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CONVOY HX 74
(Will be updated - please compare with A. Hague's listing for this convoy at ships in all HX convoys. See also HX escorts).
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Departed Halifax on Sept. 17-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Oct. 2 (Arnold Hague says 33 ships - 1 damaged en route). |
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| Received, with thanks, from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).
Br=British, Am=American, Norw=Norwegian, Yug=Yugoslavian, Eg=Egyptian, Gr=Greek, Du=Dutch, Da=Danish, Po=Polish. |
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11
steel - pitprops Hull (Br) |
21
Trehata steel Methil (Br) |
31
Nolisement pig iron Glasgow (Br) |
41
Warkworth steel - lumber Clyde (Br) |
51
Esturia gasoline Clyde (Br) |
61
Manchester Spinner steel - grain - general Liverpool (Br) |
71
Corner Brook steel - paper Mersey (Br) |
81
Empire Razorbill * steel Barry Roads (Br) |
91
Istok pig iron Swansea (Yug) |
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12
pig iron Methil (Br) |
22
Agia Marina steel scrap Grangemouth (Gr) |
32
Rio Azul steel scrap Glasgow (Br) |
42
Kmicic lumber Clyde (Po) |
52
Baron Ramsay lumber Clyde (Br) |
62
Argos Hill general Liverpool (Br) |
72
Estrella steel Liverpool (Norw) |
82
Star of Luxor steel Mersey (Eg) |
92
Trevorian steel - lumber Belfast (Br) |
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13
Empire Caribou steel plates Methil (Br) |
23
Einar Jarl pulp London (Norw) |
33 Cape Nelson steel plates London (Br) |
43 Baron Napier scrap iron Glasgow (Br) |
53 grain - steel - gen. Glasgow (Sw) |
63 steel Liverpool (Am) |
73 Beemsterdijk steel Liverpool (Du) |
83 | 93 |
| A 11 Rudby iron ore Middlesbrough (Br) |
A 21 pulp wood Ridham Docks (Da) |
A 31 Empire Endurance general Newcastle (Br) |
A 41 Carmelfjell general Glasgow (Norw) |
A 51 Manchester Citizen general Manchester (Br) |
A 61 Patia general Liverpool (Br) |
A 71 Virgilia grain Liverpool (Br) |
A 81 | A 91 |
| A 12 | A 22 Delfshaven steel - newsprint London (Du) |
A 32 Inger Toft pit props Hull (Da/Br 1940) |
A 42 A. D. Huff newsprint Liverpool |
A 52 pulp wood Barrow (Norw) |
A 62 Silvercedar general Liverpool (Br) |
A 72 | A 82 | A 92 |
| The ships with the A numbers probably joined with the Sydney C.B. section.
Additionally, according to notes for Convoy SC 5, the following ships in that convoy had come from HX 74: Everleigh, Alaska, Nea, Embassage, Trecarrell and possibly Kingsland. Due to a hurricane warning at Bermuda on Sept. 15, all ships at Bermuda sailed to Halifax. The following are crossed out in Advance Sailing Telegram for the Bermuda portion (received from Tony Cooper, England): |
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Notes: Commodore, Vice Admiral F. M. Austin was in Manchester Spinner, Vice Commodore was J. W. Osborne, Master of Manchester Citizen. * Empire Razorbill also shows up in the next convoy - she could not have been in both. * Gunvor Mærsk (which had also been cancelled from Convoy SC 5) is listed in Convoy SC 6. The convoy had 32 ships, 31 remaining at rendezvous - Inger Toft (from Sydney section) having disappeared during the night of Sept. 26/27 - reason unknown. Commodore says in his notes: "She was always astern and had no daylight signalling lamp - Friday 20th". Ocean Escort: HMS Montclare, HMCS Assiniboine and HMCS Elm until sunset Sept. 28. More details on all the Norwegian ships named in this table can be found in the alphabetical ship lists of this website. To the next HX convoy in my list HX 75 |
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