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CONVOY HX 14

Convoy HX 14 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Dec. 29-1939 and arrived Liverpool on Jan. 12-1940 (Arnold Hague agrees with 40 ships).
Transcribed from a document received from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).

Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Fr=French, Am=American, Gr=Greek

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
Saranac
Gasoline
Avonmouth
(Br)
21
Queen Adelaide
Flour
Avonmouth
(Br)
31
Kenbane Head
General
Belfast
(Br)
41
Queen Anne
Grain
Liverpool
(Br)
51
Bonheur
General
Manchester
(Br)
61
Dallas City
Hull
(Br)
71
Solstad
Lube Oil
(Norw)
81
Grayburn
Flour
London
(Br)
91
Vaclite
Lube Oil
London
(Br)
12
Luculus
Lube Oil
Avonmouth
(Br)
22
Swiftpool
Wheat
Liverpool
(Br)
32
Penrose
Scrap Iron
Ardrossan
(Br)
42
Rio Branco
Wallboard
Liverpool
(Norw)
52
El Oso
Crude Oil
sunk
Liverpool
(Br)
62
Bridgepool
Grain
Hull
(Br)
72
Vancouver
Gasoline
Southampton
(Br)
82
Reginolite
Crude Oil
Southampton
(Br)
92
H. H. Rogers
Crude Oil
Southampton
(Am)
13
Blairmore
Timber
Cardiff
(Br)
23
Bristol City
General
Swansea
(Br)
33
Winamac
Fuel Oil
Clyde
(Br)
43
Ridley
Cotton/Steel
Liverpool
(Br)
53
New
Westminster City
Pig Iron/Cotton
Manchester
(Br)
63
Athelsultan
Fuel Oil
Devonport
(Br)
73
Limousin *
Crude Oil
Le Havre
(Fr)
83
H. M. Flagler
Crude Oil
Le Havre
(Am)
93
Wellfield
Fuel Oil
Portsmouth
(Br)
14
Baron Pentland
Timber
Cardiff
(Br)
24
Montreal City
General
Milford Haven
(Br)
34
Baron Lovat
Timber
Belfast
(Br)
44
Benedick
Crude oil
Bordeaux
(Br)
54
South American
(Am)
64
El Ciervo
Adm. Fuel
Scapa
(Br)
74
Keramiai
Wheat
London
(Gr)
84
Tacoma City
Grain
Liverpool
(Br)
94
Horn Shell
Fuel Oil
(Br)
15 25
Baron Douglas
Steel
Newport
(Br)
35
Grelhead
Grain
Leith
(Br)
45 55 65 75 85
Brookwood
Wheat
Manchester
(Br)
95
Inverilen
London
(Br)


Notes:
Commodore was in Bonheur, station 51, Vice Commodore in Grayburn, station 81.

It looks like Alabama, Daronia and Lucellum had also been scheduled for this convoy, but had instead sailed in Convoy HXF 14 a couple of days earlier.

El Oso, on a voyage from Lobitos and Halifax for Ellesmere Port with 9238 tons of crude oil and 511 tons of casing head gasolene, struck a mine on Jan. 11-1940 - mine laid by U-30 (Lemp) on Jan. 6. Rohwer gives position as "6 n. miles 280° Bar LV, Liverpool".

* Limousin in station 73 was the ex Nore.

Ocean Escorts:
HMS Effingham and Cachelot.

More details on all the Norwegian ships named in this table can be found in the alphabetical ship lists of this website.

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