The majority (but not all) of the ships have been given a convoy station (see also list further down on this page).

Cargoes have been extracted from a document received from D. Kindell, based on the late Arnold Hague's database - see his listing for HX 147 at Ships in all HX convoys.

For info, some of these ships had previously arrived with the westbound Convoy ON 3.
A few of them later returned with the westbound Convoy ON 20, Sept. 25.

Br=British, Bel=Belgian, Du=Dutch, Norw=Norwegian, Da=Danish.

The diary also mentions the British Darina and Davila, but station numbers were not known and, therefore, they have not been included in the above table. According to A. Hague, Darina, cargo of gas oil, was in station 31, Davila (FFO) was in station 93.

*Comparing the diary info with Arnold Hague's details for HX 147 at ships in all HX convoys, we find that the unnamed ships are listed as:
In station 71 - British Manchester Division, general cargo, 8 passengers
In station 85 - Belgian Jean Jadot, general cargo and 10 passengers
In station 105 - British British Courage, cargo of pool oil
In station 66 - Dutch Cleodora (carrying FFO)
He has no ship in station 115, but this unnamed ship may have been the Dutch Ulysses, which Hague has in station 114 (steel and general), while Bello has been given station 113.
Instead of Samaria in station 72, he has the British Orbita, general cargo and 1525 passengers. Samaria is not mentioned at all in HX 147.

**He has also included some ships that are not mentioned in the diary, namely:
In station 101 - The British Sovac, cargo of lub. oil.
In station 86 - The British Manchester Trader, general cargo and 16 passengers
Additionally, the British tugs Caroline Moller and Restive have been included, as has Laconia (with a note saying "paid off at Liverpool 1.10.41, to trade"; see list of escorts below).

* He has Athelsultan in station 42, adding that she arrived Scapa Flow on Sept. 12, while Elona is listed in station 94.

** Silveray detached for Iceland with defects; date not given. Manchester Citizen is said to have joined up with the slow Convoy SC 41 (will be added, see ships in all SC convoys).

The Norwegian Bralanta, Nueva Granada, Bello, Solør, O. A. Knudsen, Sandanger, Slemmestad, Strinda and G. C. Brøvig. Follow the links provided within the table above for more details on these ships.

An unnamed Dutch tanker (probably Cleodora), the Dutch Enggano, Singkep, Mirza, Westland, and another unnamed Dutch vessel (probably Ulysses), as well as the unnamed Belgian ship with bombers on deck (Jean Jadot).

The escorting HMS Laconia departed from Pier B as the last ship at 12:00.

Some of the escort vessels, Wetaskiwin, Mimosa, Gladiolus, and Buttermere, left during the passage to assist convoy SC 42. (As can be seen, Buttermere is not included in Hague's list of escorts).

A. Hague names the following 15 escorts (extracted from this list of HX convoy escorts received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year):
Amazon - From 08/09/41 to 11/09/41
Aubretia - From 08/09/41 to 12/09/41
Belmont - From 08/09/41 to 11/09/41
Bulldog - From 08/09/41 to 11/09/41
Columbia - From 29/08/41 to 08/09/41
Daneman - From 08/09/41 to 12/09/41
FS Aconit - From 08/09/41 to 11/09/41
FS Mimosa - From 29/08/41 to 08/09/41
Gladiolus - From 29/08/41 to 08/09/41
Heartsease - From 08/09/41 to 12/09/41
Laconia - From 29/08/41 to 12/09/41
Nigella - From 08/09/41 to 12/09/41
Northern Wave - From 08/09/41 to 12/09/41
St. Apollo - From 08/09/41 to 12/09/41
Wetaskiwin - From 29/08/41 to 08/09/41

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