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CONVOY SC 16
Departed Halifax on Dec. 15-1940 and arrived Liverpool on the 31st.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 15 ships in this convoy.
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Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
MOWT = Ministry of War Transport |
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Ship
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Nationality
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Cargo
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Destination
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Remarks
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Norwegian
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Adm tanker B
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Liverpool
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Loke
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"
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grain
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Ipswich
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–
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"
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Tanker B
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Oban f. o.
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Listed in SC 17
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Shaftesbury
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British
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steel - trucks
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Swansea / Cardiff
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–
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–
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pilot boat
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Glasgow
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–
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Hartington
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British
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steel - scrap iron - special
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Grangemouth
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–
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Dutch
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phosphates
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King's Lynn
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Frumenton
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British
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grain
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London
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–
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Anglo Peruvian
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"
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general
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London
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From HX 94
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Norwegian
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scrap iron
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Grangemouth
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Listed in SC 17
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Ashby
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British
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grain
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Leith
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From HX 96
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Norwegian
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lumber
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Preston
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"Shown as sailed in SC 15,
no advice as yet that she has returned" |
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Pandias
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Greek
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steel
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Swansea
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–
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Sirikishna
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British
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grain
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Avonmouth
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From HX 94
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Spind
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Norwegian
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lumber
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Hull
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From SC 15
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Scottish Standard
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British
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Adm tanker B
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Scapa
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From SC 15
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"
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steel - pit props
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Hull
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Listed in SC 17
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Swinburne
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"
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steel
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Liverpool
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–
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"
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steel - pit props
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Tyne
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To SC 17 - did not sail
Listed in SC 18 |
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Erica
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Norwegian
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timber
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King's Lynn
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–
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Lorca
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British
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steel - special
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Clyde / Middlesbrough
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From HX 96
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Boltonhall
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"
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steel
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Grangemouth
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From SC 15
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Aeas
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Greek
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grain
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Manchester
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From HX 96
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Notes: To the next SC convoy in my list SC 17 |
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