Cargoes have been extracted from a document received from D. Kindell, based on the late Arnold Hague's database - see his listing for HX 152 at Ships in all HX convoys.

For info, some of the ships in this convoy later returned with the westbound Convoy ON 30. See also ON 32 and ON 34.

Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Gr=Greek, Du=Dutch, Sw=Swedish, Am=American

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Bayano?

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British Tenacity?
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(Br)
See below

* The Norwegian Evita returned to port (Sydney, C.B.), then joined Convoy SC 48. (Drammensfjord is listed as cancelled from that convoy). Also, the British Marietta E sailing in SC 48, is said to have come from HX 152.

The diary also mentions the British Orduña, saying she joined the convoy at sea, no station number (A. Hague has given her station 37, general cargo).

Some ships have been given the same station number in the diary, hence my question marks. According to A. Hague, Beth was indeed in station 44, Alexia was in station 34, British Tenacity in station 94, while Bayano has been given station 63.

*When comparing this information with A. Hague's listing for HX 152 at Ships in all HX convoys, it'll be noticed that he has included some ships that are not mentioned in the diary, as follows:
In station 12 - The British Clan Macfadyen, cargo of ore and nuts
In station 32 - The American Salinas, USN fuel for Iceland (joined from Argentia)
In station 46 - The British Cairnvalona, refrig. and general
In station 56 - The British Athelcrown, cargo of molasses
In station 47 - The British Mactra, cargo of fuel and crude oils
He has not, however, mentioned the Swedish Shantung in HX 152, instead he has included this ship in the previous convoy, HX 151.

He has Muncaster Castle in station 13, Benalbanach in station 14, Urbino in station 15, Barendrecht in station 85; Ceronia is listed as British.

Notes:
Svend Foyn became a straggler and was torpedoed and damaged by U-502 on Oct. 7 in 60 37N 21 44W according to J. Rowher (see also external link at the end of this page). Towed to Iceland. Later repaired and returned to service.

For more on the attck on Svend Foyn, see HX 152 - Page 2

The first ship to leave was Mataroa at 11:12 and the rest followed with a few minutes between each ship. Adrastus departed at 16:47, and after that there are 3 more ships in the list with no times attached to them, namely Fanad Head, Orduña, which joined the convoy at sea, and the Belgian Laurent Meeus, which appears to not have sailed afterall, but went out in the next convoy (HX 153). I've listed them here according to nationality, keeping the sequence of departure within each nationality.

According to the diary, the British ships left in the following order:
Mataroa, Oltenia II, San Ambrosio, British Splendour, Rapana, Lucerna, Svend Foyn, Tucurinca, Saluta (with a note saying "some passengers"), Mahseer, City of Windsor, Empire Ray, Empire Jet, Empire Bronze (with the note "an odd looking ship. The foremast is only a little higher than the bridge and the mainmast is considerably higher"), Clan Macneil, Saint Bertrand (this has a notation that she was previously French), Benalbanach, Empire Mahseer, British Destiny, British Pride, Empire Ocean, Opalia, Alexia, British Tenacity, Empire Swan, Troilus, Glenshiel, Bayano, Donacilla, Muncaster Castle, Delphinula, Taron, Urbino, Ruahine, and as mentioned Adrastus, Fanad Head and Orduña.

The Norwegian ships left as follows: Høegh Giant, Drammensfjord, Beth, Evita, Trondheim, Salamis and Storanger, all listed on this website - follow the links provided within the table above.

The American Ozark, the Swedish Shantung (as mentioned, A. Hague has listed this ship in the previous convoy, HX 151), Vaalaren, Eknaren and Kaaparen, the Greek Dimitrios Inglessis, the Dutch Salando, Hoogkerk, Ceronia, Stad Vlaardingen and Barendrecht.

A. Hague names the following escorts (extracted from this list of HX convoy escorts, also received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year):
Annapolis - From 28/09/41 to 30/09/41
Dianella - From 09/10/41 to 11/10/41
Keppel - From 09/10/41 to 12/10/41
Lady Elsa - From 09/10/41 to 11/10/41
Man o'War - From 09/10/41 to 11/10/41
Northern Dawn - From 09/10/41 to 11/10/41
Sabre - From 09/10/41 to 13/10/41
Shikari - From 09/10/41 to 09/10/41
Sunflower - From 09/10/41 to 11/10/41
USS Babbitt - From 30/09/41 to 09/10/41
USS Broome - From 30/09/41 to 09/10/41
USS Leary - From 30/09/41 to 09/10/41
USS Mayo - From 30/09/41 to 09/10/41
USS Schenck - From 30/09/41 to 09/10/41
Venomous - From 09/10/41 to 14/10/41

Related external links:
The attack on Svend Foyn

The Empire Ships - This convoy had quite a few Empire Ships. This website provides more information on them.

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