Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

Further details have been added with the help of:
"Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two", Jürgen Rohwer
"The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan
"Lloyd's War Losses", Vol. I.

Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined returned.

MOWT = Ministry of War Transport.

For info, several of the ships in this convoy had previously arrived Sydney C.B. from Halifax with Convoy HS 35. See also ON Convoys from the same time period (for instance, ON 126 and others).

Notes:
Commodore was in Trehata.

Ships sunk:
(In some cases, the ships' destinations are different from those given in the Advance Sailing Telegram. Number of casualties/survivors varies according to source).

Spar, on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica for London with 4900 tons of general cargo, which included fruit, sugar, pulp, timber, tobacco and motor cars, was sunk on Aug. 5 by U-593. She had a crew of 39, 3 of whom died.

Kelso, on a voyage from New York for Liverpool with 4618 tons of general cargo, including 2000 tons of ammunition, was sunk on Aug. 8 by U-176. She had a crew of 45, 3 of whom perished.

Mount Kassion, on a voyage from Montreal for Cardiff with 9700 tons of general cargo, was also torpedoed on Aug. 8 by U-176. She had a crew of 52 and 2 passengers - all survived. The ship sank the next morning.

Trehata, on a voyage from Hampton Roads for Manchester with 3000 tons of steel, 1000 tons of tinned goods, 1000 tons of lard, 1000 tons of cheese and 1000 tons of manufactured goods, was also sunk in U-176's attack on Aug. 8. She had on board a crew of 41 and 8 gunners, as well as the Commodore and 6 staff - 31 died (including the Commodore and his staff), survivors were picked up by the Norwegian Inger Lise. See also this page for some info re. Trehata.

Anneberg, on a voyage from Sheet Harbour for Ellesmere Port with 3200 tons of pulp, was torpedoed on Aug. 8 by U-379, and later sunk by HMCS Battleford. All 38 were saved.

Kaimoku was sunk in the same attack by U-379. She was on a voyage from Baltimore for Immingham with steel and munitions for the U.S. forces. She had a crew of 36 and 14 U.S. Naval guards - 2 crew and 2 Naval guards died (U-379 was sunk by one of the escorts, HMS Dianthus, after this attack)

Radchurch, on a voyage from Wabana for Barry with iron ore, was sunk on Aug. 9 by U-176. 2 died, 40 survived. (The ship had already been abandoned before the attack).

Condylis, on a voyage from Sorel for London with 6924 tons of grain and trucks, is believed to have been hit by a torpedo from U-660 on Aug. 10, and by another from U-438 shortly afterwards. She had a crew of 35, 9 of whom died.

In the same attack by U-660 Oregon was torpedoed, causing her to fall behind the convoy, where she was later sunk by U-438. She was on a voyage from Baltimore for Liverpool with 8107 tons of general, foodstuffs and steel. She had a crew of 42 - 11 died (number varies according to source).

Cape Race is also believed to have been hit in U-660's attack, and sunk. She was on a voyage from Boston, Mass., for Manchester with 3979 tons of timber and 1040 tons of steel. All 63 onboard survived.

Empire Reindeer was also sunk in U-660's attack that day. She was on a voyage from Montreal for Hull with 5950 tons of government stores and general. She had a crew of 56 and 8 gunners - all survived.

Escorts (according to external website below):
Canadian destroyer Assiniboine, Canadian corvettes Chilliwack and Orillia and the British corvettes Nasturtium, Dianthus and Primrose.

Related external links:
The battle for Convoy SC 94 - Also, by typing in the name of each ship sunk into the search field on this page, more info is available.

Heroism on the North Atlantic - By Robert Fisher

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