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CONVOY HX 13

Convoy HX 13 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Dec. 20-1939 and arrived Liverpool on Jan. 4-1940 (Arnold Hague says 27 ships).
List received from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).

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

Br=British, Am=American, Gr=Greek

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
11
Botavon
Flour
Glasgow
(Br)
21
Vernon City
Lumber/Lead
Liverpool
(Br)
31
Haughton Hall
Steel/Cotton
Liverpool
(Br)
41
Norwegian*
Copper/Gen.
Avonmouth
(Br)
51
Gitano
General
Hull
(Br)
61
Scottish American
Fuel Oil
Scapa
(Br)
71
Athelbeach
Molasses
Ipswich
(Br)
12
Sirikishna
Iron Ore
Glasgow
(Br)
22
Lackenby
Pig Iron/Cotton
Loch Ewe
(Br)
32
San Gerardo
Fuel Oil
Liverpool
(Br)
42
Beaconhill
Aviation Oil
Swansea
(Am)
52
Schuylkill
Gasoline
Southampton
(Br)
62
W. C. Teagle
Le Havre
(Am)
72
San Zotico
Fuel Oil
Portsmouth
(Br)
13
Galaxias
Wheat
Glasgow
(Gr)
23
See * in Notes
33
Baron Jedburgh
Sulphur
Manchester
(Br)
43
San Eliseo
Milford Haven
(Br)
53
San Melito
Fuel Oil
Devonport
(Br)
63
Socony
Aviation Spirit
Plymouth
(Br)
73
Chama
Crude Oil
Le Havre
(Br)
14
Senateur Duhamel
Fish
Fecamp
(Fr)
24
Joseph Duhamel
Fish
Fecamp
(Fr)
34
See * in Notes
44
Solarium
Gasoline
Falmouth
(Br)
54
Germanic
Wheat/Corn
Plymouth
(Br)
64
San Fernando
Le Havre
(Br)
74
Erodona
Aviation Spirit
Falmouth
(Br)
15 25
Simon Duhamel
Fish
Fecamp
(Fr. trawler)
35 45 55 65 75
* Cancelled from HXF 13.


Notes:
Commodore was in Haughton Hall in station 31, Vice Commodore in Gitano, station 51, while Rear Commodore was in Botavon in station 11.

* There's a Winamac listed for station 23 (for Clyde), with a notation "may join", then crossed out. Instead, she sailed in the next convoy, HX 14.
For station 34 there's a Geraldine Mary with newsprint for Manchester, also crossed out.

Ocean escort was HMS Emerald.

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