Convoy JW.56A

Convoy JW.56A

 

Departed from Liverpool January 12, 1944
Arrived Kola Inlet January 28, 1944
No. of vessels (Hague) 20
No. of vessels accounted for here

20

Vessels lost from convoy

3

Note: HMS OBDURATE was torpedoed and damaged by U-360.
HANS DUNKELBERG was carrying USS PTC-39
FORT BELLINGHAM was damaged by U-360 before being sunk by U-957.
More details of this convoy may be found here.


Vessel
Tons
Built
Notes
AERT VAN DER NEER (Du)
7,170
1942
 
ANDREW G. CURTIN (Am)
7,200
1943
sunk in JW.56A (U-716)
CHARLES BULFINCH (Am)
7,176
1943
 
CHARLES SCRIBNER (Am)
7,176
1943
 
EDWIN L. DRAKE (Am)
7,176
1943
 
EMPIRE PLOUGHMAN (Br)
7,049
1943
 
FORT BELLINGHAM (Br)
7,153
1942
sunk in JW.56A (U-360/ U-957)
FORT SLAVE (Br)
7,134
1942
 
JEFFERSON DAVIS (Am)
7,176
1942
 
JOHN A. QUITMAN (Am)
7,176
1943
 
JOSEPH N. NICOLLET (Am)
7,176
1943
 
NATHANIEL ALEXANDER (Am)
7,177
1942
 
NOREG (Nor)
7,605
1931
 
PENELOPE BARKER (Am)
7,177
1942
sunk in JW.56A (U-278)
RICHARD H. ALVEY (Am)
7,191
1942
  Op.FB
SAN ADOLFO (Br)
7,365
1935
 
SAN CIRILO (Br)
8,012
1937
 
THORSTEIN VEBLEN (Am)
7,176
1943
 
WILLIAM TYLER PAGE (Am)
7,176
1943
 
WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS (Am)
7,200
1943
 


22 escorts were associated (at least in part) with convoy JW.56A.


BERMUDA    BERWICK    BORAGE    CYGNET    DIANELLA   
GREMYASCHI    GROZNI    HARDY    INCONSTANT    KENT   
OBDURATE    OFFA    ORESTES    POPPY    RAZUMNY   
READY    SAVAGE    STORD    VENUS    VIGILANT   
VIRAGO    WALLFLOWER               
                   

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