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 World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan
"Lloyd's War Losses", Vol I.

Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined returned to port (except those that are linked, which will automatically be underlined. The Norwegian Bernhard, however, did return).

MoWT = Ministry of War Transport

Notes:
Commodore was in Manchester Commerce, Vice Commodore in Tilsington Court.

Western Chief, on a voyage from New York for Newport with 7400 tons of steel, became a straggler and was sunk on March 14 by the Italian Submarine Emo. She had a crew of 42 and 1 gunner - 22 crew perished.

The convoy arrived rendezvous on March 15.

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):
Campanula - From 16/03/41 to 19/03/41
Collingwood - From 28/02/41 to 01/03/41
Freesia - From 16/03/41 to 19/03/41
Pimpernel - From 16/03/41 to 19/03/41
Vanquisher - From 15/03/41 to 19/03/41
Whitehall - From 15/03/41 to 19/03/41
Winchelsea - From 15/03/41 to 19/03/41
Wolfe - From 28/02/41 to 15/03/41

Related external link:
Italian submarines - includes names of other ships sunk by Emo.

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