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CONVOY HX 73
(Will be updated - please compare with A. Hague's listing for this convoy at ships in all HX convoys. See also HX escorts).
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Departed Halifax on Sept. 13-1940 and arrived Liverpool on the 28th (Arnold Hague says 43 ships). |
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| Received, with thanks, from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).
Further details have been added with the help of: Br=British, Am=American, Norw=Norwegian, Fr=French, Gr=Greek, Pa=Panamanian flag, Sw=Swedish, Du=Dutch, Bel=Belgian, Po=Polish B = Ships joining from Bermuda (sailed Sept. 12) |
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11
Milcrest * Fowberry Tower grain Methil (Br) |
21
Antigone steel Hull (Br) |
31
Treworlas steel Glasgow (Br) |
41
Trelawny steel Glasgow (Br) |
51
Consuelo general - planes Liverpool (Br) |
61
Jutland steel - general Liverpool (Br) |
71
Ville d'Arlon general Liverpool (Bel) |
81
Gypsum Queen scrap steel Newport (Br) |
91
Eugenia Chandris wheat Dublin (Gr) |
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12
West Quechee * scrap iron Grangemouth (Am) |
22
Orminster steel Methil (Br) |
32
New Zealand Star |
42
Dalveen grain Methil s - 11 † (Br) |
52
Aelybryn |
62
Manchester Port general Manchester (Br) |
72
Norefjord pulp wood Barrow in Furness (Norw) |
82
Grey County general Avonmouth (Norw) |
92
Quebec City Newport (Br) |
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13
Queen City steel Middlesbrough (Br) |
23 B
Culebra sugar - general London Br (Gr/Pa?) |
33 Prins Willem van Oranje general Methil (Du) |
43 B Akaroa refrig. - general Clyde (Br) |
53 Beursplein Liverpool (Du) |
63 Shantung steel Liverpool (Br? Sw?) |
73 Nova paper - aluminum Liverpool (Norw) |
83 Hel pulp wood Barrow (Po) |
93 B Scottish Star general Liverpool (Br) |
| 14 B Harpagus timber Methil (Br) |
24 Loke pit props Newcastle (Norw) |
34 Hercules general London (Du) |
44 Towa iron ore Middlesbrough (Du **) |
54 Swiftpool iron ore Tyne (Br) |
64 Dunsley pit props (Br) |
74 Dunaff Head general Dublin (Br) |
84 B Davila Adm. fuel Clyde (Br) |
94 Nicolas phosphates Avonmouth (Gr) |
| 15 | 25 B Laurelwood Adm. fuel Scapa (Br) |
35 Taxiarchis * scrap iron Ardrossan (Gr) |
45 B Velox lumber Liverpool/London (Norw) |
55 Circe Shell fuel oil Clyde (Br) |
65 B Adellen Adm. fuel Clyde (Br) |
75 Fordsdale refrig. - general Clyde (Br) |
85 B Schuylkill aviation spirits Barry Roads (Br) |
95 |
| Also listed in the Advance Sailing Telegram for the Bermuda portion (received from Tony Cooper, England): Clausina, Donacilla and Donax - "To Halifax to await orders" (Donacilla is said to have sailed in HX 77, but this convoy is not available to me). Tahchee and Diloma - "To be held at Bermuda" (see also HX 51 and SC 6 for Tahchee) Ridley (sugar for London) and Stad Schiedam (sulphur for Hull) were also scheduled for this portion, but did not sail. Ridley shows up again in HX 75. |
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Notes: Commodore R. Eliot was in Consuelo, Vice Commodore was the captain of Fowberry Tower. The convoy originally had a total of 44 ships - 17 from Halifax, 15 joining from Sydney, C.B. and 12 from Bermuda. The Norwegian Carmelfjell (Sydney section) did not sail - not included in above table. * Milcrest, bound for Methil with a cargo of steel, parted company with convoy at 00:50 on Sept. 16 in 43 55N 53 30W due to engine trouble, and returned to Halifax (listed in Convoy HX 76). * West Quechee became the British Empire Panther in 1940. ** Towa is listed as Swedish in the Commodore's notes. The commodore is not at all impressed with the ships' ability to keep station and speed, saying in his notes "on the whole the worst convoy I've had". Jutland and Fowberry Tower were the only ships that kept consistently good station. He adds: "Scottish Star, Adellen, Laurelwood who all took part in the prolonged night signalling on the 26th should be seriously warned. Though I think it quite possible that the masters themselves may have known nothing about it. There was no time on the morning of the 27 to investigate the matter by signal". Dalveen was sunk by aircraft on Sept. 28. Ocean Escorts: HMS Ascania (met off Halifax) until parting company at 20:00 GMT on Sept. 23, 53 57N 23 10W. More details on all the Norwegian ships named in this table can be found in the alphabetical ship lists of this website. To the next HX convoy in my list HX 74 |
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