Convoy RA.64

Convoy RA.64

 

Departed from Kola Inlet February 17, 1945
Arrived Loch Ewe February 28, 1945
No. of vessels (Hague) 33
No. of vessels accounted for here

33

Vessels lost from convoy

2

Note: HMS BLUEBELL was sunk by U-711 on February 17
HMS LARK was declared a total loss after being torpedoed by U-968 on February 17.
More details of this convoy may be found here.


Vessel
Tons
Built
Notes
ALANSON B. HOUGHTON (Am)
7,176
1944
 
BENJAMIN H. HILL (Am)
7,198
1944
 
BLACK 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
 
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
 
JOSHUA W. ALEXANDER (Am)
7,176
1943
 
LEBARON RUSSELL BRIGGS (Am)
7,176
1944
 
NACELLA (Br)
8,196
1943
 
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
 


24 escorts were associated (at least in part) with convoy RA.64.


ALNWICK CASTLE    BAMBOROUGH CASTLE    BELLONA    BLUEBELL    CAMPANIA   
CAVALIER    CYGNET    LAPWING    LARK    MYNGS   
NAIRANA    ONSLAUGHT    ONSLOW    OPPORTUNE    ORWELL   
RHODODENDRON    SAVAGE    SCORPION    SCOURGE    SERAPIS   
SIOUX    ZAMBESI    ZEALOUS    ZEBRA       
                   

Escort(s) lost or damaged:

BLUEBELL
Torpedoed by U-711 in convoy RA-64 on 17 Feb, 1945.
(85 dead and 1 survivor).

LARK
Torpedoed by U-968 in convoy RA-64 on 17 Feb, 1945.
Later beached and declared a total loss.


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