchie Clyde f.o. (Am) |
102 Abner Nash Loch Ewe for U.S.A. (Am) |
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Edward L Grant Loch Ewe for U.S.A. (Am) |
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Henry Wynkoop Glasgow (Am) |
33 Aert van der Neer Immingham (Du) |
43 Philip Livingston Loch Ewe for U.S.A. (Am) |
53 | 63 HMS Chaser |
73 | 83 Henry Bacon Clyde f.o. (Am) |
93 John La Farge Loch Ewe for U.S.A. (Am) |
103 Edwin L Drake Loch Ewe for U.S.A. (Am) |
| 14 Woodbridge N Ferris Garston (Am) |
24 John H B Latrobe Loch Ewe for U.S.A. (Am) |
34 Richard H Alvey Loch Ewe for U.S.A. (Am) |
44 Charles Scribner Loch Ewe for U.S.A. (Am) |
54 | 64 | 74 | 84 Copeland (Br) Rescue Vessel* |
94 Robert Lowry Loch Ewe for U.S.A. (Am) |
104 Bernard N Baker Loch Ewe for U.S.A. (Am) |
| Additionally, the British Empire Bard was in this convoy, but returned to Murmansk. | |||||||||
Commodore was in Fort Crevecoeur, Vice Commodore in Empire Tourist and Rear Commodore in Paul Hamilton Hayne. San Adolfo, San Ambrosio and San Cirilo were escort oilers. As can be seen the cruiser Black Prince and the escort carrier Chaser were within the convoy during the passage. * "Convoys to Russia" states with regard to this Rescue Vessel: A number of U-boats had assembled to attack the previous incoming convoy (JW 57 - see 3rd external link below), but RA 57 avoided these thanks to the efforts of Russian aircraft as well as a wide diversion to the east upon leaving the Kola Inlet. However, U-boats made contact on March 4, U-703 sinking Empire Tourist (no casualties). That same day a Swordfish from Chaser damaged U-472, subsequently sunk by Onslaught. On March 5 another Swordfish sank U-366, then U-973 the following day - 2 other U-boats were damaged. (All the attacking aircraft came from 816 Squadron operating from Chaser, which had been prevented from operating her aircraft for the first 2 days, owing to storms). Escorts: Related external links: The loss of U-472 | U-366 | U-973 Liberty Ships Fort, Ocean & Park Ships To the next RA convoy in my list RA 58 |
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