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CONVOY SC 1
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Aug. 15-1940 and arrived Liverpool on the 29th.
Arnold Hague gives 40 ships in this convoy.

The SC convoy series was started in order to accommodate the slower ships that could not keep up with the HX convoys (which required a minimum speed of 9 knots).

Transcribed from original Advance Sailing Telegram received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
The station numbers and names of escorts have been extracted from documents recived from Don Kindell, based on Arnold Hague's database - see
ships in all SC convoys.

Further details have been added with the help of:
"Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two", Jürgen Rohwer
"The Allied Convoy System", Arnold Hague
"The World's Merchant Fleets 1939". R. W. Jordan
"Lloyd's War Losses", Vol I.

Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Station
Destination
Remarks
Keila
Estonian
lumber
52
Glasgow
From HX 63
Seringa
British
steel - scrap iron
21
Grangemouth
Marcrest
"
iron ore
71
Grangemouth
Fylingdale
"
grain
41
Belfast
Koumoundouros
Greek
pit props
14
Garston
From HX 63
Drakepool
British
pit props
31
West Hartlepool
Vice Commodore
Westcliffe Hall
"
lumber
45
London
Keynor*
"
lumber
35
Garston
Listed in SC 2
*This ship is crossed out on the Advance Sailing Telegram, with the word "NOT" next to her name - A. Hague indicates she joined but returned.
Blairmore
"
pit props
11
Tyne
From HX 64
Sunk - See Notes
Kingsborough
"
pit props
12
West Hartlepool
Joannis
Greek
pit props
13
Garston
Thyra
Swedish
pit props
22
Cardiff
Emmy
Greek
lumber
23
Garston
Helena Margareta
British
steel - scrap
24
Newcastle
Birgitte
"
(ex Danish)
lumber
32
Boston
Bussum
Dutch
pit props
33
Tyne
Kronprinsessan Margareta
Swedish
nitrates
34
Newport
Becheville
British
steel - scrap
42
Middlesbrough
From HX 65
Norwegian
pulp wood
43
Belfast
Knowlton
British
lumber
44
Newport
Tintern Abbey
"
lumber
51
London
Commodore
Stolwijk
Dutch
iron ore
53
Birkenhead
Norwegian
scrap iron
54
Swansea
From HX 64
Easton*
British
lumber
55
Preston
* According to Arnold Hague, Easton returned (note that this is not mentioned in the original Advance Sailing Telegram). She is, however, listed in Convoy WN 19 from Clyde on Sept. 29 (external link), so must have proceeded to the U.K. at some point.
Philip T. Dodge
"
newsprint
61
Avonmouth
Maclaren
"
wood pulp
62
London
Norwegian
lumber
63
Sharpness
Sunk - See Notes
Anastassia
Greek
pit props
64
Garston
Anticosti
British
lumber
65
Belfast / Middlesbrough
Norwegian
pit props
72
Manchester
Iris
Swedish
lumber
73
Grimsby
Tennessee
British
(ex Danish)
iron ore
74
Birkenhead
Macgregor
British
phosphates
81
Glasgow
From HX 64
Kolchis
Greek
grain
82
Cardiff
Athenic
British
steel - lumber
83
Cardiff
From HX 66
Elle
Finnish
pulpwood - lumber
84
Ardrossan
Sunk - See Notes
Rockpool
British
pit props
91
W. Hartlepool
Ulla
"
(ex Danish)
lumber
92
Sunderland
From HX 63
Norwegian
lumber
93
Boness(?)
"
lumber
94
London
From HX 66

Notes:
Commodore was in Tintern Abbey, Vice Commodore in Drakepool.

Ships sunk:
Blairmore, on a voyage from Newcastle, N.B. for Tyne with a cargo of 1500 fathoms of pit props, was sunk by U-37 on Aug. 25. She had a crew of 34 - 4 of whom died (numbers vary according to source).

Eva was torpedoed by U-28 on Aug. 27 - see my page about Eva.

Elle, on a voyage from Campbellton, N.B. for Ardrossan with a cargo of pulpwood and lumber, was torpedoed on Aug. 28 by U-101. 2 died out of the 29 on board.

In addition to the above 3 merchant ships, HMS Penzance was also sunk - ref. external links below.

The convoy arrived rendezvous on Aug. 27.

Escorts (extracted from this list of SC convoy escorts, based on Arnold Hague's database, received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year):
Clarkia - From 27/08/40 to 29/08/40
Havelock - From 27/08/40 to 29/08/40
Hurricane - From 27/08/40 to 29/08/40
Leith - From 27/08/40 to 30/08/40
Penzance - From 15/08/40 to 24/08/40
Reindeer - From 15/08/40 to 16/08/40

Related external links:
The attack on Blairmore

The attack on Elle
HMS Penzance

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