Ships in Convoy
| Name | Flag | Dead | Tonnage | Cargo | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoa Leader (1919) | 5,041 gross register tons (GRT) | petrol | |||
| Astrid (1942) | 2,861 GRT | sugar | |||
| Badjestan (1928) | 5,573 GRT | wheat | |||
| Baldbutte (1919) | 6,295 GRT | ||||
| Bengkalis (1918) | 6,453 GRT | general cargo | survived this convoy and convoy ONS 5 | ||
| Bonneville (1929) | 36 | 4,665 GRT | 7,196 tons explosives & general cargo | carried convoy commodore Capt H.C. Birnie DSO RD RNR; sunk by U-405 10 March | |
| Brant County (1915) | 5,001 GRT | general cargo | returned to Halifax | ||
| British Freedom (1928) | 6,985 GRT | furnace fuel oil | |||
| British Progress (1927) | 4,581 GRT | petrol | veteran of convoy SC 104 | ||
| Camerata (1931) | 4,875 GRT | iron ore | |||
| Clunepark (1928) | 3,491 GRT | phosphates | |||
| Coulmore (1936) | 3,670 GRT | general cargo | torpedoed, but towed and salvaged | ||
| Dilworth (1919) | 7,045 GRT | gas oil | |||
| Egton (1938) | 4,363 GRT | iron ore | |||
| Egyptian (1920) | 44 | 2,868 GRT | oilseed, palm oil & tin ore | sunk by U-230 7 March | |
| El Grillo (1922) | 7,264 GRT | fuel oil | |||
| Empire Advocate (1913) | 5,787 GRT | general cargo | survived this convoy and convoy ONS 5 | ||
| Empire Bunting (1919) | 6,448 GRT | general cargo | arrived in tow after steering failure on 11 March | ||
| Empire Caxton (1942) | 2,873 GRT | bauxite | |||
| Empire Forest (1942) | 7,025 GRT | general cargo | |||
| Empire Grebe (1918) | 5,736 GRT | general cargo | |||
| Empire Impala (1920) | 48 | 6,116 GRT | 7,628 tons general cargo | sunk by U-591 while picking up survivors 7 March | |
| Empire Keats (1942) | 7,035 GRT | west African produce | carried convoy vice commodore Capt A Cocks DSC RD RNR | ||
| Empire Lakeland (1942) | 7,015 GRT | refrigerated and general cargo | straggled and sunk (probably by U-190) | ||
| Empire Opossum (1918) | 5,644 GRT | grain | |||
| Empire Planet (1923) | 4,290 GRT | general cargo | survived this convoy and convoy ONS 5 | ||
| Eskdalegate (1930) | 4,250 GRT | iron ore | |||
| Fort Lamy (1919) | 5,242 GRT | steel & general cargo | veteran of convoy ON 154; straggled and sunk (probably by U-527) | ||
| Fort Remy (1943) | 7,127 GRT | general cargo | |||
| Garnes (1930) | 1,559 GRT | veteran of convoy SC 104 | |||
| Gascony (1925) | 4,716 GRT | general cargo | |||
| Gatineau Park (1942) | 7,128 GRT | general cargo | fitted with Admiralty net defense | ||
| Guido (1920) | 3,921 GRT | sugar & cotton | romped and sunk (possibly by U-432) | ||
| Hallfried (1918) | 2,968 GRT | flour | |||
| Harpefjell (1939) | 1,333 GRT | general cargo | |||
| Harperly (1930) | 4,586 GRT | bauxite | survived to be sunk 2 months later in convoy ONS 5 | ||
| Hollywood (1920) | 5,498 GRT | general cargo | veteran of convoy PQ 18 | ||
| Katendrecht (1925) | 5,099 GRT | gas oil | |||
| Kingswood (1929) | 5,080 GRT | general cargo | |||
| L V Stanford (1921) | 7,138 GRT | furnace fuel oil | veteran of convoy SC 107 | ||
| USS Laramie (1919) | 5,450 GRT | detached for Greenland | |||
| Leadgate (1925) | 2,125 GRT | flour | straggled and sunk by U-642 | ||
| Lobos (1921) | 6,479 GRT | tin & general cargo | |||
| Lombardy (1921) | 3,379 GRT | general cargo | |||
| Lorient (1921) | 4,737 GRT | steel & lumber | veteran of convoy SC 42; survived to be sunk 2 months later in convoy ONS 5 | ||
| Malantic (1929) | 25 | 3,837 GRT | 8,000 tons ammunition | veteran of convoy SC 107; sunk by U-409 9 March | |
| Manchester Progress (1938) | 5,620 GRT | general cargo | |||
| Melrose Abbey (1929) | 1,924 GRT | convoy rescue ship | |||
| Miguel de Larrinaga (1924) | 5,231 GRT | tobacco | veteran of convoy SC 42 | ||
| Milos (1898) | 30 | 3,058 GRT | 804 tons steel & lumber | sunk by U-530 11 March | |
| Morska Wola (1924) | 3,208 GRT | general cargo | veteran of convoy HX 84 | ||
| Nadin (1904) | 3,582 GRT | steel & lumber | |||
| Nailsea Court (1936) | 45 | 4,946 GRT | 7,661 tons copper & general cargo | sunk by U-229 10 March | |
| Parkhaven (1920) | 4,803 GRT | general cargo | |||
| Porjus (1906) | 2,965 GRT | steel & pulp | veteran of convoy SC 104; returned to port & sailed with convoy SC 122 | ||
| Raranga (1916) | 10,043 GRT | refrigerated & general cargo | |||
| Ravnefjell (1938) | 1,339 GRT | general cargo | veteran of convoy HX 79 & convoy ON 154; survived this convoy & convoy SC 130 | ||
| Reaverley (1940) | 4,998 GRT | bauxite | returned to port | ||
| Rosewood (1931) | 42 | 5,989 GRT | furnace fuel oil | escort oiler; sunk by U-409 9 March | |
| San Tirso (1913) | 6,266 GRT | furnace fuel oil | |||
| Scorton (1939) | 4,813 GRT | sugar | |||
| Sinnington Court (1928) | 6,910 GRT | general cargo | veteran of convoy SC 104 | ||
| Suderoy (1913) | 7,562 GRT | fuel oil | veteran of convoy SC 104 | ||
| Sutlej (1940) | 5,189 GRT | general cargo | |||
| Thraki (1941) | 7,460 GRT | grain & general cargo | |||
| Trontolite (1918) | 7,115 GRT | ||||
| Vancolite (1928) | 11,404 GRT | ||||
| Vojvoda Putnik (1916) | 5,879 GRT | wheat | straggled and sunk by U-591 | ||
| Zouave (1930) | 4,256 GRT | iron ore | returned to port to be sunk sailing with convoy SC 122 |
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