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CONVOY SC 58
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Dec. 4-1941 and arrived Liverpool on the 21st.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 50 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: "Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague "The World's Merchant Fleets", R. W. Jordan "Lloyd's War Losses", Vol. I. ~~Crossed out~~ ships did not sail, underlined returned.
Ship	Nationality	Cargo	Destination	Remarks
Suecia	Swedish	ground nuts	Mersey	From SC 57
Empire Razorbill	British	steel	Newport	From SC 57
Nicolas	Greek	grain	Manchester	From SC 57
~~Ampteco~~	Belgian	Tanker B	London (Shellhaven)	From SC 57 To SC 59 - did not sail To SC 60 - did not sail Listed in SC 61
Nidardal	Norwegian	sulphur	Manchester	From SC 57 Lost - see Nidardal
Stylianos Chandris	Greek	wheat	Immingham	From SC 57 Lost - See Notes
Norbryn	Norwegian	nitrates	Newport	From SC 57
Skane	Swedish	general	Glasgow	From SC 57
Eugenie S. Embiricos	Greek	corn	London	From SC 57
Aneroid	Panamanian	general	Archangel	From SC 55 (joined Convoy PQ 7B)
Carmelfjell	Norwegian	general	Manchester	–
Biela	British	wheat - general 2 passengers - mail 43	Mersey	From SC 57
Empire Cougar	"	steel	Hull	From SC 57
~~Roumanie~~	Belgian	general	London	From SC 57 To SC 60 - did not sail Listed in SC 61
Becheville	British	general	Hull	From SC 57
Léopold II	Belgian	wood pulp	Gravesend	From SC 56 Lost - See Notes
Zypenberg	Dutch	general	Cardiff	From SC 57 In collision - see Notes Returned to port (St. John's) Listed in SC 60
Jersey	British	sugar - copra	Clyde	From SC 57
Zeus	Greek	wheat - oats	London	From SC 57
Ingman	British	wood pulp	Gravesend	–
Amstel	Dutch	phosphates	Garston	From SC 57
Hallfried	Norwegian	sulphur	Garston	From SC 57
Rio Branco	"	general	Liverpool	From SC 57
Akabahra	"	flour	London	(See also ON 31)
Empire Sun	British	grain	Glasgow	–
Empire Penguin	"	general	Londonderry	–
Baron Kinnaird	"	calcine coke	Belfast d. g. / Swansea	–
Rokos Vergottis	Greek	grain	London	–
Empire Impala	British	flour	Glasgow	–
Katingo Hadjipatera	Greek	corn	Hull	–
Linge	Dutch	phosphates	Aberdeen	–
Somme	British	general - mail 15	London	–
Stad Arnhem	Dutch	grain	London	–
Baltara	British	refrig. - general	Avonmouth	–
Wentworth	"	phosphates	London	–
City of Fort Worth	American	general	Iceland	(See also ON 30)
~~Empire Clive~~	British	general	Liverpool	Listed in SC 59
Empire Flame	"	grain	Manchester	–
~~Langleecrag~~	"	general	Manchester	Listed in SC 59
~~North Devon~~	"	phosphates	Methil f. o.	Listed in SC 59
Veerhaven	Dutch	general	Manchester	–
~~W. H. Libby~~	Panamanian	Adm. tanker B	Clyde	From SC 57 Listed in HX 164
Yearby	British	general	Liverpool	–
~~Acasta~~	Norwegian	Adm. tanker B	Liverpool	Listed in SC 59
Bengloe	British	sugar - mail 17	Greenock	–
~~Blairesk~~	"	general	Belfast	Listed in SC 59
British Corporal	"	Tanker W	Isle of Grain	–
~~Clare Lilley~~	"	general	Liverpool	Listed in SC 59 (See also ON 31)
~~Dimitrios Chandris~~	Greek	general	London	Listed in SC 59
English Monarch	British	general	Cardiff	–
Hartbridge	"	general	Manchester	–
~~Jobshaven~~	Dutch	manganese - general	Barrow	Listed in SC 59
Kelso	British	general	Hull	–
Mamura	Dutch	Tanker W	Avonmouth	(See also ON 32)
Maud	Norwegian	corn	Avonmouth	–
Merton	British(?)	general	Liverpool	–
~~Orfor~~	"	phosphates	London	Listed in SC 59
~~Prins Maurits~~	Dutch	sugar - rum	Greenock	Listed in SC 59
~~Wichita Falls~~	American	general	Reykjavik	Listed in SC 59
~~Aikaterini T.~~	Greek	grain	Swansea	Listed in SC 59
~~Arena~~	Irish	grain	Dublin	From SC 57 Listed in SC 59
D. L. Harper	British	Tanker	Avonmouth	Returned to port (Halifax) (See also ON 32)
Woensdrecht	Dutch	Tanker W - 1 passenger	Milford Haven for Falmouth	–
Pontypridd	British	grain	London	–
Aeas	Greek	sugar	Clyde	From SC 57
Stalowa Wola	Polish	general	Mersey / Manchester	From SC 57
Earlston	British	general	Avonmouth	From HX 163 (See also ON 30)
Spokane	Panamanian	general	Liverpool	From SC 57 Returned to Sydney Listed in SC 59
Irish Beech	Irish	grain	Dublin	From SC 57

Notes:
Commodore was in Yearby, Vice Commodore in Empire Razorbill, Rear Commodore in Somme.

The Rescue Vessel Zamalek was also with this convoy for a while. She was on her 13th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 38 on Nov. 19-1941, detached for Iceland Nov. 25, then returned to Clyde with Convoy SC 58, Dec. 16-Dec. 20 - having been delayed in Iceland due to atrocious weather.
The rescue Vessel Toward (on her 16th voyage) had sailed from Iceland on Dec. 12-1941 in order to join Convoy SC 58, but had to return because of the weather. She later arrived Clyde from Reykjavik on Dec. 18. (Toward had started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 44 on Dec. 7, detached to Iceland Dec. 12).

The Dutch Zypenberg rammend and sank HMCS Windflower, one of the escorts of SC 58, on Dec. 7 with the loss of 23 men on the corvette.

Nidardal was sunk on Dec. 16 - please see my page about this ship for further details. The page also mentions some of the escorts for SC 58.

Stylianos Chandris, on a voyage from Montreal and Methil Roads for Hull with 7285 tons of grain, struck a mine on Dec. 22, 2 miles 235° from 62D Buoy, Humber. She had a crew of 30, all of whom were saved.

Léopold II, on a voyage from Clarke City and Methil Roads for London with 4500 tons of wet wood pulp, struck a mine and sank on Dec. 23, in 13 fathoms 205° 1/2 mile from No. 56 Buoy, off R. Ouse. She had a crew of 41 including 6 gunners - 33 crew and 2 gunners lost their lives.

Related external links:
HMCS Windflower

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

Russian Convoy Series - PQ 7B is included.

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