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CONVOY SC 2
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Aug. 25-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Sept. 10.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 53 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from several documents 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. ~~Crossed out~~ ships did not sail. MOWT = Ministry of War Transport
Ship	Nationality	Cargo	Destination	Remarks
~~Polyana~~	Norwegian	phosphate	Glasgow	Listed in SC 3
~~Lysaker IV~~	"	lumber	Sunderland	Listed in SC 3
Possidon	Greek	sulphur	Garston	Sunk - see Notes
Gro	Norwegian	wheat	Manchester	Sunk - see Notes
Matronna	Greek	grain	Sharpness	From HX 65 (and HX 66)
Flaminian	British	steel - grain	Hull	–
Uskbridge	"	lumber	Bristol City	From HX 65
Neptunian	"	sugar	Liverpool	From HX 65 Sunk - see Notes
Canford Chine	"	iron ore	Newport	From HX 65
Shaftesbury	"	steel - scrap iron	Glasgow	From HX 65
Pendeen	"	steel - timber	Avonmouth	–
Mijdrecht	Dutch	Tanker	Clyde f. o.	–
Amsco	American / MOWT 1940	Tanker	Mersey	Renamed Empire Otter
Mapleton	British	timber	Preston	From HX 66
Mariston	"	steel - pig iron	Swansea	–
José de Larrinaga	"	steel - scrap	Newport	Sunk - see Notes
Ruth I	Norwegian	steel - scrap	Hull	–
Senta	"	pit props	Hull	From HX 66
Ingerfire	"	pit props	Garston	–
Harpoon	American / MOWT 1940	steel - lumber	Newcastle	Renamed Empire Tarpon From HX 65 & HX 66
Theoskepasti	Greek	phosphate	Garston	–
Fairwater	British	lumber	Sharpness	–
Kellwyn	"	pit props	Belfast / Hull	–
Stornest	"	steel	London	–
Nesttun	Norwegian	lumber	Swansea	–
Galatea	"	lumber	Bristol	–
Lanark	British	lumber	Bristol	From HX 67
Aghios Spyridon	Greek	lumber	Swansea	–
Mardinian	British	pitch	London	Sunk - see Notes
Borgholm	Norwegian	lumber	Tayport	–
Empire Eagle	British	steel	Barrow	–
Brabo	Belgian	pulp wood	Belfast / Avonmouth	–
~~Empire Mermaid~~	British	steel - scrap	Methil / Middlesbrough	To HX 68
Balduin	Norwegian	timber	Inverness	From HX 65 & HX 66
Brandenburg	British	pulp wood	Medway	–
Asiatic	"	pit props	Garston	–
Avra	Greek	steel	Glasgow	–
~~Samsø~~	Danish / MOWT 1940	pulp wood	Medway	Listed in SC 5
~~Empire Sambar~~	British	pig iron	Swansea	Listed in SC 3
~~Empire Woodcock~~	"	phosphate	Garston	Listed in SC 3
~~Leonidas N. Condylis~~	Greek	lumber	Liverpool	Listed in SC 3
~~William H. Daniels~~	British	lumber	Milford Haven	To SC 3 - did not sail Listed in SC 4
Sherbrooke	"	lumber	Bristol	–
Aarø	Danish / MOWT 1940	paper	Clyde f. o.	–
Skrim	Norwegian	lumber	Belfast / Ipswich	–
Måkefjell	"	lumber	Sharpness	–
Baron Cawdor	British	steel	Middlesbrough	From HX 67
Gudrun	Norwegian	lumber	Preston	–
Lifland	Danish / MOWT 1940	pit wood	Garston	–
Astra	Norwegian	pit props	Preston	–
Auretta	British	steel	Glasgow	From HX 67
Grelhead	"	lumber	Glasgow	–
Siak	Norwegian	lumber	Clyde f. o.	–
Zurichmoor	British	lumber	Garston	–
Havtor	Norwegian	lumber	Belfast / Ipswich	From HX 68
Clare Lilley	British	steel - lumber	Manchester	–
Yorkmoor	"	timber - steel	Manchester	From HX 66
Mount Pelion	Greek	scrap - pig iron	Mersey	–
Tovelil	Danish / MOWT 1940	pitch pine	Mersey	–
Keynor	British	lumber	Garston	From SC 1
Balla	Norwegian	iron ore	Middlesbrough	From HX 68

Notes:
Commodore was in Harpoon, Vice Commodore in Yorkmoor.

Commodore's name and notes are not available.

Ships sunk (dates are according to German time):
Neptunian, on a voyage from Santiago for Liverpool with 8500 tons of sugar was sunk by U-47 on Sept. 7. All 36 on board died. (Not included in "Lloyd's War Losses")

On the same day U-47 sank José de Larrinaga, on a voyage from New York for Newport with a cargo of 5303 tons of steel and linseed oil. According to Uboat.net she had a complement of 40 - there were no survivors. (Not included in "Lloyd's War Losses").

The Norwegian Gro was also sunk on Sept. 7 by U-47 - see my page about Gro for more details.

Possidon, on a voyage from New Orleans for Glasgow with 5410 tons of sulphur phosphate was sunk by U-47 on Sept. 9. 17 died, number of survivors not given by "Lloyd's War Losses".

Mardinian, on a voyage from Trinidad for Methil and London with a cargo of 3500 tons of pitch, was sunk by U-28 on Sept. 9. She had a crew of 37, including 1 gunner - 6 crew missing (numbers vary according to source).

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