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CONVOY HX 327
Departed New York City on Dec. 19-1944 and arrived Liverpool on Jan. 2-1945.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 44 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.
A 1 form is not available to me and, therefore, I don't know the station numbers of these ships.

See also westbound Convoy ON 277.

Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined ships returned to port.
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
George M. Verity
Amerian (U.S.)
general
Downs f. o.
–
George N. Seger
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Vincent Harrington
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Ferdinand R. Hasler
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Edward A. Savoy
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Dexter W. Fellows
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Franklin P. Mall
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Charles R. McCormick
"
general
Solent f. o.
Listed in SC 164
Ward Hunt
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Miaoulis
Greek
general
Swansea
–
Delsud
American
general
Down f. o.
–
Alcoa Banner
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Henry Austin
"
general
Avonmouth
–
Jerry S. Foley
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Albert K. Smiley
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Charles Sumner
"
general
Liverpool / Solent f. o.
–
Themistocles
Greek
(7198 gt)
general
Solent f. o.
Returned to port
Sailed in HX 328
Lyman Hall
American
general
Solent f. o.
–
George W. Goethals
"
general
Solent f. o.
Sailed in HX 328
William Hodson
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
George Vickers
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Julius Olsen
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Joined HX 328 - returned to port
To HX 330 - did not sail
Listed in HX 331
Joseph R. Lamur
"
general - explosives
Mersey f. o.
Returned to port
Sailed in HX 328
Minor C. Keith
"
general - explosives
Solent f. o.
–
Bert Williams
"
general - explosives
Solent f. o.
–
Edmond Mallet
"
general - explosives
Solent f. o.
–
Art Young
"
general - explosives
Hull
–
Cartago
"
refrig.
Solent f. o.
–
James Harrod
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Manchester Shipper
British
general
Manchester
–
Samsoaring
"
general
Mersey
Joined HX 328
Returned to port
Listed in HX 330
Tecumseh Park
"
lumber - general
Tyne
–
Earlscourt Park
"
lumber - general
Plymouth
–
Empire Ploughman
"
grain - general
Hull
Returned to port (Halifax)
Listed in SC 164
Fort Glenlyon
"
general - explosives
Liverpool
–
Dundurn Park
"
general - lumber
Mersey
From HX 326
Sailed in HX 328
Ancylus
"
Tanker W
Clyde
–
Fernmoor
Norwegian
general
Mersey
Sailed in HX 328
Ivaran
"
general
Liverpool
Commodore Vessel
Vivi
"
Tanker B
Stanlow
From HX 326
Skaraas
"
Tanker B
Dingle
–
Thorhild
"
Tanker B
Dingle
To HX 328 - did not sail
To HX 329 - did not sail
Listed in HX 331
Polartank
"
Tanker B
Heysham
–
Marija Petrinovic
Yugoslavian
general
Liverpool
From HX 326
Listed in SC 164
Robert Parrot
American
general
Downs f. o.
From HX 326
Henry S. Lane
"
general
Liverpool
From HX 326
Charles L. McNary
"
general
Liverpool
From HX 326
Jared Ingersoll
"
general
Downs f. o.
From HX 326
Tureby
British
general
Solent
From HX 326
Sailed in HX 328
Paraguay
"(?)
general
Liverpool
From CU 51
Thamesfield
"(?)
Tanker B
Hamble?
–
Sailing from Halifax - Dec. 19
(should this be Dec. 21? - ref. * below)
Delilian
British
meat - general - spoolwood
Glasgow
–
Dromore
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Sailed in HX 328
Samtucky
"
flour - general
Downs f. o.
From HX 325
Torpedoed - See Notes
Returned to Halifax
Empire MacColl
"
Tanker B (M.A.C.)
Clyde
Sailed in HX 328
Washington Express
Norwegian
meat - mail
London
–
Gatineau Park
British
wheat - general
Liverpool
–
* See text under "Misc. Voyages 1944-1945" on my page about Washington Express.
Sailing from St. John's
Caxton
British?
newsprint
London
–
William S. Baer
American
general
Solent f. o.
From HX 325
Also, the Rescue Vessel Dewsbury - See Notes.

Notes:
Commodore, Vice Admiral M. L. Goldsmith was in the Norwegian Ivaran. Commodore's notes are not available.

The Rescue Vessel Dewsbury was on her 18th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ONS 37 on Nov. 29-1944, to St. John's Dec. 17 - returning with HX 327 from St. John's on Dec. 23, to Clyde Jan. 2-1945. On her westbound voyage she had picked up the crew of 3 men from a Swordfish from Empire MacColl who had crashed, Dec. 11-1944 ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague).

Samtucky was torpedoed and damaged by U-806 on Dec. 21-1944 - there were no casualties.

More details on the Norwegian ships in this convoy can be found with the help of the alphabet index below.

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 (includes "Sam" ships).
This site has more on the the "Park" ships mentioned in this convoy (as well as "Fort"s).
Empire Ships listed in alphabetical order. The site allso has a section listing the "Sam"-ships, and other Liberty ships that came under the British flag.

The attack on Samtucky

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