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CONVOY SC 82
Advance Sailing Telegram and Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Apr. 30-1942 and arrived Liverpool on May 16 (Arnold Hague gives 31 ships)

Advance Sailing Telegram

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

Additional details have been added with the help of:
"Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague.

Crossed out ships did not sail.

MOWT = Ministry of War Transport
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Ada
Norwegian
steel - pulp
Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
–
Chr. J. Kampmann
Danish / MOWT 1940
general
Preston
–
Quest
Norwegian
sealer
Clyde
From SC 79
Listed in SC 83
Flowergate
British
general
Newport
From SC 81
Empire Liberty
"
grain
Liverpool
–
Cotati
American / MOWT 1942
(Empire Avocet)
frozen meat
Liverpool
From SC 80
Baltrover
British
general
Liverpool
–
Starstone
"
general
Liverpool
From SC 81
Linge
Dutch
phosphates
Ipswich
From SC 81
Anneberg
Finnish / MOWT 1941
mechanical pulp
Rochester
–
Vest
Norwegian
general
Dundee
From SC 81
Listed in SC 83
Ilissos
Greek
grain
Newcastle
From SC 81
Listed in SC 83
Rena
Norwegian
steel - tobacco
Manchester
–
Roxby
British
general
Manchester
–
Nicolaou Virginia
Greek
grain
London
–
Grey County
Norwegian
general
Avonmouth
From SC 81
Oregon I
Danish / MOWT 1940
grain
Barry Dock
From SC 81
Joannis
Greek
steel - lumber
Immingham
From SC 81
Novasli
Norwegian
grain
Hull
–
Fintra
British
flour
Milford Haven f. o.
–
Tore Jarl
Norwegian
flour
Mersey
–
Campus
British
general
Manchester
–
Gloxinia
"
Tanker B
Avonmouth
–
Empire Razorbill
"
steel - cotton
Mersey
(Shows up again in SC 87)
Solitaire
Norwegian
Tanker B
Loch Ewe f. o.
Listed in SC 83
Aruba
Dutch
general
Cardiff
Listed in SC 83
Empire Mariner
British
general
Swansea
Listed in SC 83
Hampton Lodge
"
sulphur
Manchester
Listed in SC 83
Scorton
"
general
Liverpool
Listed in SC 83
Lord Byron
"
grain
Hull
–
Anastassios Pateras
Greek
grain
Avonmouth
–
Borgfred
Norwegian
timber
Middlesbrough
–
Amberton
British
grain
London
–
Empire Trent
"
grain
Manchester
–
Empire Ibex
"
general
Glasgow
–
Essex Lance
"
general
Liverpool
–
Inger Elisabeth
Norwegian
flour
Leith
Listed in SC 83
Port Adelaide
British
frozen - general - wool - mail 170
Liverpool
–
Saturnus
Dutch
general - mail 158
Mersey
Listed in SC 83
Dartford
British
grain
London
–
Empire Darwin
"
grain
Glasgow
–
Empire Leopard
"
steel - general
Hull
–
The Rescue Vessel Gothland (requisitioned in Nov.-1941, entered service Febr. 24-1942) was also with this convoy. She was on her 2nd voyage as such, having started this voyage at Clyde on Apr. 11 with the westbound Convoy ON 85 (to Halifax Apr. 22), then returned with SC 82 from Halifax Apr. 30 to Clyde May 16-1942.

Convoy SC 82 Cruising Order
Received from Ted Agar.

The stations given are the intitial convoy stations on departure; these may have changed as the voyage progressed.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
Empire Darwin
21
Lord Byron
31
Dartford
41
Cotati
51
Baltrover
61
Port Adelaide
71
Roxby
81
Grey County
91
Empire Ibex
12
Amberton
22
Novasli
32
Linge
42
Starstone
52
Empire Liberty
62
Campus
72
Gloxinia
82
Oregon I
92
13
Borgfred
23
Tore Jarl
 33
Hampton Lodge		 43
Nicolaou Virginia		 53
Essex Lance		 63
Rena		 73
Flowergate		 83
Ada		 93
Fintra
14
Empire Leopard		 24
Anneberg		 34 44
Joannis		 54
Empire Trent		 64
Imperoyal*
(Br)		 74
Chr. J. Kampmann		 84 94
Anastassios Pateras
15 25 35
Connector*
(Br)		 45
Belle Isle*
(Br)		 55
Gothland
(Br)
RV		 65
PLM 17*
(Fr)		 75 85 95
* Note that these 3 ships are not included in the Advance Sailing Telegram, which would indicate they were not part of the convoy.
(In fact, PLM 17 is listed in the AST for the next convoy, SC 83).


Notes:
Commodore was in Baltrover, Vice Commodore in Lord Byron.

The ships left port in the following order:
The first to leave at 11:07 was Baltrover (commodore ship), followed at 11:12 by Cotati, and with a few minutes between each ship, Roxby, Empire Ibex, Grey County, Gloxinia, Lord Byron, Linge, Nicolaou Virginia, Empire Liberty, Joannis, Flowergate, Chr. J. Kampmann, Essex Lance, Amberton, Novasli, Fintra, Oregon I, Connector, Campus, Tore Jarl, Ada, Borgfred, Anastassios Pateras, Anneberg, Starstone, PLM 17, Rena, Gothland, Empire Darwin (Catapult freighter), Imperoyal, Port Adelaide, Belle Isle (soldiers), Empire Trent, Dartford, then Empire Leopard at 15:05.

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