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CONVOY SC 61
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Dec. 21-1941 and arrived Liverpool on Jan 7-1942.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 16 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from original documents received from Tony Cooper (Advance Sailing Telegram) - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
The station numbers and names of escorts have been extracted from documents recived from Don Kindell, based on the late Arnold Hague's database - see his listing for SC 61 at
ships in all SC convoys.

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

Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined returned, except those that are linked, which will automatically be underlined.

MoWT=Ministry of War Transport.

Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Station
Destination
Remarks
Ampetco
Belgian
Tanker B
(crude oil)
42
London (Shellhaven)
From SC 60
Roumanie
"
general
33
London
From SC 60
Parklaan
Dutch
wheat
22
Hull
From SC 60
New Westminster City
British
general
21
Hull
From SC 60
(Later in PQ 13)
Winsum
Dutch
sugar
44
Greenock
Empire Franklin
British
wheat
11
Mersey
CAM ship
(See also ON 37)
From SC 60
Returned to Sydney
To SC 63 - returned
Does not show up again until SC 77
Llanberis
"
iron ore
32
Middlesbrough
From SC 60
Morska Wola
Polish
general ev.
43
Manchester
From SC 60
Framlington Court
British
steel - general
41
London
From SC 60
Charlton Hall
"
sugar - scrap
31
Dundee
Norwegian
sugar - copper
53
Clyde
From SC 60
"
grain
Ipswich
From SC 60
Listed in SC 62
"
flour
34
London
From SC 60
Innerton
British
general
Liverpool
From SC 60
Listed in SC 62
Eastmoor
"
general
Glasgow
From SC 60
Listed in SC 62
Bur
Swedish
none given
(A. Hague says woodpulp)
62
Manchester
Dimitrios Inglessis
Greek
grain
Hull
From SC 60
To SC 62 - returned
Does not show up again until SC 87
Dunboyne
American
general
Archangel
To SC 68 - did not sail
Listed in SC 69
(Later in PQ 13,
returned w/QP 11.
See also QP 10)
Empire Lotus
British
sugar
61
Mersey
Hindoo
Panamanian
general
Reykjavik
Listed in SC 62
Alcor
Dutch
steel - general
Avonmouth
Listed in SC 62
Empire Moon
British
grain - general
Avonmouth
Listed in SC 62
Hainaut
Belgian
sulphur
Garston
To SC 62 - returned
To SC 63 - did not sail
Listed in SC 64
Inger Toft
Danish / MoWT 1940
lumber
London
To SC 62 - did not sail
Listed in SC 63
Peterston
British
general
51
Holyhead / Manchester
Rudby
"
general
23
London
Cowrie
"
Tanker B
Clyde
Listed in SC 62
Dinara
Yugoslavian
general
Liverpool
Listed in SC 62
Merchant Royal
British
manganese ore
Middlesbrough
Listed in SC 62
Norwegian
Adm. tanker B
Clyde
(See also SC 55)
To SC 62 - did not sail
Listed in SC 63
Sydland
Swedish
general
Hull
To SC 62 - did not sail
To SC 63 - returned
Does not show up again until SC 77
Empire Breeze
British
grain
Hull
Listed in SC 62
Empire Lawrence
"
grain
Liverpool
From HX 165
Listed in SC 62
Norwegian
Adm. tanker B
Clyde
From HX 165
Listed in HX 168
"
general - lumber
Iceland
Listed in SC 62
Maplewood
British
general
Cardiff
From SC 59
Listed in SC 62
Norwegian
general
52
Cardiff
Additionally, according to A. Hague, the British Empire Foam, which had initially been in Convoy HX 166, became a straggler from that convoy and later joined SC 61.

The convoy arrived rendezvous on Jan. 2-1942.

A. Hague names the following escorts (extracted from this list of SC convoy escorts, received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year):
Broke - From 02/01/42 to 07/01/42
Camellia - From 02/01/42 to 07/01/42
Chelsea - From 02/01/42 to 07/01/42
Columbine - From 02/01/42 to 07/01/42
Dianthus - From 23/12/41 to 02/01/42
Galt - From 23/12/41 to 02/01/42
Georgian - From 21/12/41 to 22/12/41
Lethbridge - From 23/12/41 to 02/01/42
Malpeque - From 21/12/41 to 23/12/41
Matapedia - From 23/12/41 to 31/12/41
Minas - From 21/12/41 to 23/12/41
Nanaimo - From 23/12/41 to 02/01/42
Niagara - From 29/12/41 to 30/12/41
Nipigon - From 21/12/41 to 23/12/41
Pimpernel - From 02/01/42 to 07/01/42
Sudbury - From 21/12/41 to 23/12/41

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