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CONVOY HX 306
Departed New York City on Aug. 31-1944 and arrived Liverpool on Sept. 17.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 120 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. 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
Manchester Port	British	steel - general	Manchester	From HX 305 Vice Commodore
Eugene T. Chamberlain	American	general	Liverpool	From HX 305
Baron Forbes	British	general	Liverpool	–
Heranger	Norwegian	general	London	–
~~John Bakke~~	"	general	Liverpool	Sailed in HX 307
Montevideo	"	general	Avonmouth	–
Waterland	Dutch	general	London	Commodore Vessel
Miaoulis	Greek	general	Oban f. o.	–
Dynastic	American	general	Liverpool	–
Vermont	"	general	Liverpool	–
Texmar	"	general	Liverpool	–
Narbo	"	general	Liverpool	–
Henry Barnard	"	general	Hull	–
LeBaron Russel Briggs	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Marymar	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
J. Willard Gibbs	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Walter Raleigh	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
William Ellery	"	general	Swansea	–
Themistocles	Greek	general	Oban f. o.	–
Henry M. Rice	American	general	Oban f. o.	–
Isaac S. Hopkins	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Mount Evans	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Thomas Sim Lee	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Stephen B. Elkins	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Katrina Luckenbach	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Alcoa Banner	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Columbian	"	general	Swansea	–
John H. Murphy	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Lucius Q. C. Lamar	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Raymond Clapper	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Bartholomew Gosnold	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
John Ireland	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Steel Inventor	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
City of Omaha	"	general	Tyne	–
Thomas Lynch	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Bayou Chico	"	general - explosives	Tyne	–
Samuel F. B. Morse	"	general - explosives	Immingham	–
Wolverine	"	general - explosives	Immingham	–
~~Carlos J. Finlay~~	"	general - explosives	Mersey	Sailed in HX 307
Charles Scribner	"	general - explosives	Oban f. o.	–
Robert Luckenbach	"	general - explosives	Oban f. o.	–
Edward Canby	"	general - explosives	Newport	–
William Leavitt	"	grain	Liverpool / Manchester	From HX 305
~~Horace H. Harvey~~	"	Tanker B	Clyde	–
Thomas F. Farrell	"	engineer equipment	Clyde	From HX 304
Belgian Gulf	Panamanian	Tanker B	Stanlow	From HX 305
Chr. Th. Boe	Norwegian	Tanker W	Shellhaven	–
~~Solstad~~	"	Tanker W	Bowling	Sailed in HX 309
~~Thorsholm~~	"	Tanker W	Avonmouth	Sailed in HX 307
~~Murena~~	Dutch	Tanker W	Mersey	Sailed in HX 307
~~Glarona~~	Norwegian	Tanker B	Loch Ewe f. o.	Sailed in HX 309
Peik	"	Tanker B	Milford Haven / Portsmouth	–
Norsktank	"	Tanker B	Shellhaven	–
Solør	"	Tanker B	Mersey / Heysham	–
Drammensfjord	"	sugar	Greenock	–
~~City of Glasgow~~	British	general	Mersey f. o.	Sailed in HX 307
Malancha	"	steel - general	Manchester	–
Clan Macbean	"	sugar	London	–
Valldemosa	"	Tanker W	Grangemouth	–
Comanchee	"	Tanker B	Mersey / Manchester	From HX 305
Cowrie	"	Tanker W	Milford Haven / Portsmouth	–
Scottish American	"	Tanker W	Londonderry / Belfast Dock	–
San Felix	"	Tanker B	Mersey / Jarrow-on-Tyne	–
Campus	"	lumber - steel	Sharpness	–
Katy	Norwegian	Tanker B	Milford Haven / Southampton	–
Magdala	Dutch	Tanker W	Milford Haven / Cherbourg	–
Oremar	American	general	Immingham	–
James J. Pettigrew	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Ben F. Dixon	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Tilsington Court	British	pit props	Hull	Joined from St. John's
The above list comprises Pages 1 through 4 of the Advance Sailing Telegram - the next document is Page 6. Roger is going to check for me if there is also a Page 5 (but he does not think so).
Joining from Halifax - Sailed Sept. 2
Alexia	British	Tanker B (M.A.C.)	Clyde	–
Empire MacColl	"	Tanker B (M.A.C.)	Clyde	–
Gadila	Dutch	Tanker B (M.A.C.)	Clyde	See Notes on the HX 302 page.
Empire MacCallum	British	grain (M.A.C.)	Liverpool	–
~~Rapana~~	"	Tanker B (M.A.C.)	Clyde	From HX 305 Sailed in HX 307
Glenapp	"	general - explosives	Liverpool	–
Empire Camp	"	general - fish	Manchester	–
Armathia	Greek	pit props	West Hartlepool	–
Pendeen	British	lumber	Hull	–
Baron Dunmore	"	lumber	Grimsby	–
Tynemouth	"	pulp	Rochester	–
Kiruna	Swedish	lumber	Sharpness	–
Benjamin R. Curtis	American	general	Oban f. o.	–
Egerø	Norwegian	Tanker B	Scapa	From HX 305
Harold I. Pratt	American	general	Oban f. o.	–
Joseph N. Dinand	"	vehicles and parts	Oban f. o.	–
Joshua W. Alexander	"	general - explosives	Liverpool	–
Juan N. Seguin	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Minor C. Keith	"	vehicles - explosives	Oban f. o.	–
Samuel de Champlain	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Stephen Johnson Field	"	general	Oban f. o.	–
Joseph E. Johnston	"	vehicles - general	Oban f. o.	–
Timok	Yugoslavian	lumber	Ellesmere Port	–
Lagarfoss	Icelandic	general	Loch Ewe / Iceland	–
Corrales	British	general - refrig.	Liverpool	–
Archangelos	Greek	grain	Barry Dock	–
Lord Cochrane	British	grain	Tyne	–
Bayano	"	general - meat	Avonmouth	–
San Francisco	Swedish	general	Belfast Dock	–
Mactra	British	Tanker B	Milford Haven / Devonport	–
Empire Conrad	"	lumber	London	–
Mormacmar	American	general	Cardiff	From HX 305
King Neptune	British	lumber	London	–
Risden Tyler Bennett	American	general	Hull	From HX 305
Also, the Rescue Vessel Accrington - see Notes below.
Joining from Sydney C.B. - Sailed Sept. 3
Grainton	British	grain	Hull	–
Empire Sunbeam	"	lumber	Tyne	–
Uranienborg	"	lumber	Belfast Dock	From HX 304
Empire Gazelle	"	pit props	Hull	From HX 304
Empire Cromer	"	general - meats	Liverpool	From HX 304
Tordene	"	lumber	London	–
Houston City	"	grain	London	From HX 305
Velox	Norwegian	wood pulp	Rochester	–
Ivan Topic	Yugoslavian	lumber	Manchester	–
Umberleigh	British	grain	Hull	–
Stad Haarlem	Dutch	steel - wood pulp	London	–
Mount Rhodope	Greek	wood pulp	Manchester	–
Daghestan	British	flour	Hull	From HX 305
La Pampa	"	lumber	Liverpool	–
Olaf Bergh	Norwegian	grain	Belfast Dock	–
Dalmore	British	grain	London	–
Eleni	Greek	grain	London	–
Miguel de Larrinaga	British	grain	Avonmouth	–
Samur	"	grain	London	–
Badjestan	"	grain	Avonmouth	–
~~Derwenthall~~	"	lumber	Mersey	Sailed in HX 307
Geddington Court	"	grain	Milford Haven / Southampton(?)	–
Hardanger	Norwegian	grain	Swansea	–
Fordsdale	British	meat - general - mail	London	–
Empire Simba	"	pulp	Ellesmere Port	–
Anna	Greek	grain	London	–
Tilsington Court	British	pit props	Loch Ewe / Tyne	Scheduled to sail from Wabana? Listed further up on this page / from St. John's

Notes:
Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Accrington sailed with this convoy. She was on her 13th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 248 on Aug. 6-1944, to Halifax Aug. 17 - returning with HX 306 from Halifax Sept. 2, to Clyde Sept. 16. ("Convoy Rescue Ships", Arnold Hague).

Commodore Rear Admiral E. W. Leir was in Waterland, Vice Commodore was R. H. Walley R.N.R. in Manchester Port. Commodore's notes are not available.

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 website below have been used for the same purpose.
Empire ships

The history of La Pampa on Roy Martin's website

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