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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. 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". R. W. Jordan "Lloyd's War Losses", Vol I.
Ship	Nationality	Cargo	Destination	Remarks
Keila	Estonian	lumber	Glasgow	–
Seringa	British	steel - scrap iron	Grangemouth	–
Marcrest	"	iron ore	Grangemouth	–
Fylingdale	"	grain	Belfast	–
Koumoundouros	Greek	pit props	Garston	From HX 63
Drakepool	British	pit props	West Hartlepool	Vice Commodore
Westcliffe Hall	"	lumber	London	–
~~Keynor~~	"	lumber	Garston	Listed in SC 2
Blairmore	"	pit props	Tyne	From HX 64 Sunk - See Notes
Kingsborough	"	pit props	West Hartlepool	–
Joannis	Greek	pit props	Garston	–
Thyra	Swedish	pit props	Cardiff	–
Emmy	Greek	lumber	Garston	–
Helena Margareta	British	steel - scrap	Newcastle	–
Birgitte	(ex Danish)	lumber	Boston	–
Bussum	Dutch	pit props	Tyne	–
Kronprinsessan Margareta	Swedish	nitrate	Newport	–
Becheville	British	steel - scrap	Middlesbrough	From HX 65
Dux	Norwegian	pulp wood	Belfast / ?	–
Knowlton	British	lumber	Newport	–
Tintern Abbey	"	lumber	London	Commodore
Stolwijk	Dutch	iron ore	Birkenhead	–
Chr. Knudsen	Norwegian	scrap iron	Swansea	From HX 64
Easton	British	lumber	Preston	–
Philip T. Dodge	"	newsprint	Avonmouth	–
Maclaren	"	wood pulp	London	–
Eva	Norwegian	lumber	Sharpness	Sunk - See Notes
Anastassia	Greek	pit props	Garston	–
Anticosti	British	lumber	Belfast / Middlesbrough	–
Vespasian	Norwegian	pit props	Manchester	–
Iris	Swedish	lumber	Grimsby	–
Tennessee	British (ex Danish)	iron ore	Birkenhead	–
Macgregor	British	phosphates	Glasgow	From HX 64
Kolchis	Greek	grain	Cardiff	–
Athenic	British	steel - lumber	Cardiff	From HX 66
Elle	Finnish	pulpwood - lumber	Ardrossan	Sunk - See Notes
Rockpool	British	pit props	W. Hartlepool	–
Ulla	" (ex Danish)	lumber	Sunderland	–
Asgerd	Norwegian	lumber	Boness(?)	–
Askeladden	"	lumber	London	From HX 66

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

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 this ship.

Elle, on a voyage from Campbellton, N.B. for Ardrossan with a cargo of pulpwood and lumber, was sunk 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.

All the Norwegian ships in this convoy are discussed on this website - see alphabet index at the bottom of this page.

Related external links:
The attack on Blairmore
The attack on Elle
HMS Penzance

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