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CONVOY HX 34

Convoy HX 34 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Apr. 10-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Apr. 26 (Arnold Hague says 28 ships).
Transcribed from original documents received from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).

Nationalities have been added with the help of "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan.

Br=British, Am=American, Pa=Panamanian, Est=Estonian, Gr=Greek.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
Beechwood
sugar
Greenock
(Br)
21
Saranac
gasoline
Clyde
(Br)
31
Custodian
cotton
Liverpool
(Br)
41
Manchester Spinner
general
Liverpool
(Br)
51
HMS Royal Sovereign
Escort
(Br)
61
Fordsdale
frozen general
Portsmouth
(Br)
 71
Merchant Prince
lumber
Rosyth
(Br)		 81
Malancha
general
London
(Br)		 91
Port Montreal
wool steel
Dunkirk
(Br)
12
Domingo de Larrinaga
scrap iron
Glasgow
(Br)
See Notes
22
Oiltrader
crude oil
Manchester
(Br)
32
Scottish American
fuel oil
Scapa
damaged
(Br)
See Notes
42
Seminole
gasoline
Milford Haven
damaged
(Br)
See Notes
52
62
Generton
grain
Tyne
(Br)
 72
British Colony
diesel oil
Downs
(Br)		 82
Parracombe
grain
London
(Br)		 92
San Ubaldo
crude oil
Dunkirk
(Br)
See Notes
13
Wellfield
Admiralty fuel
Clyde
(Br)
See Notes
23
Chulmleigh
grain
Liverpool
(Br)
 33
Varand
aviation gasoline
Liverpool
(Br)		 43
Ross
grain
Milford Haven
(Br)
See Notes		 53 63
Mount Pelion
grain
London
(Gr)		 73
Lake Hallwil
general
London
(Est)
See Notes		 83
I. C. White*
Falmouth
(Pa)		 93
F. J. Wolfe
crude oil
Le Havre
(Br)
14 24 34
Prince Rupert City
wheat
Manchester
(Br)		 44
Toronto City
general
Milford Haven
(Br)
See Notes		 54 64
Texas Ranger
lumber
Falmouth
(Br)		 74
Thiara
fuel oil
London
(Br)		 84
Henry Dundas
gasoline
London
(Br)		 94
* The lines are very faint, but it looks like this ship has been crossed out on the A 1 form. The name also appears in the next HX convoy from Halifax, HX 35, so she probably did not sail in this one.

Arnold Hague has also included Empire Conveyor in this convoy, with a note saying "possibly this convoy, dates coincide". See his listing for HX 34 on the page naming ships in all HX convoys.

Notes:
Commodore was in Manchester Spinner, Vice Commodore in Merchant Prince.

According to Arnold Hague, the following ships became stragglers:
Domingo de Larrinaga and Wellfield (both on Apr. 21), Lake Hallwil and Ross (both on Apr. 22), San Ubaldo (Apr. 23), Toronto City (Apr. 20).

Scottish American was torpedoed and damaged by U-13 on Apr. 28-1940; see external link below. A. Hague adds she was towed to Loch Erribol.
Seminole was damaged after having struck a mine. A. Hague says she was beached and later salved.

Ocean Escort: HMS Royal Sovereign.

A. Hague names the following escorts (extracted from this list of HX convoy escorts received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year):
Ottawa - From 10/04/40 to 11/04/40
Restigouche - From 10/04/40 to 11/04/40
Royal Sovereign - From 10/04/40 to 20/04/40
Saguenay - From 10/04/40 to 11/04/40
Warwick - From 23/04/40 to 26/04/40
Windsor - From 23/04/40 to 26/04/40

Related external link:
The attack on Scottish American.

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