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CONVOY HX 14
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Departed Halifax on Dec. 29-1939 and arrived Liverpool on Jan. 12-1940 (Arnold Hague agrees with 40 ships). |
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| Transcribed from original documents received from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).
Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Fr=French, Am=American, Gr=Greek |
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11
Saranac gasoline Avonmouth (Br) See Notes |
21
Queen Adelaide flour Avonmouth (Br) |
31
Kenbane Head general Belfast (Br) |
41
Queen Anne grain Liverpool (Br) |
51
Bonheur general Manchester (Br) |
61
Dallas City Hull (Br) |
81
Grayburn flour London (Br) |
91
Vaclite lub oil London (Br) |
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12
Luculus lub oil Avonmouth (Br) |
22
Swiftpool wheat Liverpool (Br) |
32
Penrose scrap iron Ardrossan (Br) |
52
El Oso crude oil sunk Liverpool (Br) See Notes |
62
Bridgepool grain Hull (Br) |
72
Vancouver gasoline Southampton (Br) |
82
Reginolite crude oil Southampton (Br) |
92
H. H. Rogers crude oil Southampton (Am) |
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13
Blairmore timber Cardiff (Br) See Notes |
23
Bristol City general Swansea (Br) |
33 Winamac fuel oil Clyde (Br) |
43 Ridley cotton - steel Liverpool (Br) |
53 New Westminster City pig iron - cotton Manchester (Br) |
63 Athelsultan fuel oil Devonport (Br) |
73 Limousin* crude oil Le Havre (Fr) |
83 H. M. Flagler crude oil Le Havre (Am) |
93 Wellfield fuel oil Portsmouth (Br) |
| 14 Baron Pentland timber Cardiff (Br) |
24 Montreal City general Milford Haven (Br) |
34 Baron Lovat timber Belfast (Br) |
44 Benedick crude oil Bordeaux (Br) |
54 South American (Am*) |
64 El Ciervo Adm. fuel Scapa (Br) |
74 Keramiai wheat London (Gr) |
84 Tacoma City grain Liverpool (Br) |
94 Horn Shell fuel oil (Br) |
| 15 | 25 Baron Douglas steel Newport (Br) |
35 Grelhead grain Leith (Br) |
45 | 55 | 65 | 75 | 85 Brookwood wheat Manchester (Br) |
95 Inverilen London (Br) |
| * Limousin in station 73 was the ex Nore.
*According to Arnold Hague, the ship in station 54 was the Norwegian South America, cargo of lub oil for Verdon. |
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Notes: Commodore was in Bonheur, station 51, Vice Commodore in Grayburn, station 81. It looks like Alabama, Daronia and Lucellum had also been scheduled for this convoy, but had instead sailed in Convoy HXF 14 a couple of days earlier. El Oso, on a voyage from Lobitos and Halifax for Ellesmere Port with 9238 tons of crude oil and 511 tons of casing head gasolene, struck a mine on Jan. 11-1940 - mine laid by U-30 (Lemp) on Jan. 6. J. Rohwer gives position as "6 n. miles 280° Bar LV, Liverpool". A. Hague says that Blairmore collided with Leonard Pearce on Jan. 11-1940 - the latter sank. No further details. Also, he says Saranac was involved in a collision off Lundy Island. See Hague's listing for HX 14 on the page naming ships in all HX convoys. Ocean Escorts: A. Hague lists the following escorts (from this list of HX convoy escorts received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year): Related external link: |
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