Convoy HX 27 - warsailors.com

CONVOY HX 27

Convoy HX 27 Cruising Order Departed Halifax on March 13-1940 and arrived Liverpool on the 28th (Arnold Hague says 28 ships).
Received, with thanks, from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew). Nationalities have been added with the help of "The World's Merchant Fleets". R. W. Jordan. Br=British, Sw=Swedish, Norw=Norwegian, Am=American, Gr=Greek
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
11 San Roberto fuel oil Ardrossan (Br)	21 Oilpioneer fuel oil Clyde (Br)	31 Vernon City grain Liverpool (Br)	41 Port Dunedin refrig. food Milford Haven (Br)	51 HMS Ascania Escort (Br)	61 British Union fuel oil Devonport (Br)	71 Louisianan general Le Havre (Br)	81 Trefusis wheat Leith (Br)	91 Redgate scrap iron Newcastle (Br)
12 Inger Lise paper - resin Glasgow (Norw)	22 South America lube oil Liverpool (Norw)	32 Oakwood general Liverpool (Am)	42 Germanic scrap iron Swansea (Br)	52	62 Nueva Granada Bordeaux (Norw)	72 Auretta general Le Havre (Br)	82 Belcrest grain Hull (Br)	92 Ruperra grain Leith (Br)
13 Disa sugar Greenock (Sw)	23 Rio Grande general Liverpool (Gr)	33 Korsholm sugar Liverpool (Sw)	43 Dalmore grain Avonmouth (Br)	53	63 Charles Pratt crude oil Brest (Am)	73 Scottish Trader grain Falmouth (Br)	83 Pindos general Le Havre (Gr)	93 Baron Scott sugar London (Br)
14	24	34 ~~Tuira~~ * Manchester (Gr)	44 Frumenton grain Liverpool (Br)	54	64	74 Zeus grain Falmouth (Gr)	84 Port Campbell London (Br)	94

Notes:

* Tuira did not sail in this convoy, but can be found in the next convoy out - HX 28, ref. link below.

Commodore was in Port Dunedin, Vice Commodore was in Trefusis, and Rear Commodore in San Roberto.

Ocean Escorts: HMS Ascania and French S/M Sidi-Ferruch.

More details on the Norwegian ships named in this table can be found in the alphabetical ship lists of this website.

To the next HX convoy in my list HX 28