This form shows the ship leaving Halifax only (Newfoundland ships are not included)

Note that several more ships are named below, for which I have no station number.

Br=British, Gr=Greek, Norw=Norwegian, Du=Dutch, Am=American.

Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).

Further details have been added with the help of:
"Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague
"Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two", Jürgen Rohwer
"The World's Merchant Fleets", R. W. Jordan
"Lloyd's War Losses", Vol. I.

Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined returned to port.

MOWT = Ministry of War Transport

* Thirlby is crossed out in the Advance Sailing Telegram, but I'm not sure whether this means she never joined, or whether she's crossed out because she was sunk. She was on a voyage from New York for Loch Ewe, via Halifax with 7600 tons of maize and was torpedoed and sunk by U-109 on Jan. 23-1942 (the date of the convoy's departure), approximately 12 miles 240° from Seal Island, Cape Sable. 45 people were on board - this number includes 9 gunners and the pilot. 3 died. Perhaps she was sunk before she reached Halifax from New York in order to join SC 66?

The Rescue Vessel Rathlin was also with this convoy for a while. She was on her 5th voyage as such, having been requisitioned on July 28-1941. She had started this voyage at Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 58 on Jan 20-1942, returned to Clyde the next day, then joined Convoy ON 60 on Jan 27, detached Febr. 2-1942, then joined SC 66 on Febr 6 until Febr. 8-1942 (to Clyde).

The ships left Halifax in the following order (according to Ted Agar's diary):
The British liner Baltrover was the first to leave at 10:25 (Commodore vessel) followed 5 minutes later by an unnamed British freighter (13), then two more unnamed Br. freighter (for stations 21 & 71). At 10:44 the British freighter Helmspey went out (with a notation saying: "no nationality flag, fleur de lis on stack"). She was followed by Egyptian Prince, San Gerardo, an unnamed Norwegian freighter (62), Rotterdam, two unnamed British freighters (53 and 52), unnamed Greek freighter (64), a tanker (72), no nationality given, Llancarvan, Ioannis Frangos, Oneida, then a British freighter (14), a Greek freighter (54), a Br. freighter (23), then Denpark, followed by another unnamed British freighter (12), then Glenwood, Carslogie, two more unnamed British freighters (for stations 74 and 82). The last vessel to go out at 12:51 was the unnamed Greek freighter for station 43.

According to Lloyd's list, the following ships left Halifax in this order (received from Roy Martin - His source: Lloyd's list):
Baltrover (Liverpool), Carslogie (Belfast), Westmoor (Liverpool), Greek Mount Pindus (Manchester), Empire Dabchick (Cardiff), San Gerardo (Clyde), Egyptian Prince (Cardiff), Senga (Yugoslavian, for London), Daleby (Leith), Glenwood (Clyde), Elisabeth Lensen (Mersey), Empire Sunrise (Mersey), Ensis (Manchester), Norwegian Ingerto (Manchester), Dutch Rotterdam (Belfast), Empire Ibex (Belfast), Standella (Belfast), Greek Anna (ECUK), Cragpool (ECUK), Llancarran (note different spelling - ECUK), Greek Ioannis Frangos (ECUK), Treworlas (ECUK), Frumenton (ECUK), Denpark (ECUK), Greek Aegeos (UK), Dutch Amsterdam (UK), Norwegian Vinland (UK - from Convoy HX 171), Greek Ilissos (UK), Greek Despina (Belfast), Tovelil (Loch Ewe), Sithonia (London). Oneida is not mentioned.

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