Convoy PQ 13 - Ship List

Ship List

The convoy to Russia consisted of 19 freighters, a Fleet Oiler, and 3 whalers,

PQ13 main body: Loch Ewe to Murmansk
Ship Captain Tonnage Flag Total Crew Armed Guard or DEMS
SS Dunboyne Ernest Prahter 3,515 46 11, Ensign Brinn
SS Effingham Charles H. Hewlett 6,421 43 8, Ensign Gamblin
SS El Estero Ivo Beatovic 4,219 39 none
SS Eldena Ole M. Nilsen 6,900 50 13, Ensign Fink
SS Empire Cowper J.H. Wigham 7,164 57 11
SS Empire Ranger Maurice E. Sadler 7,008 50 7
SS Empire Starlight William H. Stein 6,850 78 12
SS Gallant Fox Eric Lundh 5,473 39 none
SS Harpalion Henry W. Williams 5,486 52 8
SS Induna William N. Collins 5,086 60 10
SS Mana Oermulff Berg-Johannessen 3,283 37 1?
SS Mormacmar Llewelyn Roberts 5,453 ?, Ensign Smith
SS New Westminster City William J. Harris 4,747 52 6
SS Raceland Sverre Brekke 4,815 45 None
SS River Afton Harold W. Charlton 5,479 53 10
SS Tobruk Bronislaw Harko 7,048 48 At least 1
Reykjavík to Murmansk group
Ship Captain Tonnage Flag Total Crew Armed Guard or DEMS
SS Ballot Henry Bejer 6,131 42 none
SS Bateau Johan A. Haltlid ; 4,687 48 none
SS Scottish American P. Sun 6,999 44 6
Loch Ewe to Reykjavík group
Ship Captain Tonnage Flag Total Crew Armed Guard or DEMS
Groenland b 1,220 d e f
Lars Kruse b 1,807 e f
Mano b 1,418 e f
PQ13: Fleet replenishment oiler
Ship Captain Tonnage Flag Total Crew Armed Guard or DEMS
RFA Oligarch A.V. Barton 6,897 e f
PQ13 Whalers
Ship Captain Tonnage Flag Total Crew Armed Guard or DEMS
HMS Silja 251
HMS Sumba 251
HMS Sulla John Edward Thundercliffe 251
  • Lars Kruse, Mano and Groenland sailed with the convoy from Loch Ewe to Iceland, but didn't sail to the Soviet Union.
  • Ballot, Bateau and Scottish American joined the convoy in Iceland.
  • All other ships departed from Loch Ewe, for Murmansk.
  • Three whalers: HMS Silja, HMS Sulla and HMS Sumba were under transfer to the Soviet Navy and would become magnetic mine minesweepers.

In Russia, HMS Silja was renamed T-107 and the HMS Sumba was renamed T-106.

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