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CONVOY SC 8

Departed Sydney, C.B. on Oct. 15-1940 and arrived Liverpool on the 31st.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 40 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from several documents (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.
Ship	Nationality	Cargo	Station	Destination	Remarks
Beaumanoir	French / MoWT 1940	lumber	91	Belfast d. g. / Sharpness	–
~~Fanefjeld~~	Norwegian	lumber	–	London	From SC 7 Listed in SC 9
~~Frank B. Baird~~	British	lumber	55*	Wisbech	Joined SC 9 - returned to port
Gironde	Belgian	sulphite - pulp wood	44	Ridham Dock	–
Mathilda	Norwegian	iron ore	24	Middlesbrough	–
Parthenon	Greek	phosphate rock	53	Ardrossan	From SC 7
Tautra	Norwegian	pit props	22	Tyne	From SC 7
Newton Ash	British	steel - lumber	71	Liverpool	From SC 7
Favorit	Norwegian	968 standards lumber	43	London	From HX 78
Baron Tweedmouth	British	phosphate	41	Tees	–
Kalani	American / MoWT 1940	pig iron	42	Clyde	(Renamed Empire Cheetah) From HX 78
Winona	American	lumber	54	Glasgow	From SC 7
Tonnage for Winona is given as 2085 gt; the American Winona was 6197 gt.
Marga	Norwegian	wood pulp	33	Grimsby	From SC 7
Jura	British	lumber	31	London	–
Empire Springbuck	"	steel	51	Methil d. g. / Newcastle	–
Bifrost	Swedish	pulp wood	72	Manchester	–
~~George J. Goulandris~~	Greek	phosphate rock	–	Newport	Listed in SC 9
~~Lottinge~~	British	lumber	–	Portishead	Listed in SC 9
Leonidas Z. Cambanis	Greek	maize	64	Manchester	–
~~Porjus~~	Swedish	lumber	–	Glasgow	From SC 7 To SC 9 - did not sail Listed in SC 10
Zephyros	Greek	phosphate	73	Garston	From SC 6
Cara	British	lumber	52	London	–
~~Eikhaug~~	Norwegian	newsprint - pulp	–	Manchester	To SC 9 - did not sail To SC 10 - did not sail Listed in SC 11
Rushpool	British	lumber - grain - canned meat	75	Immingham	From HX 78
~~Coulmore~~	"	lumber	11*	Leith	Listed in SC 9
Merchant	"	lumber - steel - special	?	Liverpool	–
Vespasian	Norwegian	pit props	14	West Hartlepool	–
Penolver	British	pit props	13	Hull	–
Baron Dechmont	"	pit props	12	West Hartlepool	–
Widestone	"	iron ore	21	Middlesbrough	–
Trompenberg	Dutch	pit props	23	Hull	–
Circe II	British (ex French Circe - MoWT 1940)	iron ore	25	Methil d. g. / Tyne	–
Facto	Norwegian	lumber	32	Yarmouth	–
Ila	"	pit props	34	Hull	From HX 80
Winterswijk	Dutch	wheat	35	Cardiff	From HX 81
Anvers	Belgian	steel	45	London	–
Thistleglen	British	steel	61	London	–
Dallington Court	"	grain	62	Leith	From HX 80
Lyra	Norwegian	paper - aluminium	63	Preston	–
Michael L. Embiricos	Greek	steel - lumber	65	Portishead	From HX 80
Suecia	Swedish	steel	74	Newport	–
PLM 27	British	iron ore	81	Cardiff	–
Saturnus	Dutch	steel	82	Newport	–
Vassilios A. Polemis	Greek	iron ore	83	Cardiff	From SC 7
Mirupanu	British	wheat	92	Swansea	From SC 7
Philip T. Dodge	"	iron - paper	93	Avonmouth	–
Ringhorn	Norwegian	lumber	94	Sharpness	–
*Coulmore and Frank B. Baird are crossed out, with the word "NOT" next to their names in the Advance Sailing Telegram. According to A. Hague, they did join but returned to port (again, see his listing for SC 8 at ships in all SC convoys).

Notes:
Commodore was in Thistleglen, Vice Commodore in Baron Tweedmouth.

The convoy arrived rendezvous on Oct. 27.

A. Hague names the following 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 26/10/40 to 31/10/40
Clarkia - From 26/10/40 to 31/10/40
Elk - From 15/10/40 to 17/10/40
Fandango - From 26/10/40 to 31/10/40
Gladiolus - From 26/10/40 to 31/10/40
Harvester - From 27/10/40 to 31/10/40
Highlander - From 27/10/40 to 31/10/40
Man O'War - From 26/10/40 to 31/10/40
Sandwich - From 15/10/40 to 31/10/40
Scimitar - From 31/10/40 to 31/10/40
Stella Capella - From 26/10/40 to 31/10/40
Sturdy - From 30/10/40 to 30/10/40
Vizalma - From 26/10/40 to 31/10/40
Weston - From 26/10/40 to 31/10/40

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