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CONVOY HXF 7

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Convoy HXF 7 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Oct. 31-1939 and arrived Liverpool on Nov. 12 (Arnold Hague agrees w/13 ships).
Transcribed from original documents received from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).

Br=British, Pa=Panamanian, Am=American, Fr=French
1
2
3
4
5
6
11
Matra
food stuffs
London
sunk
(Br)
21
Pacific Pioneer

Remuera
general
London(?)
(Br)
31
HMS Asturias
41
Rangitane
general - cold storage
London
(Br)
51
San Antonio
general - borax
Havre
(Fr)
61
Inverilen
tractor oil - kerosene
London
(Br)
12
Craftsman
cotton - lumber
Liverpool
(Br)
22
Bradford City
wheat
London
(Br)
42
Gregalia
general
London
(Br)
52
Fort Richepanse
bananas
Rouen
(Fr)
62
J. H. Senior
crude oil
(Havre
(Pa)
13
San Ambrosio
gasoline
Liverpool(?)
(Br)
23
 43
Pacific Pioneer
general - fresh fruit
London
(Br)		 53
San Pedro
cotton - coke
Havre
(Fr)		 63


Notes:
Commodore was in Rangitane, Vice Commodore in Remuera.

Cruising speed: 11 1/2 knots.

The British Matra, on a voyage from Baltimore for London with 5750 tons general cargo, including Butyl acetate, machinery parts, paraffin wax, ethylene glycol, 200 tons antimony ore and 331 tons rubber, struck a mine on Nov. 13-1939 (laid by a German destroyer), 1 mile east of Tongue Light Vessel. Beached at Shingles Patch. 16 (17?) died. (Sources: "Lloyd's War Losses" Vol. I, and "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan).

Escort:
HMS Asturias

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

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