Convoy HX 16 - warsailors.com

CONVOY HX 16

Convoy HX 16 Cruising Order Departed Halifax on Jan. 14-1940 and arrived Liverpool on the 28th (Arnold Hague says 25 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, Fr=French, Du=Dutch
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
11 Melmore Head grain - general Belfast (Br)	21 Esmond newsprint Manchester (Br)	31 Wearwood grain Swansea (Br)	41 HMS Malaya Escort	51 Athellaird molasses Hull (Br)	61 Joseph Seep crude oil Le Havre (Am)	71 W. H. Libby crude oil Le Havre (Am)	81 Rhéa* crude oil Le Havre (Fr)
12 Badjestan grain Glasgow (Br)	22 Athelqueen molasses Liverpool (Br)	32 Hopemount gasoline - fuel oil Avonmouth (Br)		52 Manaquí general London (Br)	62 Virgilia benzine Southampton (Br)	72 Scottish Trader grain Southampton (Br)	82 Athelmonarch molasses Hull (Br)
13 Athelknight fuel oil Invergordon (Br)	23 Venetia gasoline Glasgow (Br)	33 Aldington Court lumber - grain Cardiff (Br)		53 Oilreliance gasoline London (Br)	63 British Officer gasoline - oil Falmouth (Br)	73 Zeus grain Falmouth (Gr)	83 Margarita Chandri grain Falmouth (Gr)
14	24 Pacific Ranger general London (Br)	34 Imperial Transport fuel oil Scapa (Br)		54 Laristan crude oil Pauillac (Br)	64 Volunteer cod fish St. Malo (Am)	74	84
* Cancelled from HXF 16.

Notes:
Commodore was in Wearwood, Vice Commodore in Athellaird.

The next HX convoy to sail was HXF 17
To the next HX convoy HX 17