Sorry Phil, didn't see your reply until now. Yes please, if you would copy the extract for me, that would be appreciated.

I have now received a reply from Tony, and it does indeed look like Ruegg / Hague are in error when they say El Mirlo was in Convoy PQ 6 to Murmansk.

Here's what he sent me about their voyages in that period (as will be seen, El Mirlo was in another part of the world when Convoy PQ 6 left Hvalfjord):

EL MIRLO
Sailed Halifax 16-8-41 From New York
Arrived Liverpool 31-8-41
Sailed Liverpool 3-9-41
Arrived Manchester 3-9-41
Sailed Manchester 9-9-41
Sailed River Mersey 11-9-41
Arrived New York -9-41
Sailed New York -9-41
Arrived Aruba 3-10-41
Sailed Aruba 4-10-41
Arrived Halifax 14-10-41
Sailed Halifax 16-10-41
Arrived River Mersey 31-10-41
Arrived Liverpool 31-10-41
Arrived Manchester 2-11-41
Sailed Manchester 23-11-41
Sailed River Mersey 25-11-41
Arrived New York -12-41
Sailed New York -12-41
Arrived Aruba 19-12-41
Sailed Aruba 25-12-41
Arrived Freetown 14-1-42
Sailed Freetown 23-1-42 For Aruba


MIRLO on the other hand:
Arrived New York 22-8-41 from Greenock
Sailed New York 30-8-41
Arrived Halifax 2-9-41
Sailed Halifax 4-9-41
Arrived Thames Haven 27-9-41
Sailed Thames Haven 29-9-41
Arrived Gravesend 1-10-41
Sailed Gravesend 8-10-41
Arrived New York 3-11-41
Sailed New York 9-11-41
Arrived Sydney ns 12-11-41
Sailed Sydney ns 16-11-41
Arrived Reykjavik 30-11-41
Sailed Reykjavik 8-12-41
Arrived Molotovsk 23-12-41
Sailed Murmansk 29-12-41
Sailed Iokanka 5-1-41 for Iceland and New York

So thanks to this, we can correct another error in existing sources!

Thanks so much, Tony!

Regards Siri
(warsailors.com)