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CONVOY SC 154
Advance Sailing Telegram and Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Febr. 28-1944 and arrived Liverpool on March 15
(Arnold Hague gives 30 ships, but LST's would not be included in his number).

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.

Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Beaconstreet
British
Tanker B
Clyde
Listed in SC 155
Camp Debert
"
steel - pit props
Tyne
From SC 153
Empire Mouflon
"
general
Avonmouth
Returned to Halifax
Listed in SC 155
El Ciervo
"
Tanker B
Liverpool
From SC 153
Margarita Chandris
Greek
grain
Avonmouth
From SC 153
Gerassimos Vergottis
"
grain
Hull
From SC 153
Oilreliance
British
Tanker B
Belfast Dock
From SC 153
Manchester Spinner
"
grain
Manchester
From SC 153
Pacific
Swedish
grain - general
London
Oremar
American
general - mail
Immingham
From SC 153
Fjallfoss
Icelandic
general - lumber
Loch Ewe for Iceland
Listed in HX 281
Sveti Vlaho
Yugoslavian
steel - pit props
West Hartlepool
From SC 153
British Freedom
British
Tanker B
Londonderry
San Francisco
Swedish
grain - general
Belfast Dock / Liverpool
See * in Notes
Marpessa
Dutch
Tanker B
London / Shellhaven
Tropic Star
Norwegian
general
Liverpool
Manuel
Panamanian
general
Newport
Ocean Courier
British
general
Glasgow
From SC 153
Salt Flat
"
Tanker B
Jarrow-on-Tyne
Mirza
Dutch
Tanker B
Ardrossan
Listed in SC 155
Michigan
Panamanian
general
Swansea
West Nilus
American
general
Barry Roads f. o.
Returned to Halifax
To SC 156 - did not sail
Joined SC 157 - returned
Listed in HX 291 in May
Bernhard
Norwegian
sugar
London
Beauregard
American
general
Avonmouth
Bonaire
Dutch
general - flour
Liverpool
Eleni
Greek
grain - flour
Hull
Ferncliff
Norwegian
general
Swansea / Avonmouth
Returned to port (St. John's)
Listed in SC 155
(N.F. portion)
Fjordheim
"
general
Liverpool
Gold Shell
British
Tanker W
Dingle
Minerva
Norwegian
general
Liverpool
Prinses Maria-Pia
Belgian / MOWT 1940
sugar - pitch
Liverpool
Listed in SC 155
Princ Andrej
Yugoslavian
steel - lumber
London
Robin Gray
American
general
Newport
Stirlingville
Norwegian
general
Manchester
Sahale
American
general
Mersey f. o.
Returned to Halifax
Listed in SC 155
West Nohno
"
general
Barry Roads f. o.
Listed in HX 281
William Penn
"
Tanker W
London (Thameshaven)
LST 283
"
general - fuel oil
Milford Haven f. o. (Falmouth)
From SC 153
LST 286
"
general - fuel oil
Milford Haven f. o. (Falmouth)
LST 491
"
general
Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
LST 492
"
general
Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
LST 51
"
general - fuel oil
Clyde
LST 502
"
general - fuel oil
Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
LST 493
"
general
Clyde
LST 285
"
general
Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
LST 503
"
general - fuel oil
Clyde
Dorelian
British
wheat - general
Glasgow
From HX 281
Athelviking
"
molasses
Birkenhead
From HX 280
The Rescue Vessel Dundee (requisitioned Apr. 18-1943) was also with this convoy. She was on her 4th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound convoy ONS 28 on Jan. 28-1944 (to Halifax Febr. 15), then returned to the U.K. with SC 154 on Febr, 28 to Clyde March 15. ("Convoy Rescue Ships", Arnold Hague).

Convoy SC 154 Cruising Order
Form received from Ted Agar - His source: Halifax diary.

Athelviking is not included here and, therefore, her station number is not known.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
11
21
31
41
51
61
Bonaire
71
81
91
101 111
12
Bernhard
22
Camp Debert
32
Sveti Vlaho
42
Ocean Courier
52
Fjordheim
62
Tropic Star
72
Robin Gray
82
Manchester Spinner
92
Beauregard
102
Ferncliff
112
Empire Mouflon
13
Princ Andrej
23
William Penn
33
Marpessa
43
El Ciervo
53 63
British Freedom
73
Oilreliance
83
Oremar
93
Stirlingville
103
Manuel
113
Margarita Chandri
14
Eleni
24
Salt Flat
34
Sahale
44
Pacific
54 64
Prinses Maria Pia
74
San Francisco
84
Gold Shell
94
Minerva
104
West Nilus
114
Michigan
15
Gerassimos Vergottis
25
LST 51
35
LST 283
45
LST 285
55 65
LST 502
75
LST 493
85
LST 492
95
LST 503
105
LST 286
115
LST 491
16 26 36 46
Dundee
(Br)
RV
56 66
Dorelian
76 86 96 106 116


Notes:
Commodore was in Bonaire, Vice Commodore in Manchester Spinner.

* There's a handwritten note next to the info for San Francisco in the Advance Sailing Telegram saying (looks like) "on fire".

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