Basic Overview
End date: 6 October 1942
Scope: Medium
Nature: Sea, Convoy
Status: Implemented
Theater
- Atlantic Ocean & Norwegian Sea
Nations Involved
- Canada
- Netherlands
- Norway
- UK
- Germany
Operation Details
'NA' (i) was the designation of Allied military convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from Canada across the Atlantic to the UK (January/October 1942).
,There were 16 such convoys carrying Canadian troops to the UK. The first, on 9/19 January 1942, was NA.1 with the 11,015-ton Norwegian Bergensfjord and 23,722-ton British Stratheden carrying 2,866 troops, and this was escorted by the destroyers Beverley, Hamilton and Rockingham. The last, on 29 September/6 October, was NA.16 with the 17,024-ton Dutch Dempo and five British ships in the form of the 25,564-ton Athlone Castle, 13,482-ton Awatea, 29,253-ton Pasteur, 25,550-ton Stirling Castle and 23,722-ton Strathallan with 4,950 troops.
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