Convoy RA.53

Convoy RA.53

 

Departed from Kola Inlet March 1, 1943
Arrived Loch Ewe March 14, 1943
No. of vessels (Hague) 30
No. of vessels accounted for here

30

Vessels lost from convoy

4


Vessel
Tons
Built
Notes
CALOBRE (Pan)
6,891
1919
 
CHESTER VALLEY (Am)
5,078
1919
 
CORNELIUS HARNETT (Am)
7,177
1942
 
DAN-Y-BRYN (Br)
5,117
1940
 
DELSUD (Am)
4,982
1919
 
EL ORIENTE (Pan)
6,012
1910
 
EMPIRE ARCHER (Br)
7,031
1942
 
EMPIRE CLARION (Br)
7,031
1942
 
EMPIRE EMERALD (Br)
8,032
1941
 
EMPIRE SNOW (Br)
6,327
1941
 
EMPIRE TRISTRAM (Br)
7,167
1942
 
EXECUTIVE (Am)
4,978
1920
sunk in RA.53 (U-255)
GULFWING (Am)
10,217
1928
 
J. L. M. CURRY (Am)
7,176
1942
sunk in RA.53 (wrecked)
JEFFERSON MYERS (Am)
7,582
1920
 
JOHN H. B. LATROBE (Am)
7,191
1942
  Op. FB (returned to Iceland)
MOSSOVET (Ru)
2,981
1935
 
NICHOLAS GILMAN (Am)
7,176
1942
 
OCEAN FAITH (Br)
7,173
1942
 
OLIGARCH (Br)
6,894
1918
 
OREMAR (Am)
6,854
1919
 
PUERTO RICAN (Am)
6,076
1919
sunk in RA.53 (U-586)
RALPH WALDO EMERSON (Am)
7,176
1942
 
RICHARD BASSETT (Am)
7,191
1942
 
RICHARD BLAND (Am)
7,191
1942
sunk in RA.53 (U-255)
SAN CIPRIANO (Br)
7,966
1937
 
TEMPLE ARCH (Br)
5,138
1940
 
VERMONT (Am)
5,670
1919
 
WEST GOTOMSKA (Am)
5,728
1919
 
YORKMAR (Am)
5,612
1919
 


31 escorts were associated (at least in part) with convoy RA.53.


BELFAST    BERGAMOT    BOADICEA    CUMBERLAND    ECLIPSE   
FAULKNOR    FORESTER    GLASGOW    HOWE    KING GEORGE V   
LEDBURY    LOTUS    MEYNELL    MILNE    MUSKETEER   
NORFOLK    NORTHERN PRIDE    OBDURATE    OBEDIENT    OFFA   
ONSLAUGHT    OPPORTUNE    ORKAN    ORWELL    PIORUN   
POPPY    PYTCHLEY    SCYLLA    ST. ELSTAN    STARWORT   
VIVACIOUS                   
                   

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