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CONVOY HX 36

Convoy HX 36 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Apr. 18-1940 and arrived Liverpool on May 3 (Arnold Hague says 22 ships).
Transcribed from original documents received from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).

Nationalities have been added with the help of "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan.

Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Gr=Greek, Fr=French

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
Athelempress
fuel oil
Clyde
(Br)
21
Silveray
cotton - lumber
Liverpool
(Br)
31
Manchester Commerce
general
Manchester
(Br)
41
Dorelian
general
Milford Haven
(Br)
51
HMS Revenge
Escort
(Br)
61
Rothermere
newsprint
London
(Br)
71
City of Lyons
general
Portland
(Br)
81
Nailsea River
sugar
Portland
(Br)
91
Ferncourt
crude oil
(Norw)
12
Sithonia
scrap iron
Glasgow
(Br)
22
Boltonhall
grain
Manchester
(Br)
32
Lyras
timber - bar metal
Milford Haven
(Gr)
42
Margarita Chandri
wheat
Milford Haven
(Gr)
52
62
Sylvafield
fuel oil
Liverpool
(Br)
See Notes
72
Rio Blanco
lumber
Portland
(Br)
82
Oilreliance
gas oil
Manchester
(Br)
92
Vendémiaire
crude oil
Le Havre
(Fr)
13
Samuel Bakke
general
Glasgow
(Norw)
23
Mosfruit
general
Liverpool
(Norw)
33
Titanian
cotton - lumber
Liverpool
(Norw)
See Notes
43 53 63
Vinland
general
Falmouth
(Norw)
73
Blairangus
lumber
Grimsby
(Br)
83
Ile de Batz
general
Le Havre
(Fr)
93

Notes:
Commodore was in Manchester Commerce, Vice Commodore in Rothermere.

Titanian lost touch with the convoy on Apr. 19.

Sylvafield broke down and lost touch on Apr. 23.

Ocean Escort: HMS Revenge.

A. Hague names the following escorts (extracted from this list of HX convoy escorts received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year):
Revenge - From 18/04/40 to 27/04/40
Saguenay - From 18/04/40 to 19/04/40
Skeena - From 18/04/40 to 19/04/40
Vimy - From 30/04/40 to 02/05/40
Wakeful - From 30/04/40 to 03/05/40

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