Convoy OB.293

Depart Liverpool on 2 March 1941
Dispersed on 8 March 1941
Hague's records contain 38 merchants and 6 escorts (37 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
ARBUTUS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 02/03 - 07/03
ATHELBEACH (Br)
71
6,568
1931
 
SUNK BY U 99
BASIL (Br)
21
4,913
1928
 
 
BAYANO (Br)
51
6,815
1917
 
 
BEVERLEY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 04/03 - 08/03
CAMELLIA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 02/03 - 07/03
CAPSA (Br)
54
8,229
1931
 
 
CARDIUM (Br)
83
8,236
1931
 
 
CHELSEA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 02/03 - 07/03
CITY OF BARODA (Br)
32
7,129
1918
 
 
DELILIAN (Br)
61
6,423
1923
 
DAMAGED BY U 70 & TOWED TO CLYDE
DUNAFF HEAD (Br)
72
5,258
1918
 
SUNK BY UA
EASTGATE (Br)
23
5,032
1940
 
 
EMBASSAGE (Br)
82
4,954
1935
 
 
EMPIRE ATTENDANT (Br)
81
7,524
1921
 
 
EMPIRE WILDEBEESTE (Br)
43
5,631
1918
 
 
JADE (Br)
65
930
1938
 
 
KELBERGEN (Du)
25
4,823
1914
 
 
KORSHOLM (Sw)
15
2,647
1925
 
 
LEERDAM (Du)
62
8,815
1921
 
 
LEIESTEN (Nor)
12
6,118
1930
 
 
LORETO (Br)
41
6,682
1913
 
 
MERCIER (Bel)
52
7,886
1915
 
 
MICHAEL J GOULANDRIS (Gk)
53
6,669
1921
 
 
MIJDRECHT (Du)
75
7,493
1931
 
DAMAGED BY U 70, ALSO RAMMED U 70
MIRALDA (Br)
44
8,013
1936
 
 
NEW BRUNSWICK (Br)
64
6,529
1919
 
 
NEW WESTMINSTER CITY (Br)
35
4,747
1929
 
 
PERU (Br)
22
6,569
1916
 
 
PORT CAROLINE (Br)
31
8,263
1919
 
 
PUCK (Pol)
45
1,065
1935
 
 
SACRAMENTO VALLEY (Br)
11
4,573
1924
 
 
TERJE VIKEN (Br)
63
20,638
1936
 
SUNK BY U 99
TIRADENTES (Nor)
 
4,960
1922
 
POSSIBLY THIS CONVOY
TREGARTHEN (Br)
33
5,201
1936
 
 
ULYSSES (Du)
73
2,666
1918
 
 
VERITY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 02/03 - 07/03
VERNON CITY (Br)
42
4,748
1929
 
 
VIKING STAR (Br)
55
6,445
1920
 
 
WAROONGA (Br)
24
9,365
1914
 
 
WHITE CREST (Br)
13
4,365
1928
 
 
WOENSDRECHT (Du)
74
4,668
1926
 
 
WOLVERINE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 02/03 - 07/03
YSELHAVEN (Du)
14
4,802
1921
 
 

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy OB.293:

    ESCORT, EXCEPT BEVERLEY, DETACHED TO HX 111
    U 47 WAS NOT SUNK BY WOLVERINE, LOST DURING 7.3, TRUE CAUSE UNKNOWN
    COMMODORE: V-Adm SIR F M AUSTIN KBE CB IN BAYANO
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.