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CONVOY SC 6
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Sept. 27-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Oct. 12.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 38 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. The station numbers and names of escorts have been extracted from documents recived from Don Kindell, based on Arnold Hague's database - see ships in all SC convoys. Further details have been added with the help of: "Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two", Jürgen Rohwer "The Allied Convoy System", Arnold Hague "Lloyd's War Losses", Vol I. MoWT = Ministry of War Transport ~~Crossed out~~ ships did not sail. See also Convoy OB 244
Ship	Nationality	Cargo	Station	Destination	Remarks
Lars Kruse	Danish / MoWT 1940	pit props	13	Methil d.g. / Hull	–
~~Nora~~	Estonian	lumber	54	Belfast	(See also SC 4)
In the Advance Sailing Telegram, there's a note for Nora, saying the following: "Is for Galway but this not signalled because of Admiralty order that Estonian ships are to be held" - see also Notes further down on this page.
Delphin	Greek	wheat	44	Belfast for Cork	Sunk - see Notes
Carperby	British	steel - scrap	71	Swansea	–
Kildale	"	sugar	62	London	From SC 5
Katowice	Polish	paper	64	Mersey	–
~~Winona~~	American	lumber	–	Glasgow	To SC 7 - returned to port Listed in SC 8
~~Eugena Cambanis~~	Greek	iron ore	–	Port Talbot	From SC 5 To SC 7 - did not sail
Ledaal	Norwegian	steel - scrap	34	Middlesbrough	From SC 5
Leonardia	Swedish	pit props	63	Ridham Dock	From SC 5 Not at rendezvous (Oct. 9)
Empire Industry	British	lumber	11	Hull	–
Schieland	Dutch	lumber	23	Immingham	–
Essex Lance	British	steel	72	Immingham	–
Manø	Danish / MoWT 1940	pulp wood	21	Ridham Dock	–
Lom	Norwegian	lumber	84	Preston	–
Mariposa	British	steel - scrap	42	Middlesbrough	–
~~Zephyros~~	Greek	phosphates	–	Garston	Listed in SC 8
Brynhild	Danish / MoWT 1940	pit props	12	Hull	–
Harmala	British	steel	51	Middlesbrough	From HX 75
Simonburn	"	grain	81	London	–
Albert C. Field	"	lumber	92	Milford Haven	Not at rendezvous
Prins Knud	Danish (MoWT 1940?)	pulp wood	52	Methil d. g. / Ridham Dock	–
Rinos	Greek	scrap - steel	93	Port Talbot	–
~~Dioni~~	"	maize	–	Dublin	Listed in SC 7
Stanmount	British	Tanker B	43	River Medway	–
Svint	Norwegian	lumber	22	Frazerburgh	–
Trio	Swedish	pulp wood	74	Manchester	–
Wisla	Polish	general	83	Liverpool	From HX 75 (& HX 74)
Grelrosa	British	grain	91	London	–
~~Pilar de Larrinaga~~	"	steel - special	–	Glasgow	Listed HX 76
Pontypridd	"	grain	41	London	–
Bonde	Norwegian	pit props	45	Methil d. g. / Immingham	–
~~Eaglescliffe Hall~~	British	lumber	–	Preston	Listed in SC 7
~~Lida~~	Polish	newsprint	–	Clyde f. o.	Listed in HX 76
Graigwen	British	grain	82	Avonmouth	Sunk - see Notes
Tahchee	"	Tanker	–	U.K.	To be sent to Halifax to await orders (see also HX 51)
Solhavn	Norwegian	lumber	33	London	–
~~Thalia~~	Greek	steel	–	Liverpool	Listed in SC 7 (sunk)
Dago II	British (ex Latvian Dagö 1940)	paper pulp	53	Rochester	–
~~Boekelo~~	Dutch	lumber	–	Bristol	Listed in SC 7 (sunk)
Zannes Gounaris	Greek	phosphates	73	Garston	Sunk - see Notes
Kalev	Estonian	lumber	24	London	–
Veni	Norwegian	pit props	14	West Hartlepool	–
Cydonia	British	lumber	31	Glasgow	–
Gunvor Mærsk	Danish / MoWT 1940?	pulp wood	32	Ridham Dock	From SC 5 & HX 74
Hollinside	British	timber	35	Milford Haven	From HX 76
Elisabeth Lensen	"	pit props	55	Tyne	–
Sheaf Mount	"	steel - general - special	61	Belfast d. g. / Newport	From HX 75
Ubari	Estonian	lumber	65	Belfast	–
According to A. Hague, Delphin became a straggler, while Rinos became a romper - dates are not given. Again, scroll down to SC 6 in the section listing ships in all SC convoys.

Notes:
Commodore was in Harmala, Vice Commodore in Carperby.

Ships sunk:
Delphin, on a voyage from Montreal for Cork with maize and wheat, was torpedoed by U-103 on Oct. 9. Delphin sank the next day. There were no casualties.

Zannes Gounaris, on a voyage from Tampa, Fl. for Garston with phosphates, was also sunk by U-103 on Oct. 9. 1 died.

Graigwen, on a voyage from Montreal for Barry Roads with 6160 tons of maize, was damaged by U-103 on Oct. 9, sunk by U-123 the next day. She had a crew of 33 and 1 gunner - 7 crew died.

Arnold Hague says that the Estonian Nora, which has been crossed out on the Advance Sailing Telegram for Convoy SC 6, did join this convoy, but became a straggler and was sunk. See SC 6 at ships in all SC convoys, which is based on A. Hague's database. Date of her sinking is given as Oct. 13-1940 at Uboat.net (external link), U-103 - as can be seen, no convoy is mentioned. Note that this sinking date is a day after Convoy SC 6 had arrived Liverpool. Nora is mentioned under Oct. 18 in HMS Leith's report for Convoy SC 7, which says: "13:05 - Sighted two rafts ahead, searched in vicinity with Bluebell then picked up Master and crew (18) of Nora (Estonian) torpedoed on 13th October about 50' (30'?) west of Rockall. (I have a note in my copy of Rohwer's book that she may originally have belonged to Convoy HX 77, which left Halifax on Sept. 30-1940, but unfortunately, I can no longer remember why I made that note. A. Hague has not included her in this convoy - see ships in all HX convoys).

The convoy arrived rendezvous on Oct. 9.

Escorts (extracted from this list of SC convoy escorts, based on Arnold Hague's database, received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year):
Enchantress - From 27/09/40 to 12/10/40
Hastings - From 09/10/40 to 14/10/40
Philante - From 09/10/40 to 12/10/40
Skate - From 09/10/40 to 12/10/40
Vanquisher - From 09/10/40 to 12/10/40
Winchelsea - From 09/10/40 to 11/10/40

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