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CONVOY SC 139
Advance Sailing Telegram and 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. 9-1943 and arrived Liverpool on the 24th
(Arnold Hague gives 56 ships)

Advance Sailing Telegram

Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).

(See also westbound convoys ONS 11 and ONS 18).

Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined returned to port.

MOWT = Ministry of War Transport.

Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Clam
British
Adm. tanker B
Scapa
Norse Lady
Norwegian
sugar
Greenock
From SC 138
Standard
Panamanian
Tanker B
Clyde
From SC 138
Kingman
"
lumber - general
Loch Ewe for Iceland
Rena
Norwegian
steel - pulp
Manchester
Listed in SC 140
Daylight
American
Adm. tanker B
Clyde
Beaconstreet
British
Adm. tanker B
Liverpool
Benedick
"
Adm. tanker B
Milford Haven f. o.
Empire Lightning
"
steel - lumber
Immingham
From SC 138
West Nilus
American
general
Avonmouth
Ile de Brehat
French
general
Clyde f. o.
Jan van Goyen
Dutch
steel - lumber
Hull
Marymar
American
general
London
Sainte Maxime
French
sugar - general
Clyde f. o.
To SC 140 - returned
Listed in SC 141
(Sydney portion)
Lido
Norwegian
general
Loch Ewe for Iceland
Clunepark
British
sugar
Liverpool
Suderøy
Norwegian
Tanker B
Swansea
Walter Jennings
American
Tanker W
Avonmouth
Gitano
British
general
Hull
Tahchee
"
Tanker B
Lamlash(?) / Ardrossan
From SC 138
Steel Voyager
American
general
Liverpool
From HX 250
Exford
"
general
Cardiff
(From HX 250)
Put back to St. John's
Listed in WSC 140
Eleni
Greek
grain
Liverpool
From SC 138
Cyril
Danish / MOWT 1940
pulp
London
Floridian
American
general
Liverpool
Bente Mærsk
Danish / MOWT 1940
Adm. tanker B
Milford Haven f. o. (Portsmouth)
Csikos
Panamanian
grain
Tyne
From SC 138
Listed in SC 140
Chr. Th. Boe
Norwegian
Tanker B
Dingle
Delmar
American
general
Swansea
H. M. Flagler
Panamanian
Tanker B
London
Hjalmar Wessel
Norwegian
lumber
Ipswich
Imperial Transport
British
Tanker B
Grangemouth
Listed in SC 140
Kirsten Mærsk
Danish / MOWT 1940
lumber
London
Returned to Halifax
Listed in SC 140
Morska Wola
Polish
general
Manchester
Mount Othrys
Greek / Pan. flag
general
London
Norden
Norwegian
Tanker B
Mersey / Heysham
Norelg
"
general
Glasgow
Pacific
Swedish
general - Tanker B
Liverpool
To SC 141 - returned
Listed in SC 142
Samuel Very
British
general
Garston
Stanford
"
steel - lumber
London
Wisla
Polish
general
Liverpool
Wanderer
British
grain - general
Liverpool
Samuel Moody
American
general
Manchester
From HX 251
Norwegian
British
general
Glasgow
From HX 251
Dorelian
"
general
Avonmouth
From HX 251
Cyrus H. McCormick
American
general
London
From HX 251
Simon Willard
"
general
Liverpool
From HX 251
Toledo
Norwegian
general
Avonmouth
From HX 251
Empire Yukon
British
general
Liverpool
From HX 251
James M. Wayne
American
general
Newport
From HX 251
Epiros
Greek
general
London
Manchester Division
British
general
Manchester
From HX 251
Stanwell
"
steel - lumber
London
Reuben Snow
"
general
Bristol
Prins Maurits
Dutch
sugar
London
W. S. Farish
American
Tanker B
Clyde
D. L. Harper
British
Tanker W
Avonmouth
Illinoian
American
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in SC 140
Joining from Sydney C.B. (SSC 139)
(sailed Aug. 10)
Hartlepool
British
steel - lumber
Glasgow
From SSC 138
Put back to St. John's
Listed in SC 140
(Newfoundland portion)
Rajahstan
"
steel - lumber
Tyne
Evinos
Greek
grain
Liverpool
Generton
British
steel - pulp
Rochester
Umberleigh
"
steel - newsprint
Glasgow
Listed in SC 140
(Sydney portion)
Joining from Newfoundland
(sailed Aug. 11)
Empire Razorbill
British
zinc concentrates
Avonmouth
Mimosa
Greek
steel - wood pulp
Rochester
From SSC 138
King Neptune
British
pit props
Tyne
Listed in SC 140
(Newfoundland portion)
Empire Activity
"
zinc concentrates
Avonmouth

Convoy SC 139 Cruising Order
Form received from Ted Agar - His source: A diary.

No ships are listed for the 6th column (possibly reserved for escort vessel?).

Halifax ships only are included here.

Wisla is not listed on this form and, therefore, her station number is not known (or - is Urla in station 133 a misinterpretation of the name Wisla?).

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
11
Marymar
21
Gitano
31
Empire Lightning
41
Stanford
51
Norwegian
61
71
Dorelian
81
Exford
91
Manchester Division
101
Wanderer
111
Empire Yukon
121
West Nilus
131
Clunepark
12
Samuel Moody
22
Standard
32
Bente Mærsk
42
H. M. Flagler
52
Benedick
62
72
Beaconstreet
82
Chr. Th. Boe
92
Suderøy
102
Norden
112
Walter Jennings
122
W. S. Farish
132
Samuel Very
13
Kingman
23
Norelg
33
Jan van Goyen
43
Tahchee
53
Daylight
63 73
Cyrus H. McCormick
83
Steel Voyager
93
Toledo
103
Delmar
113
Morska Wola
123
D. L. Harper
133
Urla*
(Br)
14 24
Reuben Snow
34
Mount Othrys
44
Prins Maurits
54
Clam
64 74
Stanwell
84
Simon Willard
94
Floridian
104
Norse Lady
114
James M. Wayne
124
Eleni
134
15 25 35
Hjalmar Wessel
45
Cyril
55
Lido
65 75
Epiros
85
Kirsten Mærsk
95
Ile de Brehat
105 115 125 135
* As can be seen from the Advance Sailing Telegram, Urla is not included there.


Notes:
Commodore was in Dorelian.

Related external links:
Liberty Ships - Some of the ships in this convoy were Liberty Ships; this site lists them alphatecially.
List of Liberty Ships by Hull No. - Includes info on the men for whom the ships were named (from Wikipedia).

Empire Ships

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