Convoy JW-54A
Navy and Merchant Ships on Convoy JW-54A.
Convoy JW-54A.
Departed from Loch Ewe on 15th November 1943.
Arrived at Kola Inlet on 24th November 1943.
Merchant Ships.
Copland (Br).
Daniel Drake (Am).
Edmund Fanning (Am).
Empire Carpenter (Br).
Empire Celia (Br).
Empire Nigel (Br).
Fort Yukon (Br).
Gilbert Stuart (Am).
Henry Villard (Am).
James Gordon Bennet (Am).
James Smith (Am).
Junecrest (Br).
Mijdrecht (Du).
Norlys (Pan).
Ocean Vanity (Br).
Ocean Verity (Br).
Park Holland (Am).
Thomas Sim Lee (Am).
William Windom (Am).
Convoy JW-54, has been listed here, but HMS Mahratta is yet to be confirmed with the convoy, I have this convoy listed on the Summary Service for 1943-44, but HMS Mahratta is missing from the convoy list, that was printed in a book called "Convoys to Russia 1941-45" by Bob Ruegg and Arnold Hague. So as the Service Summary should be correct, I think it is only best to list this convoy.
Navy Ships. That took some part in the convoy.
Battleship HMS Anson 79.
Cruiser HMS Bermuda 52 / C52.
Destroyer HMS Brissenden L79.
Polish Destroyer Burza H73.
American Destroyer Corry DD463.
American Destroyer Fitch DD462.
American Destroyer Forrest DD461
Canadian Destroyer Haida G63.
Corvette HMS Heather K69.
American Destroyer Hobson DD464.
Canadian Destroyer Huron G24.
Minesweeper HMS Hussar J82.
Destroyer HMS Impulsive D11.
Destroyer HMS Inconstant H49.
Canadian Destroyer Iroquois G89.
Cruiser HMS Jamaica C44.
Cruiser HMS Kent 54 (Launched 1926, Decommissioned 1948).
Destroyer HMS Mahratta G23.
Destroyer Obedient G48.
Destroyer HMS Onslaught G04.
Destroyer HMS Onslow G17.
Destroyer HMS Orwell G98.
Minesweeper HMS Seagull J85.
Destroyer HMS Termagant R89.
American Cruiser Tuscaloosa CA37.
Destroyer HMS Whitehall D94..

