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CONVOY SC 98
Advance Sailing Telegram & Cruising Order
(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. 29-1942 and arrived Liverpool on Sept. 13
(Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 69 ships)

Advance Sailing Telegram Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England (his source: Public Records Office, Kew). ~~Crossed out~~ ships did not sail, underlined returned to port. MOWT = Ministry of War Transport
Ship	Nationality	Cargo	Destination	Remarks
Scottish Heather	British	Adm. tanker B	Londonderry	From SC 97
~~Pacific~~	Swedish	general	Cardiff	From SC 97 Listed in SC 99
Bruse Jarl	Norwegian	lumber	London	From SC 97
~~Tore Jarl~~	"	lumber	King's Lynn	From SC 97 See also SC 100
Thorsholm	"	Adm. tanker B	Clyde	From SC 97
Ampetco	Belgian	Tanker B	Belfast for Heysham	From SC 97
Marga	Norwegian	lumber	Sharpness	From SC 97
Bjørkhaug	"	lumber	Preston	From SC 97
Margit	Danish / MOWT 1940	lumber	Ipswich	–
~~Empire Merganser~~	British	refrig. - general	Liverpool	From SC 97
Gloucester City	"	general	Bristol	–
Empire Norse	"	Tanker B	Clyde	From SC 97
Empire Gareth	"	steel - lumber	London	From SC 97
Cap Cantin	French (MOWT 1940?)	sugar - timber	London	–
Novasli	Norwegian	steel - general	Immingham	From SC 97
Bur	Swedish	flour - general	Glasgow	From SC 97
Pendeen	British	steel - general	Manchester	From SC 97
Dimitrios Chandris	Greek	general	Manchester	From SC 97
Baltrover	British	general	Liverpool	–
Empire Steelhead	"	cotton	Clyde	From SC 97
American Robin	American	general	Cardiff	From SC 97
Rossum	Dutch	lumber	Preston	From SC 97
Oropos	Greek	grain - general	Cardiff	From SC 97
Newton Pine	British	grain - general	Hull	From SC 97
~~Dinara~~	Yugoslavian	flour	Bristol	From SC 97 Listed in SC 99
Clarissa Radcliffe	British	steel - lumber	Mersey	From SC 97
Lisbeth	Norwegian	aluminium - pulp	Manchester	From SC 97
Selbo	"	lumber	London	–
Moscha D. Kydoniefs	Greek	grain	London	From SC 97
Henrik Ibsen	Norwegian	steel - general	Mersey	From SC 97 Returned to port (Sydney C.B.) Joined SC 99
Llandaff	British	grain - general	Glasgow	From SC 97
Dimitrios Inglessis	Greek	grain	London	–
~~Radhurst~~	British	grain	Glasgow	Listed in SSC 98 below
Ingertre	Norwegian	steel - pulp	Rochester	–
Doris	Greek	general	Glasgow	–
Archangelos	"	grain	Belfast Dock	–
Grado	Norwegian	aluminium - pulp	Ellesmere Port	–
~~Odysseus~~	Greek	grain	Glasgow	Listed in SSC 98 below
Ragnhild	Norwegian	pulp	London	(See also end of page about SC 96)
Innerton	British	grain	London	–
Barberrys	"	general	London	–
~~Pencarrow~~	"	steel - lumber	Mersey	Listed in SC 99
Elswick Park	"	iron - general	Manchester	–
Maud	Norwegian	sugar	Clyde	–
Empire Grenfell	British	steel - general	Hull	Renamed Norw. Kong Sverre (Sept.-1942)
Blairatholl	"	steel - lumber	Manchester	–
Glarona	Norwegian	Tanker B	Stanlow	–
Empire Whale	British	general	Newport	–
~~Bur~~	Norwegian	steel	Immingham	See * below Already lost - see Bur
Vistula	American	Tanker B	Manchester	–
Montreal City	British	general	Bristol	–
Empire Porpoise	"	general	Liverpool	–
Empire Dabchick	"	steel - general	Liverpool	–
Morska Wola	Polish	general - mail	Manchester	–
~~Minerva~~	Norwegian	general	Mersey	Listed in HX 205
Keystone	American	general - mail	Glasgow	–
Collingsworth	"	steel	Avonmouth	–
Clearpool	British	steel - lumber	London	–
Empire Bruce	"	general	Liverpool	–
~~North Brook~~	"(?)	general	Not for U.K.	–
West Portal	American	general - mail	Barry Dock	–
Titanian	Norwegian	steel - lumber	Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)	–
Panama City	American	general	Clyde	–
Wisla	Polish	general	Manchester	–
~~Spinanger~~	Norwegian	Adm. tanker B	Clyde	Listed in SC 99
Empire Dunlin	British	steel - 45 passengers	Hull	Norw. Norlom (Oct.-1942)
Senga	Yugoslavian	general	Liverpool	–
Zeus	Greek	grain	London	–
~~Grey County~~	Norwegian	general	Avonmouth	Listed in HX 205
Arkansas	American	Tanker W	Bowling / Ardrossan	–
* The tonnage for the Norwegian Bur is given as 1956 gt - this was the tonnage of the Swedish Bur, which is included on another page of the Advance Sailing Telegram. My guess is that the tonnage given for the Norw. Bur here is a simple error in the confusion of having 2 ships by the same name in the AST (she was 4344 gt).
Joining from Sydney C.B. (SSC 98) (sailed Aug. 30)
Odysseus	Greek	grain	London	–
Radhurst	British	grain	Glasgow	–
~~Bollsta~~	Norwegian	lumber	Great Yarmouth	(See also end of page about SC 96) Listed in SC 99
Argolikos	Greek	grain - trucks	Glasgow	(See also end of page about SC 96)
Empire Eve	British	grain - trucks	Manchester	(See also end of page about SC 96)
Euthalia	Greek	grain - trucks	Leith / Ipswich	(See also end of page about SC 96)
Gitano	British	general	Hull	–
Narocz	Polish	newsprint	Manchester	(See also end of page about SC 96)
Joining from Newfoundland (WSC 98)
Dago II	Latvian / MOWT 1940	lumber	Belfast Dock	From WSC 97
Facto	Norwegian	newsprint	Ridham Dock	From WSC 97
Ashbury	British	iron ore	Newport	From WSC 97
Hallfried	Norwegian	steel - timber	Newport	From SC 96
For info, the above 4 ships are listed as cancelled on one of the AST documents, below a note saying "Additional ships sailing from Wabana" - but they show up again on a separate document.

Convoy SC 98 Cruising Order
From received from Ted Agar - His source: A diary. Halifax ships only are listed here. As can be seen, Oropos and Empire Dabchick are not included and, therefore, station numbers are not known. The stations given are the intitial convoy stations on departure; these may have changed as the voyage progressed.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
11 Empire Gareth	21 Cap Cantin	31 Llandaff	41 Pendeen	51 Empire Steelhead	61 Baltrover	71 Clarissa Radcliffe	81 Lisbeth	91 Empire Norse	101 Gloucester City	111 Ampetco	121 Dimitrios Chandris
12 Margit	22 Thorsholm	32 Bruse Jarl	42 Newton Pine	52	62 Bjørkhaug	72 Henrik Ibsen	82 Empire Porpoise	92 American Robin	102 Scottish Heather	112	122 Marga
13 Moscha D. Kydoniefs	23 Novasli	33 Bur	43 Maud	53 Doris	63 Glarona	73 Vistula	83 Morska Wola	93 Elswick Park	103	113 Dromus* (Br)	123 Titanian
14 Zeus	24 Empire Grenfell	34	44 Ingertre	54 Rossum	64	74	84 Senga	94 Empire Bruce	104	114 Barberrys	124 Keystone
15 Dimitrios Inglessis	25 Panama City	35 Innerton	45 Ragnhild	55 West Portal	65 Wisla	75 Grado	85 Blairatholl	95 Clearpool	105 Collingsworth	115 Montreal City	125 Archangelos
16	26	36	46	56	66 Arkansas	76 Selbo	86	96	106 Empire Dunlin	116 Empire Whale	126
* Dromus probably did not sail - she's not included in the Advance Sailing Telegram, and she also shows up in HX 207, leaving Halifax on Sept. 13.

Notes:
Commodore was in Baltrover, Vice Commodore in Llandaff, Rear Commodore in Gloucester City.

The Halifax ships went out in the following order (according to T. Agar's information):
The first to leave at 12:10 was Baltrover, followed at 12:22 by Llandaff, then with a few minutes between each ship, Cap Cantin, Empire Gareth (this ship is listed as Empire Gannet in the diary, but this appears to be an error), Clarissa Radcliffe, Newton Pine, Empire Steelhead, Thorsholm, Gloucester City, Empire Norse, Bjørkhaug, Bur, Ampetco, Scottish Heather, Dimitrios Chandris, American Robin, Dromus, Marga, Rossum, Dimitrios Inglessis, Bruse Jarl, Novasli, Zeus, Henrik Ibsen, Morska Wola, Moscha D. Kydoniefs, Margit, Pendeen, Lisbeth, Doris, Innerton, Empire Porpoise, Archangelos, Clearpool, Titanian* (LJKV), Wisla, Maud, Senga, Empire Bruce, Panama City (KJJN), Ragnhild, Blairatholl, Collingsworth, Vistula, Empire Dunlin, Barberrys, Montreal City, Empire Grenfell, Keystone, Arkansas, Empire Whale, Ingertre, West Portal, Selbo, Elswick Park, Glarona, and the last to go out at 17:45 was the Norwegian Grado.

* This ship is listed as Norwegian Titania in the diary, but as Titanian of 4880 gt in the Advance Sailing Telegram. (More details on all the Norwegian ships in this convoy can be found with the help of the alphabet index below).

Related external link:
The Empire Ships

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