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CONVOY HX 29
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Departed Halifax on March 21-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Apr. 4 (Arnold Hague says 29 ships). |
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| Transcribed from original documents received from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).
Nationalities have been added with the help of "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939". R. W. Jordan. Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Gr=Greek, Am=American |
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11
Melmore Head general Dublin (Br) |
21
Pacific Star refrig. - general Liverpool (Br) |
31
Invershannon Scapa (Br) |
41
Sulairia general Glasgow (Br) |
51
HMS Ausonia Escort (Br) |
61
Pontfield gasoline Scotstown (Br) |
71
Beaverford general London (Br) |
81
Hopecrest wheat - lumber London (Br) |
91
Ganges sugar London (Br) |
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12
Wayfarer general Liverpool (Br) |
22
Georgios Potamianos general Liverpool (Gr) |
32
Fuel Oil Scapa (Br) |
42
Pecten* Admiralty fuel Clyde (Br) |
52
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62
Rudby sugar Greenock (Br) |
72
Gold Shell lub oil Falmouth (Br) |
82
Adula* gas - oil London (Br) |
92
Wray Castle grain Liverpool (Br) |
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13
Caledonian Monarch Liverpool (Br) |
23
Adelfoi Chandri lead - lumber Liverpool (Gr) |
33 Amakura general Liverpool (Br) |
43 Coryton scrap steel Glasgow (Br) |
53 | 63 Mactra fuel oil Milford Haven (Br) |
73 Hartbridge wheat London (Br) |
83 British Chivalry fuel oil Sheerness (Br) |
93 Point Arena* copper - trucks Le Havre (Am) |
| 14 | 24 | 34 Suderholm* general Liverpool (Norw) |
44 Virgilia Milford Haven (Br) |
54 | 64 Condylis general Le Havre (Gr) |
74 Cadillac Falmouth (Br) |
84 Harberton scrap steel Grangemouth (Br) |
94 Nellie general Le Havre (Gr) |
| Conus went out with the next convoy, HX 30.
Please compare the above with A. Hague's listing for HX 29, available on the page naming ships in all HX convoys. |
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| Notes: Commodore was in Sulairia, Vice Commodore in Beaverford, and Rear Commodore in Pacific Star. * There's a notation for Pecten (from HX 28) saying "engine defect 30/3/40". * Suderholm, Adula and Point Arena lost touch with the convoy on March 22/23. Ocean Escorts: HMS Ausonia and S/M Beveziers. A. Hague names the following escorts (extracted from this list of HX convoy escorts received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year): To the next HX convoy in my list HX 30 |
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