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CONVOY SC 6
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Sept. 27-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Oct. 12.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 38 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 "Lloyd's War Losses", Vol I. MOWT = Ministry of War Transport ~~Crossed out~~ ships did not sail. See also Convoy OB 244
Ship	Nationality	Cargo	Destination	Remarks
Lars Kruse	Danish / MOWT 1940	pit props	Methil d.g. / Hull	–
~~Nora~~	Estonian	lumber	Belfast	See SC 4
Delphin	Greek	wheat	Belfast for Cork	Sunk - see Notes
Carperby	British	steel - scrap	Swansea	–
Kildale	"	sugar	London	From SC 5
Katowice	Polish	paper	Mersey	–
~~Winona~~	British	lumber	Glasgow	To SC 7 - returned to port Listed in SC 8
~~Eugena Cambanis~~	Greek	iron ore	Port Talbot	From SC 5 To SC 7 - did not sail
Ledaal	Norwegian	steel - scrap	Middlesbrough	From SC 5
Leonardia	Swedish	pit props	Ridham Dock	From SC 5 Not at rendezvous (Oct. 9)
Empire Industry	British	lumber	Hull	–
Schieland	Dutch	lumber	Immingham	–
Essex Lance	British	steel	Immingham	–
Manø	Danish / MOWT 1940	pulp wood	Ridham Dock	–
Lom	Norwegian	lumber	Preston	–
Mariposa	British	steel - scrap	Middlesbrough	–
~~Zephyros~~	Greek	phosphates	Garston	Listed in SC 8
Brynhild	Danish / MOWT 1940	pit props	Hull	–
Harmala	British	steel	Middlesbrough	From HX 75
Simonburn	"	grain	London	–
Albert C. Field	"	lumber	Milford Haven	Not at rendezvous
Prins Knud	Danish (MOWT 1940?)	pulp wood	Methil d. g. / Ridham Dock	–
Rinos	Greek	scrap - steel	Port Talbot	–
~~Dioni~~	"	maize	Dublin	Listed in SC 7
Stanmount	British	Tanker B	River Medway	–
Svint	Norwegian	lumber	Frazerburgh	–
Trio	Swedish	pulp wood	Manchester	–
Wisla	Polish	general	Liverpool	From HX 75 (& HX 74)
Grelrosa	British	grain	London	–
~~Pilar de Larrinaga~~	"	steel - special	Glasgow	Listed HX 76
Pontypridd	"	grain	London	–
Bonde	Norwegian	pit props	Methil d. g. / Immingham	–
~~Eaglescliffe Hall~~	British	lumber	Preston	Listed in SC 7
~~Lida~~	Polish	newsprint	Clyde f. o.	Listed in HX 76
Graigwen	British	grain	Avonmouth	Sunk - see Notes
Tahchee	"	Tanker	U.K.	To be sent to Halifax to await orders (see also HX 51)
Solhavn	Norwegian	lumber	London	–
~~Thalia~~	Greek	steel	Liverpool	Listed in SC 7 (sunk)
Dago II	British (ex Latvian Dagö 1940)	paper pulp	Rochester	–
~~Boekelo~~	Dutch	lumber	Bristol	Listed in SC 7 (sunk)
Zannes Gounaris	Greek	phosphates	Garston	Sunk - see Notes
Kalev	Estonian	lumber	London	–
Veni	Norwegian	pit props	West Hartlepool	–
Cydonia	British	lumber	Glasgow	–
Gunvor Mærsk	Danish / MOWT 1940?	pulp wood	Ridham Dock	From SC 5 & HX 74
Hollinside	British	timber	Milford Haven	From HX 76
Elisabeth Lensen	"	pit props	Tyne	–
Sheaf Mount	"	steel - general - special	Belfast d. g. / Newport	From HX 75
Ubari	Estonian	lumber	Belfast	–

Notes:
Commodore was in Harmala, Vice Commodore in Carperby.

Ships sunk:
Delphin, on a voyage from Montreal for Cork with maize and wheat, was torpedoed by U-103 on Oct. 9. Delphin sank the next day. There were no casualties.

Zannes Gounaris, on a voyage from Tampa, Fl. for Garston with phosphates, was also sunk by U-103 on Oct. 9. 1 died.

Graigwen, on a voyage from Montreal for Barry Roads with 6160 tons of maize, was damaged by U-103 on Oct. 9, sunk by U-123 the next day. She had a crew of 33 and 1 gunner - 7 crew died.

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