Convoy RA 52

The convoy RA 52 was an allied northern sea convoy , which was put together in January 1943 in the Soviet Murmansk and drove largely unloaded to the Scottish Loch Ewe . The Allies lost a freighter with 7,460 GRT to German submarine attacks.

Composition and securing

The HMS Anson was part of the remote backup group

The convoy RA 52 consisted of ten cargo ships. On January 29, 1943, they left the Kola Bay ( location ) off Murmansk for Great Britain. The convoy's commodore was Captain RA Melhuish, who had embarked on the Daldorch . For the longest time, the Ocean Escort took over the close securing with the destroyers HMS Onslaught , HMS Beagle , HMS Bulldog , HMS Forester , HMS Icarus , HMS Matchless , HMS Musketeer , HMS Offa , HMS Onslow and ORP Piorun , the corvettes HMS Honeysuckle , HMS Hyderabad , HMS Rhododendron and HMS Oxlip , the minesweepers HMS Harrier and HMS Seagull and the anti-submarine trawlers HMS Lady Madeleine , HMS Northern Gem , HMS Northern Wave and HMS Vizalma . From January 30 to February 2, the cruisers HMS Bermuda , HMS Glasgow and HMS Kent were also in the convoy. In addition, a remote security group supported the convoy, consisting of the battleship HMS Anson , the cruiser HMS Sheffield and the destroyers HMS Inglefield , HMS Oribi , HMS Obedient and HMS Orkan .

Surname	Type	flag	Measurement in GRT	Whereabouts
Beauregard	freighter	United States	5976
Briarwood	freighter	United Kingdom	4019
Daldorch	freighter	United Kingdom	5571
Dynastic	freighter	United States	5773
El Almirante	freighter	Panama	5248
El Oceano	freighter	Panama	6767
Empire Meteor	freighter	United Kingdom	7457
Gateway City	freighter	United States	5432
Greylock	freighter	United States	7460	sunk by U 255 on February 3rd ( Lage )
Wind rush	freighter	United States	5586

course

After the convoy was sighted and reported by U 625 on February 1, 1943 , it attacked without success. On February 3, U 255 approached the convoy and sank the freighter Greylock (7460 GRT). On 9 February, the convoy reached the Scottish Loch Ewe ( location ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Jürgen Rohwer , Gerhard Hümmelchen : Chronik des Maritime War 1939–1945, February 1943. Retrieved on January 18, 2017 . 
2. ^ Arnold Hague: Arnold Hague Convoy Database, RA Convoy Series. Retrieved January 18, 2017 . 

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