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CONVOY HX 4
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Departed Halifax on Oct. 8-1939 and arrived Liverpool on the 22nd (Arnold Hague agrees with 10 ships). |
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| Transcribed from original documents received from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).
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11
Sulairia general Glasgow (Br) |
21
Manchester Progress general Manchester (Br) |
31
Teviotbank* pig iron Glasgow (Br) |
41
Rothermere newsprint London Manchester (Br) |
51
Box Hill newsprint Cardiff (Br) |
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Elona lube oil Manchester (Br) |
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22
Rockpool iron ore Newport (Br) |
32
Montreal City oil - provisions Cardiff (Br) |
42
Harpenden general Manchester (Br) |
52
Tregarthen maize Avonmouth (Br) |
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| *According to Arnold Hague, Teviotbank was requisitioned as minelayer HMS Teviotbank, Nov. 3 (see HX 4 on the page listing ships in all HX convoys). | |||||
Notes: Commodore was in Rothermere, Vice Commodore in Manchester Progress, Rear Commodore in Sulairia.
Rockpool appears to have had boiler problems on Oct. 9, reduced speed to 8 knots (average speed of convoy was 9 knots). Straggled? Ocean Escorts: HMS York and 2 more (handwritten report, hard to desipher, but looks like Fraser and St. Laurent. See also HX 2 and HX 3), meeting up in 42 36N 55 21W, staying with convoy from 11:00 on Oct 8 until noon, Oct. 10. Local Escorts: HMS Winchester(?) and Witherington(?) meeting in 49 50N 13 00W at 07:00 GMT on Oct. 21 and remained with the convoy until arrival Liverpool. The convoy also had aircraft escort from that date until arrival, as well as out from Halifax for the first 2 days. According to A. Hague, the escorts were (received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year). Related external link: To the next HX convoy in my list HX 5 |
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