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CONVOY ON 12

Convoy ON 12 Cruising Order
Departed Liverpool on Sept. 1-1941 (Milford Haven Aug. 31), dispersed Sept. 14.

Transcribed from a list of ships received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's research.

(Cancelled ships are not shown in A. Hague's lists).

See also the HX and SC convoys from the same time period for information on earlier and subsequent eastbound voyages of some of these ships.

Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Gr=Greek.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
Empire Flame
(Br CAM)
21
Empire Grebe
(Br)
31
Wellington Court
(Br)
41
Empire Clive
(Br)
51
Baltrover
(Br)
61
Empire Sun
(Br CAM)
71
Empire Shearwater
(Br)
81
Empire Meteor
(Br)
91
Helencrest
(Br CAM)
12
Widestone
(Br)
22
Agioi Victores
(Gr)
32
Helgøy*
(Norw)
42
City of Oxford
(Br)
52
Baron Ogilvy
(Br)
62
British Chivalry
(Br)
72
Vernon City
Baltimore
(Br)
82
Empire Woodcock
(Br)
92
Empire Activity
(Br)
13
Inger Lise
(Norw)
23
Corvus
(Norw)
33
Peebles
(Br)
43
Siljestad
(Norw)
53
Ann Stathatos
(Gr)
63
Norton*
(Br)
73
Solitaire
(Norw)
83
Corbis
(Br)
93
Star
(Norw)
14
Mount Mycale
(Gr)
24
Enseigne Maurice Préchac
(Br - Ex Fr)
34
Jade
(Br)
for Iceland
44
Empire Gazelle
(Br)
54
Tovelil
(Br - Ex Da)
64
Empire Scott*
(Br)
74
Empire Moorhen
(Br)
84
Mount Taurus
(Gr)
94
Selbo
(Norw)
15
Flynderborg*
(Br - Ex Da)
25 35
45
Baron Dunmore*
(Br)
55
Empire Ptarmigan
(Br)
65
Jernfjeld
(Norw)
for Iceland
75
85 95

* Flynderborg later moved to station 34, then to 33, and Baron Dunmore took station 34.
Empire Scott later moved to station 63, Norton to 64.

* The Norwegian Helgøy returned to port, and does not show up in an ON convoy again until Convoy ON 22 in Oct.-1941.

Also in this convoy were (station numbers not known):
British CAM ship Empire Spring - returned to port (listed in ON 13).
British Guido
British Worcestershire - AMC escort.

Empire Ptarmigan later became the Norwegian Norelg.


Escorts (also received from Don Kindell, whose own work, covering "Royal & other Navies Day-by-Day in World War 2" can be viewed at this website):
Sept. 1-Sept. 7: Angle, Cape Warwick, Heartsease, St. Apollo.
Sept. 2-Sept. 7: Daneman.
Sept. 4: Ambuscade.
Sept. 4-Sept. 6: Bulldog.
Sept. 4-Sept. 7: Aconit, Amazon, Aubretia, Belmont, Nigella.
Sept. 7-Sept. 10: Broadway, Cobalt, Polyanthus.
Sept. 10-Sept. 14: Buctouche, Galt, Ramsey, Worcestershire.

All the Norwegian ships in this convoy are included on this website. More information on them can be found via the alphabet index below, or via the Master Ship Index

Related external link:
Empire Ships listed in alphabetical order.

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