| Depart Liverpool on 13 September 1941. |
| Dispersed on 27 September 1941. |
| Hague's records contain 46 merchants and 15 escorts (42 ships TDS) Click here for external site based on TNA data for Convoy ON.16 |
Vessel |
Pdt. |
Tons |
Built |
Cargo |
Notes |
AEAS (Gk) |
83 |
4,729 |
1915 |
CUBA |
|
AFRICAN PRINCE (Br) |
63 |
4,653 |
1939 |
CLYDE |
|
AGIOS GEORGIOS (Gk) |
34 |
4,248 |
1911 |
MONTREAL |
|
AIRCREST (Br) |
64 |
5,237 |
1940 |
BALTIMORE |
|
ALMENARA (Br) |
61 |
1,851 |
1922 |
BARBADOS |
|
ALPERA (Br) |
41 |
1,777 |
1920 |
DEMERARA |
|
ARABIS |
ESCORT 15/09 - 20/09 |
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ASIATIC (Br) |
43 |
3,741 |
1923 |
FREEPORT |
|
BADSWORTH |
ESCORT 17/09 - 18/09 |
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BARBERRYS (Br) |
71 |
5,170 |
1920 |
SYDNEY CB |
|
BARON COCHRANE (Br) |
93 |
3,385 |
1927 |
PORT ROYAL, JAMAICA |
|
BRITISH INDUSTRY (Br) |
22 |
4,297 |
1927 |
NYC |
|
BRUARFOSS (Ice) |
16 |
1,580 |
1927 |
GENERAL |
DETACHED 19.9 ARR REYKJAVIK 21.9 |
CARMELFJELL (Nor) |
42 |
1,334 |
1935 |
BATHURST, NB |
|
CHEPO (Pan) |
62 |
5,707 |
1919 |
BOSTON |
|
CIRCE SHELL (Br) |
72 |
8,207 |
1931 |
CURACOA |
|
COLUMBIA |
ESCORT 19/09 - 24/09 |
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COWRIE (Br) |
74 |
8,197 |
1931 |
CURACOA |
|
CSARDA (Pan) |
14 |
3,882 |
1917 |
FERNANDINA |
|
DUX (Nor) |
73 |
1,590 |
1934 |
CURACAO |
|
EMPIRE DELL (Br) |
11 |
7,065 |
1941 |
CAM SHIP, HALIFAX |
|
EMPIRE ENERGY (Br) |
84 |
6,589 |
1923 |
PHILADELPHIA |
|
EMPIRE FRANKLIN (Br) |
91 |
7,292 |
1941 |
CAM SHIP, HALIFAX |
|
EMPIRE MAGPIE (Br) |
65 |
6,211 |
1919 |
SAVANNAH |
|
EMPIRE MAVIS (Br) |
5,704 |
1919 |
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EMPIRE PEACOCK (Br) |
53 |
6,098 |
1919 |
TAMPA |
|
EMPIRE TERN (Br) |
85 |
2,479 |
1919 |
CEMENT |
ICELAND |
ERNA III (Br) |
12 |
1,590 |
1930 |
STRAGGLED AND SUNK BY U 562 |
|
EVANGER (Nor) |
32 |
3,869 |
1920 |
DETACHED TO ON 17 |
|
GER-Y-BRYN (Br) |
5,108 |
1941 |
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HELENUS (Br) |
51 |
7,366 |
1913 |
HALIFAX |
|
HENRIK IBSEN (Nor) |
23 |
4,671 |
1906 |
TAMPA |
|
IRISH LARCH (Eire) |
94 |
3,076 |
1903 |
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KIRKPOOL (Br) |
92 |
4,842 |
1928 |
COLLISION & RETURNED |
|
LACKENBY (Br) |
35 |
5,112 |
1928 |
BALTIMORE |
|
LAMERTON |
ESCORT 17/09 - 18/09 |
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LARS KRUSE (Br) |
13 |
1,807 |
1923 |
SHEET HARBOUR |
|
LESTO (Br) |
1,893 |
1918 |
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LYSAKER V (Nor) |
75 |
1,571 |
1936 |
SYDNEY CB |
|
MADRONO (Nor) |
5,894 |
1917 |
|||
MALCOLM |
ESCORT 13/09 - 19/09 |
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NEWTON ASH (Br) |
81 |
4,625 |
1925 |
NYC |
|
NORTHERN GEM |
ESCORT 14/09 - 20/09 |
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NORTHERN PRIDE |
ESCORT 14/09 - 20/09 |
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NORTHERN SPRAY |
ESCORT 14/09 - 20/09 |
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NOVASLI (Nor) |
24 |
3,204 |
1920 |
HALIFAX |
|
ORILLIA |
ESCORT 20/09 - 26/09 |
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PETUNIA |
ESCORT 15/09 - 20/09 |
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RIMOUSKI |
ESCORT 20/09 - 26/09 |
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ROTTERDAM (Du) |
33 |
8,968 |
1925 |
NYC |
|
SANTIAGO (Pan) |
15 |
3,864 |
1908 |
FATHER POINT |
|
SARDONYX |
ESCORT 13/09 - 19/09 |
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SKEENA |
ESCORT 20/09 - 26/09 |
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SOBORG (Da) |
82 |
1,993 |
1924 |
CURACOA |
|
SYLVIA DE LARRINAGA (Br) |
5,218 |
1925 |
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THISTLEFORD (Br) |
52 |
4,781 |
1928 |
HAMPTON ROADS |
|
TILSINGTON COURT (Br) |
21 |
6,910 |
1928 |
PHILADELPHIA |
|
WATCHMAN |
ESCORT 13/09 - 19/09 |
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WELSH PRINCE (Br) |
31 |
5,148 |
1940 |
HALIFAX |
|
WETASKIWIN |
ESCORT 20/09 - 26/09 |
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ZAAFARAN (Br) |
54 |
1,559 |
1921 |
RESCUE SHIP |
| Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy ON.16: |
| MONKSHOOD DEFECTS & TOWED FROM OVERSAY TO OBAN |
| ICEALNDIC SHIPS MET BY CELANDINE, INTENDED FOR HX 149 |
| SARDONYX ARR DERRY 14.9 WITH DEFECTS |
| CHAMBLY, ALLOCATED WEST ESCORT, FAILED TO FIND CONVOY & RET ST JOHNS |
| MALCOLM(SOE), SARDONYX, WATCHMAN, PETUNIA, ARABIS,NTHN GEM,NTHN SPRAY & NTHN PRIDE 8EG, EAST ESCORT |
| BADSWORTH & LAMERTON, 6 DF, RE-INFORCED CONVOY WITH EAST ESCORT |
| COLUMBIA(SOE),RIMOUSKI,WETASKIWIN,ORILLIA & SKEENA 20 EG, WEST ESCORT |
| ST KENAN LOCAL CLYDE & MONKSHOOD LOCAL OBAN ESCORTS |
| BLACK SWAN, VICEROY, SPHENE, HEBE, GOSSAMER, MIGRANTE & SENATEUR DUHAMEL M HAVEN ESCORT (ONM 16) |
| COMMODORE: V-Adm B W M FAIRBAIRN CBE IN HELENUS |
| VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN WELSH PRINCE |