Ships in Convoy
| Name | Flag | Dead | Tonnage | Cargo | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amastra (1935) | 8,031 gross register tons (GRT) | ||||
| Aruba (1929) | 3,979 GRT | general cargo | |||
| Beauregard (1920) | 5,976 GRT | returned to England | |||
| Brasil (1935) | 8,130 GRT | ||||
| Charles H Cramp (1920) | 6,220 GRT | straggled 1 March | |||
| Chattanooga City (1921) | 0 | 5,687 GRT | (in ballast) | sunk by U-606 22 Feb | |
| City of Canberra (1927) | 7,484 GRT | carried convoy commodore Capt W E B Magee DSO RN | |||
| Delilian (1923) | 6,423 GRT | ||||
| Edward Rutledge (1942) | 7,177 GRT | 16 passengers | Liberty ship; returned to England | ||
| El Almirante (1917) | 5,248 GRT | returned to England | |||
| El Coston (1924) | 7,286 GRT | joined from Iceland 16 Feb but returned to Iceland when leaking condenser caused water shortage | |||
| El Oceano (1925) | 6,767 GRT | ||||
| Empire Cato (1942) | 7,039 GRT | returned to England | |||
| Empire Cavalier (1942) | 9,891 GRT | joined Halifax to New York; survived this convoy and convoy HX 229 | |||
| Empire Chivalry (1937) | 6,007 GRT | ||||
| Empire Confidence (1935) | 5,023 GRT | ||||
| Empire Redshank (1919) | 0 | 6,615 GRT | (in ballast) | torpedoed by U-606 & scuttled by escort 22 Feb | |
| Empire Trader (1908) | 0 | 9,990 GRT | 985 tons chemicals | veteran of convoy HX 79; torpedoed by U-92 & scuttled by escort 23 Feb | |
| Empire Wordsworth (1942) | 9,891 GRT | ||||
| Eulima (1937) | 63 | 6,207 GRT | (in ballast) | sunk by U-186 23 February | |
| Exilona (1919) | 4,971 GRT | ||||
| Expositor (1919) | 6 | 4,959 GRT | (in ballast) | sunk by U-606 & U-303 | |
| Fort Thompson (1942) | 7,134 GRT | coal | |||
| Fort Vermillion (1942) | 7,133 GRT | ||||
| Franz Klasen (1932) | 1,194 GRT | ||||
| Gateway City (1920) | 5,432 GRT | veteran of convoy PQ 18 | |||
| George W McKnight (1933) | 2,502 GRT | ||||
| Glittre (1928) | 3 | 6,402 GRT | (in ballast) | veteran of convoy ON 67; acting as escort oiler; sunk by U-628 & U-603 23 Feb | |
| Gyda (1934) | 1,695 GRT | general cargo | straggled and lost following 24 Feb collision with Fort Thompson | ||
| Hastings (1920) | 9 | 5,401 GRT | (in ballast) | sunk by U-186 23 Feb | |
| Ingria (1931) | 0 | 4,391 GRT | (in ballast) | sunk by U-600 & U-628 24 Feb | |
| Jonathan Sturges (1942) | 56 | 7,176 GRT | (in ballast) | Liberty ship straggled & sunk by U-653 24 Feb | |
| Kaipaki (1939) | 5,862 GRT | ||||
| Lechistan (1929) | 1,937 GRT | general cargo | straggled 20 Feb | ||
| Lochmonar (1924) | 9,412 GRT | 28 passengers | ship's master was convoy vice commodore | ||
| Madoera (1922) | 9,382 GRT | straggled 24 Feb & damaged by U-653 | |||
| Manchester Merchant (1940) | 36 | 7,264 GRT | (in ballast) | sunk by U-628 25 Feb | |
| Mark Twain (1942) | 7,176 GRT | Liberty ship straggled with steering failure | |||
| Markay (1942) | 10,342 GRT | joined from Iceland 16 Feb; romped 23 Feb | |||
| Molda (1937) | 5,137 GRT | general cargo | |||
| N T Nielsen-Alonso (1900) | 3 | 9,348 GRT | (in ballast) | sunk by U-92 & U-753 22 Feb | |
| Pacific Exporter (1928) | 6,734 GRT | ||||
| Pacific Grove (1928) | 7,117 GRT | ||||
| Pan-Maine (1936) | 7,237 GRT | ||||
| Pan-Maryland (1938) | 7,701 GRT | ||||
| Samuel Chase (1942) | 7,191 GRT | Liberty ship veteran of convoy PQ 17 | |||
| Skandinavia (1940) | 10,044 GRT | veteran of convoy ON 67 | |||
| Stigstad (1927) | 3 | 5,964 GRT | (in ballast) | straggled & sunk by U-332 & U-603 21 Feb | |
| Stockport (1911) | 63 | 1,683 GRT | (rescued crewmen of sunken ships) | rescue ship; sunk by U-604 while rescuing survivors | |
| Tai Shan (1929) | 6,962 GRT | 12 passengers | |||
| Thomas B Robertson (1942) | 7,176 GRT | Liberty ship romped & arrived New York 28 Feb | |||
| Thomas Hooker (1942) | 7,176 GRT | Liberty ship returned to England | |||
| Tortuguero (1921) | 5,285 GRT | ||||
| Tropic Star (1926) | 5,088 GRT | ||||
| Wind Rush (1918) | 5,586 GRT | ||||
| Winkler (1930) | 20 | 6,907 GRT | (in ballast) | sunk by U-628 & U-223 23 Feb |
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