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CONVOY HX 8
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Departed Halifax on Nov 10-1939 and arrived Liverpool on the 25th (Arnold Hague agrees with 34 ships). |
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| Transcribed from original documents 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, Pa=Panamanian |
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11
Counsellor cotton Liverpool (Br) |
21
Manchester Brigade general Liverpool (Br) |
31
Windsorwood grain Liverpool (Br) |
41
Daldorch pig iron Liverpool (Br) |
51
Miralda diesel & fuel oil Falmouth (Br) |
61
Humber Arm paper pulp London (Br) |
71 Queen Victoria lumber - zinc London (Br) |
81 Barn Hill general London (Br) |
91 Boltonhall general London (Br) |
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Delilian general Glasgow (Br) |
22
Sheaf Holme grain - flour Glasgow (Br) |
32
Cressington Court lead - lumber Liverpool (Br) |
42
Somme general Liverpool (Br) |
52
Cowrie diesel & fuel oil Weymouth (Br) |
62
Bradfyne grain - lumber London (Br) |
72 President Sergent crude oil Dunkerque (Fr) |
82 Kinross wheat - lumber Grangemouth (Br) |
92 Ripley grain - lumber Hull (Br) |
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13
Dakotian general Avonmouth (Br) |
23
Toronto City general Cardiff (Br) |
33 Langleetarn cereals London (Br) |
43 Baron Ailsa crude - sulphur Liverpool (Br) |
53 Victolite crude oil Le Havre (Br) |
63 Benvorlich wheat - lumber London (Br) |
73 Adellen fuel oil Southend (Br) |
83 Hopemount crude oil Le Havre (Br) |
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| 14 Virgilia benzine Milford Haven (Br) |
24 San Florentino fuel oil Milford Haven (Br) |
34 San Conrado kerosene Southampton (Br) |
44 Cliftonhall maize - wheat Avonmouth? (Br) |
54 Pellicula crude oil Le Havre (Br) |
64 Persephone crude oil Le Havre (Pa) |
74 Luxor aviation spirits Le Havre (Br) |
84 Henry H. Riedermenn * crude oil Le Havre |
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| * I believe this is a mis-spelling of Heinrich v Reidemann (Pa)
Arnold Hague has also included the British Acavus, with a note saying "possibly this convoy for channel passage" (see HX 8 on the page listing ships in all HX convoys). |
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Notes: Commodore was in Humber Arm, Vice Commodore in Windsorwood, and Rear Commodore in Barn Hill. Ocean Escort: HMS Revenge. According to A. Hague, the escorts for HX 8 were (received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year): Related external links: HMCS St. Laurent - (Wikipedia also has a page about HMS Revenge and HMCS Fraser). |
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