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CONVOY HX 147
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Departed Halifax on .Aug. 29 -1941 and arrived Liverpool on Sept. 12 (Arnold Hague says 64 ships). This does not mean that all the ships arrived that port on that date; some ships had other destinations. |
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| The majority (but not all) of the ships have been given a convoy station; more names can be found at the end of this table (list received from Ted Agar, England).
For info, some of these ships had previously arrived with the westbound Convoy ON 3. Br=British, Bel=Belgian, Du=Dutch, Norw=Norwegian. |
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11
Tortuguero (Br) |
21
Dromus (Br) |
31
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41
Port Campbell (Br) |
51
Port Huon (Br) |
61
Elysia (Br) |
71
British freighter |
81
Pacific Pioneer (Br) |
91
Daphnella (Br) |
101
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111 Schuylkill (Br) |
121 Daltonhall (Br) |
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12
Baharistan (Br) |
22
Athelvictor (Br) |
32
Pontfield (Br) |
42
Athelsultan? Elona? (Br) |
52
San Emiliano (Br) |
62
Nela (Br) |
72
Samaria (Br) |
82
British Fortitude (Br) |
92
Singkep (Du) |
102
Bralanta (Norw) |
112 O. A. Knudsen? Ida Knudsen? (Norw) |
122 Silveray (Br) |
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13
City of Hereford (Br) |
23
Toorak (Br) |
33 Enggano (Du) |
43 Manchester Citizen (Br) |
53 Empire Coral (Br) |
63 Strinda (Norw) |
73 Adviser (Br) |
83 Athelempress (Br) |
93 | 103 Sandanger (Norw) |
113 | 123 Custodian (Br) |
| 14 Baron Scott (Br) |
24 Luculus (Br) |
34 British Ardour (Br) |
44 G. C. Brøvig (Norw) |
54 Solør (Norw) |
64 Glenpark (Br) |
74 Gudrun Maersk (Br) |
84 Sourabaya (Br) |
94 | 104 Nueva Granada (Norw) |
114 Bello (Norw) |
124 Lochmonar (Br) |
| 15 Stanmore (Br) |
25 Madras City? (Br) |
35 Dornoch (Br) |
45 Ribera (Br) |
55 Opawa (Br) |
65 Modavia (Br) |
75 Scottish Star (Br) |
85 Belgian freighter |
95 Slemmestad (Norw) |
105 Br. tanker |
115 Dutch freighter |
125 Marwarri (Br) |
| 16 | 26 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 66 Dutch tanker |
76 Westland (Du) |
86 | 96 Mirza (Du) |
106 Daytonian (Br) |
116 | 126 |
Complete list of ships according to nationality (keeping the sequence of departure within each nationality): The British Elysia (the first ship to leave at 07:18), Athelvictor, Pacific Pioneer, Baharistan, Scottish Star, San Emiliano, Opawa, Lochmonar, Gudrun Maersk (Danish ship under Ministry of War Transport 1940-1946), British Ardour, Schuylkill , Athelsultan, Nela, Port Huon, Baron Scott, British Fortitude, Ribera, Toorak, Sourabaya (6 bombers), Luculus, Adviser, Dromus, Dornoch, Custodian, Stanmore, Daphnella, Empire Coral, Modavia, Daltonhall, Marwarri, City of Hereford, Athelempress, Darina, Davila, Tortuguero, Madras City, Glenpark, Pontfield, Port Campbell, Silveray, Manchester Citizen, Elona, Samaria (carrying troops), Daytonian, as well as 3 unnamed British ships. The Norwegian Bralanta, Nueva Granada, Bello, Solør, probably O. A. Knudsen, or possibly Ida Knudsen? (name is misspelt), Sandanger, Slemmestad, Strinda and G. C. Brøvig, all listed on this website. An unnamed Dutch tanker, the Dutch Enggano, Singkep, Mirza, Westland, and another unnamed Dutch vessel, as well as an unnamed Belgian ship with bombers on deck. The escorting HMS Laconia departed from Pier B as the last ship at 12:00. Some of the escort vessels, Wetaskiwin, Mimosa, Gladiolus, and Buttermere, left during passage to assist convoy SC 42. To the next HX convoy in my list HX 148 |
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