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CONVOY SC 22
Departed Halifax on Febr. 8-1941 and arrived Liverpool on the 28th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 32 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from original 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: "The Allied Convoy System", Arnold Hague "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan "Lloyd's War Losses", Vol I & Vol. II. Sailing date is given as Febr. 11-1941 in this Advance Sailing Telegram. ~~Crossed out~~ ships did not sail, underlined returned to port (except those that are linked, which will automatically be underlined. The Norwegian Borgfred, however, did return). Some of these ships are said to have come from Convoy HX 106 and HX 107, but they are not marked, so I don't know which ones they are. MoWT = Ministry of War Transport
Ship	Nationality	Cargo	Station	Destination	Remarks
Grado	Norwegian	pit props	24	Hull	–
~~Bonde~~	"	grain	–	Belfast d. g. / Swansea	To HX 108 - did not sail Listed in SC 25 See also HX 112
Fido	"	lumber	63	Preston	From SC 21
Borgfred	"	paper pulp	23	Gravesend	From SC 20 Returned to Halifax To SC 23 - did not sail Listed in SC 24 See also SC 15 and page about Borgfred
Nesttun	"	lumber	33	Wisbech	–
Kervégan	French / MoWT 1940	dry pulp	14	Methil d. g. / London	From SC 21 Foundered - See Notes
Orminster	British	phosphates	91	Avonmouth	From SC 21
Mexico	Norwegian	Tanker B	44	London	From SC 21 Struck mine March 6 follow link to Mexico
~~Ledaal~~	"	lumber	–	Milford Haven / Plymouth	From SC 21 Listed in SC 24
Rena	"	steel - scrap iron	84	Newport	From HX 104
~~Karlander~~	"	pit props	–	Hull	To SC 23 - returned Listed in SC 27
Gloxinia	British	Tanker B	41	Bowling	From SC 21
Hilversum	Dutch	sulphates	42	Glasgow	From SC 21
~~Empire Gemsbuck~~	British	steel	–	Swansea	Listed in SC 23
Maycrest	"	pig iron - trucks	43	Middlesbrough	–
Pencarrow	"	grain	31	London	From SC 21
Flaminian	"	general	81	Newport	See also HX 103 Returned to port To SC 24 - did not sail Listed in SC 27
Essex Lance	"	grain - flour	22	London	–
Rotula	Dutch	Tanker W (aviation fuel)	82	Swansea	Sunk - See Notes
Trompenberg	"	phosphates	92	Belfast	–
Empire Mouflon	British	steel	54	Ardrossan	–
Granfoss	Norwegian	chemical pulp	13	Methil d. g. / Ridham Dock	From SC 21
~~Jobshaven~~	Dutch	steel - lumber	–	Belfast	Listed in SC 23
Randa	Danish / Can. Gov. 6-1940	general	62	Preston	–
Pennington Court	British	grain	21	London	–
Sheaf Mount	"	pig iron	71	Leith	From SC 21
Michalis	Greek	grain	83	Avonmouth	–
~~Clumberhall~~	British	grain	–	London	Listed in SC 23
~~Pagasitikos~~	Greek	scrap iron	–	Belfast d. g. / Manchester	From HX 103 To SC 23 - returned Listed in SC 25
Facto	Norwegian	lumber	12	London	–
Grodno	British	sugar - general	34	London	–
~~Haifa Trader~~	Palestinian	steel - pulp	–	Methil d. g. / London	See also SC 29
Linge	Dutch	phosphates	72	Milford Haven / Plymouth	–
Baron Kinnaird	British	phosphates	35	Billingham	–
~~Marga~~	Norwegian	bauxite	–	Larne	Listed in SC 23
Stargard	"	pit props	32	W. Hartlepool	–
Errington Court	British	grain	11	Hull	–
~~Anglo Norse~~	"	Tanker B	–	Clyde	Listed in SC 23
~~Antiope~~	"	steel - trucks	–	Clyde f. o.	Listed in SC 23
~~Elizabeth Massey~~	"	grain	–	London	Listed in SC 23
~~Thirlby~~	"	grain	–	Hull	To SC 23 - returned Listed in SC 26
~~Empire Springbuck~~	"	steel	–	Belfast d. g. / Newport	Listed in SC 23
Wellington Court	"	steel	51	Hull	From HX 108 (or HX 106? number hard to decipher - see also HX 103)
Evviva	Norwegian	pit props	52	Immingham	From SC 20
Rozenburg	Dutch	wood pulp	53	Methil d. g. / Grimsby	From SC 20
Western Maid	American / MoWT 1941	scrap	61	Swansea	Renamed Empire Cormorant 1941 From HX 108 (or HX 106?)
Narocz	Polish	newsprint	64	Glasgow	From SC 20
Rotterdam	Dutch	Tanker W	73	Bowling / Ardrossan	From SC 21
Additionally, the Norwegian Bernhard is said to have returned to port from this convoy, but is not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram - See Bernhard Arnold Hague has also included Empire Simba in this convoy (cargo of scrap iron), adding she was attacked by aircraft and towed in to Liverpool. This ship is not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram for SC 22. With regard to Flaminian, he says she returned to port because she had a fire in her cargo - again, see Hague's listing for SC 22 at ships in all SC convoys.

Notes:
Commodore was in Wellington Court, Vice Commodore in Pennington Court.
Clyde Commodore in Sheaf Mount.

Kervégan, on a voyage from St. John's (Jan. 17-1941) for London via Halifax, foundered on Febr. 9-1941. Reported in distress in 43 40N 61 33W on that date, wreckage and bales of wood pulp washed up at Nova Scotia - there were no survivors.

Rotula, on a voyage from Curacao for Swansea with a cargo of 10 699 tons of aviation fuel, was bombed by German aircraft on March 1-1941, with the loss of 16 men, 32 survived. The wreck was sunk by a British trawler.

The convoy arrived rendezvous on Febr. 23.

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):
Achates - From 24/02/41 to 28/02/41
Antelope - From 24/02/41 to 28/02/41
Georgetown - From 24/02/41 to 28/02/41
Heather - From 24/02/41 to 28/02/41
Leeds United - From 28/02/42 to 01/03/41
Severn - 08/02/41

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