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CONVOY HX 38
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Departed Halifax on Apr. 26-1940 and arrived Liverpool on May 12 (Arnold Hague says 41 ships). |
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| 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, Norw=Norwegian, Sw=Swedish, Fr=French, Am=American, Pa=Panamanian |
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11
Norfolk frozen general Glasgow (Br) |
21
Abbeydale fuel oil Clyde (Br) |
31
Geo. W. McKnight crude oil Southampton (Br) |
41
Manchester Brigade general Manchester (Br) |
51
HMS Ascania Escort (Br) |
61
Vimeira aviation spirits Plymouth (Br) |
71 Anglo Saxon grain Portland (Br) |
81 Queen City wheat Portland (Br) |
91 Akaroa refrig. - general Portland (Br) |
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Europa general Liverpool (Br) See Notes |
22
Sovac Liverpool (Br) |
32
Quebec City steel Milford Haven (Br) |
42
San Gaspar crude oil Liverpool (Br) |
52
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62
Olwen fuel oil Devonport (Br) |
72 Delhi timber Hull (Sw) |
82 Anglo African lumber - wheat Portland (Br) |
92 Ancylus crude oil Pauillac (Br) |
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Magician cotton - carbon bl. Manchester (Br) |
23
Valparaiso general Liverpool (Sw) |
33 Waziristan scrap iron Swansea (Br) |
43 Mytilus diesel oil Manchester (Norw) |
53 | 63 Llanwern grain Portland (Br) |
73 Skeldergate timber Portland (Br) |
83 Brasil crude oil Bordeaux (Norw*) |
93 Scottish Maiden crude oil Pauillac (Br) |
| 14 Texas Banker* phosphates - TNT Garston (Am/Br) |
24 Stigstad Manchester (Norw) |
34 Vestfold* whale oil Mersey (Pa/Norw) |
44 British Grenadier diesel & fuel Clyde (Br) |
54 | 64 San Angelo scrap iron Portland ( [Br?]) |
74 Merchant Royal wheat Portland (Br) |
84 Ile de Re general Le Havre (Fr) |
94 Bourgogne crude oil Pauillac (Fr) See Notes |
| 15 Athelviking molasses Birkenhead (Br) |
25 White Crest scrap Ardrossan (Br) |
35 San Amado gasoline(?) Swansea (Br) |
45 Athelsultan Admiralty fuel Belfast (Br) |
55 | 65 Kaia Knudsen gasoline Southampton (Norw) |
75 Gretavale sugar London (Br) |
85 Drupa benzine Manchester (Br) |
95 Simonburn grain Portland (Br) |
| 16 | 26 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 76 | 86 | 96 Hanseat lub oil Rouen (Pa) |
| * The ship in station 83 is spelt Brazil on the original A 1 form (there was an American ship by this name), but the departure date for HX 38 fits with information found in the Norwegian Brasil's voyage record.
* Texas Banker had been scheduled for the previous convoy, HX 37 (became British Empire Tern). Also, according to notes in the Advance Sailing Telegram for HX 39, the Greek Kalliopi S, Nestos and Konistra, the British Arthur F. Corwin, Trehata and Inverlee and the American Ethan Allen, sailing in HX 39 (except Konistra, which was cancelled again), had originally been scheduled for HX 38. |
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Notes: Commodore was in Manchester Brigade, Vice Commodore in Queen City.
* Europa was a Danish ship, taken over by MoWT in 1940. According to Arnold Hague, the following ships became stragglers (see his listing for HX 38 on the page naming ships in all HX convoys): Ocean Escort: HMS Ascania. 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): To the next HX convoy in my list HX 39 |
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