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CONVOY HX 286
Departed New York on Apr. 5-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 20th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 87 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

Crossed out ships did not sail.

A 1 form is not available and, therefore, the station numbers are not known.
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
J. D. Ross
American
general
Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
–
John A. Campbell
"
general
Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
–
American Trader
"
Adm. tanker B
Milford Haven f. o. (Devonport) / Mersey
From HX 285
British Endurance
British
Adm. tanker W
Clyde
From HX 285
Listed in HX 287
Pearl Harbour
American
general
Newport
–
George E. Badger
"
general
Cardiff
–
Belva Lockwood
"
general
Liverpool / Falmouth
–
Thomas Wolfe
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 287
Benjamin Hawkins
"
general
Liverpool
–
Robert Toombs
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 287
James I. McKay
"
general
Barry Dock
–
James B. Weaver
"
general
Swansea
–
Stephen B. Elkins
"
general
Liverpool
–
William Pepperell
"
general
Newport
–
George G. Crawford
"
general
Newport
–
John Steele
"
general
Liverpool
–
Robert Henry*
"
general
London
–
* I'm unsure of the identity of this ship - there was a Liberty Ship Robert Henri, launched in Febr.-1944, but this ship is said to have been delivered in June-1944, and if that is correct, she could not have been in this convoy. See this external link, as well as this page.
Eugene Field
"
general
Glasgow
From HX 285
William W. Loring
"
general
Manchester
–
David Starr Jordan
"
general
Newport
–
Stanton H. King
"
general
Avonmouth
–
Matthew T. Goldsboro
"
general
London
–
Cotton Mather
"
general
London
–
John Henry
"
general
Glasgow
–
Francis Drake
"
general
Avonmouth
–
Arthur Sewall
"
general
Manchester
–
William Carson
"
general
London
–
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
"
general
London
Listed in HX 287
George Durant
"
general
London
–
Jesse Applegate
"
general
Cardiff
–
William N. Pendleton
"
general
Barry Dock
–
Empire Glade
British
general
Liverpool / Avonmouth
–
Ignatius Donnelly
American
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 287
Horace Gray
"
general
Liverpool
–
James L. Ackerson
"
general
Glasgow
–
William L. Marcy
"
general
London
–
Will Rogers
"
general
Hull
–
Thomas Scott
"
general
Glasgow
–
Memphis City
"
general
Hull
–
Derrycunihy
British
general
Cardiff
–
British Engineer
"
Tanker W
Ellesmere Port / Stanlow
–
Empire Gold
"
Tanker W
Grangemouth
Listed in HX 287
Thamesfield
"
Tanker W
Dingle
–
Mahia
"
general - refrig.
London
–
Ruahine
"
general - refrig.
Liverpool
–
Clan Colquhoun
"
general - refrig.
London
–
Kaipaki
"
general - refrig.
Glasgow
–
Port Huon
"
general - refrig.
Avonmouth
–
Empire Flag
"
general - refrig.
London
–
San Cipriano
"
Tanker W
Stanlow
–
British Tenacity
"
Tanker W
Saltend
–
Empire Grenadier
"
Tanker W
Belfast Dock / Mersey
–
Fort Esperance
"
sugar
Greenock
–
Schuylkill
"
Adm. tanker B
Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
–
Hopemount
"
Adm. tanker B
Londonderry
–
Adula
Dutch
Adm. tanker B
Clyde
–
Westland
"
general
Cardiff
–
Cleodora
"
Adm. tanker W
Scapa
From HX 285
Gallia
Norwegian
Tanker W
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 287
Ivaran
"
general
Liverpool
–
Reinholt
"
general
Liverpool
–
Montevideo
"
general
Hull
From HX 285
Herbrand
"
Adm. tanker B
Clyde
Listed in HX 288
Solfonn
"
Tanker B
Clyde
–
Abraham Clark
American
general
Liverpool
–
Godafoss
Icelandic
general
Loch Ewe for Iceland
(See also RU 118)
Jacob Luckenbach
American
general
Cardiff
–
Elihu Root
"
general
Swansea
–
Green Mountain
"
general
Immingham
–
El Oriente
Panamanian
general
Immingham
–
San Cirilo
British
Tanker W
Grangemouth
–
Alcoa Leader
American
general
Hull
–
El Mundo
Panamanain
general
Immingham
–
Ninella
British(?)
Tanker B
Swansea
–
Joining from Halifax - Sailed Apr. 7
William T. Coleman
American
general
Barry Dock
(See HX 281)
Walter Hines Page
"
grain - general
Glasgow
–
Sam Houston II
"
grain - general
Tyne
–
California Express
Norwegian
meat - metal
Glasgow
–
Robert E. Peary
American
general - metal
Liverpool
–
Cavina
British
general - meat
London
–
Gdynia
Swedish
general
Belfast Dock
–
Empire Duke
British
grain
Manchester
–
John W. Gates
American
general - flour
Swansea
–
John F. Appleby
"
general - flour - explosives
Avonmouth
–
Casimir Pulaski
"
general - explosives
London
–
Columbian
"
general
London
–
D. L. Harper
British
Tanker W - gasoline
Avonmouth
–
George Whitefield
American
general
Swansea
–
George Wythe
"
general - explosives
London
–
Harry Percy
"
general
Cardiff
–
Pacific Exporter
British
general - meat - mail
Liverpool
–
Fort Finlay
"
grain - flour
Glasgow
H. G. Blasdel
American
general - flour
Liverpool
Listed in HX 287
Henry S. Lane
"
general - grain
London
Listed in HX 287
Empire Yukon
British
general - flour
Liverpool
–
Empire Heywood
"
newsprint
Manchester
–
A. Frank Lever
American
general - flour
London
–
Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Perth - see Notes below (not mentioned in Advance Sailing Telegram)

Notes:
Commodore, Captain H. C. C. Forsyth, R.N.R. was in Port Huon.

The Rescue Vessel Perth was on her 24th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on March 8-1944 with the westbound Convoy ON 227, to Halifax March 20, then returned to Clyde with Convoy HX 286, Apr. 7-Apr. 20-1944.

Commodore's notes are not available - escorts not known.

All the Norwegian ships in this convoy are discussed on this website - use 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. (The Advance Sailing Telegrams do not always spell the names correctly, and I always check the spelling of each and every Liberty Ship against what is found on this site before I upload a convoy). As will be seen, a few of them had just been delivered the previous month.
List of Liberty Ships by Hull No. - Includes info on the men and women for whom the ships were named (from Wikipedia).

Empire Ships

Eastbound N. Atlantic Convoys / 1944

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