Convoy RA.59A

Convoy RA.59A

 

Departed from Kola Inlet August 28, 1944
Arrived Loch Ewe September 5, 1944
No. of vessels (Hague) 9
No. of vessels accounted for here

9

Vessels lost from convoy

0

Note: U-394 was sunk by.rockets and depth charges from a Swordfish aircraft from HMS VINDEX.


Vessel
Tons
Built
Notes
BARBARA FRIETCHIE (Am)
7,176
1943
 
EMPIRE BARD (Br)
3,114
1942
 
EMPIRE ELGAR (Br)
2,847
1942
 
EMPIRE PROWESS (Br)
7,058
1943
 
FORT VERCHERES (Br)
7,122
1942
 
HERBRAND (Nor)
9,108
1935
 
LACKLAN (Br)
8,670
1929
 
LUCULUS (Br)
6,546
1929
Oiler
W. R. GRACE (Am)
7,176
1943
 


15 escorts were associated (at least in part) with convoy RA.59A.


BLUEBELL    CAMELLIA    CAPRICE    CHARLOCK    CYGNET   
LOCH DUNVEGAN    MARNE    MERMAID    METEOR    MILNE   
MUSKETEER    OXLIP    PEACOCK    STRIKER    VINDEX   
                   

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