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CONVOY SC 60
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Dec. 16-1941 and arrived Liverpool on the 31st.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 22 ships in this convoy.

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

See also Convoy ON 35, and other ON convoys from the same time period.

Crossed out ships did not sail.

MOWT = Ministry of War Transport
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Ampetco
Belgian
Tanker B
London (Shellhaven)
From SC 59
Listed in SC 61
Roumanie
"
general
London
From SC 58
Listed in SC 61
Askild
Norwegian
lumber - 2 passengers
Reykjavik
–
Juno
Dutch
phosphates
Ipswich
From SC 59
Antigone
British
general
Hull
From SC 59
Reigh Count
Panamanian
general - grain
Archangel
From SC 59
(Joined Convoy PQ 7B)
Birgitte
Danish / MOWT 1940
pulp
Glasgow
–
Larranga
American
general
Archangel
From SC 59
(Joined Convoy PQ 8,
returned with QP 8)
Snar
Norwegian
iron ore
Middlesbrough
–
Treminnard
British
wheat
Belfast
From SC 59
British Freedom
"
Adm. Tanker B
Humber (Killingholme?)
From SC 59
Armathia
Greek
iron ore
Belfast d. g. / Newport
From SC 59
Agios Vlasios
"
lumber
London
From SC 54
Baron Tweedmouth
British
steel - lumber
London
–
Empire Redshank
"
Tanker W
Archangel
From SC 52
Joined Convoy PQ 7B
Glendene
"
general
Avonmouth
Listed in SC 65
Zypenberg
Dutch
general
Leith / London
From SC 58
Castilian
British
general
Hull
–
Danby
"
general
London
–
Eastmoor
"
general
Glasgow
To SC 61 - did not sail
Listed in SC 62
Innerton
"
general
Liverpool
To SC 61 - did not sail
Listed in SC 62
Loke
Norwegian
grain
Milford Haven for S.hampton
To SC 61 - did not sail
Listed in SC 62
Oakworth
British
general
Avonmouth
–
Radchurch
"
steel - pulp
London
Ex. Yugoslavian Vid 1941
Tennessee
Danish / MOWT 1940
grain
Tyne
From SC 59
British Statesman
British
Tanker W
Coryton
From HX 164
Bosworth
"
general
Cardiff
–
Dimitrios Inglessis
Greek
grain
Hull
To SC 61 - did not sail
To SC 62 - returned
Empire Franklin
British
grain
Liverpool
To SC 61 - returned
To SC 63 - returned?
Errington Court
"
grain
Hull
–
Friedrich Engels
Russian
general
Archangel
Listed in SC 63
(later joined PQ 9,
returning with QP 8)
Framlington Court
British
general
Glasgow
Listed in SC 61
Llanberis
"
iron ore
Middlesbrough
Listed in SC 61
Morska Wola
Polish
general
Liverpool
Listed in SC 61
New Westminster City
British
general
Hull
Listed in SC 61
Parklaan
Dutch
grain
Hull
Listed in SC 61
Radport
British
steel - scrap
Hull
To SC 62 - did not sail
To SC 63 - returned
Thalatta
Norwegian
general
Clyde
Listed in SC 61
Bruse Jarl
"
flour
Hull
Listed in SC 61
Ivan Topic
Yugoslavian
nitrates - hemp
Liverpool
Listed in SC 62

Notes:
Commodore was in Errington Court.

The Rescue Vessel Stockport was also with this convoy for a while. She was on her 1st voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Dec. 21-1941 with the westbound convoy ON 49, detached Dec. 28, then returned to Clyde with Convoy SC 60, Dec. 28-Dec. 31. ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague).

Related external links:
The Empire Ships - Provides more information on the Empire Ships sailing in this convoy.

Russian Convoy Series - Convoys mentioned in above table are included.

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