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CONVOY SC 10
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Oct. 29-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Nov. 13.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" also gives 14 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from original documents received from Tony Cooper (Advance Sailing Telegram) - 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.

Crossed out ships did not sail.

MoWT = Ministry of War Transport
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Station
Destination
Remarks
Porjus
Swedish
lumber
52
Glasgow
From SC 9
Norwegian
newsprint
–
Manchester
From SC 9
Listed in SC 11
Anthippi N. Michalos
Greek
iron ore
–
Port Talbot
From SC 9
Shows up again in SC 15
Empire Kittiwake
British
steel - scrap
–
Swansea
From SC 9
To SC 11 - did not sail
To SC 12 - did not sail
Listed in HX 86
(Became Norw. Norfalk in 1942,
see this page)
Kingsborough
"
wheat
21
Milford Haven / Southampton
From SC 9
Norwegian
lumber
72
Preston
–
Stad Arnhem
Dutch
lumber
–
Hull
From SC 9
(does not show up again on this site until SC 19)
Norwegian
pulp - lumber
32
Gravesend
From SC 9
Linge
Dutch
pulp
11
Gravesend
From SC 9
Sheaf Crown
British
steel
41
Tyne
From SC 9
Norwegian
lumber
22
Lowestoft
From SC 9
Mauritz
Swedish
lumber
–
London
Listed in SC 11
Lagarto
British
sugar - beans
51
Liverpool
–
Macgregor
"
phosphates
–
Tees
Listed in SC 11
Start Point
"
phosphates
81
Belfast
From C 9
West Point
"
steel
31
Grangemouth
–
Oropos
Greek
sulphur
61
Glasgow
–
Vicia
Finnish
sugar
–
Dublin
Listed in SC 11
Bur
Swedish
phosphates
–
Londonderry
Joined SC 11 - returned to Sydney
To SC 13 - did not sail
(shows up again in SC 17)
Hindsholm
Danish (MoWT 1940?)
lumber
33
London
–
Lily
Greek
steel - iron
42
Glasgow
From SC 9
Baron Lovat
British
wheat
71
Tyne
–

Notes:
Commodore was in Lagarto, Vice Commodore in West Point.

The convoy arrived rendezvous on Nov. 10.

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):
Folkestone - From 29/10/40 to 13/11/40
Vansittart - From 10/11/40 to 13/11/40
Walker - From 10/11/40 to 13/11/40

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