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CONVOY SC 63
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Jan. 3-1942, dispersed on the 13th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 27 ships in this convoy.
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Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. Further details have been added with the help of: See also ON 37 and other ON convoys from the same time period.
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Ship
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Nationality
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Cargo
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Destination
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Remarks
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Radport
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British
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steel - scrap
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Hull
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From SC 62
Returned to port (St. John's) |
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Sydland
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Swedish
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general - special
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Hull
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From SC 62
Returned to port (St. John's) |
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Dago II
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Latvian / MOWT 1940
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lumber
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London
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From SC 62
Returned to port (St. John's) |
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Inger Toft
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British
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lumber
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Belfast
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From SC 62
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"
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Tanker B
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London
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Induna
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"
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general - special
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Archangel
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From SC 62
(See PQ 13) |
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Sandar
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Norwegian
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Adm. tanker B
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Clyde
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From SC 62
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"
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sugar
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Clyde
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From SC 62
Listed in SC 64 |
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Manchester Spinner
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British
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general - special
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Manchester
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From SC 62
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Empire Franklin
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"
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wheat
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Liverpool
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Chr. Knudsen
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Norwegian
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manganese ore
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Middlesbrough
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From SC 62
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Empire Liberty
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British
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grain cereal
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London
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Stamos
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Greek
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grain cereal
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Glasgow
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From SC 62
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Koll
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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Clyde
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–
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Shaftesbury
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British
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general - special
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Tyne
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From SC 62
Returned to port (St. John's) |
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Empire Mariott
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"
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general - special
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Liverpool
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From SC 62
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Friedrich Engels
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Russian
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general
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Murmansk
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Grado
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Norwegian
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steel - wood pulp
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Glasgow
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From SC 62
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Dimitrios G. Thermiotis
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Greek
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general
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London
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From SC 62
Sunk - See Notes |
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Empire Cloud
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British
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general
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Manchester
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From HX 167
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Belgian
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sulphur
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Garston
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Marie Bakke
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Norwegian
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general - special
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Liverpool
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Returned to port
(Halifax - see Marie Bakke) |
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Nikolina Matkovic
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Yugoslavian
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general - special
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Cardiff
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From SC 62
Lost rudder - not w/convoy Jan. 11 |
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Allerton
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British
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grain - cereal
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London
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–
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Gloxinia
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"
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Tanker B
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Grangemouth
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–
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"
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general
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Glasgow
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From SC 62
Listed in SC 64 |
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Empire Cranmer
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"
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grain
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Tyne
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–
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Ramø
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Norwegian
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pulp wood
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Midway
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–
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Defender
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British
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general - special
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Holyhead / Manchester
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–
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"
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wheat - 2 passengers
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Hull
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From SC 62
Listed in SC 64 |
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Panamanian
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general
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Archangel
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From HX 167
Listed in SC 64 (sunk) |
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Gullpool
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British
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grain
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Glasgow
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–
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Almenara
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"
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sugar - general
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Clyde
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–
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Caledonian Monarch
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"
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wheat
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London
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Sunk - See Notes
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Empire Grebe
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"
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Korsholm
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Swedish
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phosphates - wood pulp
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Aberdeen
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–
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British
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grain
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Newcastle
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Stanwell
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"
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general - special
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Glasgow
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–
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"
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Adm. tanker B
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Loch Ewe f. o.
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To SC 64 - did not sail
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"
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general
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Londonderry
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Listed in SC 64
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"
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general
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Loch Ewe f. o.
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Listed in SC 65
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"
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wheat
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London
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Listed in SC 65
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Norluna
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American
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general - gasoline
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Reykjavik
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–
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Prins Willem van Oranje
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Dutch
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sugar
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Liverpool
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–
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Ostende
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Belgian
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sulphur
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Manchester
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Returned to port (St. John's)
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Wabana Portion (WSC 63)
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British
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iron ore
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Belfast f. o.
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To SC 66 - returned
Listed in SC 68 |
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"
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phosphates - general
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Hull
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Polish
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zinc concentrates
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Rochester
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Listed in SC 64
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French
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iron ore
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Belfast f. o.
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Listed in SC 65
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Notes: The Rescue Vessel Dewsbury was also with this convoy for a while. She was on her 2nd voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Jan. 6-1942 with the westbound Convoy ON 54, detached Jan. 12, then joined SC 63, remaining until dispersed the next day, returning independently to Clyde with arrival there on Jan. 17. Dimitrios G. Thermiotis, on a voyage from Demerara and Sydney (C.B.) for London with 6146 tons of general cargo, was torpedoed and sunk on Jan. 18-1942 by U-86. She had a crew of 33 - there were no survivors. Caledonian Monarch, on a voyage from Rosario (Nov. 24-1941) for Loch Ewe and London with 8075 tons of wheat, and last reported on Jan. 7-1942, is believed to have been torpedoed and sunk on Jan. 22 by U-588. She had a crew of 48 - there were no survivors. To the next SC convoy in my list SC 64 |
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