Convoy JW.63

Convoy JW.63

 

Departed from Loch Ewe December 30, 1944
Arrived Kola Inlet January 8, 1945
No. of vessels (Hague) 38
No. of vessels accounted for here

38

Vessels lost from convoy

2

Note: ADOLPH S. OCHS returned to Loch Ewe.
NORFJELL was sunk in convoy BK.3 en route to Murmansk for the return journey in RA.64.
More details of this convoy may be found here.


Vessel
Tons
Built
Notes
ADOLPH S. OCHS (Br)
7,219
1943
 
ALANSON B. HOUGHTON (Am)
7,176
1944
 
BENJAMIN H. HILL (Am)
7,198
1944
 
BERNARD N. BAKER (Am)
7,191
1943
 
BLUE RANGER (Br)
3,417
1941
Oiler
BRITISH PROMISE (Br)
8,443
1942
 
CAESAR RODNEY (Am)
7,191
1942
 
CHARLES M. SCHWAB (Am)
7,191
1943
 
CHARLES SCRIBNER (Am)
7,176
1943
 
CROSBY S. NOYES (Am)
7,176
1943
 
EDMUND FANNING (Am)
7,176
1943
 
EMPIRE ARCHER (Br)
7,031
1942
 
EMPIRE CELIA (Br)
7,025
1943
 
FRANCIS C. HARRINGTON (Am)
7,176
1943
 
GEORGE H. PENDLETON (Am)
7,176
1943
 
HENRY BACON (Am)
7,177
1942
sunk in RA.64 (aircraft)
HENRY VILLARD (Am)
7,176
1942
 
HENRY WYNKOOP (Am)
7,176
1942
 
HORACE GRAY (Am)
7,200
1943
sunk in JW.63 (U-711 - joining RA.64))
IDEFJORD (Nor)
4,287
1921
 
J. D. YEAGER (Am)
7,247
1944
 
JAMES KERNEY (Am)
7,210
1944
 
JOHN A. QUITMAN (Am)
7,176
1943
 
JOHN IRELAND (Am)
7,247
1944
 
JOHN LA FARGE (Am)
7,176
1943
 
JOSE MARTI (Am)
7,176
1943
 
JOSEPH N. NICOLLET (Am)
7,176
1943
 
LACKLAN (Br)
8,670
1929
 
LEBARON RUSSELL BRIGGS (Am)
7,176
1944
 
NACELLA (Br)
8,196
1943
 
NORFJELL (Nor)
8,129
1942
sunk in JW.63 (U-968 - joining RA.64)
PAUL H. HARWOOD (Am)
6,610
1918
 
PHILIP F. THOMAS (Am)
7,176
1943
 
R. NEY MCNEELY (Am)
7,198
1944
 
SAMARITAN (Br)
7,219
1943
 
SILAS WEIR MITCHELL (Am)
7,176
1943
 
THOMAS SCOTT (Am)
7,176
1942
sunk in RA.64 (U-968)
WARREN DELANO (Am)
7,210
1944
 


20 escorts were associated (at least in part) with convoy JW.63.


ALGONQUIN    ALLINGTON CASTLE    ALNWICK CASTLE    BAMBOROUGH CASTLE    CYGNET   
DIADEM    KEPPEL    LAPWING    LARK    MYNGS   
SAVAGE    SCOURGE    SERAPIS    SIOUX    STORD   
VINDEX    WALKER    WESTCOTT    ZAMBESI    ZEBRA   
                   

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