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CONVOY HX 274
Departed New York on Jan. 6-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 21st.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 38 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

The ships are listed in the order in which they appear on the various documents.
Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined ships returned to port.

A 1 form is not available and, therefore, the station numbers are not known.

For info, some of the ships in this convoy are also listed in the westbound Convoy ON 212.
See also
Convoy ON 224.
Additionally, a few later joined JW 57 to Murmansk on Febr. 20, returning with RA 58 - see this external site.

Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Eliza Jane Nicholson
American
Tanker B
Clyde
Listed in HX 277 (Jan. 28)
Henry L. Ellsworth
"
Admiralty tanker B
Milford Haven / Devonport
William Moultrie
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Sailed in HX 275
(later in Convoy JW 58 to Murmansk,
returned with RA 59)
John Langdon
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Marie M. Meloney
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Sailed in HX 275
Robert J. Collier
"
general
Clyde f. o.
John Stevenson
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Sailed in HX 275
Joshua W. Alexander
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Put back to Halifax
To HX 275 - did not sail
Sailed in HX 276
Henry B. Brown
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Sailed in HX 275
George W. Childs
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Sailed in HX 275
Josiah Nelson Cushing
"
general
Barry Roads f. o.
Sailed in HX 275
Robert Newell
"
general
Barry Roads f. o.
Sailed in HX 275
Joseph Stanton
"
general
Milford Haven / Southampton
Hoke Smith
"
general
Immingham
Katrina Luckenbach
"
general
Cardiff
From HX 273
Enoch Train
"
general
Milford Haven / Plymouth
Alexander Ramsey
"
general
Liverpool
John Catron
"
general
Newport
John Sedwick
"
general
Manchester
John Hay
"
general
Liverpool
Mexican
"
general
Glasgow
Jedediah S. Smith
"
general
Liverpool
Sailed in HX 275
Joshua B. Lippincott
"
general
London
Sailed in HX 275
Mercy Warren
"
general
Clyde / London
From HX 273
Webb Miller
"
general
Glasgow
Henry Austin
"
general
London
James Rumsey
"
general
Liverpool
Sailed in HX 275
John E. Ward
"
general
Hull
From HX 273
Sailed in HX 275
Charles D. Poston
"
general
Glasgow
Sailed in HX 275
Wilson P. Hunt
"
general
Liverpool
Sailed in HX 275
Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian
general
Mersey f. o.
Sailed in HX 275
Ex. Am. Francis Nash
see this page
Charles A. Dana
American
general
Barry Roads f. o.
Sailed in HX 275
Charles Willson Peale
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Sailed in HX 275
Robert Battey
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Sailed in HX 275
Edwin L. Godkin
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Sailed in HX 275
Dageid
Norwegian
Tanker B
Stanlow
From HX 273
Collided with Erinna Jan. 11- see Dageid
Put back to St. John's
Fjordaas
"
Tanker B
Swansea
To HX 275 - put back
(listed in HX 278, Febr. 5)
South America
"
Tanker W
Clyde
Listed in SC 152
Kaipaki
British
refrig. - general
Avonmouth
Vice Commodore
City of Glasgow
"
general
Liverpool
Port Halifax
"
refrig. - general
Glasgow
Taranaki
"
refrig. - general
Liverpool
From HX 273
Commodore Vessel
Daghestan
"
grain
Liverpool
Daphnella
"
Tanker W
Clyde f. o.
Sailed in HX 275
Schuylkill
"
Tanker B
Dingle / Heysham
Hopemount
"
Admiralty tanker B
Clyde
From HX 273
Listed in HX 277 (Jan. 28)
Erinna
Dutch
Tanker B
Dingle
From HX 273
Collided with Dageid - see also Notes (& SC 155)
Put back to St. John's
Hawaiian
American
general
Milford Haven / Falmouth
George S. Wasson
"
general
Mersey
Put back to Halifax
Sailed in HX 275
Joining from Halifax - Sailed Jan. 8
Pacific Enterprise
British
grain - general - refrig.
Liverpool
From HX 273
John N. Robins
American
grain - general
London
Cairnvalona
British
general
London
Peter Cartwright
American
general - mail
Avonmouth
Empire MacRae
British
grain
Liverpool
Tetela
"
general - refrig. - mail
Cardiff
Cavina
"
general - refrig.
Liverpool
Empire MacColl
"
Admiralty tanker B
Clyde
Alabaman
American
general
Milford Haven / Southampton
Alcoa Cutter
"
general
Avonmouth
Charles Sumner
"
general
London
Idefjord
Norwegian
general
Glasgow
James Harrod
American
general - mail
Avonmouth
Memphis City
"
general
Cardiff
Riverdale Park
British
general
London
Stephen C. Foster
American
general
Swansea
And Rescue Vessel Perth - see Notes.

Notes:
Commodore, Captain A. M. Hekking (Royal Netherlands Navy) was in Taranaki, Vice Commodore in Kaipaki.

Arnold Hague's "Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945" also lists the Rescue Vessel Perth as joining from Halifax. She was on her 23rd voyage, having started this voyage from Clyde on Dec. 16.-1943 with the westbound Convoy ON 216, to Halifax Jan. 1-1944, then returning with Convoy HX 274 from Halifax on Jan. 8, to Clyde Jan. 21. She picked up 8 Chinese crew from the burning Erinna, + 1 man from a raft? following the collision with the Norwegian Dageid.

Commodore's notes are not available, escorts unknown.

All the Norwegian ships mentioned in this convoy are discussed on this website - use the alphabet index below to find them.

Related external links:
Liberty Ships - The vast majority of the ships listed as American in the table above were Liberty Ships. This website lists them alphabetically.
Empire Ships listed in alphabetical order. The site also has a section listing the Liberty ships.

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