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CONVOY SC 31
Departed Halifax on May 9-1941 and arrived Liverpool on the 30th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 32 ships in this convoy.

Related page on this site: Orders for ocean and local escorts (Convoys SC 31 & HX 126)

Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined returned to port.

MOWT = Ministry of War Transport

Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Flensburg
Dutch
steel - scrap iron
Swansea
To SC 32 - did not sail
Listed in SC 33
Hilversum
"
sugar
London
Merchant Royal
British
wheat
Manchester
Thistleford
"
grain
Liverpool
Gypsum Queen
"
sulphur
Manchester
Listed in SC 33
Kingsland
"
sugar
London
Ruth I
Norwegian
steel - timber
Clyde f. o.
From SC 29
To SC 32 - did not sail
Listed in SC 33
Star
"
lumber
London
Errington Court
British
wheat
Avonmouth
Havørn
Norwegian
lumber
Great Yarmouth
Marita
"
timber
Bristol
To SC 32 - returned
Schie
Dutch
phosphates
Aberdeen
Dalemoor
British
grain
London
Listed in SC 32
Flynderborg
Danish / MOWT 1940
lumber
Bristol
Listed in SC 32
Belnor
Norwegian
nitrates
Avonmouth
From SC 28
Listed in SC 33
Panos
British
steel - lumber
Manchester
Ingerfire
Norwegian
grain
Tyne
From SC 29
Listed in SC 32
Gloucester Castle
British
general
Clyde
Ex SL 68
Alexandra
Greek
iron ore
London
Ex SL 68
Aarø
Danish / MOWT 1940
bauxite
Burntisland
From SC 29
To SC 32 - did not sail
Listed in SC 34
Agia Marina
Greek
grain
Manchester
Runswick
British
wheat
Avonmouth
From SC 30
Evviva
Norwegian
lumber
London
From SC 30
Dux
"
timber
Great Yarmouth
Philip T. Dodge
British
iron - paper
Manchester
From SC 30
Auretta
"
grain
London
From SC 30
Stad Amsterdam
Dutch
steel - lumber
London
From SC 29
Chr. J. Kampmann
Danish / MOWT 1940
general
Garston
Ostende
Belgian
pig iron
Glasgow
From HX 123
Inger Elisabeth
Norwegian
dry pulp
Manchester
Listed in SC 32
Enseigne Maurice Préchac
French
flour
Londonderry
From SC 30
Katwijk
Dutch
phosphates
King's Lynn
From SC 30
Returned to Halifax
Listed in SC 32
Rio Blanco
British
wheat
Ipswich
From SC 30
Zouave
"
wheat
Liverpool
From SC 30
Hadleigh
"
grain
Newcastle
From HX 124
Calobre
Panamanian
general - 3 bombers
Glasgow
From HX 124
(See also Notes for HX 126)
Returned to Halifax
Listed in SC 33
Lagarto
British
general
Liverpool
From HX 124
To SC 32 - did not sail
Listed in SC 34
Empire Union
"
general - special
London
From SC 30
Ranella
Norwegian
Tanker B
Clyde
Reynolds
British
flour
Leith
Brynhild
Danish / MOWT 1940
lumber
Sharpness
Listed in SC 32
Thorsholm
Norwegian
Adm. tanker B
Clyde
Listed in SC 32
Rudby
British
wheat
Immingham
Rym
Norwegian
timber
Boston
Nesttun
"
lumber
Milford Haven / Poole
Westport
American / MOWT 1940
steel - scrap
Middlesbrough
(Renamed Empire Nightingale)
From SC 30
Straggled - joined HX 126
Facto
Norwegian
lumber
London
From SC 30
Suncrest
British
grain - lumber
London
From HX 125
Ilissos
Greek
wheat
Avonmouth

Notes:
Commodore was in Errington Court, Vice Commodore in Merchant Royal.

The Rescue Vessel Copeland was also with this convoy for a while, only for the last few days of the voyage.

For names of some of the escorts, see Orders for ocean and local escorts (Convoys SC 31 & HX 126)

Related external link:
SL Convoys - SL 68 is included.

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