Russian Convoys
This site is a database containing shipping data for all of the 78 convoys that sailed to and from Russia during WW2. Convoys to and from Russia began in August, 1941 (DERVISH) and continued until the end of the war. In addition to the escorted convoys, Operation FB sent unescorted vessels to Russia at 12 hour intervals during the period October 29 - November 2, 1942. Of the thirteen vessels engaged in Operation FB, only five reached their destination; five were lost and three ships returned to Iceland.
A total of 104 vessels were lost in the Russian convoys - 102 are recorded on this site. Although all 78 Russian convoys (and Independents) are recorded on this site, data is only available for the movements of 536 merchant vessels covering 1,512 ship movements. A measure of the completeness of the data may be obtained by comparing the total number of vessels reported for a given convoy with that given by Hague, which is also shown.
Convoys:
DERVISH,
PQ.1, PQ.2,
PQ.3, PQ.4,
PQ.5, PQ.6,
PQ.7A, PQ.7B,
PQ.8, PQ.10,
PQ.9, PQ.11,
PQ.12, PQ.13,
PQ.14, PQ.15,
PQ.16, PQ.17,
PQ.18, OPERATION
FB, JW.51A,
JW.51B, JW.52,
JW.53, JW.54A,
JW.54B, JW.55A,
JW.55B, JW.56A,
JW.56B, JW.57,
JW.58, JW.59,
JW.60, JW.61, JW.61A,
JW.62, JW.63,
JW.64, JW.65,
JW.66, JW.67,
QP.1, QP.2,
QP.3, QP.4,
QP.5, QP.6,
QP.7, QP.8,
QP.9, QP.10,
QP.11, QP.12,
QP.13, QP.14,
QP.15, RA.51,
RA.52, RA.53,
RA.54A, RA.54B,
RA.55A, RA.55B,
RA.56, RA.57,
RA.58, RA.59,
RA.59A, RA.60,
RA.61, RA.61A,
RA.62, RA.63,
RA.64, RA.65,
RA.66, RA.67.
SHIPS:
Abner Nash, Adolph S Ochs, Aert Van Der Neer, Africander,
Alamar, Alanson B. Houghton, Albert C. Ritchie, Alchiba, Alcoa Banner, Alcoa
Cadet, Alcoa Rambler, Alcoa Ranger, Aldersdale, Alexander White, AmasaDelano,
American Press, American Robin, Andrew Carnegie, Andrew G Curtin, Andrew
Turnbull, Andrew W Preston, Aneroid, Arthur L Perry, Artigas, Arunah S Abell,
Atheltemplar,
Atlantic
, August
Belmont
, Ballot, Barbara Frietchie, Barrwhin, Bateau, Bayou
Chico
, Beaconhill, Beaconstreet, Beauregard,
Bellingham
, Ben F Dixon, Benjamin H Hill, Benjamin H Latrobe, Benjamin Harrison, Benjamin
Schlesinger, Bering, Bernard N Baker, Black Ranger, Blairnevis, Blue Ranger,
Bolton
Castle
, Botavon, Briarwood, British Corporal, British Governor, British Merit, British
Patience, British Pride, British Promise, British Respect, British Statesman,
British Valour, British Workman, Brockholst Livingston, Byron Darnton, Caesar
Rodney, Calobre, Campfire,
Cape
Corso
,
Cape Race
, Capira, Capulin, Cardinal Gibbons,
Carlton
, Cecil N Bean, Charles A McAllister, Charles Bulfmch, Charles Dauray, Charles
Gordon Curtis, Charles Henderson, Charles M Schwab, Charles R McCormick, Charles
Scribner,
Chester
Valley
, Christopher Newport, Chulmleigh, City of
Flint
, City of
Joliet
, City of
Omaha
, Clark Howell, Code,
Cold Harbor
, Collis P Huntington, Copeland, Cornelius Harnett,
Crosby
S Noyes, Daldorch, Daniel Drake, Daniel Morgan, Daniel Willard, Dan-y-Bryn,
Daphnella,
Dartford
, David B. Johnson, David Stone, Deer Lodge, Delsud, Dexter W Fellows, Dolabella,
Donald W Bain, Dover Hill, Dunboyne, Dynastic, Earlston, Edmund Fanning, Edward
A Savoy, Edward E Spafford, Edward H Crockett, Edward L Grant, Edward N Hurley,
Edward P Alexander, Edward Sparrow, Edwin L Drake, Effingham, Egero, El
Almirante, El Capstan, El Coston, El Estero, El Lago, El Mirlo, El Occidente, El
Oriente, El Osea.no, Eldena, Eleazar Lord, Elijah Kellogg, Elona, Eloy Alfaro,
Empire Activity, Empire Archer, Empire
Baffin
, Empire Bard, Empire
Beaumont
, Empire Buttress, Empire Byron, Empire Carpenter, Empire Celia, Empire Clarion,
Empire Cowper, Empire Elgar, Empire Emerald, Empire
Flint
, Empire Fortune, Empire Galliard, Empire Garrick, Empire Gilbert, Empire
Halley, Empire Howard, Empire Kinsman, Empire
Lawrence
, Empire Lionel, Empire Magpie, Empire Mavis, Empire Meteor, Empire Morn, Empire
Nigel, Empire Pickwick, Empire Ploughman, Empire Portia, Empire Prowess, Empire
Purcell, Empire Ranger, Empire Redshank, Empire Scott, Empire Selwyn, Empire
Sky, Empire Snow, Empire Stalwart, Empire Starlight, Empire Stevenson, Empire
Tide, Empire Tourist, Empire Tristram, Empress of
Australia
, Esek Hopkins, Esneh, Eugene Field, Eulima, Executive, Exford, Explorer,
Expositor, Exterminator, F T Frelinghuysen,
Fairfield
City
,
Fort
Astoria
,
Fort
Bellingham
,
Fort
Boise
,
Fort
Brule
,
Fort
Columbia
,
Fort
Crevecoeur
,
Fort
Glenora
, Fort Hall,
Fort
Highfield
,
Fort
Island
,
Fort
Kullyspell
,
Fort
Massac
,
Fort McMurray
,
Fort
Missanabie
,
Fort
Nakasley
,
Fort
Norfolk
,
Fort
Poplar
,
Fort
Romaine
,
Fort
Slave
,
Fort
Thompson
,
Fort
Vercheres
,
Fort
Yukon
, Francis Scott Key, Francis Vigo, Francis C. Harrington, Frank Gilbreth,
Frederic A Kummer, Frederick W Taylor, Gallant Fox,
Gateway
City
, Gemstone, George Gale, George H Pendleton, George M Cohan, George Steers,
George T Angell, George Weems, Gilbert Stuart, Goolistan, Grace Abbott, Gray
Ranger, Greylock, Gulfwing, Harmatris, Harmonic, Harold L Winslow, Harpalion,
Hartlebury, Hawkins Fudske, Heffron, Hegira, Henry Adams, Henry Bacon, Henry B.
Brown, Henry Lomb, Henry Villard, Henry Wynkoop, Herbrand,
Hollywood
, Honomu, Hoosier, Hopemount, Horace Bushne, Horace Gray, Hugh Williamson,
Hybert, Idefjord, Induna, Ironclad,
Israel
Putnam, Ivaran, J D Yeager, James A Farrell, James Bowie, James Gordon Bennett,
James Kerney, James M Gillis, James Smith, James Woodrow, Jefferson Davis,
Jefferson Myers, JLM Curry, John A Donald, John A Quitman, John B Lennon, John
Carver, John Davenport, John Fitch, John Gibbon, John H B. Latrobe, John
Ireland, John J Abel, John La farge, John Langdon, John Laurance, John McDonogh,
John Penn, John Randolph, John Rutledge, John Sharp Williams, John Stevenson,
John T Holt, John Vining, John W Powell, John Walker, John Wanamaker, John
Witherspoon, John Woolman, Jose Marti, Joseph E Johnston, Joseph N Nicollet,
Josephine Shaw Lowell, Joshua Thomas, Joshua W Alexander, Joyce Kilmer, Julien
Poydras, Julius Olsen, Junecrest,
Jutland
, Keith Palmer,
Kentucky
,
Kingswood
, Kong Haakon VII, Kronprinsen, Lacklan,
Lafayette
,
Lancaster
,
Lancaster
Castle
, Lancastrian Prince,
Lapland
, Larranga, Lars Kruse, Laurelwood,
Lawrence
J Brengle, Lebaron Russell Briggs, Leo J Duster, Lewis Emery Jr, Linn Boyd,
Llandaff,
Llanstephan
Castle
, Longwood, Lorca, Lord
Delaware
, Louis D Brandeis,
Lowther
Castle
, Lucerna, Luculus, Macbeth, Makawao, Mana, Mano,
Marathon
, Marie M Meloney, Mary Luckenbach, Marylyn, Massmar,
Mauna Kea
, Meanticut,
Michigan
, Mijdrecht, Minotaur,
Mobile
City
, Montcalm, Mormacmar, Mormacrey, Mormacrio, Mormacsul, Morris Hillquit,
Mount Evans
, Nacella, Nathan Towson, Nathaniel Alexander, Nathaniel Greene, Navarino,
Nelson W Aldrich, Nemaha, Neritina,
New Westminster
City
, Nicholas Biddle, Nicholas Oilman, Noreg, Norfjell, Norlys, North King, Oakley
Wood, Ocean Faith, Ocean Freedom, Ocean Gypsy, Ocean Messenger, Ocean Pride,
Ocean Strength, Ocean Valour, Ocean Vanity, Ocean Verity, Ocean Viceroy, Ocean
Voice, Oligarch, Oliver Ellsworth, Olopana, Oregonian, Oremar,
Orient
City
, Owen Wister, Pan
Atlantic
, Pan Kraft, Park Benjamin, Park
Holland
, Patrick Henry, Paul H Harwood, Paul Hamilton Hayne, Paul Luckenbach, Paulus
Potter, Penelope Barker, Peter Kerr, Philip F Thomas, Philip Livingston, Pierre
S Dupont, Pieter de Hoogh, Pontfield, Puerto Rican,
Queen
City
, R Ney McNeely, Raceland, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rathlin, Raymond B. Stevens,
Reigh Count, Renald Fernald, Richard Bassett, Richard Bland, Richard H Alvey,
Richard Henry Lee, Richard M Johnson, River
Afton
, Roald Amundsen, Robert Eden, Robert J Collier, Robert Lowry, Sahale, Samannan,
Samaritan, Samcalia, Samconstant, Samgara, Samidway, Samloyal, Samlyth, Samsuva,
Samtredy, Samuel Chase, Samuel Macintyre, San Adolfo, San Ambrosio, San Cipriano,
San Cirilo, San Venancio, Schoharie, Scottish American,
Scythia
,
Seattle
Spirit, Silas Weir Mitchell, Silver Sword, Skiensfjord,
Southgate
, St Clears, St Olaf, Stage Door Canteen,
Stanton
H King, Steel Worker, Stephen Leacock, Stevenson Taylor,
Stone Street
, Syrian Prince,
Syros
,
Temple
Arch
,
Texas
, Thistledale, Thomas Donaldson, Thomas H Sumner, Thomas Hartley, Thomas Kearns,
Thomas Scott, Thomas Sim Lee, Thomas U Walter, Thorstein Veblen, Tobruk, Topa
Topa, Townsend Harris, Trehata, Trekieve, Trevorian, Troubador, U.S.O.,
Vermont
, Ville D'Anvers, Virginia Dare, W R Grace, Wacosta, Wanstead, Warren Delano,
Washington
,
Waziristan
,
West Cheswald
,
West Gotomska
,
West Nilus
,
West Nohno
, White Clover, Will
Rogers
, Willard Hall, William Clark, William D Byron, William H Webb, William H
Wilmer, William Hooper, William L Marcy, William Matson, William McKinley,
William Moultrie, William Pepper, William S Thayer, William Tyier Page, William
Wheelwright, William Windom, Wind Rush, Winfred L Smith, Winston- Salem,
Woodbridge
N Ferris
, Yaka, Yorkmar, Zaafaran, Zamaiek, Zebulon B. Vance.