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CONVOY HX 330
Departed New York City on Jan. 3-1945 and arrived Liverpool on the 17th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 45 ships in this convoy.

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

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

Crossed out ships did not sail.

Info re. Russian convoys has been added with the help of "Convoys to Russia", Arnold Hague and Bob Ruegg.
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Hannis Taylor
American (U.S.)
general
Solent f. o.
–
Rudolph Kauffmann
"
general
Newport
–
George W. Norris
"
general
Solent f. o.
Listed in HX 331
Lillian Nordica
"
general
Downs f. o.
–
Moses Austin
"
general
Solent f. o.
To HX 331 - did not sail
Listed in HX 332
James Whitcomb Riley
"
general
Solent f. o.
Listed in HX 331
Frank R. Stockton
"
general
Solent f. o.
Listed in HX 331
George Uhler
"
general
Solent f. o.
From HX 329
Robert Mills
"
general
Solent f. o.
Listed in HX 331
Green Mountain
"
general
Downs f. o.
–
Arthur St. Clair
"
general
Newport
From HX 329
James? H. Price *
"
general
Solent f. o.
Listed in HX 331
* This ships is listed as American John H. Price in the Advance Sailing Telegram, 7176 gt. There was a British ship by this name, but only of 1905 gt, and my guess is this is a mis-spelling of the Liberty Ship James H. Price, which shows up again in the next convoy.
Marion McKinley Bovard
"
general
Cardiff
–
Frank P. Reed
"
general
Downs f. o.
–
Augustus P. Loring
"
general
Downs f. o.
From HX 329
Calvin Austin
"
general
Downs f. o.
From HX 329
Tomas Guardia
"
general
Solent f. o.
From HX 329
Listed in HX 331
Arthur M. Hulbert
"
general - explosives
Southend f. o.
Listed in HX 331
John Walker
"
general - explosives
Southend f. o.
Listed in HX 331
Michael Moran
"
general - explosives
Solent f. o.
–
Hubert Howe Bancroft
"
general - explosives
Solent f. o.
–
Oliver Loving
"
general - explosives
Solent f. o.
–
Frederick Von Steuben
"
general - explosives
Solent f. o.
–
Joseph Lee
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
Eliza Jane Nicholson
"
Tanker W
Mersey
–
Topdalsfjord
Norwegian
general
Liverpool
–
Montevideo
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 331
Tiradentes
"
general
Liverpool
To HX 331 - did not sail
Listed in SC 165
Fjordaas
"
Adm. tanker B
Devonport / Swansea
–
Egerø
"
Adm. tanker W
Clyde
Listed in HX 331
(later joined JW 67,
returned with RA 67)
Ferncourt
"
Tanker W
Heysham
Listed in HX 331
Kaldfonn
"
Tanker W
Mersey
Listed in HX 331
Barendrecht
Dutch
Tanker W
London (Shellhaven)
–
Queensborough Park
British
lumber - general
Tyne
–
Leaside Park
"
lumber - general
Leith
–
Louisbourg Park
"
lumber - general
Immingham
–
Hopemount
"
Adm. tanker B
Clyde
–
Amastra
"
Adm. tanker B
Clyde
Listed in HX 331
Charles F. Meyer
"
Tanker W
Southampton (Hamble)
–
Northia
"
Tanker W
Dublin
–
Neritina
"
Tanker W
Clyde f. o.
Joined Convoy JW 64,
returned with RA 65
See my Arctic Convoys page
Sapperton Park
"
lumber - lead
Hull
Listed in HX 331
Samsmola
"
none given
Downs f. o.
From HX 329
Goldstream Park
"
lumber - metal
London
From HX 329
Hawkins Fudske
American
general
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
From HX 329
Listed in HX 331
Listed in JW 64 Febr. 3-1945
Returned with RA 65 March 23
Henry Lomb
"
general
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
From HX 329
Listed in JW 64 Febr. 3-1945
Returned in RA 66 Apr. 29
John J. Abel
"
general
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
Listed in HX 331
(Joined Convoy JW 64,
returned with RA 65)
Lewis Emery Jr.
"
general - explosives
Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)
Joined Convoy JW 64,
returned with RA 65
Telfair Stockton
"
general - explosives
Solent f. o.
From HX 329
Isaac Mayer Wise
"
general - explosives
Solent f. o.
From HX 329
John P. Harris
"
general - explosives
Solent f. o.
From HX 329
Nicholas D. Labadie
"
general
Solent f. o.
From HX 329
Listed in HX 331
Raymond Clapper
"
general
Solent f. o.
From HX 329
Charles S. Haight
"
general
Downs f. o.
From HX 329
Benjamin Hawkins
"
general
Downs f. o.
From HX 329
George Ade
"
general
Liverpool
From HX 329
John P. Mitchell
"
general
Downs f. o.
From HX 329
Thomas Eakins
"
general
Solent f. o.
–
British Zeal
British
Tanker W
Barry Dock
–
British Destiny
"
Tanker W
Thameshaven?
–
Joining from Halifax - Sailed Jan. 5
Empire Talisman
British
general
Mersey
Listed in HX 331
Rideau Park
"
general
Mersey
Listed in HX 331
Asbjørn
Danish / Can. Govt. 1940
general - explosives
Mersey
Listed in HX 331
Empire MacRae
British
grain
Liverpool
From HX 329
Argolikos
Greek
lumber
Sharpness
Listed in HX 331
Gdynia
Swedish
general
Belfast Dock
–
Jesse Billingsley
American
general - explosives
Hull
From HX 329
Cavina
British
meat
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 331
Julius Olsen
American
general
Solent f. o.
From HX 328
Listed in HX 331
Also, the Rescue Vessel Melrose Abbey joined from Halifax - See Notes below.
Joining from St. John's, N.F. - Sailed Jan. 7
Samsoaring
British
general
Hull
From HX 328
Elm Park
"
general - meat - explosives
Liverpool
From HX 328

Notes:
Commodore, Rear Admiral E. W. Leir was in the Norwegian Topdalsfjord. Commodore's notes are not available.

The Rescue Vessel Melrose Abbey was on her 18th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Dec. 13-1944 with the westbound Convoy ON 272, to Halifax Dec. 30, then returned to Clyde with Convoy HX 330, Jan. 5-Jan. 17-1945. Her previous eastbound voyage had been with Convoy HX 320. ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague).

More details on the Norwegian ships in this convoy can be found with the help of the alphabet index below.

Related external links:
Eastbound convoys 1944 & 1945 - This page shows all the other eastbound convoys sailing in 1944 and 1945 in chronological order.

Liberty Ships - The majority of the ships listed as American in the table above were Liberty ships. This website lists them alphabetically (includes "Sam" ships).
List of Liberty Ships by Hull No. - Includes info on the men for whom the ships were named (from Wikipedia).

This site has more on the the "Park" ships mentioned in this convoy.
The Empire Ships website has a section listing the "Sam"-ships, and other Liberty ships.

Russian Convoys

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