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CONVOY HX 283
Departed New York on March 13-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 29th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 62 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined ships returned to port.

A 1 form is not available and, therefore, the station numbers are not known.

See also westbound Convoy ON 224.
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Ben F. Dixon
American
general
Loch Ewe for N. Russia
From HX 282
Put back to St. John's
To HX 284 - did not sail
(Not listed in any convoy Russia in this period)
Lewis Luckenbach
"
general
London
From HX 282
Lee S. Overman
"
general
London
From HX 282
Benjamin H. Bristow
"
general
Liverpool
From HX 282
William H. Ashley
"
general
Loch Ewe f. o.
From HX 282
Collision damage
Listed in HX 285
(joined from N.F.)
Hellas
Greek
general
Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
–
Binger Hermann
American
general
Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
–
Webb Miller
"
general
Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
–
William Grayson
"
general
Barry Roads f. o.
Collision damage
Christopher Gale
"
general
Liverpool
From HX 282
Robert L. Vann
"
general
Barry Dock
–
S. M. Babcock
"
general
Avonmouth
–
Alcoa Trader
"
general
Newport
–
Thomas W. Gregory
"
general
Glasgow
–
Hinton R. Helper
"
general
London
–
John J. Crittenden
"
general
London
Arrived Halifax (date illegible - March 17?)
Listed in SC 156
Alcoa Cutter
"
general
London
–
Benjamin H. Hill
"
general
Liverpool
–
Andrew Turnbull
"
general
Manchester
–
Joseph M. Terrell
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 284
Glenn Curtiss
"
general
Liverpool
–
Robert Morris
"
general
Hull
–
John L. Elliott
"
general
Hull
–
Lot Whitcomb
"
general
Hull
–
Albert G. Brown
"
Tanker B
Avonmouth
–
Socony Vacuum
"
Tanker B
Heysham / Belfast
–
Port Halifax
British
refrig. - general
Avonmouth
Naticina
"
Tanker W
Stanlow
From HX 282
Amastra
"
Tanker B
Clyde
–
Fort Dearborn
"
lumber - general
London
–
Leaside Park
"
lumber - general
Immingham
–
Empire Canyon
"
steel - lumber
Barry Dock
–
Rapana
"
Tanker B
Clyde
–
Østhav
Norwegian
Tanker B
Stanlow
From HX 282
Skaraas
"
Tanker B
Clyde
–
Haakon Hauan
"
Tanker W
Liverpool
–
Thorsholm
"
Tanker B
Clyde
–
Ferncourt
"
Tanker B
Dingle / Mersey
–
Belgian Freighter
Belgian
general
Glasgow
–
Ovula
Dutch
Tanker W
Milford Haven f. o. (Portsmouth)
–
Ameriki
Greek
general
Liverpool
–
George E. Pickett
American
general
Glasgow / Newport
From HX 282
President de Vogue
Norwegian
Tanker B
Clyde / Loch Ewe
–
James M. Gillis
American
general
Loch Ewe for N. Russia
From HX 281
Put back to Boston March 16
(Not listed in any convoy to Russia until JW 61 in Oct.)
Atlanta City
"
general
Newport
–
Joining from Halifax - Sailed March 15
Asbjørn
Danish / Can. Govt. 1940
general
Manchester
–
Fort Pic
British
grain
London
From HX 282
Mosli
Norwegian
Tanker B
Mersey / Heysham
From HX 282
Horace Bushnell
American
general
Reykjavik
From HX 281
Thomas Howell
"
general
Mersey
From HX 282
Listed in HX 284
Roger Moore
"
general
Liverpool
From HX 281
John T. Holt
"
general
Reykjavik
From HX 281
(See also JW 58)
William S. Thayer
"
general
Reykjavik
From HX 281
(see also JW 58)
George P. Garrison
"
general
Avonmouth
From HX 281
Mary Austin
"
general - mail
Glasgow / London
From HX 281
Delnorte
"
general
Cardiff
From HX 281
Edwin G. Weed
"
general
Liverpool
From HX 281
Listed in HX 284
Knute Rockne
"
general
Immingham
From HX 281
Empire Macandrew
British
grain
Liverpool
–
Edward W. Scripps
American
general
Swansea
–
Empire Kangaroo
British
flour
London
–
Fort Gibraltar
"
grain
Belfast Dock
Listed in SC 155
George Berkeley
American
flour - general
Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
–
Lou Gehrig
"
general
Cardiff
–
Louis Kossuth
"
general
Cardiff
–
Menelaus
British
general - refrig. - mail
Liverpool / Swansea
Commodore
Nicholas Herkimer
American
general
Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
–
Riverview Park
British
general - flour
Liverpool
Damaged in collision
(shows up again as cancelled from HX 288
Listed in HX 289)
William Paca
American
general - flour
Liverpool
–
Bartholomew Gosnold
"
general
Liverpool
From SC 155
Eloy Alfaro
"
general
Reykjavik
From SC 155
(See also JW 58)
Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Eddystone - see Notes below (not mentioned in Advance Sailing Telegram)
Joining from Newfoundland
Pachesham
British
–
London
–
Mokihana
American
36 crates - carriers - general - mail
Liverpool
From HX 281

Notes:
The Advance Sailing Telegram gives the Commodore Vessel as Menelaus. According to A. Hague, Commodore, Captain G. H. Creswell, R.N. was in Empire Canyon.

The Rescue Vessel Eddystone was on her 4th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Febr. 22-1944 with the westbound Convoy ON 225, to Halifax March 7, then returned to Clyde with HX 283, March 15-March 28. ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague).

Commodore's notes are not available - escorts not known.

All the Norwegian ships in this convoy are discussed on this website - use alphabet index below to find them.

Related external links:
Liberty Ships - The vast majority of the ships listed as American in the table above were Liberty ships. This website lists them alphabetically. (The Advance Sailing Telegrams do not always spell the names correctly, and I always check the spelling of each and every Liberty Ship against what is found on this site before I upload a convoy).
List of Liberty Ships by Hull No. - Includes info on the men (and women) for whom the ships were named (from Wikipedia).

Empire Ships

Fort, Park and Ocean ships

Eastbound N. Atlantic Convoys / 1944

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