Convoy HX 183 - warsailors.com

The ships left port in the following sequence (according to the diary):
The first to leave at 10:45 was the British liner Akaroa, followed at 11:20 by Manchester Merchant (Flagship). Then with a few mintues between each ship the following went out: Manchester Trader, Dolabella, Eulima, San Ernesto, Dromus, Empire Johnson (crated planes), Morgenen, Curacao (Dutch liner. At least 4 tanks on her decks), Thorhild, Pacific Shipper (Airplane crates), Solfonn, British Fidelity, Heranger (4 bombers on after deck and crated planes on foredeck), Seminole, Egyptian Prince, Amastra, Nueva Granada, Haakon Hauan, Empire Coral, Axel Johnson. The last to go at 2:09 was the British freighter Glenstrae.

The convoy arrived rendezvous on Apr. 11.

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):
Agassiz - From 02/04/42 to 05/04/42
Alberni - From 06/04/42 to 14/04/42
Bodo - From 15/04/42 to 15/04/42
Collingwood - From 06/04/42 to 14/04/42
FS Aconit - From 06/04/42 to 14/04/42
Gananoque - From 02/04/42 to 06/04/42
Hepatica - From 06/04/42 to 14/04/42
Saskatoon - From 02/04/42 to 06/04/42
The Pas - From 02/04/42 to 06/04/42
USS Benson - From 06/04/42 to 14/04/42
USS McCormick - From 06/04/42 to 14/04/42
Witch - From 02/04/42 to 06/04/42

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Convoy HX 183 Cruising Order Departed Halifax on Apr. 2-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 15th (Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" also gives 23 ships).
Received from Ted Agar, England. (His source: A diary). Supplemented with info from a document received from Tony Cooper, England (Advance Sailing Telegram, his source: Public Records Office, Kew), as well as a document received from D. Kindell, based on the late Arnold Hague's database - see his listing for HX 183 at Ships in all HX convoys. Br=British, Du-Dutch, Norw=Norwegian, Sw=Swedish.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
11 Empire Johnson general 12 passengers (Br)	21 Eulima vap. oil (Br)	31 San Ernesto aviation gas Stanlow (Br)	41 Manchester Trader general (Br)	51 Manchester Merchant general (Br)	61 Dolabella aviation gas (Br)	71 Empire Coral petrol (Br)	81 Akaroa refrig. - general 200 mails 1 passenger (Br)
12 Heranger general (Norw)	22 Haakon Hauan petrol Mersey (Norw)	32 Dromus petrol (Br)	42 Morgenen lub. oil (Norw)	52 Thorhild whale oil (Norw)	62 Solfonn lub. oil - dieso Swansea (Norw)	72 Nueva Granada dieso (Norw)	82 Pacific Shipper general (Br)
13 Glenstrae general 22 passengers 964 mails Mersey (Br)	23 Curacao general (Du)	33	43 Amastra petrol (Br)	53 British Fidelity aviation gas Manchester (Br)	63 Seminole aviation gas Avonmouth (Br)	73 Axel Johnson general 28 passengers (Sw)	83 Egyptian Prince general 4 passengers (Br)
According to the Advance Sailing Telegram, the following were also scheduled, but did not sail: The British Lowlander (from HX 182) - general cargo for Avonmouth. Listed in HX 184. The Norwegian tanker Svenør - for Clyde. Had been sunk en route to Halifax on March 27-1942, follow the link to my page about this ship. The British Pandorian - general cargo for Liverpool. Listed in HX 184. The British Athelchief - tanker, bound for Mersey. Listed in HX 184. The British British Power - tanker, bound for Bowling. Listed in HX 184, returned, later joined HX 185 from St. John's, N.F. (according to A. Hague). The British British Glory - Admiralty tanker, bound for Scapa. To HX 184, did not sail, listed in SC 79. The Norwegian Rio Novo - general cargo for Bristol. Listed in HX 184. The British Robert F. Hand - tanker, bound for Avonmouth. Listed in HX 184. Also, according to notes for Convoy SC 78, Empire Marlowe and Empire Carey in that convoy came from HX 183. Morgenen had been cancelled from the previous convoy, HX 182, while Empire Johnson is listed as cancelled from Convoy SC 77. (Later became Dutch Paulus Potter).

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