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CONVOY ON 92
List gratefully received from Keith Haywood who says much of the information has been taken from the original convoy sailing instructions dated 5th May 1942, and has been updated using "Britains Sea War", "Doenitz and the Wolfpacks", and "British & Commonwealth Merchant Ship Losses 1939-1945". The original document was obtained from the UK Public Records Office.
Keith says the convoy assembled off the Scottish island of Islay on May 7th 1942 and sailed that afternoon. The sailing order shown is taken from the original convoy papers dated 5th May 1942, but was later changed with the vessels being formed into 10 columns of four ships with the rescue vessel Bury taking up position astern. I've copied Keith's notes at the end of the table, then added my own comments in italic text in parenthesis with the help of info found in "The Allied Convoy System", Arnold Hague, "Convoy Rescue Ships", Arnold Hague, "Axis Submarine Successes of WW II", Jürgen Rohwer and "The World's Merchant Fleets", R. W. Jordan. |
departed Liverpool on May 6-1942 and arrived Halifax on May 21, according to Arnold Hague, who gives 42 ships. |
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Br=British, FF=Free French, Pa=Panamanian, Yug=Yugoslavian, Norw=Norwegian, Du=Dutch, Gr=Greek, Pol=Polish, Sw=Swedish
RS=Rescue Ship, CAM=Catapult Armed Merchant Vessel See also Convoy SC 79 and other SC convoys from the same time period (for instance, SC 87) s=sunk, =dead. |
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11
Empire Dell Note 1 s - 2 (Br) |
21
Selvistan (Br) |
31
Cristales s - 0 Note 2 (Br) |
41
Gazcon (Br) |
51
Southern Princess Note 9 (Br) |
61
Portsea (Br) |
71
Empire Antelope Note 10 (Br) |
81
Dorington Court (Br) |
91
Empire Clive (Br) |
12
Mount Parnes Note 3 (Gr) |
22
Batna s - 1 Note 4 (Br) |
32
Empire Wolfe (Br) |
42
Fort Binger (FF) |
52
Elisabeth Lensen (Br) |
62
Titanian (Norw) |
72
Langleebrook (Br) |
82
Note 5 |
92
Mount Taurus (Gr) |
13
Note 5 (Gr) |
23
Note 5 (Br) |
33 Empire Chamois (Br) |
43 Greylag (Pa) |
53 Note 5 (Sw) |
63 Note 5 (Pol) |
73 San Ambrosio (Br) |
83 Mount Rhodope (Gr) |
93 Carras (Gr) |
14 Selvik (Norw) |
24 Zypenberg (Du) |
34 Chagres (Pa) |
44 Belinda (Norw) |
54 Solarium (Br) |
64 Note 5 (Br) |
74 Achilles (Du) |
84 Juno (Du) |
94 Note 5 (Pa) |
15 Llanover s - 0 Note 6 (Br) |
25 Spokane (Pa) |
35 Clearpool (Br) |
45 Lisbeth (Norw) |
55 Note 5 (Gr) |
65 Dorcasia (Br) |
75 Tolken s - 0 Note 7 (Sw) |
85 Cocle s - 4 Note 8 (Pa) |
95 Ivan Topic (Yu) |
16 Mount Parnes s - 0 Note 3 (Gr) |
26 British Power (Br) |
36 Alex (Br) |
46 Empire March Note 5 (Br) |
56 Bury (RS) |
66 Ragnhild (Norw) |
76 Empire Emery * (Br) |
86 | 96 |
Notes: * Should this be Empire Emerald?
Ocean Escort USS Gleaves destroyer (Capt. John B Heffernan) Note 1 - Empire Dell: Note 2 - Cristales: Note 3 - Mount Parnes: Note 4 - Batna: Note 5 - Photinia, Dimitrios Chandris, Empire Raven, Suecia, Stalowa Wola, Empire Bronze, Isobel, Argolicos, Empire March: Note 6 - Llanover: Note 7 - Tolken: Note 8 - Cocle: Note 9 - Southern Princess: Note 10 - Empire Antelope: The Rescue Ship: To the next convoy in my list ON 93 |
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