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Navy and Merchant ships on Convoy JW-56B

Convoy JW.56B

Departed from Loch Ewe on the 22nd January 1944.

Arrived at Kola Inlet on the 1st Febraury 1944.

No of Merchant Ships (Hague) 17.

No of Merchant Ships accounted for 17.

Merchant Ships.

Abner Nash (Am),

Albert C, Richie (Am),

Charles A, Mcallister (Am),

Edward L, Grant (Am),

Empire Tourist (Br),

Fort Crevecoeur (Br),

Fort Norfolk (Br),

Henry Bacon (Am),

Henry Lomb (Am),

Henry Wynkoop (Am),

John H, B, Latrobe (Am),

John La Farge (Am),

Paul Hamilton Hayne (Am),

Robert Lowey (Am),

Samuel Macintyre (Am),

Willard Hall (Am),

Winfred L. Smith (Am).

HMS Hardy was sunk by U-278 on 30th January 1944.

Navy Ships that took some part in the convoy.

Cruiser HMS Bermuda 52 / C52,

Cruiser HMS Berwick 65,

Sloop HMS Cygnet H83. 

Destroyer HMS Hardy H87,

Corvette HMS Honeysuckle K27,

Canadian Destroyer Huron G24,

Minesweeper HMS Hydra J275,

Destroyer HMS Inconstant H49,

Cruiser HMS Kent 54.(Launched1926 Decommissioned 1948) 

Destroyer HMS Mahratta G23,

Destroyer Meteor G73,

Destroyer HMS Milne G14,

Destroyer HMS Musketeer G86,

Destroyer HMS Offa G29,

Minesweeper HMS Onyx J221,

Destroyer HMS Opportune G80,

Corvette HMS Oxlip K123,

Corvette HMS Rhododendron K78,

Destroyer HMS Savage G20,

Destroyer HMS Scourge G01,

Minesweeper HMS Seagull J85,

Norwegian Destroyer Stord G26 (ex. HMS Success),

Destroyer HMS Venus R50,

Destroyer HMS Vigilant R93,

Destroyer HMS Virago R75,

Destroyer HMS Westcott D47,

Destroyer HMS Whitehall D94,

Destroyer HMS Wrestler D35.