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CONVOY HX 192

Convoy HX 192 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on May 31-1942 and arrived Liverpool on June 11 (Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 27 ships).
Received from Ted Agar. (His source: A diary).

Cargoes have been extracted from a document received from D. Kindell, based on the late Arnold Hague's database - see his listing for HX 192 at Ships in all HX convoys.

The stations shown here are positions at time of departure; these may have changed as the voyage progressed.

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

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
Empire Ray
grain
CAM ship
(Br)
21
Audacious
general
845 mails
(Pa)
31
Argos Hill
general
(Br)
41
Athelregent
molasses
(Br)
51
Manchester Exporter
general
4 passengers
(Br)
61
Dromore
general
4 passengers
(Br)
71
Samuel Bakke
general
(Norw)
81
Arabian Prince
general
(Br)
91
Sophocles
wheat
(Norw)
12
Grainton
grain
(Br)
22
32
42
Fanad Head
general
10 passengers
(Br)
52
62
Empire Coral
aviation gas
(Br)
72
Norsol
petrol
(Norw)
82
Empire Marvell
petrol
(Br)
92
13
Empire Flamingo
pig iron - steel
(Br)
23
Ganymedes
general
(Du)
33
Barrwhin
grain
(Br)
43
Vaalaren
refrig. - general
(Sw)
53
Blankaholm
general
(Sw)
63
Almeria Lykes
general
(Am)
73
Sembilangan
general
(Du)
83
Lookout
(Pa)
93
Mount Kyllene
general
(Gr)
14 24
J. E. Kinney
trawler(?)
lub oil
(Br)
34
Ettrickbank
general
(Br)
44
Fernmoor
general
(Norw)
54
Rio Novo
general
(Norw)
64
Heranger
general
(Norw)
74
North King
general
(Pa)
84 94
Grainton came from the slow Convoy SC 85.

Empire Flamingo had returned to port from the previous convoy, HX 191.

When comparing the above with A. Hague's listing for HX 192 at Ships in all HX convoys, we see that he has Barrwhin in station 32, adding that she became a straggler on June 3 and returned to port (St. John's). She shows up again in Convoy SC 86, joining from Newfoundland.
He has Ganymedes in station 22, J. E. Kinney in station 23. The latter was detached to St. John's, N.F., but no date is given. Blankaholm is listed in station 52, Rio Novo in station 53, Mount Kyllene in station 92, Ettrickbank in station 33.

The Panamanin Lookout is not included in A. Hague's list. Checking further, I find that he has listed her in Convoy BX 21, which arrived Halifax from Boston on May 31-1942 (external link; It'll be noticed that several of the other ships in Convoy HX 192 are also listed in this convoy), and this could be the reason she's named in the diary; she must have been seen in port that day by the author of the diary. Having said that, it's possible she did join HX 192, because she must have headed to the U.K. around this time - she's included in Convoy OS 35 from Liverpool on July 21 (also external link).


The ships left Halifax in the following order (according to the diary):
The first to leave at 14:17 was the Commodore Vessel Manchester Exporter, followed at 14:20 by Argos Hill (U.S. Army Trucks on deck), then with a few minutes between each ship, Audacious, Samuel Bakke (U.S. trucks on deck), Empire Ray (Catapult freighter, NJS on Hurricane), Fanad Head, Barrwhin (crates on deck), Sembilangan (U.S. trucks on deck), Grainton, Blankaholm, Empire Flamingo, Mount Kyllene, Dromore (4 speed boats and trucks), Fernmoor (lumber), Athelregent, Heranger (2 bombers on deck), Lookout, Vaalaren, Ganymedes, Norsol, Ettrickbank, Rio Novo, Almeria Lykes (KOTJ), J. E. Kinney, North King, Empire Marvell, Sophocles, Arabian Prince, and the last to go out at 15:44 was Empire Coral.

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):
Alisma - From 03/06/42 to 10/06/42
Arrowhead - From 31/05/42 to 03/06/42
Dianella - From 03/06/42 to 08/06/42
Firedrake - From 03/06/42 to 08/06/42
Fredericton - From 31/05/42 to 03/06/42
Granby - From 31/05/42 to 01/06/42
Kingcup - From 03/06/42 to 10/06/42
Loosestrife - From 03/06/42 to 08/06/42
Sunflower - From 03/06/42 to 10/06/42
Vanquisher - From 31/05/42 to 03/06/42
Weyburn - From 31/05/42 to 03/06/42

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