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CONVOY SC 2
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Aug. 25-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Sept. 10.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 53 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper (Advance Sailing Telegram) - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. The station numbers and names of escorts have been extracted from documents recived from Don Kindell, based on Arnold Hague's database - see ships in all SC convoys. Further details have been added with the help of: "Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two", Jürgen Rohwer "The Allied Convoy System", Arnold Hague "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939". R. W. Jordan "Lloyd's War Losses", Vol I. ~~Crossed out~~ ships did not sail. MoWT = Ministry of War Transport
Ship	Nationality	Cargo	Station	Destination	Remarks
~~Polyana~~	Norwegian	phosphate	–	Glasgow	Listed in SC 3
~~Lysaker IV~~	"	lumber	–	Sunderland	Listed in SC 3
Possidon	Greek	sulphur	82	Garston	Sunk - See Notes
Gro	Norwegian	wheat	83	Manchester	Sunk - See Notes
Matronna	Greek	grain	76	Sharpness	From HX 65 (and HX 66)
Flaminian	British	steel - grain	31	Hull	–
Uskbridge	"	lumber	43	Bristol City	From HX 65
Neptunian	"	sugar	81	Liverpool	From HX 65 Sunk - See Notes
Canford Chine	"	iron ore	93	Newport	From HX 65
Shaftesbury	"	steel - scrap iron	51	Glasgow	From HX 65
Pendeen	"	steel - timber	91	Avonmouth	–
Mijdrecht	Dutch	Tanker	22	Clyde f. o.	–
Amsco	American / MoWT 1940	Tanker	72	Mersey	Renamed Empire Otter
Mapleton	British	timber	74	Preston	From HX 66
Mariston	"	steel - pig iron	92	Swansea	–
José de Larrinaga	"	steel - scrap	94	Newport	Sunk - See Notes
Ruth I	Norwegian	steel - scrap	33	Hull	–
Senta	"	pit props	32	Hull	From HX 66
Ingerfire	"	pit props	12	Garston	–
Harpoon	American / MoWT 1940	steel - lumber	41	Newcastle	Renamed Empire Tarpon From HX 65 and HX 66
Theoskepasti	Greek	phosphate	84	Garston	–
Fairwater	British	lumber	36	Sharpness	–
Kellwyn	"	pit props	61	Belfast / Hull	–
Stornest	"	steel	54	London	–
Nesttun	Norwegian	lumber	13	Swansea	–
Galatea	"	lumber	85	Bristol	–
Lanark	British	lumber	96	Bristol	From HX 67
Aghios Spyridon	Greek	lumber	63	Swansea	–
Mardinian	British	pitch	11	London	Sunk - See Notes
Borgholm	Norwegian	lumber	45	Tayport	–
Empire Eagle	British	steel	14	Barrow	–
Brabo	Belgian	pulp wood	15	Belfast / Avonmouth	–
~~Empire Mermaid~~	British	steel - scrap	–	Methil / Middlesbrough	To HX 68
Balduin	Norwegian	timber	25	Inverness	From HX 65 & HX 66
Brandenburg	British	pulp wood	16	Medway	–
Asiatic	"	pit props	21	Garston	–
Avra	Greek	steel	57	Glasgow	–
~~Samsø~~	Danish / MoWT 1940	pulp wood	–	Medway	Listed in SC 5
~~Empire Sambar~~	British	pig iron	–	Swansea	Listed in SC 3
~~Empire Woodcock~~	"	phosphate	–	Garston	Listed in SC 3
~~Leonidas N. Condylis~~	Greek	lumber	–	Liverpool	Listed in SC 3
~~William H. Daniels~~	British	lumber	–	Milford Haven	To SC 3 - did not sail Listed in SC 4
Sherbrooke	"	lumber	95	Bristol	–
Aarø	Danish / MoWT 1940	paper	24	Clyde f. o.	–
Skrim	Norwegian	lumber	26	Belfast / Ipswich	–
Måkefjell	"	lumber	27	Sharpness	–
Baron Cawdor	British	steel	34	Middlesbrough	From HX 67
Gudrun	Norwegian	lumber	35	Preston	–
Lifland	Danish / MoWT 1940	pit wood	42	Garston	–
Astra	Norwegian	pit props	44	Preston	–
Auretta	British	steel	52	Glasgow	From HX 67
Grelhead	"	lumber	53	Glasgow	–
Siak	Norwegian	lumber	55	Clyde f. o.	–
Zurichmoor	British	lumber	56	Garston	–
Havtor	Norwegian	lumber	62	Belfast / Ipswich	From HX 68
Clare Lilley	British	steel - lumber	64	Manchester	–
Yorkmoor	"	timber - steel	71	Manchester	From HX 66
Mount Pelion	Greek	scrap - pig iron	73	Mersey	–
Tovelil	Danish / MoWT 1940	pitch pine	75	Mersey	–
Keynor	British	lumber	86	Garston	From SC 1
Balla	Norwegian	iron ore	23	Middlesbrough	From HX 68
Arnold Hague has also included the British Harbledown in this convoy - this ship is not mentioned in the original Advance Sailing Telegram, but according to Hague's details for HX 68 (see ships in all HX convoys), she had started out in that convoy and later joined up with SC 2.

Notes:
Commodore was in Harpoon, Vice Commodore in Yorkmoor.

Commodore's name and notes are not available.

Ships sunk (dates are according to German time):
Neptunian, on a voyage from Santiago for Liverpool with 8500 tons of sugar was sunk by U-47 on Sept. 7. All 36 on board died. (Not included in "Lloyd's War Losses")

On the same day U-47 sank José de Larrinaga, on a voyage from New York for Newport with a cargo of 5303 tons of steel and linseed oil. According to Uboat.net she had a complement of 40 - there were no survivors. (Not included in "Lloyd's War Losses").

The Norwegian Gro was also sunk on Sept. 7 by U-47 - see my page about Gro for more details.

Possidon, on a voyage from New Orleans for Glasgow with 5410 tons of sulphur phosphate was sunk by U-47 on Sept. 9. 17 died, number of survivors not given by "Lloyd's War Losses".

Mardinian, on a voyage from Trinidad for Methil and London with a cargo of 3500 tons of pitch, was sunk by U-28 on Sept. 9. She had a crew of 37, including 1 gunner - 6 crew missing (numbers vary according to source).

The convoy arrived rendezvous on Sept. 7.

Escorts (extracted from this list of SC convoy escorts, based on Arnold Hague's database, received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year):
Apollo - From 07/09/40 to 10/09/40
Berwickshire - From 07/09/40 to 10/09/40
Lowestoft - From 07/09/40 to 10/09/40
Periwinkle - From 07/09/40 to 08/09/40
Reindeer - From 25/08/40 to 25/08/40
Scarborough - From 25/08/40 to 09/09/40
Scimitar - From 09/09/40 to 10/09/40
Skeena - From 07/09/40 to 08/09/40
Westcott - From 07/09/40 to 11/09/40

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