| Departed Liverpool | Tuesday, October 1st 1940 |
| Dispersed | Saturday, October 5th 1940 |
| No. of vessels (Hague) | 31 |
| Actual number of vessels | 35 + 1 did not sail + 4 escorts. |
| Vessels lost from convoy | 1 NINA BORTHEN (dispersed) |
Note: OB.222 departed Liverpool at 0900 hours on October 1, 1940.
BENLAWERS was sunk on October 6 dispersed from this convoy or OB.221.
Pdt |
Vessel |
Cargo |
From |
To |
74 |
ALIOTH (Du) | Ballast |
Glasgow |
Panama |
54 |
ASTRIDA (Bel) | Coal |
Bristol Channel |
Lobitos |
52 |
ATHELVISCOUNT | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Wabana |
71 |
BENALBANACH | Ballast |
Glasgow |
Capetown |
11 |
BENGORE HEAD | Coal |
Bristol Channel |
Newport R.I. |
22 |
BENLAWERS | Gen. |
Bristol Channel |
Port Said via Cape |
12 |
BEUGJALIS (Du) | Clay |
Bristol Channel |
Capetown/Bombay |
31 |
BRADFYNE | Coal |
Bristol Channel |
Montreal |
73 |
CAPULET | Ballast |
Glasgow |
Trinidad |
24 |
CHARLES F. MEYER | Ballast |
Bristol Channel |
Aruba |
42 |
CHAUCER | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Hampton Roads |
62 |
CITY OF DUNDEE | Gen. |
Liverpool |
Freetown |
23 |
CITY OF DUNKIRK | Stores |
Bristol Channel |
Durban/Alexandria |
54 |
CONSUELO | Gen. |
Liverpool |
Hull |
53 |
DIONE II (Ex. Fr) | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Wabana |
55 |
EGEE (Ex. Fr) | Ballast |
Bristol Channel |
Wabana |
(61) |
EMPIRE STEELHEAD | DID NOT SAIL |
Liverpool |
New York |
43 |
FALSTERBO (Sw) | Ballast |
Liverpool |
St. John's N.F. |
64 |
HENRY DUNDAS | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Clyde |
| HMS COREOPSIS | ESCORT |
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| HMS MALLOW | ESCORT |
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| HMS SABRE | ESCORT |
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| HMS WALKER | ESCORT |
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41 |
KAVAK | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Trinidad |
63 |
KOENJIT (Du) | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Port Tampa |
64 |
LETO (Du) | Coal |
Bristol Channel |
Buenos Aires |
14 |
LLANCARVAN | Coal |
Bristol Channel |
Buenos Aires |
45 |
MARKLAND (Du) | Coal |
Bristol Channel |
Montevideo |
83 |
MORSKA WOLA (Pol) | Ballast |
Belfast |
New York |
81 |
NARDANA | Ballast |
Glasgow |
Freetown |
34 |
NEMMA (Gk) | Ballast |
Bristol Channel |
New York |
82 |
NICOLAOU VIRGINIA (Gk) | Ballast |
Glasgow |
Philadelphia |
65 |
NINA BORTHEN (Nor) | Ballast |
Bristol Channel |
Abadan/ Cape |
44 |
OOTMARSUM (Du) | Coal |
Bristol Channel |
St. John N.B. |
33 |
PANAGHIS (Gk) | Coal |
Bristol Channel |
Montreal |
32 |
PERU (Bel) | Ballast |
Bristol Channel |
Mombassa |
13 |
RIVER AFTON | Coal |
Bristol Channel |
Freetown |
51 |
SPRINGFONTEIN (Du) | Ballast |
Liverpool |
Freetown |
21 |
TETELA | Ballast |
Bristol Channel |
Victotia, Canada |
72 |
VINGALAND (Sw) | Gen. |
Glasgow |
New York |