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CONVOY SC 34
Departed Sydney, C.B. on June 10-1941 and arrived Clyde on the 29th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 34 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from original documents received from Tony Cooper - 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.

(See also Convoy ON 1 and other westbound convoys from this period).

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

MoWT = Ministry of War Transport

Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Station
Destination
Remarks
Norwegian
lumber - pit props
92
Cardiff
From SC 33
Returned to Sydney w/engine trouble
Listed in SC 36
(see ships in all SC convoys - but follow link to Einvik)
Nicolaos Piangos
Greek
grain - general evidence
63
Manchester
From SC 33
Margit
Danish / MoWT 1940
bauxite
72
Mersey
From SC 33
Knud
"
lumber
Hull
Listed in SC 35
Michalios
Greek
grain
23
Sunderland
Baron Vernon
British
sugar - mail (2)
41
Greenock
Gunvor Mærsk
Danish (MoWT 1940?)
lumber
12
London
Empire Buffalo
British
steel - general - shells - bombs - trucks
51
Mersey f. o.
Nicolas
Greek
wheat
83
Cardiff
Norwegian
grain
94
Milford Haven / Southampton
Berkel
Dutch
phosphates
13
London
From HX 130
Pennington Court
British
grain - Hurricanes - engines
62
Liverpool
Baron Ruthven
"
steel - lumber
91
Newport
Reedpool
"
grain
61
Liverpool
From SC 33
Hartbridge
"
wheat
42
Hull
From SC 30
Milcrest
"
pig iron - scrap
31
Hull
From SC 32
Norwegian
wood pulp
73
Mersey
Eastmoor
British
rum - sugar - pulp
52
Clyde
Mariston
"
steel - auto parts - trucks
81
Newport
Keila
Estonian
grain
22
Ipswich
Dinaric
Yugoslavian / MoWT 1940
wood pulp
11
Grimsby
Lagarto
British
general
71
Liverpool
From SC 32
Norwegian
zinc concentrates
82
Swansea
"
bauxite - pitch
Burntisland
Cordelia
British
Adm tanker B
32
Clyde
From HX 130
Filleigh
"
grain
74
Belfast
Leighton
"
lumber - meat
64
Liverpool
Norwegian
phosphates
34
Leith
"
lumber
93
Sharpness
Geddington Court
British
grain - general ev. - Hurricanes - engines
21
Leith / London
Norwegian
phosphates
33
Ipswich
Umberleigh
British
steel - scrap iron
Glasgow
Listed in SC 35
Norwegian
lumber
44
London
Clunepark
British
sugar
54
London
Norwegian
lumber
24
London
Hindsholm
Danish (MoWT 1940?)
lumber
43
Belfast
Aarø
"
bauxite
84
Burntisland
From SC 32
Scorton
British
sugar
53
London

Notes:
The convoy arrived rendezvous on June 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):
Alisma - From 24/06/41 to 27/06/41
Broke - From 23/06/41 to 28/06/41
Candytuft - From 16/06/41 to 23/06/41
Cobalt - From 16/06/41 to 23/06/41
Columbia - From 16/06/41 to 18/06/41
Gossamer - From 24/06/41 to 28/06/41
Hazard - From 24/06/41 to 28/06/41
Hebe - From 24/06/41 to 28/06/41
Lincoln - From 24/06/41 to 27/06/41
Niagara - From 16/06/41 to 22/06/41
Pegasus - From 24/06/41 to 28/06/41
Raccoon - From 10/06/41 to 11/06/41
Ramsey - From 16/06/41 to 22/06/41
Ranpura - From 10/06/41 to 23/06/41
Reindeer - From 10/06/41 to 11/06/41
Restigouche - From 15/06/41 to 18/06/41
Richmond - From 16/06/41 to 22/06/41
Sabre - From 24/06/41 to 28/06/41
Saguenay - From 16/06/41 to 23/06/41
Shikari - From 24/06/41 to 28/06/41
Sunflower - From 24/06/41 to 29/06/41
Venomous - From 24/06/41 to 28/06/41

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