M/T James Hawson
Updated Oct. 6-2009

To James Hawson on the "Ships starting with J" page.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5

Please compare the above voyages with Arnold Hague's Voyage Record below.

Voyage Record From May-1940 to Dec.-1945:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each (it might be best to open the external links in a new window, so as not to lose track of this page).

Errors may exist, and some voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	May 2	Trieste	Malta	May 6	Independent	Earlier voyages, Page 1
	May 6	Malta	Port Said	May 11	Independent	–
	May 18	Suez	Abadan	–	Independent	–
	June 3	Abadan	Adelaide	July 6	Independent	–
	July 7	Adelaide	Newcastle, N.S.W.	July 13	Independent	–
	July 14	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Sydney, N.S.W.	July 15	Independent	–
	Aug. 17	Sydney, N.S.W.	Balikpapan	Sept. 2	Independent	–
	Sept. 4	Balikpapan	Madras	Sept. 17	Independent	–
	Sept. 22	Madras	Colombo	Sept. 24	Independent	–
	Sept. 27	Colombo	Bombay	Oct. 1	Independent	–
	Oct. 2	Bombay	Abadan	Oct. 8	Independent	Notional sailing date
	Oct. 12	Abadan	Capetown	Nov. 7	Independent	–
	Nov. 20	Capetown	Freetown	Dec. 6	Independent	–
	Dec. 15	Freetown	Oban	Jan. 6-1941	SL 59S	Convoy available at SL 59S (external link)
1941	Jan. 10	Oban	Methil	Jan. 13	WN 67	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 15	Methil	Southend	Jan. 17	FS 389	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 1
	March 20	Southend	Harwich	–	–	–
?*	March 23	Methil	Oban	March 27	EN 90/1	*Compare w/Page 1 above. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	March 25	Harwich	Gt Yarmouth Roads	March 26	–	–
	Apr. 1	Gt Yarmouth Roads	Methil	Apr. 3	FN 448	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 5	Methil	Loch Ewe	Apr. 7	EC 2	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	Apr. 8	Loch Ewe	–	–	OB 308	For Aruba. Dispersed 66 21N 32 10W, Apr. 13. Convoy available at OB convoys (external link)
	Apr. 13	Dispersed from OB 308	Aruba	May 3	Independent	–
	May 4	Aruba	Halifax	May 16	Independent	–
	June 6	Halifax	Halifax	June 8	HX 131	Returned Halifax (see also narrative below)
	June 10	Halifax	Belfast Lough	June 27	HX 132	–
	July 6	Belfast Lough	Clyde	July 7	Independent	–
	July 12	Clyde	–	–	OB 345	Detached July 26. Convoy available at OB convoys (external link)
	July 26	Detached from OB 345	New York City	July 29	Independent	–
	Aug. 29	New York City	Halifax	Sept. 1	Independent	–
	Sept. 4	Halifax	Belfast Lough	Sept. 16	HX 148	–
	Sept. 17	Belfast Lough	Mumbles	Sept. 19	BB 77	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link) See also Page 2
	Sept. 20	Mumbles	Falmouth	Sept. 21	WP 38	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	Sept. 22	Falmouth	Brixham	Sept. 22	Independent	–
	Sept. 26*	Brixham	Falmouth	Sept. 28	–	*Sept. 28? - See Page 2 above
	Sept. 29	Falmouth	Milford Haven	Sept. 30	PW 42	Convoy available at PW 42 (external link)
	Oct. 1	Milford Haven	–	–	ON 22	For NYC. Dispersed Oct. 15. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Oct. 15	Dispersed from ON 22	New York City	Oct. 19	Independent	–
1942	Jan. 26	New York City	New York City	–	Independent	Put back (not noted on Page 2)
	Jan. 29	New York City	Halifax	Jan. 31	Independent	–
	Febr. 7	Halifax	Halifax	Febr. 12*	HX 174	Returned *Febr. 10? - See Page 2 above
	Febr. 13	Halifax	Loch Ewe	Febr. 26	HX 175	–
	Febr. 28	Loch Ewe	Methil*	March 2	WN 251	*Grangemouth, March 2 (see Page 2). Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	March 18	Methil	Oban	March 20	EN 60	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	March 24*	Oban	New York City	Apr. 7	ON 79	*March 21? - See Page 2. For Baytown. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Apr. 15	New York City	Halifax	Apr. 17	Independent	–
	Apr. 23	Halifax	Belfast Lough	May 10	SC 81	See also narrative below
	May 11	Belfast Lough	Avonmouth	May 13	BB 173	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	May 19	Avonmouth	Milford Haven	May 20	Independent	–
	May 21	Milford Haven	–	–	OS 29	For Aruba. Detached June 8. (see also Page 2 above). Convoy available at OS 29 (external link)
	June 8	Detached from OS 29	Trinidad	June 16	Independent	–
	June 22	Trinidad	Aruba	June 24	TO 9	For Aruba. Convoy available at TO 9 (external link)
	June 28	Aruba	Curacao	June 28	Independent	–
	July 3	Curacao	Key West	July 10	TAW 1C	Convoy available at TAW convoys (external link)
	July 15	Key West	Hampton Roads	July 20	KN 120	Convoy available at KN convoys (external link) Arr. New York, July 23 - See Page 2
	Aug. 1	Cape Cod Bay	Halifax	Aug. 3	BX 31C	To Sydney, C.B. Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	Aug. 4	Halifax	Liverpool	Aug. 19	SC 95	Missing voyages, Page 3
	Sept. 12	Liverpool	New York City	Sept. 30	ON 130	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Oct. 4	New York City	Gitmo	Oct. 11	NG 311	For Aruba. Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	Oct. 11	Gitmo	Curacao	Oct. 14	GAT 13	Gitmo to Curacao. Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link)
	Oct. 19	Curacao	Gitmo	Oct. 22	TAG 14	Curacao to Gitmo. Convoy available at TAG convoys (external link)
	Oct. 23	Gitmo	New York City	Oct. 30	GN 14	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 9	New York City	Liverpool	Nov. 30	SC 109	Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	Dec. 18	Liverpool	–	–	ON 154	Detached Jan. 1-1943. Detachment date approx. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
1943	Jan. 1	Detached from ON 154	Port Arthur	Jan. 19	Independent	–
	Jan. 24	Beaumont	New York City	Febr. 1	Independent	Compare w/Page 3
	Febr. 3	New York City	Liverpool	Febr. 22	SC 119	Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	March 4	Liverpool	Halifax	March 23	ON 171	Missing voyages, Page 3 above. For NYC. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	March 25	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	March 27	XB 39	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	March 27	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	March 28	Independent	–
	Apr. 1	New York City	Key West	Apr. 8	NK 532	Convoy available at NK convoys (external link)
	Apr. 8	Key West	Beaumont	Apr. 11	KH 464	Key West to Sabine Bar. Convoy available at KH convoys (external link) Again, see also Page 3
	Apr. 15	Sabine Bar	Key West	Apr. 20	HK 170	Sabine Bar to Key West. Convoy available at HK convoys (external link)
	Apr. 20	Key West	New York City	Apr. 25	KN 235	Convoy available at KN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 26	New York City	Boston	–	Independent	–
	Apr. 28	Boston	Halifax	Apr. 30	BX 47	Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	May 2	Halifax	Liverpool	May 21	SC 129	Missing voyages, Page 3 & Page 4
	June 8	Liverpool	–	–	ONS 10	For NYC. Joined XB 60, June 27. Convoy will be added. See ships in ONS convoys
	June 27	From ONS 10	Cape Cod Canal	June 29	XB 60	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	June 30	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	July 1	Independent	–
1944	June 24	New York City	Loch Ewe	July 10	HX 297	–
	July 11	Loch Ewe	Methil	July 13	WN 606	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	July 13	Methil	Tyne	July 14	FS 1512	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 19	Tyne	Methil	July 20	FN 1422	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 4
	July 22	Methil	Loch Ewe	July 24	EN 411	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	July 25	Loch Ewe	Philadelphia	Aug. 9	ON 246	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Aug. 12	Philadelphia	New York City	Aug. 13	Independent	–
	Aug. 17	New York City	Liverpool	Sept. 1	HX 304	Missing voyages, Page 4 above
	Sept. 6	Liverpool	Clyde	Sept. 6	Independent	–
	Sept. 16	Clyde	New York City	Oct. 5	ON 254	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Oct. 6	New York City	Puerto la Cruz	Oct. 15	Independent	–
	Oct. 17	Puerto la Cruz	Philadelphia	Oct. 27	Independent	–
	Nov. 1	Philadelphia	New York City	Nov. 17	Independent	Probably via an oil port (see Page 4)
	Nov. 23	New York City	New Orleans	Dec. 1	Independent	–
	Dec. 6	New Orleans	New York City	Dec. 13	Independent	–
	Dec. 16	New York City	Puerto la Cruz	Dec. 27	Independent	–
	Dec. 28	Puerto la Cruz	Philadelphia	Jan. 7-1945	Independent	–
1945	Jan. 11	Philadelphia	Baton Rouge	Jan. 17	Independent	–
	Jan. 20	Baton Rouge	New York City	Jan. 27	Independent	–
	Jan. 30	New York City	Beaumont	Febr. 8	Independent	–
	Febr. 24	Beaumont	Boston	March 4	Independent	–
	March 7	Boston	Puerto la Cruz	March 18	Independent	–
	March 19	Puerto la Cruz	Philadelphia	March 28	Independent	–
	Apr. 17	Philadelphia	Puerto la Cruz	Apr. 26	Independent	–
	Apr. 27	Puerto la Cruz	Gitmo	Apr. 30	Independent	–
	May 3	Gitmo	Philadelphia	May 11	GN 203	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 5
	May 15	Philadelphia	Puerto la Cruz	May 24	Independent	–
	May 24	Puerto la Cruz	Curacao	May 25	Independent	–
	June 1	Curacao	Cristobal	June 4	Independent	–
	June 7	Cristobal	Curacao	June 10	Independent	Traded Cristobal/Curacao until end 9.45 (see Page 5 above)
	Sept. 29	Curacao	Solent	Oct. 19	Independent	–
	Oct. 28	Solent	Newport	Oct. 29	Independent	–
	Nov. 2	Newport	Newport	Nov. 22	Independent	Voyage data unknown, prob W Indies
	Dec. 24	Newport	Caripito	–	Independent	Further voyages, Page 5

Misc. Convoy Voyages – 1940-1944:

For information on voyages made in between those mentioned here, please see the documents received from the Norwegian archives and Hague's Voyage Record above. Follow the convoy links provided for more details on them, several Norwegian ships took part.

James Hawson is listed in Convoy SL 59(S), which left Freetown on Dec. 15-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Jan. 7-1941; James Hawson stopped at Oban on Jan. 6, according to Page 1. See external link in Voyage Record for more on this convoy.

In the spring of 1941 she appears in Convoy OB 308, which originated in Liverpool on Apr. 6 and dispersed on the 13th, James Hawson arriving Aruba on May 3 (she had joined from Loch Ewe). This convoy is also available at the external website that I've linked to within the table above. Later that month, she was scheduled for the Halifax-U.K. convoys HX 127, HX 128, HX 129 and HX 130, but did not get away until Convoy HX 131 on June 6, bound for Barry Dock. However, she returned to port after having developed engine problems*, subsequently joining the next convoy, HX 132 a few days later. In July we find her in Convoy OB 345, which originated in Liverpool on July 11 and arrived Halifax on the 26th (again, see external link in the table above). James Hawson, however, was bound for New York, arriving there on July 29, having detached from the convoy on July 26. She headed back to the U.K. on Sept. 4 in Convoy HX 148 from Halifax, along with the Norwegian Ørnefjell, Herbrand, Grey County, Stigstad, Idefjord, Egda, Vivi, Gefion and Mirlo, as well as the Panamanian Norvinn (Norwegian managers, therefore listed on this website, station 53, between Herbrand and Egda). James Hawson subsequently returned across the Atlantic with the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 22*, which originated in Liverpool on Oct. 2 and dispersed on the 15th, James Hawson arriving New York on Oct. 19.

*According to the Commodore's notes for HX 131, James Hawson developed engine trouble at 07:00 June 7 and stopped. Speed of convoy was reduced to 6 knots. James Hawson regained position in convoy at noon, and convoy speed was increased to 7 knots. She dropped astern again at 18:00 and a corvette was sent over on Commodore's orders to advise her that if she was unable to keep up it was better to return to port, which she did at 18:25, in 43 10N 59 36W.

Early in Febr.-1942 she's listed among the ships leaving Halifax with Convoy HX 174, together with the Norwegian Athos, Høegh Giant, Fernwood, Vanja, Thorsholm, Beth and Anderson, as well as the Panamanian Norvinn, but James Hawson returned to port, later joining the next convoy out on Febr. 13, HX 175. In March, she joined the westbound Convoy ON 79*, which originated in Liverpool on March 23 and arrived Halifax on Apr. 7. According to Page 2, she arrived New York Apr. 7, having started out from Oban on March 21 (A. Hague gives her departure Oban as March 24). On Apr. 23, we find her in the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 81 (having been cancelled from the previous convoy, SC 80), again in the company of several other Norwegian ships. James Hawson arrived Avonmouth, via Belfast Lough, on May 13, and later that month she made a voyage to Aruba, having joined Convoy OS 29, which originated in Liverpool on May 22. James Hawson started out from Milford Haven on May 21 and arrived Trinidad June 16, having detached from the convoy on June 8 - she later continued to Aruba with arrival there on June 24.

On Aug. 4, she shows up in the slow Convoy SC 95 from Halifax. Her destination is given as Stanlow, and she arrived there on Aug. 19/20, according to Page 3. She returned the following month with the westbound Convoy ON 130*, which left Liverpool on Sept. 12 and arrived New York on Sept. 30. Having made a voyage to Curacao and back to New York, she headed to the U.K. again in Convoy SC 109*, departing New York on Nov. 9-1942, arriving Liverpool on the 30th. This convoy is not yet available among the SC convoys included in my Convoys section, but will be added. Several Norwegian ships are listed, namely Astrid, Atlantic, Grado, Hjalmar Wessel, Iron Baron, Mathilda, Norse Lady, Ragnhild, Ravnefjell, Thalatta and Veni, all discussed on this website; ref. alphabet index below.

The book "Ravnefjell", written by Peder Kr. Nilsen, indicates that James Hawson was in Convoy ON 154, which departed Liverpool on Dec. 18-1942 and arrived New York on Jan. 12-1943, having lost several ships, including Norse King. I now have confirmation that she was indeed in this convoy - please scroll down to the list of ships in ON 154 posted on this page. See also the external links at the end of this page, as well as Ravnefjell and Fana. According to Page 3 of the archive documents, James Hawson arrived Beaumont on Jan. 19-1943, Port Arthur that same day - A. Hague says she had detached from the convoy around Jan. 1.

A. Hague now has her in Convoy SC 119*, leaving New York on Febr. 3-1943, arriving Liverpool on the 22nd. This convoy also had several other Norwegian ships, namely Askot, Boreas, Iris, Iron Baron, Kirsten B and Primo. The following month, James Hawson is listed in the westbound Convoy ON 171*, departing Liverpool on March 4, arriving Halifax on the 23rd. James Hawson proceeded to New York on March 25, with arrival March 28. In May she sailed in Convoy SC 129 from Halifax, together with Vanja, Grey County, Grado (the latter was sunk; follow link for details), and possibly Norfalk, and in June we find her in the westbound Convoy ONS 10*, which left Liverpool on June 8 and arrived Halifax on the 27th; James Hawson was again bound for New York, where she arrived July 1 - see Page 4.

There's now a long gap in her voyages; according to the archive document referred to above, she did not leave New York again until June 24-1944, joining Convoy HX 297, bound for Jarrow-on-Tyne, subsequently returning with Convoy ON 246*, which originated in Liverpool on July 25 and arrived New York on Aug. 9; no voyage information is given for James Hawson on that occasion, but going back to the archive document, we learn that she arrived Delaware Capes on Aug. 9, proceeding to New York a few days later. She headed back to the U.K. on Aug. 17 with Convoy HX 304 from New York. Her destination is given as Stanlow and she arrived there, via Liverpool and Manchester, on Sept. 4. She later joined the westbound Convoy ON 254*, which originated in Liverpool on Sept. 16 and arrived New York on Oct. 5.

Again, see Page 4 as well as Page 5 for information on the rest of her voyages (to Apr.-1946).

* All the ON and ONS convoys are now available and will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, with more information on each. In the meantime, the ships sailing in them are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys, and on the page listing ships in all ONS convoys. The SC series will also be updated and completed, but for now, please see ships in all SC convoys.

POST WAR:

Sold to Yugoslavia in 1946 and renamed Jajce.

Related external links:
ONS 154 Memorials - Names of those lost from the ships in this convoy, incl. Norse King, a section of Barbara & Gordon Mumford's website Battle of the Atlantic - Convoy ONS 154 which describes the battle in great detail. (Note that the correct designation should be ON 154 - the ONS convoys did not start until March-1943).

1 who died - Captain Haakon Quistgaard is commemorated, and the ship is given as James Hawson. He's listed in "Våre falne" as having died on Apr. 18-1944 as a result of war related actions at sea and is buried in Brooklyn - no ship is given in this source. According to Page 4 of the archive documents, James Hawson was still in New York on that date. Perhaps he had served on James Hawson at some point, then joined another ship, since she had such a long stay in New York? Note also that there's a Haakon Quistgaard included among the survivors of Talleyrand on my website, but he was not a captain.

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