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CONVOY ON 224
According to Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System", ON 224 departed Liverpool on Febr. 14-1944,
and arrived New York on March 2 - this source gives 79 ships in the convoy.
The document I'm using for the table below gives departure U.K. at 09:15Z on Febr. 15.

This page will be updated - in the meantime, see the section listing ships in all ON convoys

Transcribed from a document received from Olaf Evertse, Holland (whose father served on the Dutch Curacao) His Source: National Archives and Records Administration, Washington. Note that several of the ships in this convoy had recently returned from Murmansk with Convoy RA 56 - see also JW 55B (as well as my Arctic Convoys section). Others had arrived the U.K. from New York with Convoy HX 274, HX 275 or HX 276. See also HX 283 and other HX convoys from the same time period.
Ship	Nationality	Destination	Remarks
Exmouth	American	Boston	–
Wilson P. Hunt	"	New York	–
Frank R. Stockton	"	New York	–
Charles D. Poston	"	New York	–
Eugene E. O'Donnell	"	Boston	Arrived March 1
Charles Morgan	"	Boston	"
Marina Raskova	"	New York	–
Jedediah S. Smith	"	New York	–
Abiel Foster	"	New York	–
Schoharie	"	New York	–
William Crompton	"	New York	–
Collis P. Huntington	"	New York
Daniel Willard	"	Baltimore	–
Eugene Field	"	Norfolk	–
Horace Gray	"	Norfolk	–
Brockholst Livingston	"	Baltimore	–
John J. Abel	"	Baltimore	–
Stage Door Canteen	"	New York	–
John Vining	"	Baltimore	–
Thomas U. Walter	"	Baltimore	–
Cardinal Gibbons	"	New York	–
Lewis Emery Jr.	"	New York	–
John Fitch	"	New York	Collided with El Aleto See Notes below
Harold L. Winslow	"	New York	See Notes below
John Wanamaker	"	New York	–
Thomas Scott	"	Baltimore	–
Clara Barton	"	New York	–
Henry W. Grady	"	New York	–
Waigstill Avery	"	Philadelphia	–
Ezra Weston	"	New York	–
Josiah Nelson Cushing	"	New York	–
Roger Williams	"	New York	–
Casimir Pulaski	"	Boston	In collision? - See Notes
Oliver Wolcott	"	New York	–
Charles Willson Peale	"	New York	–
Henry M. Rice	"	New York	–
Ignace Paderewski	"	New York	–
Francis Asbury	"	New York	–
Enoch Train	"	New York	–
Joseph Stanton	"	Philadelphia	–
Amos G. Throop	"	Boston	Arrived March 1
Robert T. Luckenbach	"	New York	–
William Phips	"	Boston	–
John N. Robins	"	New York	Commodore Vessel
Charles Sumner	"	New York	–
Henry Austin	"	New York	–
Mercy Warren	"	New York	–
Lucy Stone	"	New York	–
Empire Stuart	British	St. John, N.B.	Arrived Febr. 29
Gyda	"	Portland	–
Taranaki	"	New York	–
Clan Farquhar	"	New York	–
Port Halifax	"	New York	–
City of Glasgow	"	New York	–
City of Lyons	"	New York	–
Empire Waimana	"	New York	–
Pacific Enterprise	"	Halifax	Vice Commodore Arrived Febr. 29
Gothland	"	Halifax	Rescue Vessel Arrived Febr. 29 See also Notes
Empire Kangaroo	"	St. John, N.B.	Arrived Febr. 29
Corrales	"	Halifax	Arrived Febr. 29
Elmpark	"	Halifax	–
Fort Pic	"	Halifax	Arrived Febr. 29
Pieter de Hoogh	Dutch	New York f. o.	–
North King	Panamanian	Boston	See also RU 107
Samuel Bakke	Norwegian	New York	–
Curacao	Dutch	New York	–
Fernmoor	Norwegian	New York	–
El Mundo	Panamanian	New York	–
Molda	Norwegian	New York	–
Cerro Gordo	American	Norfolk	–
Nicania	British	Curacao	Detached Febr. 26 - ETA March 4
El Aleto	"	New York	In collision with John Fitch See Notes
British Diligence	"	New York	–
Donacilla	"	New York	–
Empire McKay	"	New York	–
Amastra	"	New York	–
Erodona	"	New York	–
Pan Scandia	Norwegian	Wilmington	–
Skaraas	"	New York	–
Laurent Meeus	Belgian	New York	–
Vanja	Norwegian	Baltimore	–
Also, according to Arnold Hague, the Norwegian Bralanta also joined, but returned to port on Febr. 15, following a collision. See Bralanta.
Joining from St. John's Sailed from St. John's at 10:00Z, Febr. 24 - joined at 16:00Z Febr. 25
J. L. Luckenbach	American	Boston	Arrived destination March 1

Notes:
El Aleto and John Fitch collided on the night of Febr. 22, superficial damages sustained - both were able to continue.

A note for Casimir Pulaski states the following: "In collision Tercero (ONS 29), damage above waterline. Picked up one Tercero boat". (See page about Tercero). Convoy ONS 29 had left Liverpool for Halifax on Febr. 12-1944, arrival Febr. 29.

There's a note next to Harold L. Winslow saying she was to be escorted to Ponta Delgada.

The Rescue Vessel Gothland was on her 12th voyage as such, joining from Clyde on Febr. 14-1944, to Halifax Febr. 29. She subsequently returned to Clyde with Convoy HX 284 on March 23, arrival Apr. 6-1944. ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague).

Escorts:
The western local south escorts are listed as Sherbrooke, Portage, and Transcona.
Other escorts listed in this document are Assiniboine, Forest, St. Laurent, Halifax, Fredericton, Giffard and tug Sapper.
Also mentioned are St. Boniface, Hepatica, Digby, Melville and Dundas.

According to Jürgen Rohwer's "Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two" the sloop HMS Woodpecker was escorting ON 224 when torpedoed on Febr. 20-1944 by U-256, taken in tow, but later sank. Starling is also mentioned (but not hit), which would indicate that the 2nd Escort Group was with this convoy. In addition to the 2 ships already mentioned, this group consisted of Kite, Cygnet, Wren and Wild Goose (and possibly Magpie?) commanded by the well know Captain F. Walker (HMS Starling). Woodpecker and Starling had sunk U-264 on Febr. 19.

The first external website that I've linked to below says that the 10th Escort Group, including the frigate Spey, transferred to Convoy ON 224 on Febr. 19-1944.

Related external links:
Atlantic Battle - Scroll down to Febr.-1944. Note that this site lists U-764 as the U-boat that torpedoed Woodpecker.

Liberty Ships - Most of the ships listed as American in the table above were Liberty ships. This website lists them alphabetically.
Empire Ships listed in alphabetical order. (I always use these sites to check and, if necessary, correct the spelling of the ships in my lists before uploading a convoy).

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To the next ON convoy in my list ON 225
will be added, as will ON 226 through ON 260
In the meantime, see Ships sailing in all ON convoys
The next available ON convoy is ON 261

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