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CONVOY HN 15 – Norway-U.K.
Left Norway on Febr. 28-1940 and arrived Methil on March 1.
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Transcribed from Advance Sailing Telegram received from Tony Cooper, England - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. The Advance Sailing Telegram gives the sailing date as Febr. 26, arrival Methil Febr. 29 Convoy stations are not available. A document listing all the Norway-U.K. Convoys states that Convoy HN 15 left on Febr. 28 and arrived on March 1, adding that it consisted of 8 British, 29 Norwegian, 1 Swedish, 2 Danish, and 2 Finnish ships, for a total of 42, 8 of which were bound for the west coast. Note that there's also a ship listed as Dutch in the Advance Sailing Telegram. |
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Ship
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Nationality
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Cargo
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Destination
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Vang
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Norwegian
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ballast (for bunkers)
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Ayr
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Svanefjell
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"
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general
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London
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Porsanger
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"
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ballast
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Swansea
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Finse
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"
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ballast
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Blyth
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Tordenskjold
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"
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ballast
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Sunderland
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Helmond
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British
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general (chrome, carbide, pulp)
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Grangemouth
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no name - 3106 gt
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?
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ore
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Birkenhead
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Anna
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Finnish
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general
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Hull
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Gudrid
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Norwegian
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general
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Manchester
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Iris
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"
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mail - passengers
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Tyne
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Cygnus
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"
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general
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Manchester
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Grenaa
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Danish
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ballast
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Methil
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Ulv
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Norwegian
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pulp
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Rouen
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Fulton
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"
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ballast
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West Hartlepool
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Pan
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"
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pulp
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Grimsby
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no name - 1180 gt
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?
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general
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Antwerp
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Diana
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Norwegian
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general
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London
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Ophir
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"
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ballast
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Sunderland
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Gudrun
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"
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ballast
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Methil
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Lysaker IV
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"
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ballast
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Dunstan
From HN 14 |
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Bruse
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"
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ballast
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Sunderland
From HN 14 |
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Ringhorn
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"
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ballast
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Burntisland
From HN 14 |
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Bessheim
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"
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passengers - mail
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Tyne
From HN 14 |
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Ask
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"
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ore
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Middlesbrough
From HN 14 |
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Grana
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"
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general
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Hull
From HN 14 |
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Ursa
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"
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general
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London
From HN 14 |
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Edna
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"
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fresh fish
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Newcastle-on-Tyne
From HN 14 |
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Cetus
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"
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ballast
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Blyth
From HN 14 |
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Rona
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"
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cod roes
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Ardrossan
From HN 14 |
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Jarl
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"
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fresh fish
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Aberdeen for bunkers
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Standard
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"
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pulp
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Bristol
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Batavia
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Dutch
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general
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Newcastle-on-Tyne
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Stensaas
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Norwegian
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ballast
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Burntisland
From HN 14 |
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Kronprins Olav
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"
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pulp
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Ellesmere Port
(See also HN 14) |
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Island
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"
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fresh fish
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Aberdeen
From HN 14 |
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Havnia
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Finnish
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general
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London
From HN 14 |
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Teano
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British
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general
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Hull
From HN 14 |
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Salerno
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"
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general
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Hull
From HN 14 |
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Helder
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"
(929 gt) |
general
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Grangemouth
(See also HN 14) |
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No name
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?
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general
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Aberdeen
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Otterpool
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British
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ore
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Middlesbrough
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Salmonpool
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"
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ore
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Middlesbrough
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Hardingham
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"
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ore
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Immingham
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Romanby
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"
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ore
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Cardiff
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Bothnia
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Swedish
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general
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London
See also HN 14 |
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Norwegian
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| If we remove the un-named ships, we end up with 42 ships in the convoy.
The above list agrees on the whole with a list of ships received from D. Kindell, based on Arnold Hague's database, except A. Hague has not included Batavia (and he says Havnia was Norwegian) - in other words, he names 41 ships in this convoy. (He lists Batavia in the next convoy, HN 16, but she's not included in the Advance Sailing Telegram for HN 16). |
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Escorts mentioned on this page: See also the text under Febr. 26 and Febr. 28 on this external page, which mentions this convoy and its escorts. All the Norwegian ships mentioned in this convoy are discussed on this website, some are listed in the Homefleet section. The easiest way to find them all is via the Master Ship Index. Report on passage is not available. To the next HN convoy in my list HN 16 |
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