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Convoy ON 5 Cruising Order
Departed Liverpool on Aug. 6-1941, dispersed Aug. 14.

Transcribed from a list of ships received from Don Kindell - His source: Arnold Hague's own research.

(Cancelled ships are not shown in A. Hague's lists).

See also the HX and SC convoys from the same time period for information on earlier and subsequent eastbound voyages of some of these ships.

Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Sw-Swedish, Du=Dutch, Po=Polish, Yug=Yugoslavian, Gr=Greek.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11
Empire Ortolan
Philadelphia
(Br)

21
Recorder
Savannah
(Br)

31
Beaverhill
Montreal
(Br)

41
City of Barcelona
Halifax
(Br)

51
Argos Hill
New York
(Br)

61
Manchester Merchant
Quebec
(Br)

71
Broompark
New York
(Br)

81
British Ardour
New York
(Br)

91
Sinnington Court
Philadelphia
(Br)

101
Graiglas
Father Point
(Br)

12

22
Solstad
New York
(Norw)

32
Solfonn
New York
(Norw)

42
San Emiliano
New York
(Br)

52
San Ambrosio
Mobile
(Br)

62
City of Keelung
New York
(Br)

72
British Fortitude
Halifax
(Br)

82
Mirza
New York
(Du)

92
Varand
New York
(Br)

102
Cetus
Sydney, C.B.
(Norw)

13
Inger Toft
Sydney, C.B.
(Br - Ex Da)

23
Stigstad
New York
(Norw)

33
Lechistan
New York
(Po)

43
Kars
New York
(Br)

53
Bulysses
New York
(Br)

63
John Bakke
Trinidad
(Norw)

73
British Endurance
New York
(Br)

83
Starstone
Baltimore
(Br)

93
Tricula
Trinidad
(Br)

103
Carslogie
Sydney, C.B.
(Br)

14
Willemsplein
Botwood
(Du)

24

34
Merchant
Trinidad
(Br)

44

54
Acavus
New York
(Br)

64
Mirlo
New York
(Norw)

74
President de Vogue
Trinidad
(Norw)

84
Akershus
Iceland
(Norw)

94
Shirvan
New York
(Br)

104
Merton
Father Point
(Br)

15

25

35
Fjordheim
Montreal
(Norw)

45
Brant County
Montreal
(Norw)

or?

Discovery II
Iceland
(Br)

55
Spinanger
Baltimore
(Norw)

65
Trsat
Iceland
(Yug)

75
Capo Olmo
Mombasa
(Br)

85

95
Stad Maassluis
Galveston
(Du)

105
Tolken
New York
(Sw)

16

26

36
Nellie
Father Point
(Gr)

46

56

66

76
Horsa
Iceland
(Br)

86

96

106

Brant County and Discovery II have been given the same station number - it's possible Brant County took station 45 after Discovery II had parted company for Iceland.