Spitfire
Ships - USSR
Hover over cargo for list of Spitfire serials
cargo codes
| Vessel | Code | Loaded | Sailed | Convoy | Destination | Arrived | Cargo | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Derby | Hull | 01.11.42 | FN.853 | Basrah | 10.01.43 | 35Sp | ||
| Bandar Shahpour | Liverpool | 30.10.42 | ON.142 | Basrah | 13.01.43 | 14Sp | ||
| Palma | Liverpool | 05.12.42 | Basrah | 30.01.43 | 14Sp | |||
| Nanking | Cardiff | 29.11.42 | Basrah | 08.02.43 | (10Sp) | |||
| City of Lille | Swansea | 08.12.42 | Basrah | 17.02.43 | 24Sp | 5 damaged-to India | ||
| Canada | Belfast | 12.12.42 | Basrah | 02.03.43 | (10Sp) | |||
| Harpagus | Leith | 19.12.42 | Basrah | 17.03.43 | 11Sp | Birkenhead? | ||
| Baron Inchcape | Glasgow | 18.12.42 | Basrah | 21.03.43 | (32Sp) | |||
| City of Eastbourne | Manchester | 10.02.44 | Basrah | 31.03.44 | 6Sp | |||
| Eurybates | Liverpool | 03.03.44 | Basrah | 23.04.44 | 31Sp | |||
| Samana | LS.1236 | Manchester | 14.03.44 | Basrah | 28.04.44 | 3Sp 25H | ||
| Avristan | LS.1237 | Cardiff | 12.04.44 | Basrah | 15.05.44 | 15Sp 5H | ||
| St.Clears | Liverpool | 02.04.44 | Basrah | 18.05.44 | 20Sp | |||
| Marsdale | LS.1239 | Glasgow | 22.04.44 | Basrah | 29.05.44 | 21Sp | ||
| Afghanistan | Birkenhead | 13.05.44 | Basrah | 06.07.44 | 27Sp | |||
| Inverbank | Birkenhead | 22.05.44 | Basrah | 06.07.44 | 35Sp | |||
| Empire Glade | LS.1242 | Glasgow | 02.06.44 | Basrah | 10.07.44 | 16Sp | ||
| Arabistan | Birkenhead | 01.07.44 | Basrah | 12.08.44 | 27Sp | |||
| Samcalia | S.239 | Liverpool | 11.08.44 | JW.59 | Murmansk | 27.08.44 | (7Sp) | |
| S.240 | Middlesborough | 19.07.44 | 0 | General stores | ||||
| S.241 | Middlesborough | 20.07.44 | 0 | General stores | ||||
| Samsuva | S.242 | Newcastle | 21.07.44 | JW.59 | Murmansk | 27.08.44 | 14Sp | |
| Samgara | S.243 | Middlesborough | 05.08.44 | JW.59 | Murmansk | 27.08.44 | 12Sp | |
| Samannan | S.244 | Middlesborough | 05.08.44 | JW.59 | Murmansk | 27.08.44 | 12Sp | |
| Samtredy | S.246 | Liverpool | 11.08.44 | JW.59 | Murmansk | 27.08.44 | (8Sp) | |
| Samconstant | S.247 | Liverpool | 18.07.44 | JW.59 | Murmansk | 27.08.44 | (10Sp) | |
| Samidway | S.248 | Liverpool | 11.08.44 | JW.59 | Murmansk | 27.08.44 | (1Sp) | |
| Empire Celia | S.251 | Middlesborough | 10.09.44 | JW.60 | Murmansk | 23.09.44 | 14Sp | |
| Adolph S Ochs | S.253 | Liverpool | 09.09.44 | JW.60 | Murmansk | 23.09.44 | (18Sp) | |
| Samaritan | S.254 | Liverpool | 09.09.44 | JW.60 | Murmansk | 23.09.44 | (18Sp) | |
| Fort Yukon | S.255 | Middlesborough | 14.10.44 | JW.61 | Murmansk | 28.10.44 | 40Sp | |
| Fort Romaine | S.256 | Salford | 20.10.44 | JW.61 | Murmansk | 28.10.44 | (19Sp) | |
| Fort Crevecoeur | S.257 | Salford | 20.10.44 | JW.61 | Murmansk | 28.10.44 | (32Sp) | |
| Lapland | S.258 | Liverpool | 20.10.44 | JW.61 | Murmansk | 28.10.44 | (9Sp) | |
| Empire Stalwart | S.259 | Middlesborough | 16.11.44 | JW.62 | Murmansk | 07.12.44 | 14Sp | |
| Fort Boise | S.260 | Salford | 29.11.44 | JW.62 | Murmansk | 07.12.44 | 12Sp | |
| Fort Island | S.261 | Salford | 29.11.44 | JW.62 | Murmansk | 07.12.44 | 18Sp | |
| Fort Massac | S.262 | Middlesborough | 18.11.44 | JW.62 | Murmansk | 07.12.44 | 11Sp | |
| Fort Highfield | S.263 | Manchester | 29.11.44 | JW.62 | Murmansk | 07.12.44 | (30Sp) | |
| Samaritan | S.264 | Middlesborough | 22.12.44 | JW.63 | Murmansk | 09.01.45 | 10Sp | |
| Empire Celia | S.265 | Middlesborough | 20.12.44 | JW.63 | Murmansk | 09.01.45 | 17Sp | |
| Thomas Scott | S.267 | Salford | 30.12.44 | JW.63 | Murmansk | 09.01.45 | (10Sp) | |
| J D Yeager | S.268 | Manchester | 20.12.44 | JW.63 | Murmansk | 09.01.45 | (33Sp) | |
| Henry Villard | S.269 | Birkenhead | 27.12.44 | JW.63 | Murmansk | 09.01.45 | (30Sp) | |
| Empire Archer | S.270 | Glasgow | 24.12.44 | JW.63 | Murmansk | 09.01.45 | 23Sp(22) | |
| Edmund Fanning | S.271 | Newport | 23.12.44 | JW.63 | Murmansk | 09.01.45 | 32Sp | |
| Empire Stalwart | S.272 | Middlesborough | 00.02.45 | JW.65 | Murmansk | 21.03.45 | (23Sp) | |
| Fort Crevecoeur | S.273 | Salford | 19.01.45 | JW.64 | Murmansk | 15.02.45 | 18Sp | |
| Fort Vercheres | S.274 | Manchester | 19.01.45 | JW.64 | Murmansk | 15.02.45 | (17Sp) | |
| Joyce Kilmer | S.275 | Manchester | 19.01.45 | JW.64 | Murmansk | 15.02.45 | 35Sp | |
| Harold L Winslow | S.276 | Birkenhead | 19.01.45 | JW.64 | Murmansk | 15.02.45 | (29Sp) | |
| Fort Massac | S.277 | Middlesborough | 28.02.45 | JW.65 | Murmansk | 21.03.45 | (8Sp) | |
| Fort Boise | S.278 | Manchester | 28.02.45 | JW.65 | Murmansk | 21.03.45 | (13Sp) | |
| Fort Yukon | S.279 | Manchester | 11.03.45 | JW.65 | Murmansk | 21.03.45 | (24Sp) | |
| W R Grace | S.280 | Manchester | 11.03.45 | JW.65 | Murmansk | 21.03.45 | (44Sp) | |
| Park Benjamin | S.281 | Middlesborough | 16.04.45 | JW.66 | Archangel | 25.04.45 | (30Sp) | |
| Benjamin H Hill | S.282 | Manchester | 16.04.45 | JW.66 | Archangel | 25.04.45 | (33Sp) | |
| Samaritan | S.283 | Southport | 16.04.45 | JW.66 | Archangel | 25.04.45 | (37Sp) | |
| Adolph S Ochs | S.284 | Middlesborough | 12.05.45 | JW.67 | Archangel | 20.05.45 | (34Sp) | |
| Fort Highfield | S.285 | Southport | 12.05.45 | JW.67 | Archangel | 20.05.45 | (30Sp) | |
| Empire Prowess | S.286 | Manchester | 12.05.45 | JW.67 | Murmansk | 20.05.45 | (36Sp) | |
| Fort Grahame | S.287 | Middlesborough | 31.05.45 | Indep | Murmansk | 11.06.45 | (26Sp) | |
| Samtrusty | S.288 | Manchester | 02.06.45 | Indep | Archangel | 11.06.45 | (42Sp) | |
| Samythian | S.289 | Manchester | 03.06.45 | Indep | Archangel | 10.06.45 | (53Sp) |
The first Spitfires to arrive in the USSR were three Operator Orator PR machines, sent to support convoy PQ.18 and left in the USSR. The aircraft left Sumburgh on 1 September 1942 and flew directly to Afrinkanda. Serials were AB132, BP891 and BP923.