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Navy and Merchant ships on Convoy JW-57

Convoy JW-57

Departed from Liverpool on the 20th February 1944.

Arrived at Kola Inlet on the 28th February 1944.

Merchant Ships.

Alexander White (Am),

British Valour (Br),

Byron Darnton (Am),

Caesar Rodney (Am),

Charles Bulfinch (Am),

Charles M.Schwab (Am),

Copeland (Br),

Daphnella (Br),

Edward Sparrow (Am),

Empire Carpenter (Br),

Empire Celia (Br),

Empire Nigel (Br),

Fort Brule (Br),

Fort Mcmurray (Br),

Fort Romaine (Br),

Henry B. Brown (Am),

Henry Lomb (Am),

Jefferson Davis (Am),

John A. Donald (Am),

John A. Quitman (Am),

John Langdon (Am),

John Rutledge (Am),

John Sharp Williams (Am),

John Stevenson (Am),

John W. Powell (Am),

John Woolman (Am),

Joshua W. Alexander (Am),

Lord Delaware (Am),

Louis D. Brandeis (Am),

Lucerna (Br),

Marie M Meloney (Am),

Mijdrecht (Du),

Nathan Towson (Am),

Nathaniel Alexander (Am),

Ocean Strength (Br),

Philp F. Thomas (Am),

Richard M. Johnson (Am),

Robert Eden (Am),

Robert J. Collier (Am),

Sand Ambrosio (Br),

Stevenson Taylor (Am),

Thomas Hartley (Am),

William H. Webb (Am).

HMS MAHRATTA was sunk by U-990 or U-956 on 25th February 1944.

Navy Ships that took some part in the convoy.

Destroyer HMS Beagle H30,

Cruiser HMS Berwick 65,

Cruiser HMS Black Prince 81 / C81,

Corvette HMS Bluebell K80. 

Destroyer HMS Boadicea H65,

Corvette HMS Burdock K126,

Frigates (American Built) HMS Byron K508,

Corvette HMS Camellia K31,

Aircraft Carrier HMS Chaser D32,

Corvette HMS Dianella K07, (Ex Daffodil)

Polish Cruiser ORP Dragon (HMS Dragon D46, handed over to the Polish Navy on 15/1/1943).

Minesweeper HMS Hydra J275,

Cruiser HMS Jamaica C44,

Destroyer HMS Keppel D84,

Corvette HMS Lotus K93/K130?. (Launched as HMS Phlox, renamed Lotus April 1942)

Minesweeper HMS Loyalty J217,

Destroyer HMS Mahratta G23,

Destroyer HMS Matchless G52,

Destroyer HMS Meteor G73,

Destroyer HMS Milne G14,

Destroyer HMS Obedient G48,

Destroyer HMS Offa G29,

Destroyer HMS Onslaught G04,

Minesweeper HMS Orestes J277,

Destroyer HMS Oribi G66,

Minesweeper HMS Rattlesnake J297,

Corvette HMS Rhododendron K78,

Destroyer HMS Savage G20,

Destroyer HMS Serapis G94,

Frigates HMS Strule K258 (Ex-Glenarm renamed Strule Feb 1944, then renamed Croix De Corraine Sept 1944).

Destroyer HMS Swift G46,

Destroyer HMS Verulam R28,

Destroyer HMS Vigilant R93,

Destroyer HMS Walker D27,

Destroyer HMS Wanderer D74,

Destroyer HMS Watchman D26.