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CONVOY SC 136
Incomplete - will be updated with Advance Sailing Telegram

Convoy SC 136 Cruising Order
departed Halifax on July 8-1943 and arrived Liverpool on the 23rd (Arnold Hague gives 47 ships)
List received from Ted Agar.

All the ships listed here sailed from Halifax (others joined later - will be added).

Some of these ships had been cancelled from the previous convoy, SC 135.

Note that some ships are missing from this table, a few are named in the notes below.

Crossed out ships did not sail.

Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Da=Danish, Sw=Sedish, Fr=French, Yug=Yugoslavian, Am=American, Pa=Panamanian.
MOWT=Ministry of War Transport.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Baron Belhaven
(Br)
21
Baron Renfrew
(Br)
31
Coulbeg
(Br)
41
Elswick Park
(Br)
51
Baron Graham
(Br)
61
Titanian
(Norw)
71
Exilona
(Am)
81
Empire Cormorant
(Br)
91
Gloucester City
(Br)
 101
Innerton
(Br)
12
Empire Derwent
(Br)
22
Saluta
(Br)
32
San Felix
(Br)
42
Vinga
(Norw)
52
San Valerio
(Br)
62
San Tirso
(Br)
72
West Nohno
(Am)
82
Valldemosa
(Br)
92
F. J. deWolfe
(*)
 102
Gateway City
(Am)
13
Bornholm
(Da)
23
Leonardia
(Sw)
 33
Acasta
(Norw)		 43
British Colonel
(Br)		 53
Beaconoil
(Pa)		 63
 73
Samuel L. Fuller
(Am)		 83
Sommerstad
(Norw)		 93
Skotaas
(Norw)		 103
Senga
(Yug)
14
Mathilda
(Norw)		 24
Ruth I
(Norw)		 34
Alex
(Br)		 44
Vermont
(Am)		 54
Runswick?
(Br)		 64
 74
Suerte
(Pa)		 84
Norjerv
(Norw)		 94
Vinland
(Norw)		 104
Fort McPherson
(Br)
15
 25
 35
Timok
(Yug)		 45
Ashbel Hubbard
(Br)		 55
Drakepool*
(Br)		 65 75
North Devon
(Br)		 85
Empire Gareth
(Br)		 95
Fort de Troyon
(Fr)		 105
Benjamin Tay
(Am)
16
 26 36 46 56 66 76
Carrier
(Norw)		 86 96 106


Notes:
The cancelled Sommerstad, Timok and Innerton are listed in the next convoy.

* The ship in station 92 should probably be F. J. Wolfe? (British).

* Drakepool returned to port and subsequently joined the next convoy.

According to the information referred to below, a document found at the Public Records Office lists the ship in station 54 as Brunswick (American). Note that Runswick is listed in Convoy SC 134, but returned to port at that time.

Skotaas and Beaconoil had previously been cancelled from the fast Convoy HX 246.

From a visitor to my website, Kevin Murphy, I've received some more details about this convoy (his source: Public Records Office Kew). He says that the Senior Officer's narrative states that the convoy had 43 ships on departure, and that another 4 (plus escorts) joined from St John's, making the total 47, which agrees with Arnold Hague's number (St. John's ships will be added).

In addition to the ships listed in the table above, the following also sailed in this convoy:

Dunva (should this be the Yugoslavian Dunav?), Br. Langleebrook, Gr. Maliakos, PLM 17 (Steel lumber), Br. Empire Usk (Steel lumber), Nordlys, Caita (Navy special fuel).

The convoy encountered heavy fog for the first 4 days. The Senior Officer states "it was with great pleasure and admiration that we found all 47 ships present - most excellent station keeping after 4 days of continuos fog".

Escorts:
Highlander, Northern Gem, Cuckmere, Pennywort, Clover, Asphodel, Winchelsea, Northern Spray and Herschell.

The escorts refuelled on July 14 and 16, and also managed to resupply with depth charges on July 20.

Related external link:
Eagle Oil Tankers - This site has info on the "San" ships, with an alphabetical list of casualties, as well as survivor reports. Additionally, the site has a lot of useful information on where the misc. Admiralty records are kept - they can be found on this index page.

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