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CONVOY HX 193

Convoy HX 193 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on June 7-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 19th (Arnold Hague gives 31 ships).
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, Am=American.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
Kafiristan
(Br)
21
City of Dieppe *
(Br)
31
Clan Ferguson
(Br)
41
Thurland Castle
(Br)
51
Manchester Merchant
(Br)
61
Bayano
(Br)
71
Empire Confidence
(Br)
81
Empire Chivalry
(Br)
 91
Eastern City
(Br)
12
Empire Masefield
(Br)
22
32
Errita **
(Br)
42
Katy
(Norw?)
52
Polartank
(Norw)
62
Vav
(Norw)
72
British Progress
(Br)
82
Magdala
(Du)
 92
Somerville
(Norw)
13
Ocean Vintage
(Br)
23
Lavington Court
(Br)
 33
Fort George
(Br)		 43
Skiensfjord
(Norw)		 53
Montevideo
(Norw)		 63
Laurits Swenson
(Norw)		 73
Tucurinca
(Br)		 83
Stuart Prince
(Br)		 93
Ocean Vanity
(Br)
14
Melampus
(Du)		 24
Tudor Prince *
(Br)		 34
Fort Townshend *
(Br)		 44
Teakwood
(Br)		 54
Ocean Vigour
(Br)		 64
Tjitjalengka
(Du)		 74
Fort Abitibi
(Br)		 84
Tulsa
(Am)		 94
Torvanger
(Norw)
The Dutch Phrontis is also listed for this convoy, but no station number is provided.

Additionally, a document received from Tony Cooper, England shows the following as joining from Newfoundland (sailed June 9):
Manchester Division - general cargo for Holyhead and Manchester.
Pachesham - steel and newsprint for Manchester.


Notes:
No nationality is given for Katy, but there was a Norwegian tanker by this name.
Torvanger sailed in the next convoy.

* This ship is also listed in the next convoy, so may not have sailed in HX 193, or returned to port(?)

** Errita might be a mis-spelling of Erria? This was originally a Danish ship, taken over by MOWT in 1940.

* Not sure if Fort Townshend and Tudor Prince sailed afterall - they're also listed in Convoy HX 196, which departed Halifax on June 29-1942. Or they may have been bound for St. John's only?

The ships went out in the following order:
The first to leave at 10:17 was Melampus, followed at 10:41 by Fort Abitibi, then with a few minutes between each ship, City of Dieppe, Eastern City (Catapult freighter, LUV on Hurricane), Manchester Merchant, Clan Ferguson, Errita (Erria?), Fort George, Empire Confidence, British Progress, Vav, Polartank, Empire Chivalry, Bayano, Magdala, Thurland Castle, Montevideo, Kafiristan (Catapult freighter), Skiensfjord, Empire Masefield, Tudor Prince, Ocean Vintage, Somerville, Tucurinca, Laurits Swenson, Katy, Ocean Vigour, Tulsa, Stuart Prince, Tjitjalengka, Ocean Vanity, Teakwood, Phrontis (PGSU), and the last to go out at 13:27 was Lavington Court.

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