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CONVOY SC 77
Advance Sailing Telegram & Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on March 30-1942 and arrived Liverpool on Apr. 16 (Arnold Hague says 51 ships).

Advance Sailing Telegram Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England (his source: Public Records Office, Kew). Further details have been added with the help of: "Lloyd's War Losses", Vol I. "Convoys to Russia 1942-1945", Bob Ruegg & Arnold Hague. ~~Crossed out~~ ships did not sail, underlined returned to port. MOWT = Ministry of War Transport
Ship	Nationality	Cargo	Destination	Remarks
Agios Georgios	Greek	grain	Immingham	From SC 76
Bernhard	Norwegian	phospahtes	Tyne	(See also SC 71)
Chagres	Panamanian	general - mail 4958	Mersey	From SC 73
~~Scottish Heather~~	British	Adm. tanker B	Hvalfjord	From SC 76
El Oriente	Panamanian	general	Archangel	Not listed in any convoy to Russia in this period
Alcoa Cadet	American	general	Archangel	From SC 76 (Joined Convoy PQ 15, hit mine June 21 006° Mishuka Pt., 8 cables, broke in 2 & sank)
Oneida	"	general	Iceland	–
Zebulon B. Vance	"	general	Archangel	From HX 181 (Joined Convoy PQ 15)
Emmy	Greek	grain	Methil d. g. / London	From SC 75
G. C. Brøvig	Norwegian	Adm. tanker B - 2 passengers	Hvalfjord	From SC 76 (See also RU 21)
Carlton	American	general	Archangel	From SC 76 (Joined Convoy PQ 16, damaged by aircraft, towed to Iceland. Joined PQ 17- sunk)
Mormacsul	"	general	Archangel	From HX 181 (Joined Convoy PQ 16 - sunk)
Lifland	Danish / MOWT 1940	grain	Newcastle	From SC 76
Hainaut	Belgian	general	Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)	From SC 76
Lucijana	Yugoslavian	wheat	London	From SC 76
H. M. Flagler	Panamanian	Tanker B	Lamlash / Ardrossan	From SC 76
Winsum	Dutch	sugar - 2 passengers	Greenock	From SC 76
Selbo	Norwegian	phosphates	Aberdeen	–
~~Badjestan~~	British	general	Liverpool	From SC 76 Listed in SC 78
Mattole	American	Gov. stores	Iceland	–
Mormacrey	"	general	Archangel	(Joined Convoy PQ 15)
British Honour	British	Tanker B - mail 13	Dingle	From SC 76
Zypenberg	Dutch	general	Newport	From SC 76
Texas	American	general	Archangel	(Joined Convoy PQ 15)
Ledaal	Norwegian	sulphur	Ardrossan	From SC 76
Empire Cougar	British	steel - general	Manchester	From SC 76
Spokane	Panamanian	general	Liverpool	From SC 76
Solstad	Norwegian	Tanker B	Loch Ewe f. o.	From SC 76 Returned to Halifax w/leaking main eng. Listed in SC 79
Dramatist	British	general - 1 passenger - mail 73	Liverpool	From SC 76
Bayou Chico	American	general	Archangel	From HX 181 (Joined Convoy PQ 15)
Uskside	British	flour	Leith	–
Alresford	"	phosphates	Belfast d. g. / Garston	–
Timok	Yugoslavian	grain	Ipswich	–
Aun	Norwegian	flour	Bristol	–
Empire Ptarmigan	British	general	Glasgow	–
Gloucester City	"	general	Newport	–
Alcoa Banner	American	general	Archangel	(Joined Convoy PQ 16)
~~Dean Emery~~	Panamanian	Tanker B	Clyde	To SC 78 - did not sail To SC 79 - returned Listed in SC 80
Alamar	American	general	Archangel	(Joined Convoy PQ 16 - sunk)
Rio Verde	Norwegian	general	Manchester	–
Suecia	Swedish	general - 12 passengers	Liverpool	–
Alamo	American	Army stores	Iceland	–
Capira	Panamanian	general	Archangel	(Joined Convoy PQ 15)
~~Sonja Mærsk~~	Danish / MOWT 1940	flour	London	Listed in SC 78
~~Empire Johnson~~	British	general - 12 passengers	Liverpool	Listed in HX 183
Fort Binger	French	general - mail 1409	Liverpool	–
Topa Topa	American	general	Archangel	(Joined Convoy PQ 15)
Empire Antelope	British	steel - general	Garston	–
Evanger	Norwegian	general	Liverpool	–
Lornaston	British	grain	London	–
~~Ville d'Anvers~~	Belgian	general	Archangel	Listed in SC 79 (Not listed in any convoy to Russia in this period)
~~Widestone~~	British	phosphates	Loch Ewe f. o.	To SC 78 - did not sail Listed in SC 80
~~Havsten~~	Norwegian	Adm. tanker B	Hvalfjord	Listed in SC 79 (See also * below)
North Devon	British	grain	Tyne	From SC 76
Pegasus	American	general	Reykjavik	–
Selis	Norwegian	none given	Clyde	–
Hardanger	"	sugar	Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)	–
Empire Franklin	British	wheat	Manchester	–
Nadin	Greek	steel - pulp	Swansea (Southampton)	–
Sydland	Swedish	general	Hull	–
* Havsten had arrived Halifax on March 28 with survivors from D/S Thursobank, whom she had rescued on March 25-1942. My page about Havsten has more.

Convoy SC 77 Cruising Order
Received from Ted Agar, England - His source: Halifax diary.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11 North Devon	21 ~~Badjestan~~	31 Uskside	41	51 Dramatist	61 British Honour	71 Evanger	81 Empire Cougar	91 Gloucester City	101 Zypenberg
12 Lifland	22 Selbo	32 Solstad	42 Bernhard	52 G. C. Brøvig	62 H. M. Flagler	72 Winsum	82 Fort Binger	92 Chagres	102 Aun
13 Pegasus	23 Hainaut	33 Mattole	43 Emmy	53 Timok	63 Selis	73 Agios Georgios	83 Alresford	93 Ledaal	103 Rio Verde
14 El Oriente	24 xTopa Topa	34 xAlcoa Cadet	44 Lucijana	54 xMormacrey	64 ~~Sonja Mærsk~~ ~~Havsten~~	74 xZebulon B. Vance	84 xxAlamar	94 Suecia	104 Spokane
15 Oneida	25 Alamo	35 xxAlcoa Banner	45 xBayou Chico	55 xxCarlton	65 xTexas	75 xCapira	85 xxMormacsul	95 Hardanger	105 ~~Cetus~~* (Norw)
16	26	36	46	56	66	76 Empire Antelope	86 ~~Kelbergen~~* (Du)	96	106 Lornaston
Station numbers for Empire Ptarmigan, Empire Franklin, Nadin and Sydland are not known. * Note that Cetus and Kelbergen are not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram above, and may not have been scheduled for this convoy afterall(?). Both are listed in the next convoy (but Kelbergen returned to port).

Note:
Commodore was in Dramatist, Vice Commodore in Mattole and Rear Commodore in Gloucester City.
Loch Ewe Commodore was in Uskside, Clyde Commodore in Empire Ptarmigan.

The ships left port in the following sequence (from Ted's Halifax diary):
The first ship to go out at 10:01 was the American freighter Zebulon B. Vance (Liberty ship), followed at 10:20 by Texas and with a few minutes between each ship the following went out:
Agios Georgios, Dramatist, Empire Cougar (tanks), Gloucester City, Bernhard (LJSB), Aun, Zypenberg, Timok, Alresford, Winsum, El Oriente, Evanger (plane crates), G. C. Brøvig, Oneida, Lucijana, Mormacrey, Carlton, H. M. Flagler, Emmy, Spokane, Hainaut, Mormacsul, Alamar (tanks on deck), Fort Binger (flying large Free French flag on mainmast), Uskside, British Honour, Alamo (WDFF), Pegasus, Alcoa Cadet, Topa Topa, Mattole (Jack at bow), Selis, Lifland, Ledaal (LCXY), Rio Verde, Empire Ptarmigan, North Devon, Alcoa Banner, Solstad, Empire Antelope, Selbo, Hardanger, Capira (with a notation saying: "Her decks are loaded with tanks, greenish gray with some bright blue, the greatest number I have ever seen on a freighter), Lornaston, Bayou Chico, Suecia. The last ship to leave at 16:05 was Chagres.

x For info, "Convoys to Russia" by Arnold Hauge lists these ships as sailing in Convoy PQ 15 which assembled at Oban and sailed for Reykjavik on Apr. 10-1942. Perhaps they had left SC 77 en route and proceeded to Reykjavik? PQ 15 departed from there on Apr. 26, arriving Murmansk on May 5.
xx These ships are listed in PQ 16, which left Reykjavik on May 21-1942, the Archangel section arriving there on June 1, while the Murmansk bound ships arrived on May 30.
Some of these ships (a few had been sunk) later returned with Convoy QP 12, sailing from Kola on May 21, others with QP 13, which left Archangel on June 26.
As there were no Norwegian ships in these convoys, they are not included in my own Arctic Convoys section, but Mike Holdoway's section on the Russian Convoys has more information - see the external link below.

For more information on the Norwegian ships in SC 77, please use the alphabet index provided below.

Related external link:
Russian Convoys

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