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CONVOY HX 184

Convoy HX 184 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Apr 8-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 20th (Arnold Hague says 30 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, England.

Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Du=Dutch.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
21
Cordelia
(Br)
31
Amerika
(Br)
41
51
Cristales
(Br)
61
Empire Mica
(Br)
71
British Resolution
(Br)
81
Lowlander*
(Br)
91
Empire Day
(Br)
12
Kent
(Br)
22
San Ambrosio
(Br)
32
Dorcasia
(Br)
42
City of Glasgow
(Br)
52
British Power*
(Br)
62
San Emiliano
(Br)
72
Athelchief*
(Br)
82
Kaldfonn
(Norw)
92
Pandorian*
(Br)
13
Cape Hawk
(Br?)
23
Murena
(Du)
 33
British Statesman*
(Br)		 43
Athos
(Norw)		 53
Abraham Lincoln
(Norw.)		 63
Daronia
(Br)		 73
Skaraas
(Norw)		 83
Rio Novo*
(Norw)		 93
Pachesham
(Br)
14 24
Mosli
(Norw)		 34
Salamis
(Norw)		 44
Ensis
(Br)		 54
Robert F. Hand*
(Br)		 64 74
Schuylkill
(Br)		 84
Southern Empress
(Br)		 94
* These ships had been cancelled from the previous convoy, HX 183.
* British Statesman had initially been scheduled for the slow Convoy SC 78.
Also, a note in connection with Convoy SC 79 states that British Glory, sailing in that convoy, came from HX 184 (also cancelled from HX 183).


Notes:
Athelchief was the former Norwegian Kongsten.

Schuylkill also shows up in the next convoy, HX 185 - she couldn't have been in both, so she may have been on her way out with the ships in HX 184 for another reason.

The ships departed in the following sequence:
At 11:00 the British passenger vessel Agapenor "leads convoy to sea". No convoy station has been given for this ship, which was followed at 11:14 by the British freighter Cristales (Flagship). Then with a few minutes between each ship the following went out:

Cordelia, Lowlander, Empire Day (Catapult freighter. There's a notation saying "Goes to sea with her Hurricane, LUJ. This is the first catapult that has gone out with her plane for many weeks). At 11:31 the British liner Amerika went out (notation says: "Former Danish, she has a few airmen and women with red gloves and cap and bluff coat with hood). She was followed by Cape Hawk, the British freighter Pandorian, then San Ambrosio, Skaraas, Abraham Lincoln (Norse Admiralty flag), British Resolution, Dorcasia, Rio Novo, Athelchief, Daronia, Athos, British Power, City of Glasgow, British Statesman, Murena, Empire Mica, Pachesham, Ensis, Kaldfonn, San Emiliano, Kent, Southern Empress (Whale Oil Factory. Tanks and airplane crates), Mosli, Salamis, Schuylkill. The last ship to leave at 1:42 was the British tanker Robert F. Hand.

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