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CONVOY SC 131

Convoy SC 131 Cruising Order
departed Halifax on May 18-1943 and arrived Liverpool on the 31st (Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 31 ships)
Received from Ted Agar (His source: A diary).

Cargoes have been extracted from a document received from D. Kindell, based on Arnold Hague's database. See his listing for SC 131 at Ships in all SC convoys.

Crossed out ships did not sail.

Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Sw=Swedish, Yug=Yugoslavian, Gr=Greek, Am=American.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
Alden Gifford
(Br)
21
Twickenham
steel - lumber
(Br)
31
San Tirso
fuel oil
Escort Oiler
(Br)
41
Henzada
general - explosives
(Br)
51
Helencrest
grain - general
(Br)
61
Blenheim
stores - ammo
(Br)
71
Clan Macbrayne
general
(Br)
81
Gujarat
steel - grain
(Br)
91
Stanwell
general
(Br)
12
Snar
steel - lumber
(Norw)
22
Empire Baffin
steel - lumber
(Br)
32
Gulfcrest
FFO
Escort Oiler
(Am)
42
Acasta
FFO
Escort Oiler
(Norw)
52
El Mirlo
fuel oil
Escort Oiler
(Br)
62
Murjchan*
72
British Aviator
FFO
(Br)
82
Alcoa Pilot
general - stores
(Am)
92
Lynghaug
sugar
(Norw)
13
Stamos
(Gr)
23
Mount Othrys
general - ammo
(Gr)
 33
Shirvan
aviation gas
(Br)		 43 53
Glenbank
general - explosives
(Br)		 63
Egba
steel - general
(Br)		 73
George H. Williams
general - explosives
(Am)
See Notes below		 83
Dinara
pulp
(Yug)		 93
14 24
LST 164
general		 34
Norelg
general
(Norw)		 44 54
Beauregard
general
(Am)		 64
Kiruna
sulphur
(Sw)		 74
Estrella
(Norw)		 84
LST 15**		 94
15 25 35
LST 65**		 45 55
LST 198
general		 65
LST 64
general		 75
LST 200
general		 85 95
When comparing the above with A. Hague's listing for Convoy SC 131 at Ships in all SC convoys, we see that he has listed Blenheim as American.
*The ship in station 62 is listed as British Nurjehan, general cargo and explosives.

**His info otherwise agrees on the whole with the diary, except he has not included LST 15 and LST 65 in this convoy. Instead he has LST 13 in station 84 and LST 63 in station 35, both with general cargo. However, I'm wondering if his info re LST 13 is a typing error, as he has also included this ship in the next convoy, SC 132. Hague has listed LST 200 in station 74, while the Norwegian Snar has been given station 11.


Notes:
The Commodore was in Helencrest.

All the cancelled ships are listed in the next convoy.

According to the original documents for Convoy HX 238, the American George H. Williams had been scheduled for that convoy, but did not sail.

A. Hague names the following escorts (extracted from this list of SC convoy escorts, also received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year):
Acanthus - From 22/05/43 to 31/05/43
Bideford - From 27/05/43 to 28/05/43
Blairmore - From 18/05/43 to 22/05/43
Deveron - From 22/05/43 to 30/05/43
Eglantine - From 22/05/43 to 31/05/43
Hamilton - From18/05/43 to 22/05/43
Hastings - From 27/05/43 to 28/05/43
Kamsack - From 18/05/43 to 22/05/43
Kingcup - From 22/05/43 to 29/05/43
Kirkella - From 30/05/43 to 31/05/43
Lulworth - From 27/05/43 to 28/05/43
Northern Pride - From 22/05/43 to 30/05/43
Northern Reward - From 22/05/44 to 30/05/43
Offa - From 23/05/43 to 28/05/43
Panther - From 23/05/43 to 28/05/43
Penn - From 23/05/43 to 28/05/43
Potentilla - From 22/05/43 to 31/05/43
Rose - From 22/05/43 to 30/05/43
The Pas - From 18/05/43 to 22/05/43
Vervain - From 22/05/43 to 30/05/43
Viscount - From 22/05/43 to 30/05/43
Waveney - From 27/05/43 to 28/05/43

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