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CONVOY RA 65
Left Kola Inlet on March 23-1945, arrived Scapa Flow on Apr. 1 (26 ships).
Cruising order is not available.

The following ships were in the convoy:

The American Adolph S Ochs, Arunah S Abell, Ben F Dixon, Daniel Willard, Edwin L Drake, Francis Scott Key, F T Frelinghuysen, George Steers, Harold L Winslow, Hawkins Fudske, John J Abel, John Wanamaker, Joyce Kilmer, Lewis Emery Jr., Marie M Meloney, Nathan Towson, Townsend Harris.

The British Blue Ranger (escort oiler), British Merit, Empire Flint, Fort Crevecoeur (Commodore Ship), Fort Vercheres, Lacklan (escort oiler), Lucerna, Neritina.

The Norwegian Skiensfjord.

The convoy arrived its destination undetected.

Escorts (see also escorts for JW 65):
March 23-Apr. 1: Corvettes Allington Castle, Alnwick Castle, Bamborough Castle, Farnham Castle, Lancaster Castle, Camellia, Honeysuckle and Oxlip.
March 23-March 30: Cruiser Diadem, escort carriers Campania and Trumpeter, destroyers Myngs, Opportune, Orwell, Savage, Scorpion, Scourge, Zambesi, Canadian Sioux and Norwegian Stord.

Related external link:
Russian Convoys

Arctic Convoys main page

To the next RA convoy in my list RA 67
(RA 66 is available at the external link above)

Source for the information on this page: Convoys to Russia 1941-1945, Bob Ruegg/Arnold Hague, 1992.


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