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CONVOY SC 140
Advance Sailing Telegram and Cruising Order
(Will be updated - please compare with A. Hague's listing for this convoy at ships in all SC convoys. See also SC escorts).

Departed Halifax on Aug. 21-1943 and arrived Liverpool on Sept. 5.
(Arnold Hague gives 73 ships).

Advance Sailing Telegram Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England (his source: Public Records Office, Kew). (See also westbound convoys ONS 11 and ON 202 / ONS 18). ~~Crossed out~~ ships did not sail, underlined returned to port. MOWT = Ministry of War Transport.
Ship	Nationality	Cargo	Destination	Remarks
Norvarg	Norwegian	general	Liverpool	Ex. Empire Elk See this page
Bangkok II	Danish / MOWT 1942	general	Liverpool	–
Rena	Norwegian	steel - pulp	Manchester	From SC 139
Sainte Maxime	French	sugar- general	Clyde f. o.	From SC 139 Returned to port (Sydney, C.B.) Listed in SSC 141 (Sydney section of SC 141)
Csikos	Panamanian	grain	Tyne	From SC 139
Empire Macalpine	British (M.A.C.)	grain	Liverpool	–
Acasta	Norwegian	Tanker B	Invergordon	–
El Ciervo	British	Tanker B	Scapa	–
Kirsten Mærsk	Danish / MOWT 1940	lumber	London	From SC 139
Cetus	Norwegian	pulp	Grimsby	–
Belgian Trader	Belgian	steel - lumber	London	–
Imperial Transport	British	Tanker B	Clyde	From SC 139
Bayou Chico	American	general	Liverpool	–
American Press	"	general	Hull	–
Eemland	Dutch	general	Hull	From HX 251
Blenheim	American	general	Liverpool	–
Robin Gray	"	general	London	–
Parkhaven	Dutch	steel - lumber	Belfast Dock	–
Illinoian	American	general	Swansea	From SC 139
Baron Stranraer	British	sugar	Clyde	–
Empire Pibroch	"	refrig. - general	Liverpool	From HX 251
Hiram	Norwegian	general	Loch Ewe for Iceland	–
Nashaba	American	general	Liverpool	–
West Honaker	"	general	Avonmouth	–
Hollywood	"	general	Swansea	–
Armathia	Greek	steel - lumber	Swansea	–
Christine Marie	British	grain - general	London	–
Bonita	Panamanian	general	London	–
Isobel	"	pulp	London	–
Inger Toft	Danish / MOWT 1940	lumber	Grimsby	Put back to Sydney, C.B. Listed in SSC 141
Antietam	American	Tanker B	Clyde / Scapa	–
Astrid	Norwegian	lumber	West Hartlepool	–
Beaconoil	Panamanian	Tanker B	Clyde	–
Boston City	British	general	Bristol	–
Belgian Seaman	Belgian	steel - lumber	Hull	–
Domby	British	steel - lumber	Immingham	–
Empire Magpie	"	general	London	–
Gylfe	Norwegian	Tanker B	Grangemouth	–
Gulf of Mexico	American	Tanker B	Avonmouth	–
Innesmoor	British	steel - lumber	Hull / Immingham	–
Losada	"	tin - nitrate - cotton - hemp	Liverpool	–
Lobos	"	tin - cotton - hemp - silk	Liverpool	–
Manchester Spinner	"	general - grain - steel	Manchester	–
~~Odysseus~~	Greek	grain - trucks	Hull	Listed in SC 141
Prins Willem van Oranje	Dutch	general	Greenock	–
Sheaf Holme	British	steel - lumber	Leith Dock	–
Southgate	"	grain	Belfast Dock	–
Tamaha	"	Tanker B	London (Isle of Grain)	–
~~Thistleford~~	"	steel - lumber	Liverpool	Listed in SC 141
~~William Penn~~	American	Tanker W	Stanlow	Listed in SC 141
~~Winston Salem~~	"	general	Mersey f. o.	Listed in SC 141
Westmoor	British	grain - flour	Hull	–
Chester O. Swain	American	Tanker B	Clyde / London (Thameshaven)	From HX 253
Alabaman	"	general - gasoline	Swansea	From HX 253
Joining from Sydney C.B. (SSC 140) (sailed Aug. 22)
Umberleigh	British	steel - newsprint	Glasgow	From SSC 139
Olga E. Embiricou	Greek	steel - lumber	Barry Dock	–
Themisto	Dutch	steel - lumber	Hull	–
Oakworth	British	steel - lumber	Glasgow	–
Cantal	French / MOWT 1941	flour	Bristol	–
Tilsington Court	British	grain - trucks	Hull	–
Barrington Court	"	steel - lumber	Cardiff	–
Ashmun J. Clough	"	steel - lumber	Hull	(See also this forum posting)
Josiah P. Cressey	"	steel - lumber	Garston
Tully Crosby	"	steel - lumber	Belfast Dock / Garston
Calvin Coggin	"	steel - lumber	Dundee
Iron Baron	Norwegian	steel - lumber	Tyne	–
Amstel	Dutch	lumber	London	–
Dinara	Yugoslavian	steel - pulp	London	–
~~Empire Tristram~~	Britsih	grain - trucks	Newcastle	Listed in HX 253
~~Fort Souris~~	"	grain - trucks	Manchester	Listed in HX 253
~~Kafiristan~~	"	flour - aluminium	London	Listed in HX 253
~~Tweedsmuir Park~~	"	general	Liverpool	Listed in HX 253
~~Coulmore~~	"	steel - lumber	London	Listed in SSC 141
Empire Cameron	"	steel - lumber	Tyne Dock	–
Essex Lance	"	grain - flour - trucks	Avonmouth	–
Langleetarn	"	grain - trucks	Avonmouth	–
~~Radport~~	"	grain - trucks	Manchester	Listed in SSC 141
Stamos	Greek	grain - trucks	Avonmouth	–
Thraki	"	grain - trucks	Liverpool	–
Norton	British	grain - trucks - flour	Hull	–
~~Richard Bearse~~	"	lumber	Garston	Listed in SSC 141 (See also forum posting above)
Joining from N.F. (WSC 140) (sailed Aug. 22)
Hartlepool	British	steel - lumber	Glasgow	From SSC 139
Exford	American	steel	Cardiff	From SC 139
Kelbergen	Dutch	wood pulp	Ellesmere Port	–
Boreas	Norwegian	zinc concentrates	Swansea	–
King Neptune	British	pit props	West Hartlepool	From WSC 139

Convoy SC 140 Cruising Order
Form received from Ted Agar, England - His source: A diary. Halifax ships only are shown here (cancelled ships are not included). I find it strange that the 5th and 6th rows are empty, while there's one single ship listed in the 7th row. Of course, some of the Sydney and/or Newfoundland ships may have taken up the empty stations when they joined. (Also, this is the first time I've ever seen a convoy with as many as 16 columns).
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
11 Belgian Trader	21 Baron Stranraer	31 Southgate	41 Empire Magpie	51	61 Westmoor	71 Prins Willem van Oranje	81 Innesmoor	91 Sheaf Holme	101 Manchester Spinner	111 Losada	121 Empire Pibroch	131 Lobos	141 Belgian Seaman	151 Boston City	161 Hollywood
12 Inger Toft	22 Christine Marie	32 Eemland	42 Bonita	52 Imperial Transport	62 Acasta	72 El Ciervo	82	92 Gulf of Mexico	102 Chester O. Swain	112 Gylfe	122 Bayou Chico	132 Blenheim	142 Alabaman	152 Robin Gray	162 Armathia
13 Ingertre * (Norw)	23 Hiram	33 Isobel	43 Csikos	53 Tamaha	63 Beaconoil	73 Sainte Maxime	83 Empire Macalpine	93 West Honaker	103 Antietam	113 American Press	123	133 Illinoian	143 Nashaba	153 Astrid	163 Parkhaven
14	24	34	44	54 Kirsten Mærsk	64 Cetus	74 Norvarg	84	94 Bangkok II	104 Rena	114	124	134	144	154	164
15	25	35	45	55	65	75	85	95	105	115	125	135	145	155	165
16	26	36	46	56	66	76	86	96	106	116	126	136	146	156	166
17	27	37	47	57 Domby	67	77	87	97	107	117	127	137	147	157	167
* Ingertre may have gone out for other reasons than to join this convoy - she's not included in the Advance Sailing Telegram. She is, however, listed in the next convoy, SC 141.

Notes:
Commodore was in Sheaf Holme, Vice Commodore in Empire Magpie.

(All the Norwegian ships mentioned in this convoy are discussed on this website - see alphabet index below).

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