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CONVOY HX 21
Departed Halifax on Febr. 18-1940 and arrived Liverpool on March 4.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" agrees with 16 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from original documents received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
The station numbers have been extracted from Arnold Hague's listing for HX 21, which is available on the page naming ships in all HX convoys.

The ships are listed in the order in which they appear on the various documents.
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Station
Destination
Remarks
Bassano
British
general
61
Hull
From HX 20
Chesapeake
"
Tanker
–
Havre
From HX 20
Listed in HX 22
Nyanza
"
grain
–
Hull
Listed in HX 22
Ensis
"
Tanker
21
Manchester
–
Elona
"
Tanker
–
Southampton
Listed in HX 22
Rothermere
"
newsprint
41
London
From HX 20
Cornish City
"
lumber - grain
62
Southampton
–
San Ambrosio
"
Tanker
–
Manchester
Listed in HX 22
Bradglen
"
lumber - grain
72
Hull
–
Newton Moore
"
scrap iron
–
Swansea
Listed in HX 22
Erodona
"
Tanker
–
Milford Haven f. o.
Listed in HX 22
Hoperidge
"
lumber
–
Plymouth
Listed in HX 22
Wearpool
"
sleepers
63
St. Nazaire
–
Montreal City
"
none given
–
Swansea
Shows up again in HX 26
Strategist
"
cotton - steel - general
–
Liverpool
Listed in HX 22
Shéhérazade
French
Tanker
–
Havre
Listed in HX 22
James Magee
American / Pan?
Tanker
–
Havre
Listed in HX 22
Pagatsikos
Greek
none given
–
Havre
Listed in HX 22
San Emiliano
British
Tanker
73
London
–
Wyoming
French
general
53
Havre
–
Hanseat
Panamanian
Tanker
–
Havre
Listed in HX 22
Dunaff Head
British
general
11
Dublin
From HX 20
El Grillo
"
Tanker
22
Liverpool
From HX 20
Schuylkill
"
Tanker
23
London
–
Loch Lomond
"
grain
42
London
–
Chaucer
"
flour
43
Hull
–
Vacport
"
Tanker
51
London
From HX 20
Nailsea Meadow
"
grain
52
Hull
From HX 20
Beaverbrae
"
general
71
London
–

Notes:
The Commodore was in Rothermere, Vice Commodore in Ensis.

The convoy arrived rendezvous with local escort on March 1-1940.

According to A. Hague, Bassano became a straggler on Febr. 26, while Dunaff Head, El Grillo and Ensis straggled on March 2.

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):
Alaunia - From 18/02/40 to 01/03/40 (station 31)
Ottawa - From 18/02/40 to 19/02/40
Saguenay - From 18/02/40 to 19/02/40
Windsor - From 02/03/40 to 04/03/40
Wolverine - From 02/03/40 to 04/03/40

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