Convoy JW.53

Convoy JW.53

 

Departed from Liverpool January 27, 1943
Arrived Kola Inlet February 15, 1943
No. of vessels (Hague) 29
No. of vessels accounted for here

28

Vessels lost from convoy

1

Note: More details of this convoy may be found here.


Vessel
Tons
Built
Notes
ARTIGAS (Pan)
5,613
1920
 
ATLANTIC (Br)
5,414
1939
 
BEACONHILL (Am)
6,941
1919
 
BERING (Am)
7,631
1920
 
BRITISH GOVERNOR (Br)
6,840
1926
 
CITY OF OMAHA (Am)
6,124
1920
 
DOVER HILL (Br)
5,815
1918
 
EMPIRE BAFFIN (Br)
6,978
1941
 
EMPIRE FORTUNE (Br)
6,140
1943
 
EMPIRE GALLIARD (Br)
7,200
1942
  Op.FB
EMPIRE KINSMAN (Br)
6,744
1942
 
EMPIRE SCOTT (Br)
6,150
1941
  Op.FB
EXPLORER (Br)
6,235
1935
 
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (Am)
7,176
1941
 
ISRAEL PUTNAM (Am)
7,176
1942
 
JAMES BOWIE (Am)
7,176
1942
 
JOHN LAURANCE (Am)
7,176
1942
 
JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON (Am)
7,196
1942
 
KOMILES (Ru)
3,962
1932
 
LLANDAFF (Br)
4,825
1937
 
MARATHON (Nor)
7,208
1930
 
MOBILE CITY (Am)
6,157
1920
 
OCEAN FREEDOM (Br)
7,173
1942
sunk in JW.53 (in port - aircraft)
PETROVSKI (Ru)
3,771
1921
 
PIETER VAN HOOGH (Du)
7,168
1941
 
TBILISI (Ru)
7,169
1912
 
THOMAS HARTLEY (Am)
7,176
1942
 
TOBRUK (Pol)
7,048
1942
 


46 escorts were associated (at least in part) with convoy JW.53.


BELFAST    BERGAMOT    BERWICK    BLUEBELL    BOADICEA   
BRITOMART    BRYONY    CAMELLIA    CUMBERLAND    DASHER   
DIANELLA    ECLIPSE    FAULKNOR    FURY    GROMKI   
GROZNI    HALCYON    HAZARD    HOWE    IMPULSIVE   
INGLEFIELD    JASON    KING GEORGE V    KUIBYSHEV    LORD AUSTIN   
LORD MIDDLETON    METEOR    MEYNELL    MIDDLETON    MILNE   
MUSKETEER    NORFOLK    OBDURATE    OBEDIENT    OFFA   
ONSLAUGHT    OPPORTUNE    ORKAN    ORWELL    PIORUN   
POPPY    PYTCHLEY    SCYLLA    SHARPSHOOTER    URAGAN   
URITSKI                   
                   
                   

Escort(s) lost or damaged:

DASHER
Detached to Iceland after storm damage in convoy JW-53


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