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CONVOY HX 13
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Departed Halifax on Dec. 20-1939 and arrived Liverpool on Jan. 4-1940 (Arnold Hague says 27 ships). |
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| Transcribed from original documents received from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).
Nationalities of the ships have been added with the help of "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan. Br=British, Am=American, Gr=Greek |
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11
Botavon flour Glasgow (Br) |
21
Vernon City lumber - lead Liverpool (Br) |
31
Haughton Hall steel - cotton Liverpool (Br) |
41
Norwegian* copper - general Avonmouth (Br) |
51
Gitano general Hull (Br) |
61
Scottish American fuel oil Scapa (Br) |
71
Athelbeach molasses Ipswich (Br) See Notes |
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12
Sirikishna iron ore Glasgow (Br) |
22
Lackenby pig iron - cotton Loch Ewe (Br) |
32
San Gerardo fuel oil Liverpool (Br) |
42
Beaconhill aviation oil Swansea (Am) |
52
Schuylkill gasoline Southampton (Br) |
62
W. C. Teagle crude oil Le Havre (Am) |
72
San Zotico fuel oil Portsmouth (Br) |
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13
Galaxias wheat Glasgow (Gr) |
23
See * |
33 Baron Jedburgh sulphur Manchester (Br) |
43 San Eliseo gas oil Milford Haven (Br) |
53 San Melito fuel oil Devonport (Br) |
63 Socony aviation spirit Plymouth (Br) |
73 Chama crude oil Le Havre (Br) |
| 14 Senateur Duhamel fish fecamp (Fr) |
24 Joseph Duhamel fish fecamp (Fr) |
34 newsprint Manchester (Br) |
44 Solarium gasoline Falmouth (Br) |
54 Germanic wheat - corn Plymouth (Br) |
64 San Fernando crude oil Le Havre (Br) |
74 See 25 Erodona |
| 15 | 25 Simon Duhamel fish fecamp (Fr. trawler) |
35 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 75 |
| * Norwegian and Geraldine Mary had been cancelled from HXF 13. Geraldine Mary later joined HXF 14.
* There's a Winamac listed for station 23 (for Clyde), with the notation "may join", then crossed out. Instead, she sailed in the next convoy, HX 14. Sirikishna in station 12 had been scheduled for the previous convoy, HX 12. |
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Notes: Commodore was in Haughton Hall in station 31, Vice Commodore in Gitano, station 51, while Rear Commodore was in Botavon in station 11. According to Arnold Hague, Athelbeach became a straggler and went ashore - see his listing for HX 13 on the page naming ships in all HX convoys. I have no further details on this, but she must have been refloated, because she's listed as having been sunk when in Convoy OB 293 in the spring of 1941 - ref. external links below. Ocean escort: HMS Emerald. A. Hague lists the following escorts (received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year): Related external links: |
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