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CONVOY SC 3
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Sept. 2-1940 arrived Liverpool on the 18th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 47 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
Lotos	Norwegian	pit props	Belfast / Tyne	Sunk - see Notes
Lysaker IV	"	lumber	Sunderland	From SC 2 not at rendezvous
~~Nora~~	Estonian	lumber	Belfast f. o.	Also cancelled from SC 4, SC 5 & SC 6
Stargard	Norwegian	lumber	Boston / Newport(?)	–
Granfoss	"	pulp wood	Belfast / London	–
Empire Sambar	British	pig iron	Grangemouth	from SC 2
~~Kalliopi S~~	Greek	grain	Belfast	To HX 70
Alexandros	"	lumber - paper	Sharpness	Sunk - see Notes
~~William H. Daniels~~	British	lumber	Milford Haven	From SC 2 Listed in SC 4
Dundrum Castle	"	general	Liverpool	–
Kenordoc	"	lumber	Bristol	See HX 66 not at rendezvous Sunk - see Notes
Kuurtanes	Finnish	pulp wood - lumber	Glasgow	–
Polyana	Norwegian	phosphates	Glasgow	From SC 2
Empire Volunteer	British	iron ore	Glasgow	Sunk - see Notes
Kul	Norwegian	lumber	Warrington	–
Hartbridge	British	scrap iron - steel	Swansea / Newport	–
Edwin T. Douglass	"	lumber	Swansea	not at rendezvous
Peterton	"	maize	Liverpool	–
Orion	Greek	sulphur	Manchester	See Notes
Dokka	Norwegian	lumber	Bristol	–
Kirsten Mærsk	Danish / MOWT 1940	pit props	Hull	–
Penhale	British	pit props	Immingham	–
Ottoland	Dutch	pit props	Immingham	–
Fido	Norwegian	pit props	Belfast / Medway	–
Empire Soldier	British	iron ore	Middlesbrough	From HX 69
Granli	Norwegian	pulp wood	Medway	–
Empire Woodcock	British	phosphates	Garston	From SC 2 not at rendezvous
Trolla	Norwegian	pit props	Belfast / Immingham	–
Søborg	Danish / MOWT 1940	pulp wood	Medway	–
~~Elizabeth Massey~~	British	wheat	London	Listed in SC 4
Leonidas N. Condylis	Greek	lumber	Sharpness	From SC 2
Pencarrow	British	iron - steel	Grangemouth	–
Rym	Norwegian	lumber	Methil	–
~~Eugena Cambanis~~	Greek	iron ore	Port Talbot	Also cancelled from SC 5, SC 6 & SC 7
Korsfjord	Norwegian	pulp - lumber	Garston	–
Robert W. Pomeroy	British	lumber	Preston	–
~~Aldergrove~~	"	lumber	Belfast / London	Listed in SC 5
Alma Dawson	"	iron ore	Port Talbot	–
Gullpool	"	grain	Manchester	–
Marionga D. Thermiotis	Greek	pit props	Garston	–
Ashcrest	British	scrap - steel	Swansea / Newport	–
Llandilo	"	grain	Manchester	not at rendezvous
~~Narocz~~	Polish	general	Liverpool	Listed in SC 4
~~Fanø~~	Danish / MOWT 1940	lumber	Belfast / Hull	Listed in SC 5
Miguel de Larrinaga	British	steel	Birkenhead	–
~~Berto~~	Norwegian	lumber	Boston	Listed in SC 4
Vigsnes	"	lumber	Belfast / Grimsby	–
~~Nolisement~~	British	pig iron	Clyde f. o.	To HX 72 See also HX 73 & HX 74
Polykarp	Norwegian	Tanker W	U.K.	To be held at Sydney Listed in SC 5 with same note Shows up again in SC 9 in Oct.
Atle Jarl	"	lumber	Kirkaldy	–
Reiaas	"	lumber	Montrose	–
Iron Baron	"	pit props	Immingham	See Notes
Regin	"	lumber	Grimsby	–
Sandsend	British	sugar	Greenock	–
Noreg	Norwegian	Adm tanker B	Clyde	See Notes
Administrateur de Bournat	British / ex French	ballast (trawler)	Fleetwood	–
Barrhill	British	steel	Clyde f. o.	–

Notes:
Commodore was in Gullpool, Vice Commodore in Empire Soldier.

Commodore's name and notes are not available.

One of the documents contains a note saying:
Not traced
Noreg (Norw) - fuel oil for Clyde
Gezina (Norw) - aluminum bars for London (not included in Advance Sailing Telegram. She's listed as cancelled from SC 4, sailed in SC 5)
Iron Baron (listed as Norwegian Baron, but there was no Norw. ship by this name, so this should probably be Iron Baron) - pit props for Immingham
Orqun (Gr) - sulphur for U.K. (not included in Advance Sailing Telegram, however, this might be a mis-spelling of Greek Orion, which is included in the above table).

Ships sunk:
Empire Volunteer, on a voyage from Wabana for Glasgow with 7700 tons of iron ore, was sunk on Sept. 15 by U-48 - She had a crew of 39, 6 of whom died. Some of of the survivors were rescued by the Norwegian Fido, others by the Norwegian Granli (page 2 has an account on the rescue).

Alexandros, on a voyage from Montreal for Sharpness with 4500 tons of lumber and paper, was also sunk on Sept. 15 by U-48 - She had a crew of 30, 5 died.

Kenordoc, on a voyage from Quebec for Bristol with 2000 tons of lumber, was shelled on Sept. 15 by U-99 - She had a crew of 21, 7 died. Sunk by gunfire.

Lotos, which had lost touch with the convoy shortly after departure, was sunk on Sept. 16 by U-99 - see my page about this ship for more details.

Additionally, the British Magdalena is said to have come from Convoy SC 3 (though, as can be seen, she's not listed in the table above). She was sunk by U-48 on Sept. 18, on a voyage from St. John's for Holyhead and Liverpool with 4600 tons of iron ore - She had a crew of 30 and 1 gunner, no survivors.

The escorting HMS Dundee was also sunk in this convoy, by U-48 on Sept. 15. The Norwegian Fido, Vigsnes, and Granfoss picked up survivors.

HMS Dundee

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