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CONVOY HX 7

Convoy HX 7 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Nov. 2-1939 and arrived Liverpool on the 16th (Arnold Hague agrees with 29 ships).
Transcribed from original A 1 form received from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).

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

Br=British, Fr=French
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
11
Melmore Head
general
Dublin
(Br)
21
Director
cotton - lumber
Liverpool
(Br)
31
Merchant Prince
iron - cotton
Liverpool
(Br)
41
Victoria City
cotton
Liverpool
(Br)
51
Hoperidge
pig iron
Liverpool
(Br)
61
Daphnella
benzine
Hull
(Br)
 71
Kingswood
wheat
London
(Br)		 81
Horn Shell
fuel
London
(Br)
12
Blairatholl
lumber
Belfast
(Br)
22
Tacoma City
pig iron
Liverpool
(Br)
32
Arica
copper - cotton
Liverpool
(Fr)
42
El Mirlo
crude oil
Liverpool
(Br)
52
Merchant
cotton - lumber
Liverpool
(Br)
62
Norman Monarch
cereals
Avonmouth
(Br)
 72
Nailsea River
grain
Avonmouth
(Br)		 82
Balmoralwood
newsprint
London
(Br)
13
Hartlebury
maize
Cork
(Br)
23
Saranac
gasoline
London
(Br)
 33
Anadara
fuel - crude oil
Liverpool
(Br)		 43
Biddlestone
cotton
Liverpool
(Br)		 53
Losada
general
Liverpool
(Br)		 63
Trocas
fuel oil
Hull
(Br)		 73
Reginolite
crude oil
Le Havre
(Br)		 83
Lasalle*
(De La Salle?)
general
Bordeaux
(Fr)
14 24 34
Boston City
general
Cardiff
(Br)		 44
Sea Glory
general
Bristol
(Br)		 54
Sèvre
general - alcohol
Bordeaux
(Fr)		 64
Corbis
gasoline
London
(Br)		 74
Grelrosa
general
London
(Br)		 84
*The ship in station 83 is listed as Lasalle - this is probably a misspelling of the French De La Salle.

Arnold Hague has also included the British Newton Pine in this convoy (see HX 7 on the page listing ships in all HX convoys).


Notes:
Commodore was in Hoperidge, Vice Commodore in Kingswood and Rear Commodore in Merchant Prince.

Ocean Escort: HMS Enterprise.

According to A. Hague, the escorts for HX 7 were (received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year):
Enchantress - From 14/11/39 to 17/11/39
Enterprise - From 02/11/39 to 14/11/39
Fraser - From 02/11/39 to 03/11/39
Grafton - From 14/11/39 to 17/11/39
St. Laurent - From 02/11/39 to 03/11/39

Related external link:
HX and HXF Convoys - In chronological order.

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