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CONVOY HX 17
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Departed Halifax on Jan. 22-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Febr. 7 (Arnold Hague says 49 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, Pa=Panamanian, Am=American, Gr=Greek, Est=Estonian, Norw=Norwegian |
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Sulairia general Glasgow (Br) |
21
Manchester Citizen general Manchester (Br) |
31
Crispin general Liverpool (Br) |
41
Balmoralwood wheat - bacon Liverpool (Br) |
51
Kingswood wheat London (Br) |
61
Dakotian general Avonmouth (Br) |
71 Davila Le Havre (Br) |
81 Seminole petrol Hull (Br) |
91 Northleigh wheat London (Br) |
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Torr Head grain - general Dublin (Br) |
22
Torinia* benzine Manchester (Br) |
32
El Mirlo crude oil Liverpool (Br) |
42
Saugor steel - cotton Liverpool (Br) |
52
Cadillac gasoline Avonmouth (Br) |
62
Boston City nickel - grain Milford Haven (Br) |
72 Ontariolite crude oil Le Havre (Br) |
82 Trocas fuel oil London (Br) |
92 Danby grain London (Br) |
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King Stephen wheat - lumber Glasgow (Br) |
23
Dalblair wheat Glasgow (Br) |
33 Athelduke molasses Liverpool (Br) |
43 Pomella fuel oil Liverpool (Br) |
53 Llangollen wheat - lumber Avonmouth (Br) |
63 Nailsea River grain London (Br) |
73 Dean Emery crude oil Southampton (Am) |
83 Gold Shell lub oil London (Br) |
93 Brockley Hill general London (Br) |
| 14 Filleigh grain Glasgow (Br) |
24 Patella fuel oil Clyde (Br) |
34 Tasis general Liverpool (Gr) |
44 Emmy general Liverpool (Gr) |
54 Langleebrook wheat Sharpness (Br) |
64 Saint Malo general - horses Bordeaux (Fr) |
74 Eclipse crude oil Le Havre (Br) |
84 Somersby grain Falmouth (Br) |
94 Ørnefjell paper London (Norw) |
| 15 Housatonic fuel oil Invergordon (Br) |
25 Antonios Chandris wheat Dublin (Gr) |
35 Agia Marina grain London (Gr) |
45 Vilk nitrates - soda La Pallice (Est) |
55 Anadara crude oil St. Nazaire (Br) |
65 Mont Everest general - horses (Fr) |
75 Victor Ross Falmouth (Pa*) |
85 Ena de Larrinaga wheat Liverpool (Br) |
95 Mount Pelion wheat London (Gr) |
| 16 Invershannon Invergordon (Clyde) (Br) |
26 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 66 Beaverdale* London (Br) |
76 D. L. Harper* Southampton (Br) |
86 Bretwalda London (Br) |
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| * Torinia, Beaverdale and D. L. Harper had been cancelled from HXF 17.
According to Arnold Hague, El Mirlo became a straggler on Jan. 28, and Emmy went ashore off Barmouth (no further info); see Hague's listing for HX 17 on the page naming ships in all HX convoys. |
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Notes: Commodore was in Balmoralwood, Vice Commodore in Seminole, Rear Commodore in Sulairia (Glasgow), and Dakotian (Bristol Channel). * Victor Ross became British at some point in 1940, but I'm not sure exactly when. Her nationality is given as British when she was torpedoed and sunk by U-43 on Dec. 2-1940, Convoy OB 251. Kingswood's destination is initially given as Liverpool, then London is written in parenthesis. Similarly, Seminole's destination is given as London, with Hull in Parenthesis, and Gold Shell=Falmouth, parenthesis London, Somersby=Falmouth, parenthesis illegible (possibly Milford Haven), Ena de Larrinaga=Falmouth, parenthesis Liverpool, Nailsea River=Avonmouth, parenthesis London, Danby=London, parenthesis Hull, Agia Marina=Barry, parenthesis London. Ocean Escort: A. Hague names the following escorts (extracted from this list of HX convoy escorts received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year): Related external links: Allied warships - More information on the escorts named above can be found by entering the name in the search field. |
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