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CONVOY HX 175

Convoy HX 175 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Febr. 13-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 25th (Arnold Hague gives 27 ships).
This does not mean that all the ships arrived that port on that date; some ships had other destinations.
List received from Ted Agar.

(The stations given below are at time of departure, and may have changed as the voyage progressed).

Br=British, Du=Dutch, Norw=Norwegian, Fr=French, Ice=Icelandic.

MOWT = Ministry of War Transport
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
11
Empire Eve
(Br)
21
Empire Bittern
(Br)
31
San Delfino
(Br)
41
Pomella
(Br)
51
Norwegian
(Br)
61
Charles F. Meyer
(Br)
71
Lochkatrine
(Br)
81
Cairnesk
(Br)
12
Blitar
(Du)
22
James Hawson
(Norw)
32
Andrea Brøvig
(Norw)
42
San Emiliano
(Br)
52
Brasil
(Norw)
62
Franche-Comté
(Fr / MOWT 1940)
72
Tibia
(Du)
82
Olaf Bergh
(Norw)

Brant County
(Norw)
13
*Meigle
(Norw)
23
British Destiny
(Br)
 33
Leiv Eiriksson
(Norw)		 43
British Prestige
(Br)		 53
Barendrecht
(Du)		 63
Norefjord
(Norw)		 73
Tanker
(Br - see notes below)		 83
14
Citadelle
(Br)		 24
Bruarfoss
(Ice)		 34
Fjallfoss
(Ice)		 44 54
Empire Emerald
(Br)		 64
Ocean Voice
(Br)

74 84
* There was no Norwegian ship by this name - there was, however, a British Meigle.

Norwegian had been cancelled from the slow Convoy SC 69.

Additionally, according to a note for Convoy SC 70, Empire Day, sailing in that convoy, had originally been scheduled for HX 175.

Comparing Ted's list with a list of ships in Convoy HX 175 found on this external page, based on A. Hague's database, we find that he has not included Meigle or Citadelle in this convoy - perhaps these ships left port that day for other reasons than to joinn HX 175? On the other hand, he has listed a ship that is not included in Ted's list, namely:
American Norvana (44)
Norefjord is said to have returned, sailed in the next convoy, HX 176.
The unnamed ship in station 73 was the British Donax.


The ships left port in the following sequence:
The first ship to leave at 10:40 was the Norwegian James Hawson followed by the British Norwegian (Flagship) at 11:15, then with a few minutes between each vessel the British Pomella, San Delfino, Cairnesk (crated aircraft, blue paint on anything in line of posts) and Charles F. Meyer, the Dutch Barendrecht, the British Catapult freighter Empire Eve (minus Hurricane), the British liner Empire Bittern ("B" flag, 5 masts), the Norwegian Brant County (2 stacks in centre), an unnamed British tanker (73 - as mentioned, this was Donax), the Dutch Tibia, the Norwegian Brasil (left convoy off Tower, but later rejoined), Andrea Brøvig and Olaf Bergh (cancelled, joined HX 176), the British British Destiny, Ocean Voice, San Emiliano, Lockatrine and British Prestige, the Dutch Blitar, the Norwegian Leiv Eiriksson, the Icelandic Bruarfoss, Norwegian Norefjord (returned, joined HX 176), Icelandic Fjallfoss, British Empire Emerald, Norwegian Meigle (as mentioned, this must be an error), Citadelle (no nationality is given, but there was a British ship by this name) and Franche-Comté.

Escorts:
Named on this external page

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