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CONVOY SC 54
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Nov. 10-1941 and arrived Liverpool on the 26th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 70 ships in this convoy

Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. ~~Crossed out~~ ships did not sail, underlined returned. (See also Convoy ON 19)
Ship	Nationality	Cargo	Destination	Remarks
Agios Georgios	Greek	general	Avonmouth	From SC 53
Ingrid	Norwegian	sugar	London	From SC 53
Baron Dechmont	British	sugar	Greenock	From SC 53
~~Loreto~~	"	general - mail	Liverpool	From SC 53 Listed in SC 55
~~Lily~~	Greek	wheat	Swansea	From SC 53 Listed in SC 55
Mount Pelion	"	grain	Glasgow	From SC 53
Empire Hail	British	steel	Grangemouth	–
~~Skottland~~	Norwegian	steel - lumber	London	From SC 53 Listed in SC 55
Rotterdam	Dutch	Tanker W	Belfast	From SC 53
El Aleto	British	Tanker B	Milford Haven / Southampton	–
Themisto	Dutch	sulphur	Garston	–
~~Alpera~~	British	sugar	London	Listed in SC 55
Ilissos	Greek	steel - lumber	Manchester	From SC 53
Dunsley	British	sugar	Liverpool	From SC 53
Wearpool	"	general	Liverpool	–
Sylvia de Larrinaga	"	sugar	London	Returned to port Listed in SC 55
Norwalk	American	general	Reykjavik	From SC 52
Empire Zephyr	British	steel - general	Liverpool	From SC 52
British Progress	"	Tanker W	Methil d. g. / London (Shellhaven)	From SC 52
Circe Shell	"	Adm. tanker B	Clyde	From SC 52
Anna Mazaraki	Greek	general	Tyne	From SC 52
Empire Hartebeeste	British	general	Hull	From SC 52
Dalfram	"	general	Newcastle	From SC 52
Marylyn	"	general	Liverpool	From SC 52
Empire Wildebeeste	"	steel	Hull	From SC 52 Ran short of fuel
Denpark	"	sugar	Liverpool	From SC 52
Guido	"	general - mail	London	From SC 52
Eskdalegate	"	iron ore	Middlesbrough	From SC 52
Moscha D. Kydoniefs	Greek	grain	Hull	From SC 52
Baron Stranraer	British	sugar	Clyde	–
Merchant	"	general - mail 14	Leith / London	From SC 52
British Renown	"	Tanker W	Manchester	From SC 52
Empire Bruce	"	steel	Hull	From SC 52
Baron Yarborough	"	sugar	Liverpool	From SC 52
Empire Snow	"	steel scrap - steel	Grangemouth	From SC 52
Wisla	Polish	general	Manchester	–
Newton Ash	British	grain - general	Hull	From SC 52
Michael L. Embiricos	Greek	sugar	Clyde	From SC 52
War Admiral	Panamanian	general	Liverpool	From SC 52
Marija Petrinovich	Yugoslavian	sulphur	Manchester	–
Norse King	Norwegian	general	Hull	–
PLM 27	–	iron ore	Glasgow	From SC 53
Uranienborg	Danish / MOWT 1940	flour	London	–
Flimston	British	grain	London	–
Grainton	"	phosphates	Leith	–
~~Malvina~~	Dutch	Tanker	Belfast f. o.	To SC 55 - did not sail Listed in HX 160
Northern Sword	American	general	Reykjavik	(See also Convoy ON 26)
Torvanger	Norwegian	steel - cotton - tobacco - scrap	Hull	–
~~Beechwood~~	British	grain	Belfast	From HX 158 Listed in SC 55
~~Empire Cormorant~~	"	sulphur	Mersey	Listed in SC 55
Empire Cromwell	"	phosphates	Immingham	–
~~Far~~	Norwegian	pulp wood	Grimsby	Listed in SC 55
~~Hjelmaren~~	Swedish	phosphates	Plymouth	Listed in SC 55
~~Icarion~~	Greek	steel - lumber	Manchester	Listed in SC 55
Komiles	Russian	gasoline - special	Archangel	Joined Convoy PQ 5
Lekhaven	Dutch	general	Manchester	–
~~Léopold II~~	Belgian	pulp	Gravesend	To SC 55 - did not sail To SC 56 - returned Listed in SC 58
~~Mount Parnes~~	Greek	grain	Leith	Listed in SC 55
~~Melmore Head~~	British	general	Belfast	Listed in SC 55
Randa	Danish / Canadian Govt. 1940	general	Liverpool	From SC 52
Csarda	Panamanian	phosphates	Belfast	From SC 52
Sommerstad	Norwegian	Tanker B	London (Thameshaven)	From SC 52
Hedera	Swedish	lumber	Methil d.g. / London	From SC 52
City of Dallas	American	general - gasoline	Reykjavik	From SC 52
Chulmleigh	British	general	Archangel	From SC 52 Joined Convoy PQ 5
Orwell	Norwegian	Adm tanker B	Londonderry
Llandaff	British	iron ore - calcium - carbide	Middlesbrough	From SC 52
~~Start Point~~	"	sugar	London	From SC 53 Listed in SC 56
~~Chelatros~~	Greek	general - refrig.	Liverpool	From SC 53 (already lost - see * in Notes)
Rena	Norwegian	scrap iron	Manchester	From SC 53
Kalliopi	Greek	grain	Hull	–
~~Hallanger~~	Norwegian	Adm. tanker B	Clyde	To SC 55 - did not sail Listed in SC 56
Lagarfoss	Icelandic	general	Reykjavik	–
Monasses	American / MOWT 1941	bacon - eggs - general	Liverpool	(Renamed Empire Whimbrel) Returned to Sydney Listed in SC 55
Runswick	British	cereals	Immingham	–
Spinanger	Norwegian	Adm. tanker B	Rosyth	–
Empire Union	British	general - refrig.	London	–
~~Lifland~~	Danish / MOWT 1940	lumber	London	Listed in SC 57
~~Nailsea Meadow~~	British	grain	London	Listed in SC 55
~~Nockum~~	American / MOWT 1941	refrig. - general	Cardiff	(Renamed Empire Starling) Listed in SC 55
~~Rolf Jarl~~	Norwegian	sulphate	Thames	Listed in SC 55
~~Prinses Maria-Pia~~	Belgian	phosphates	Tees	Listed in SC 55
Solstad	Norwegian	Tanker B	Clyde	–
Trevorian	British	grain	London	–
~~Meridian~~	Panamanian	general	Archangel	Already sunk - See ** in Notes
~~Petrovski~~	Russian	gasoline - carbon block	Archangel	See ** in Notes
H. H. Rogers	Panamanian	Tanker B	Clyde	From HX 159
Hampton Lodge	British(?)	iron ore	Middlesbrough	From SC 53
Agios Vlasios	Greek	lumber	London	From SC 53 Returned to port (St. John's) cargo shifted - boiler repairs Listed in SC 60
Leonidas N. Condylis	"	lumber - steel	London	From SC 53
Keila	Estonian	grain	Swansea	–
Mount Kitheron	Greek	iron ore	Belfast d. g. / Newport	From SC 53
Empire Morn	British	grain	Liverpool (discharged) / Manchester	From SC 53
Mariposa	"	zinc concentrates	Avonmouth	From SC 53
Agia Marina	Greek	grain	Barry Docks	From SC 53
Ravnefjell	Norwegian	general	Manchester	From SC 53 Joined from St. John's (sailed Nov. 12)

Notes:
Commodore was in Empire Hartebeeste, Vice Commodore in Merchant.

* Chelatros had run aground on Nov. 3-1941, at Brion Is., Magdalen Islands, Gulf of St. Lawrence - total loss.

** There's a note in connection with Meridian and Petrovski saying "Sailed in SC 53, advise of return not yet received". Note that Meridian was sunk (see Notes for Convoy SC 53), while Petrovski is listed in Convoy PQ 5 to Murmansk, which left Hvalfjord, Iceland on Nov. 27-1941 - see external link below.

Related external links:
Russian Convoy Series - Convoy PQ 5 is included.

The Empire Ships - Provides more information on the Empire Ships sailing in this convoy.

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