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CONVOY SC 4
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Sept. 10-1940 and arrived Liverpool on the 26th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 30 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from Advance Sailing Telegram 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. ~~Crossed out~~ ships did not sail, underlined returned to port (except those that are linked, which automatically get underlined). MoWT = Ministry of War Transport
Ship	Nationality	Cargo	Station	Destination	Remarks
Heien	Norwegian	lumber	81	Sharpness	–
Watkins F. Nisbet	British	lumber	83	Preston	–
Elizabeth Massey	"	wheat	21	Manchester	From SC 3
Berto	Norwegian	lumber	22	Boston (Lincs.)	From SC 3
~~Gudvin~~	"	wood pulp	–	Preston	Listed in SC 5
~~Nora~~	Estonian	lumber	–	Belfast	From SC 3 To SC 5 - did not sail Also cancelled from SC 6 (?) See Notes
Alresford	British	lumber	11	London	–
Narocz	Polish	general	61	Garston	From SC 3
~~Gezina~~	Norwegian	wood pulp	–	Belfast / London	See Notes for SC 3 Listed in SC 5
~~Virginia S~~*	Greek	iron ore	92	Cardiff	Listed in SC 5
* This ship is crossed out on the Advance Sailing Telegram, with the word "NOT" next to the name. According to A. Hague, she joined, but returned to port. Again, see his listing for SC 4 at ships in all SC convoys.
Kordecki	Polish	pulp wood	33	London	–
Akabahra	Norwegian	pit props	12	Hull	–
Tenax	British	grain	64	Belfast / Newcastle	From HX 71
~~Knoll~~	Norwegian	lumber	–	Great Yarmouth	Listed in SC 5
Osric	Swedish	lumber	53	Great Yarmouth	–
Selbo	Norwegian	pulp wood	72	Manchester	–
~~Gunvor Mærsk~~	Danish / MoWT 1940?	pulp wood	–	Medway	To SC 5 - did not sail See also HX 74 Listed in SC 6
Lysaker V	Norwegian	pit props	43	Hull	–
Hildur I	"	pulp wood	23	River Medway	–
Thala	British	iron ore	31	Middlesbrough	–
Alderpool	"	grain	63	Belfast / Tyne	–
Suderholm	Norwegian	Tanker B	73	Avonmouth	–
~~Ravnanger~~	"	iron - steel	–	Glasgow	Listed in SC 5
~~Selvistan~~	British	steel - scrap	–	Hull	Listed in HX 72
Errington Court	"	grain	41	Portishead	–
Evviva	Norwegian	pit props	42	Blyth	–
Tore Jarl	"	lumber	62	Preston	–
Woensdrecht	Dutch	Tanker W	52	Clyde f.o.	From HX 71 (Bermuda portion). Put back to Sydney Listed in SC 5
Bolette	Norwegian	lumber	82	Whitehaven	Also in AST for HX 72
Ingertre	"	pit props	32	Hull	From HX 72
Kolsdal	"	lumber	34	Blyth	–
Profit	"	lumber	44	Clyde / Preston	–
Amicus	British	phosphates	51	Ardrossan	From HX 72
Lab	Norwegian	lumber	54	Tyne	From HX 72
Brask	"	iron ore	71	Cardiff	From HX 72
Scotia	Swedish	iron ore	74	Port Talbot	–
Holystone	British	grain	84	Avonmouth	–
Rimfakse	Norwegian	lumber	91	Sharpness	–
William H. Daniels	British	lumber	93	King's Lynn	From SC 3

Notes:
On one of the documents there's a note saying "Winona (Am) Wrong ship".

Nora is mentioned in a report for Convoy SC 7 (but was not a part of that convoy). Please see the notes at the end of my page for Convoy SC 6.

The convoy arrived rendezvous on Sept. 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):
Active - From 23/09/40 to 26/09/40
Arabis - From 23/09/40 to 26/09/40
Camellia - From 23/09/40 to 26/09/40
Deptford - From 10/09/40 to 26/09/40
Fleur de Lys - From 23/09/40 to 26/09/40
Heartsease - From 23/09/40 to 26/09/40
Husky - From 10/09/40 to 12/09/40
Keppel - From 23/09/40 to 26/09/40
Lowestoft - From 23/09/40 to 26/09/40
Lynx - From 10/09/40 to 12/09/40
Vanquisher - From 23/09/40 to 26/09/40

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