Convoy JW.57

Convoy JW.57

 

Departed from Liverpool February 20, 1944
Arrived Kola Inlet February 28, 1944
No. of vessels (Hague) 43
No. of vessels accounted for here

43

Vessels lost from convoy

0

Note: HMS MAHRATTA was sunk by U-990 on February 25.


Vessel
Tons
Built
Notes
ALEXANDER WHITE (Am)
7,191
1942
 
BRITISH VALOUR (Br)
6,952
1927
 
BYRON DARNTON (Am)
7,176
1943
 
CAESAR RODNEY (Am)
7,191
1942
 
CHARLES BULFINCH (Am)
7,176
1943
 
CHARLES M. SCHWAB (Am)
7,191
1943
 
COPELAND (Br)
1,526
1923
 
DAPHNELLA (Br)
8,078
1938
 
EDWARD SPARROW (Am)
7,176
1943
 
EMPIRE CARPENTER (Br)
7,025
1943
 
EMPIRE CELIA (Br)
7,025
1943
 
EMPIRE NIGEL (Br)
7,067
1943
 
FORT BRULE (Br)
7,133
1942
 
FORT MCMURRAY (Br)
7,133
1942
 
FORT ROMAINE (Br)
7,173
1943
 
HENRY B. BROWN (Am)
7,200
1943
 
HENRY LOMB (Am)
7,176
1943
 
JEFFERSON DAVIS (Am)
7,176
1942
 
JOHN A. DONALD (Am)
7,176
1943
 
JOHN A. QUITMAN (Am)
7,176
1943
 
JOHN LANGDON (Am)
7,176
1942
 
JOHN RUTLEDGE (Am)
7,181
1942
 
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS (Am)
7,176
1943
 
JOHN STEVENSON (Am)
7,176
1943
 
JOHN W. POWELL (Am)
7,176
1943
 
JOHN WOOLMAN (Am)
7,191
1943
 
JOSHUA W. ALEXANDER (Am)
7,176
1943
 
LORD DELAWARE (Am)
7,200
1943
 
LOUIS D. BRANDEIS (Am)
7,200
1943
 
LUCERNA (Br)
6,556
1930
 
MARIE M. MELONEY (Am)
7,176
1943
 
MIJDRECHT (Du)
7,493
1931
 
NATHAN TOWSON (Am)
7,176
1943
 
NATHANIEL ALEXANDER (Am)
7,177
1942
 
OCEAN STRENGTH (Br)
7,173
1942
 
PHILIP F. THOMAS (Am)
7,176
1943
 
RICHARD M JOHNSON (Am)
7,176
1943
 
ROBERT EDEN (Am)
7,176
1943
 
ROBERT J COLLIER (Am)
7,176
1943
 
SAN AMBROSIO (Br)
7,410
1935
 
STEVENSON TAYLOR (Am)
7,176
1943
 
THOMAS HARTLEY (Am)
7,176
1942
 
WILLIAM H. WEBB (Am)
7,176
1943
 


35 escorts were associated (at least in part) with convoy JW.57.


BEAGLE    BERWICK    BLACK PRINCE    BLUEBELL    BOADICEA   
BURDOCK    BYRON    CAMELLIA    CHASER    DIANELLA   
HYDRA    IMPULSIVE    JAMAICA    KEPPEL    LOYALTY   
MAHRATTA    MATCHLESS    METEOR    MILNE    OBEDIENT   
OFFA    ONSLAUGHT    ORESTES    ORIBI    RATTLESNAKE   
RHODODENDRON    SAVAGE    SERAPIS    STRULE    SWIFT   
VERULAM    VIGILANT    WALKER    WANDERER    WATCHMAN   
                   
                   

Escort(s) lost or damaged:

MAHRATTA
Torpedoed by U-990 in convoy JW-57 on 25 Feb, 1944.
(220 dead and 16 survivors).


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