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CONVOY HX 164

Convoy HX 164 Cruising Order Departed Halifax on Dec. 8-1941, arrived Liverpool on the 23rd (Arnold Hague gives 43 ships). This does not mean that all the ships arrived that port on that date; some ships had other destinations.
Received from Ted Agar (His source: A diary). Cargoes have been extracted from a document received from D. Kindell, based on the late Arnold Hague's database - see his listing for HX 164 at Ships in all HX convoys. See also ON 34 and subsequent ON convoys. Br=British, Du=Dutch, Norw=Norwegian, Bel=Belgian, Pa=Panamanian, Am=American.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
11 Tucurinca general 10 passengers (Br)	21 Sepia FFO Scapa Flow (Br)	31 Mahia refrig. - general (Br)	41 Glenaffaric general 660 mails 3 passengers (Br)	51 Norwegian general (Br)	61 Comanchee lub oil (Br)	71 Northumberland refrig. - general 181 mails 187 passengers (Br)	81 *	91 Benedict general - 1 passenger (Br)
12 Soekaboemi general 10 mails 4 passengers (Du)	22 USS Tarazed Army Transp. general Iceland (Am)	32 *	42 *	52	62 San Emiliano petrol (Br)	72 Gallia petrol (Norw)	82 Polarsol petrol (Norw)	92 Oakbank general (Br)
13 Polydorus general 300 mails 4 passengers Du	23 Hopemount FFO (Br)	33 British Dominion petrol (Br)	43 Hilda Knudsen fuel oil (Norw)	53 Barendrecht* petrol - paraffin (Du)	63 Leiesten lub. oil (Norw)	73 Diala petrol - paraffin (Br)	83 Norsktank** dieso (Norw)	93 Empire Raleigh grain (Br)
14 Tysa phosphates (Du)	24 British Workman aviation gas Iceland (Br)	34 Miralda gas oil (Br)	44 Kaia Knudsen (Norw)	54 W. H. Libby FFO Reykjavik (Br*)	64 Inventor general (Br)	74 Empire Opal petrol (Br)	84 Empire Flint petrol (Br)	94 Indus steel - general (Br*)
15 City of Oran general (Br)	25 *	35 Coracero refrig. (Br)	45 Emile Francqui general (Bel)	55 Audacious* general (Pa)	65 Bengkalis general (Du)	75 *	85 Masunda general (Br)	95 Gandia general (Bel)
According to the diary, the CAM ships Empire Clive and Empire Day also sailed in this convoy - stations not given. Note, however, that Empire Clive is listed in Convoy SC 59 from Sydney, C.B. on Dec. 10, having originally been scheduled for the previous SC convoy. When comparing the above with Arnold Hague's listing for Convoy HX 164 at Ships in all HX convoys, we find that he has the Panamanian Audacious* in station 54, while the Dutch Barendrecht has been given station 52, and W. H. Libby station 53, listed as Panamanian (diary says she was British). "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939" says she was American, but under Panamanian flag from 1940. This ship had been cancelled from Convoy SC 57 and SC 58. He has Empire Day in station 81, cargo of grain, CAM ship A. Hague also names the following (not mentioned in the diary): In station 25, Empire Parsons, grain In station 75, the British Llangibby Castle, general, 14 days repairs In station 32, the American USS Mattole, stores (USN stores ship) In station 42, the American USS Williamsburg, for Iceland (cargo unknown) The ship in station 41 is listed as Glenaffric. A. Hague has not included Empire Clive; as already mentioned, this ship sailed in SC 59.

Notes:
Commodore was in the British Norwegian in station 51.

** The name was spelt Norsetank in the diary, but this should be Norsktank.

* The nationality for Indus is given as Swedish in the diary (she returned to port and sailed in the next convoy).

The Panamanian Audacious had been cancelled from the previous convoy, while Hopemount had returned to port from that convoy.

British Destiny, scheduled for station 27, did not sail, listed in HX 165. Also, according to a note in connection with Convoy SC 60, British Statesman, sailing in that convoy, originally came from HX 164 (see also Notes for HX 163).

A. Hague names the following escorts (extracted from this list of HX convoy escorts, also received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year):
Annapolis - From 08/12/41 to 10/12/41
Aubretia - From 18/12/41 to 22/12/41
Daneman
FS Roselys - From 18/12/41 to 23/12/41
Heartsease - From 17/12/41 to 22/12/41
King Sol
Malpeque - From 08/12/41 to 10/12/41
Minas - From 08/12/41 to 10/12/41
USCGC Ingham - From 10/12/41 to 19/12/41
USS Dallas - From 10/12/41 to 19/12/41
USS Ellis - From 10/12/41 to 19/12/41
USS Gleaves - From 10/12/41 to 19/12/41
USS Upshur - From 10/12/41 to 19/12/41
Wanderer - From 19/12/41 to 22/12/41

Related external link:
The Empire Ships - More info on the Empire Ships sailing in Convoy HX 164.

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