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CONVOY HX 304
Departed New York City on Aug. 17-1944 and arrived Liverpool on Sept. 1.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 89 ships in this convoy.

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

Details re. Arctic convoys were found in "Convoys to Russia 1941-1945" by Bob Ruegg and Arnold Hague.

Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined ships returned to port.
A 1 form is not available to me and, therefore, I don't know the station numbers for these ships.
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Benjamin Brown French
American
general
Liverpool
From HX 303
William Crane Gray
"
general
Liverpool
–
Stephen Leacock
"
general
Liverpool
–
Arthur Riggs
"
general
Hull
–
Vincent Harrington
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Champ Clark
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Chester Valley
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
William M. Rayburn
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Frank Park
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Ferdinand R. Hassler
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Angus McDonald
"
general
Liverpool
–
Jane A. Delano
"
general
Methil / London
–
Charles R. McCormick
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
William Johnson
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Lookout
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Alcoa Scout
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Juliette Low
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Monroe
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Alcoa Trader
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Gateway City
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
P. T. Barnum
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Horace H. Lurton
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Zarembo
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
James K. Paulding
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Pan Gulf
"
general
Oban f. o.
From HX 303
Andrew Marschalk
"
Tanker W
Milford Haven / Southampton
–
Richard J. Cleveland
"
Tanker W
Medway (Kingsnorth)
–
Pan Maine
"
Tanker W
Thameshaven
–
Egerø
Norwegian
Tanker B
Clyde
To HX 305 - did not sail
Sailed in HX 306
Vardefjell
"
Tanker B
Stanlow
–
Kaldfonn
"
Tanker B
Mersey
–
Kronprinsessen
"
sugar
Liverpool
–
Norefjord
"
sugar
Liverpool
–
Brasil
"
Tanker B
Thameshaven
–
Spinanger
"
Tanker B
Londonderry / Belfast Dock
–
Emma Bakke
"
general
Liverpool
Vice Commodore
Dageid
"
Tanker B
Heysham
–
James Hawson
"
Tanker B
Stanlow
–
Arabian Prince
British
general
Liverpool
–
Glenfinlas
"
general
Liverpool
–
Longwood
"
Tanker W
Swansea
–
Neritina
"
Tanker W
Bowling
Joined Convoy JW 60 Sept. 15
(See Arctic Convoys)
Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2
Cymbula
"
Tanker W
Grangemouth
–
British Patience
"
Tanker W
Bowling
Joined Convoy JW 60 Sept. 15
Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2
Empire Inventor
"
Tanker W
Killingsholme(?) / Saltend / Mersey
–
Geo W. McKnight
Panamanian
Tanker W
Avonmouth / Clyde
–
Empire Beresford
British
Tanker W
Thameshaven
–
Cornwall
"
refrig. - general
Mersey f. o.
Sailed in HX 305
Connaught Park
"
timber - minerals
Avonmouth
–
Samtampa
"
sugar - rum
Liverpool
Commodore Vessel
Empire Gulf
"
Tanker B
Milford Haven / Devonport
–
Empire Bombardier
"
Tanker B
Thameshaven
–
Erodona
"
Tanker B
Avonmouth / Clyde
–
Charles A. Warfield
American
general
Middlesbrough
From HX 303
Wildwood
"
general
Immingham
From HX 303
John Woolman
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Joined Convoy JW 60 Sept. 15
(See Arctic Convoys)
Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2
Lewis Emery Jr.
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Joined Convoy JW 60 Sept. 15
Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2
David Stone
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Joined Convoy JW 60 Sept. 15
Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2
John Vining
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Joined Convoy JW 60 Sept. 15
Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2
Frederick W. Taylor
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Joined Convoy JW 60 Sept. 15
Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2
Cardinal Gibbons
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Joined Convoy JW 60 Sept. 15
Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2
Frederic A. Kummer
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Joined Convoy JW 60 Sept. 15
Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2
Francis Scott Key
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Joined Convoy JW 60 Sept. 15
Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2
Nathaniel Alexander
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Joined Convoy JW 60 Sept. 15
Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2
Thomas U. Walter
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Joined Convoy JW 60 Sept. 15
Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2
Daniel Willard
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Joined Convoy JW 60 Sept. 15
Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2
John J. Abel
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Joined Convoy JW 60 Sept. 15
Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2
Julius Olsen
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Sailed in HX 305
(later Convoy JW 60 Sept. 15
returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2)
Richard M. Johnson
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Sailed in HX 305
(later Convoy JW 60 Sept. 15
Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2)
Godafoss
Icelandic
general - timber
Loch Ewe / Iceland
(See also RU 135)
Thomas F. Farrell
American
general
Mersey
Returned to port
Sailed in HX 306
Rubert M. Emery
"
general
Clyde f. o.
–
Gyda
British
general
Loch Ewe / Iceland
(See also RU 135)
Joining from Halifax - Sailed Aug. 19
Empire Macandrew
British
grain
Liverpool
M.A.C. (Merchant Aircraft Carrier)
See Notes below
Adula
"
Tanker B
Clyde
–
Acavus
"
Tanker B
Clyde
–
Manchester Shipper
"
general
Manchester
–
Gdynia
Swedish
flour - general
Preston
From HX 303
Artigas
Panamanian
general
Oban f. o.
–
George E. Merrick
American
general
Oban f. o.
–
John Davenport
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
John L. Sullivan
"
general
Avonmouth
–
Joshua L. Chamberlain
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Mormacmar
"
general
Mersey
To HX 305 - did not sail
Sailed in HX 306
William T. Coleman
"
general
Immingham
–
William L. Davidson
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Delilian
British
general
Liverpool
–
Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Perth - not listed in Advance Sailing Telegram (see Notes below).
Joining from Sydney C.B. - Sailed Aug. 20
Belgian Freighter
Belgian
general - mail
Avonmouth
–
Rosedale Park
British
general
Liverpool
–
Pacific Shipper
"
general - mail
Liverpool
–
Empire Gazelle
"
pit props
Hull
Sailed in HX 306
Uranienborg
"
lumber
Belfast
From HX 303
Sailed in HX 306
Elk Island Park
"
grain - general
Hull
–
Canada
Swedish
general - grain - mail
Methil / London
–
Glenpark
British
lumber
Methil / London
–
Empire Cromer
"
general - meat
Liverpool
Sailed in HX 306
Dentonia Park
"
general - grain - mail
Liverpool
–

Notes:
Commodore Rear Admiral O. H. Dawson was in Samtampa, Vice Commodore was S. N. White R.N.R. in Norwegian Emma Bakke. Commodore's notes are not available.

The Rescue Vessel Perth was on her 26th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound convoy ON 246 on July 26-1944, to Halifax Aug. 6, returning with Convoy HX 304 on Aug. 19, to Clyde Aug. 31. She picked up 3 men from a Swordfish from the M.A.C. ship Empire Macandrew. ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague).

Please note that more information on all the Norwegian ships listed in this convoy can be found with the help of the index below.

Related external links:
Liberty Ships - This website has been used to check the spelling of all the Liberty ships listed in this convoy (convoy docs don't always have the correct spelling, or they may be difficult to decipher). The 2 websites below have been used for the same purpose.
Fort (+ Ocean & Park) ships
Empire ships - The site also has a section listing the "Sam"-ships, and other Liberty ships that came under the British flag.

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