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CONVOY HX 97
(Will be updated - please compare with A. Hague's listing for this convoy at ships in all HX convoys. See also HX escorts).

Departed Halifax on Dec. 18-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Jan. 3-1941.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 24 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

Further details on losses have been added with the help of:
"The Allied Convoy System", Arnold Hague
"Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two", Jürgen Rohwer
"The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan.

Some ships joined from Bermuda (sailed on Dec. 16-1940), but I'm not sure which ships they were.

The ships are listed in the order in which they appear on the various documents.
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Lista
Norwegian
general
Liverpool
–
Peribonka
British(?)
zinc concentrates
Swansea
From HX 96
Saganaga
"
lumber
Swansea / Newport
From HX 94
Daldorch
"
steel
Immingham
–
Muneric
"
pig iron
Glasgow
Returned to Halifax
Mansepool
"
steel - lumber
Cardiff / Ellesmere(?)
–
Mount Helmos
Greek
steel
Clyde f. o.
–
Taborfjell
Norwegian
general
Manchester
From HX 96
Also cancelled from HX 99
Sailed in HX 101
Antigone
British
steel - general - special
Clyde f. o.
–
City of Bedford
"
general - aircraft/bomber
Liverpool / Hull
Collided on Dec. 30 with Bodnant*
sank - 48 died
Gunda
Swedish
lumber
London
To Convoy SC 17
Welsh Prince
British
general - 10 aircraft
Liverpool / London
–
Valparaiso
Swedish
general
Glasgow
From HX 96
Straggled
Sunk by U-38 Dec. 31-1940
35 (33?) died + ? passengers
no survivors
Boston City
British
general - explosives
Swansea / Avonmouth
From HX 96
Mercier
Belgian
general
Liverpool
From HX 95
Sailed in HX 100
Scottish Monarch
British
steel - lumber
Glasgow / Manchester
–
West Ekonk
American / MOWT 1941
steel - scrap iron
Clyde f. o.
Became Br. Empire Wildebeeste 1941
From HX 95
Sailed in HX 99
Ary Lensen
British
lumber
Garston
–
Leonidas
Greek
grain
Glasgow
From HX 96
Edam
Dutch
general
Liverpool
From HX 96
Empire Attendant?
British
steel - scrap - trucks
Clyde f. o.
–
Thysville
Belgian
general
Liverpool
Sailed in HX 99
Tower Field
British
grain
Hull
Sailed in HX 99
Venetia
"
grain
Liverpool
From HX 96
Vera Radcliffe
"
grain
London
From HX 96
Sydland
Swedish
steel - scrap iron
Clyde f. o.
Also cancelled from HX 101
Sailed in HX 102
Mosli
Norwegian
Adm. tanker B
Clyde
–
Mount Kitheron
Greek
lumber
Garston
–
Warkworth
British
lumber
Immingham
Sailed in HX 99
Agia Marina
Greek
wheat
Liverpool
From HX 96
Empire Mariner
British
general - special
Avonmouth
From HX 96
Returned to Halifax
Sailed in SC 17
Sailing from Bermuda
Rancher
"
general
Manchester
–
Cerinthus
"
Tanker B
Mersey
–
Mahia
"
refrig. - wool
Glasgow
–
Donax
"
Tanker W
Mersey
–
Graiglas
"
lumber - wheat
Barry(?) / Sharpness
–
Almenara
"
bauxite
Larne
–

Notes:
* The British Bodnant (which also sank following the collision - no casualties) was in Convoy OB 265 at the time - see the external link below.

Commodore was in City of Bedford, Vice Commodore in Scottich Monarch
Barry Commodore in Mansepool.

The convoy arrived rendezvous with local escort on Dec. 30-1940.

Related external link:
OB convoys - OB 265 is included, and the collision is mentioned.

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Will be added: HX 98
(See ships in all HX convoys)
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 99


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