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CONVOY HX 186

Convoy HX 186 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Apr. 20-1942 and arrived Liverpool on May 2 (Arnold Hague also gives 21 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, Du=Dutch, Norw=Norwegian.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
11
Primrose Hill*
(Br)
21
Empire Ray
(Br)
31
Beaconoil
(Br)
41
Pacific Pioneer
(Br)
51
Manchester Citizen
(Br)
61
Kafiristan
(Br)
71
Empire Rowan
(Br)
12
Ocean Valley
(Br)
22
32
Empire Emerald
(Br)
42
52
British Faith
(Br)
62
Trondheim
(Norw)
72
Pacific Enterprise
(Br)
13
Empire Nomad
(Br)
23
Maaskerk
(Du)
 33
Palembang
(Du)		 43
Darina
(Br)		 53
British Ardour
(Br)		 63
Brant County
(Norw)		 73
Ocean Vision
(Br)
14 24
Brimanger
(Norw)		 34 44
Jamaica Producer
(Br)		 54 64 74
Additionally, the British Tornus was in this convoy, but no pendant number has been given.

*Primrose Hill must have returned to port, she's also listed in the next convoy, HX 187.

The ships left port in the following order:
Shortly after 11 the British Pacific Pioneer went out (Flagship) followed by Manchester Citizen ("B" flag), Kafiristan (Catapult freighter, Minus Hurricane), Beaconoil, Empire Rowan (Catapult freighter, Nii on Hurricane), Empire Ray (Catapult freighter, XSK on Hurricane), Primrose Hill (Catapult freighter - returned? Shows up again in next convoy), Palembang, Trondheim, Empire Emerald, Darina, Pacific Enterprise, Empire Nomad, Jamaica Producer, British Faith, British Ardour, Ocean Vision, Tornus, Maaskerk, Ocean Valley, Brimanger and Brant County (the last ship to go out at 1:05).

There's a notation saying "Missed the time of some ships sailing due to heavy fog".

See the alphabet index below for more information on the Norwegian ships in this convoy.

Escorts:
Named on this external page

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