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CONVOY SC 95
(Will be updated - please compare with A. Hague's listing for this convoy at ships in all SC convoys. See also SC escorts).

Departed Halifax on Aug. 4-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 19th.
(Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 41 ships)

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.

See also ON 124 (and other ON convoys from that period, for instance, ON 128).

MOWT = Ministry of War Transport.
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Sneland I
Norwegian
lumber
Glasgow
–
War Admiral
Panamanian
general
Iceland
–
Norluna
American
general
Iceland
–
Sheaf Crown
British
grain
London
From SC 94
Askeladden
Norwegian
lumber
Immingham
–
Leonardia
Swedish
timber
Belfast d. g. / Milford
–
Leadgate
British
steel - lumber
London
–
Empire Leopard
"
steel - general
Hull
–
Danae II
French / MOWT 1940
steel - timber
Boston, Lincs.
–
Aries
American
general
Iceland
–
Alcor
Dutch
sugar
Greenock
–
British Progress
British
Tanker W
Avonmouth
–
New York City
"
general
Bristol
–
Bristol City
"
general
Bristol
–
Lord Cochrane
"
sugar - 2 passengers
Liverpool
–
English Monarch
"
steel - general
Hull
–
Glaisdale
"
none given
Mersey
Listed in SC 96
Stalowa Wola
Polish
general
Manchester
–
Mathilda
Norwegian
sulphur
Hull
–
Linge
Dutch
none given
Swansea (Southampton)
–
Balladier
American
general
Iceland
Sunk - See Notes
Cowrie
British
Adm. tanker B
Scapa
–
Meline
Norwegian
Tanker B
Belfast f. o.
To SC 96 - did not sail
Listed in HX 203
Paulsboro
American
Adm. tanker B
Londonderry
–
Gulfcrest
"
Adm. tanker B
Clyde
–
Ruth I
Norwegian
newsprint
Milford Haven f. o.
From SC 94
To WSC 96 - did not sail
Kingman
Panamanian
general
Iceland
From SC 93
Listed in WSC 97
Dago II
Latvian / MOWT 1940
lumber - pulp
Belfast Dock
To WSC 96 - did not sail
To WSC 97 - did not sail
Listed in WSC 98
Recorder
British
general - 1 passenger
Liverpool
From HX 201
James Hawson
Norwegian
Tanker W
Stanlow
–
Kirsten Mærsk
Danish / MOWT 1940
pulp - lumber
Glasgow
–
Elisabeth van Belgie
Belgian
general
Liverpool
From HX 201
From Sydney, C.B. - SSC 95
Sailed Aug. 5
Tintern Abbey
British
lumber
Grimsby
–
Elizabeth Massey
"
general
Newcastle
–
Empire Union
"
general
Hull
–
Mount Mycale
Greek
grain
Newcastle
–
Titus
Dutch
flour
Glasgow
–
Disa
Swedish
flour
Swansea (Southampton)
–
Polyktor
Greek
grain - barges
Hull
–
Suecia
Swedish
general - 13 passengers
Liverpool
From SC 94
Sunk - See Notes
Far
Norwegian
lumber
London
–
Iron Baron
"
grain
London
Listed in SSC 96
Margarita Chandris
Greek
grain - trucks
London
Listed in SSC 96
Don
Norwegian
flour
Avonmouth
Listed in SC 96
Anna N. Goulandris
Greek
grain - trucks
Hull
–
Suerte
Panamanian
aluminium - paper
Sharpness
–
Oregon I
Danish / MOWT 1940
steel - lumber
Mersey
–
Pachesham
British
steel - newsprint
Avonmouth
–
Taxiarchis
Greek
steel - lumber
London
–
There's a note on this document, saying "More ship but corrupt group" - not sure what this means.

Convoy SC 95 Cruising Order
Form received from Ted Agar, England - His source: A diary.

As can be seen, this list is incomplete, containing Halifax ships only, mostly un-named.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
21
freighter
(Br)
31
freighter
(Br)
41
Sheaf Crown
51
Recorder
61
freighter
(Du)
71
freighter
(Br)
81
freighter
(Br)
91
freighter
(Br)
12
Balladier
sunk
22
Danae II
32
Mathilda
42
Cowrie
52
Paulsboro
62
tanker
(Am)
72
freighter
(Br)
82
tanker
(Br)
92
S.S. ?
13
freighter
(Am)
23
freighter
(Pa)
 33
freighter
(Norw)

Elisabeth van Belgie

 43
freighter
(Du)		 53
James Hawson		 63
Kirsten Mærsk		 73
Sneland I		 83 93
freighter
(Pol)
this would be
Stalowa Wola
14
Cyrus Field*
(Br)		 * Not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram


Ships sunk:
Balladier, on a voyage from New York for Reykjavik (via Halifax) with general cargo (incl. lumber and pipes), was sunk by U-705 on Aug. 15. She had a crew of 45, incl. Armed Guard - 9 crew and 2 Armed Guard perished (number varies according to source).

The Swedish Suecia, on a voyage from Baltimore and New York for Liverpool (via Sydney, C.B.) with general cargo became a straggler and was sunk by U-596 on Aug. 16. All 65 survived, but several died later (again, number varies according to source - R. W. Jordan gives 12 casualties, 37 survivors).

The Halifax ships left port in the following order (as per T. Agar's diary):
Cowrie went out at 09:45 for gun trials as the first ship to leave, then at 11:07 the Commodore vessel Recorder went out (carrying 4 invasion barges), followed at 11:16 by a British freighter (71 - star on stack), and with a few minutes between each vessel, Mathilda (see note below), a British freighter (72), British tanker (82), British freighter (31), British freighter (21 - lumber), the Polish freighter, U.S. tanker (62), Sheaf Crown, S.S. (92 - is this just part of a steamship name, with the name missing?), Norwegian freighter (33), Dutch freighter (61), British freighter (81), U.S. freighter (13), Elisabeth van Belgie, Danae II (FOPR), a Dutch freighter (43), Paulsboro, a Panamanian freighter (23), British freighter (91), Kirsten Mærsk, Sneland I, Balladier, Cyrus Field, James Hawson, then Mathilda at 13:23. There's a note for the latter saying "Mathilda anchored in Harbor 26 at 11:28 and sailed last". Another note states "The 11:48 sailing and the 12:10 sailing both fly flags for position 33, have no idea why??" (the 11:48 sailing refers to the unnamed Norwegian freighter in station 33 and the 12:10 sailing to Elisabeth van Belgie).

Related external links:
The loss of Balladier
The loss of Suecia

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