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CONVOY SC 96
(Will be updated - please compare with A. Hague's listing for this convoy at ships in all SC convoys. See also SC escorts).

Departed Halifax on Aug. 11-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 27th
(Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 27 ships)

Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

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

MOWT = Ministry of War Transport.

Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Peleus
Greek
grain
London
Selvik
Norwegian
lumber
Mersey
Glaisdale
British
general
Hull
From SC 95
Meline
Norwegian
Tanker B
Belfast f. o.
From SC 95
Listed in HX 203
Empire Liberty
British
phosphates
Glasgow
Commodore Vessel
Pacific
Swedish
general - 10 passengers
Cardiff
To SC 97 - did not sail
To SC 98 - did not sail
Listed in SC 99
Rinos
Greek
general
Hull
Opalia
British
Tanker W
Manchester
Roxby
"
general
Swansea (Southampton)
H. M. Flagler
Panamanian
Tanker B
Lamlash / Ardrossan
Lobos
British
tin - general
Liverpool
Don
Norwegian
flour
Port of Bristol
From SSC 95
Trompenberg
Dutch
lumber
Sharpness
Cities Service Koolmotor
American
Adm. tanker B
Londonderry
Hallfried
Norwegian
steel - timber
Newport
Returned to port (St. John's)
Listed in WSC 98
Dunsley
British
steel - general
Belfast f. o.
Returned to Halifax
(boiler repairs)
Listed in SC 97
Daghild
Norwegian
Adm. tanker B
Scapa
From Sydney, C.B. - SSC 96
Sailed Aug. 12
Iron Baron
Norwegian
grain
London
From SSC 95
Borgholm
"
lumber
Great Yarmouth
Margarita Chandris
Greek
grain - trucks
Avonmouth
From SSC 95
Mimosa
"
lumber
Hull
Ramø
Norwegian
flour L/C
Leith
Akabahra
"
flour
Bristol
Listed in SC 97
Danby
British
grain - trucks
Hull
Kathariotisa
Greek
lumber
Methil d. g. test / London
Listed in SC 97
Lago
Norwegian
flour L/C
Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
Lido
"
flour L/C
Liverpool
Forbin
French / MOWT 1940
general L/C
Hull
Gezina
Norwegian
lumber
Grimsby
Sälen
Swedish
general
Avonmouth
Joined from Halifax?
(See notes in form below)
From Newfoundland - WSC 96
Sailed Aug. 15
Ruth I
Norwegian
newsprint
Belfast f. o.
From SC 95
Dago II
Latvian / MOWT 1940
lumber - pulp
Belfast Dock
To WSC 97 - did not sail
Listed in WSC 98
Ilissos
Greek
iron ore
Cardiff
Marsa
British
iron ore
Middlesbrough
Snar
Norwegian
iron ore
Newport

Cruising Order - Halifax ships only
Received from Ted Agar, England. His source: Halifax diary.
A couple of years ago, Ted Agar sent me 2 forms re. Convoy SC 96. At the time, it was believed that the ships in the second form below were part of this convoy, but as can be seen they are not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram. This first form had a notation attached (written by the author of the diary, on which the information is based) saying the following "An earlier convoy sailed today as follows:"... then these ships were named. As can be seen, some (but not all) of these correspond to what can be found in the Advance Sailing Telegram, but at the time when Ted sent them to me, he thought perhaps they belonged to a southbound convoy, and not to SC 96. However, it now looks like they did indeed sail with SC 96, while the ships in the 2nd form did not. In fact, the latter group left port that day in order to join Convoy HS 40 for Sydney, C.B. (external link). The Norwegian Garnes is also included in that convoy.

This form shows the Halifax ships only, Sydney, C.B. and Newfoundland portions are not included.

Peleus and Hallfried are not mentioned and, therefore, station numbers are not known (or perhaps Abelous is a mis-spelling of Peleus, and Shalind a misinterpretation of the name Hallfried?).

These stations would have been the pendants flown on departure Halifax, and stations may have changed as the voyage progressed.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
Rinos
21
Daghild
31
Cities Service Fuel*
(Am)
41
Opalia
51
Empire Liberty
61
Lobos
71
Dunsley
81
Pacific
91
Trompenberg
12
Garnes*
(Norw)
22
Selvik
32
Abelous
(? see note above)
42
H. M. Flagler
52
Glaisdale
62
Roxby
72
Shalind
(? see note above)
82
Don
92
13
23
33
Moyra**
(Br)
43
Sälen
53 63 73 83 93
* The AST lists a Cities Service Koolmotor, but no Cities Service Fuel.

* As mentioned, Garnes left port that day in order to join Convoy HS 40, not SC 96.

** Moyra is not included in the Advance Sailing Telegram for SC 96.

The fact that Sälen is included on this form, indicates that she joined from Halifax, and not from Sydney C.B. (Note that Sälen is listed as Mälaren - her previous name - in some earlier convoys on this website)



Notes:
Commodore was in Empire Liberty.

Dunsley returned to port the following day (Aug. 12) and subesequently joined SC 97.

According to the Halifax diary, there was also a ship named Ashby that went out with the above ships - no pendant number is given.

The first ship to leave, Empire Liberty, had gone out at 11:30 that morning, and the last to leave at 14:00 was Sälen - no times are given for the other ships.

Second form from T. Agar
Again, none of these ships are included in the Advance Sailing Telegram for SC 96, but as already mentioned in my text for the form above, they left port that day in order to join Convoy HS 40 for Sydney, C.B. (external link), that is, all except Canatco. Several of them later joined Convoy SC 98, some are listed in SC 99.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
11
Empire Eve
(Br)
21
Point San Pedro
(Am)
31
Timok
(Yug)
41
Cantal
(Fr / MOWT 1941)
51
Tennessee
(Br *)
61
Fairfax
(Am)
71
Ellenor
(Am)
12
Ragnhild **
(Da / Br)
22
Kirsten B
(Norw)
32
Euthalia
(Gr)
42
Canatco
(Ca)
52
Sarnolite
(Ca)
62
Aeas
(Gr)
72
Argolikos
(Gr)
13
Bollsta
(Norw)
23
Evelyn B
(Br)
33
Aikaterini T
(Gr)
43
Ledaal
(Norw)
53
Nadin
(Gr)
63
Selvistan
(Br)
73
Narocz
(Po)


Notes for the above form:
* Tennessee is listed as Norwegian, but this ship could not have been in this convoy because she was lost in 1940. However, there was a Danish ship by this name which was taken over by MOWT in June-1940, torpedoed and sunk in Sept.-1942, having straggled from Convoy SC 100, which left Halifax on Sept. 12.

** Ragnhild is listed as a British freighter, formerly Danish, but I can't quite get this to fit. According to R. W. Jordan's "The World's Merchat Fleets 1939" the Danish Ragnhild became Panamanian Leonatus in 1941. There was a Norwegian Ragnhild (ex Empire Carey), but there's some confusion as to when this ship was completed and taken over by Nortraship, as will be seen when clicking on the link to my page about Ragnhild. This ship is listed in Convoy SC 98, leaving Halifax on Aug. 29.

The ships went out in the following order:
The first to leave at 14:10 was Ellenor, followed at 16:30 by Cantal, then with a few minutes between each ship, Fairfax, Timok, Kirsten B, Evelyn B, Narocz, Sarnolite, Argolikos, Empire Eve (Catapult freighter), Aeas, Point San Pedro, Bollsta, Ledaal, Canatco, Aikaterini T, Ragnhild, Tennessee, Selvistan, Euthalia, and Nadin as the last ship at 17:51.

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