Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).

Additional details have been added with the help of:
"Convoys to Russia 1941-1945", Bob Ruegg & Arnold Hague.
"Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague.

Crossed out ships did not sail.

MOWT = Ministry of War Transport

Perth (requisitioned Oct. 14-1940) was also with this convoy. She was on her 14th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Apr. 14 with the westbound Convoy ON 86 (to Halifax Apr. 29), returning with SC 83 from Halifax May 7, to Clyde May 22-1942.

The stations given are the initial convoy stations on departure Halifax; these may have changed as the voyage progressed.
Some ships have been given the same station numbers - hence my question marks.

Lafayette?xx

Station numbers for PLM 13 and PLM 17 are not known.

* Note that Sarnolite is not included in the Advance Sailing Telegram, which could indicate she was not part of the convoy itself.

According to Ted's diary, the Panamanian El Lago also cancelled, but as can be seen, she's not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram. This ship is listed in Convoy SC 87 (for info, she had a Norwegian captain - see this external link).

As mentioned, some of the ships in this convoy joined PQ 17 which departed Reykjavik on June 27 - they have been denoted x. Others joined Convoy PQ 18, denoted xx. See also SC 81 for the names of some of the other ships in PQ 17, as well as this posting to my ship Forum and the external link at the bottom of this page.

The ships went out in the following order:
The first to leave at 10:22 was Empire Norse (whale oil factory), followed at 10:28 by Wacosta, and with a few minutes between each ship, Kentucky, Empire Mariner, Nolisement, Inger Elisabeth, Ilissos, War Admiral (trucks on deck), Ashworth, Baron Kinnaird, Empire Gannet, Mirlo, Kelso, Cap Cantin, Saturnus, El Oceano (2 bombers), Empire Cormorant, Solitaire, Hampton Lodge, Fairfield City, Aruba, William Hooper (8 tanks on foredeck), Vest, Silver Sword (4 bombers, crated planes), Pan Atlantic ("B" flag - which I believe means she carried explosives), Evita ("U" on stack), Eastern Guide, Scorton, Samuel Chase, San Amado, Wanstead, Askeladden, Sithonia, Katingo Hadjipatera, Parthenon, Peter Kerr (3 bombers on deck), Anna N. Goulandris, Norlago, Agwidale, Quest, Empire Snow, Cherokee, Sommerstad, El Almirante, Empire Reindeer, Lista, Michael Jebsen, Gateway City (bombers), White Clover (listed as Panamanian Wild Plover in the diary), Hoosier, Honomu, Winston Salem, Sarnolite, Dekabrist, Wind Rush, Dynastic, English Monarch, Telesfora de Larrinaga, Algic, Lafayette, Perth (Admiralty flag, small passenger ship flying a green flag with a white diagonal stripe), and at 15:25 Vermont went out as the last ship ("B" flag).

Related external link:
Russian Convoys - All the convoys mentioned in my tables above are included.

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