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CONVOY SC 99

Convoy SC 99 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Sept. 5-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 20th (Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 59 ships)
Form received from Ted Agar. (His source: A diary, which shows ships joining for Halifax only).

Cargoes have been extracted from a document received from D. Kindell, based on Arnold Hague's database. See his listing for SC 99 at Ships in all SC convoys.

The stations given are the initial stations on departure; these may have changed as the voyage progressed.

Underlined ships returned to port (according to A. Hague), except those that are linked, which will automatically be underlined.

Some of these ships had been cancelled from the previous convoy, SC 98, others from earlier convoys.

Br=British, Am=American, Du=Dutch, Norw=Norwegian, Ice=Icelandic, Yug=Yugoslavian, Gr=Greek, Sw=Swedish, Pa=Panamanian, Fr=French.
MoWT=Ministry of War Transport, RV=Rescue Vessel

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
11
Norwalk
general
Iceland
(Am)
21
Yukon
general
Iceland
(Am)
31
Hugh Williamson
general
Iceland
(Am)
41
Selvistan
grain
(Br)
51
Empire Cranmer
general
(Br)
61
Empire Bunting
general
(Br)
71
Baron Fairlie
general
(Br)
81
Empire Opossum
steel - cotton
(Br)
91
Ferncliff
steel - general
(Norw)
101
Empire Planet
general
(Br)
111
Algic
steel - general
(Am)
12
El Lago
general
Iceland
(Pa)
22
Katendrecht
petrol
Iceland
(Du)
32
Delsud
general
Iceland
(Am)
42
Timok
steel - pulp
(Yug)
52
Empire Impala
steel - general
(Br)
62
Scottish Musician
FFO
(Br)
72
Spinanger
FFO
(Norw)
82
Pencarrow
steel - timber
(Br)
92
Astrid
wood pulp
(Norw)
102
Lancaster
general - steel
(Am)
112
Norse King
general
(Norw)
13
Northern Sword
general
Iceland
(Am)
23
Chester Valley
general
Iceland
(Am)
33
John H. B. Latrobe
general
Iceland
(Am)
43
Jobshaven
lumber
(Du)
53
Norjerv
steel
(Norw)
63
Fort Lamy
general
(Fr / MoWT 1940)
73
Sir James Clark Ross
FFO
(Norw)
83
Evanger
general
(Norw)
93
Parkhaven
general
(Du)
103
Neva
lumber
(Sw)
113
Pacific
general
(Sw)
14
Puerto Rican
general
Iceland
(Am)
24
J. L. M. Curry
general
Iceland
(Am)
34
William Clark
general
Iceland
(Am)
44
Bollsta
lumber
(Norw)
54
Empire Wyclif
general
(Br)
64
Becheville
general
(Br)
74
Harpefjell
general
(Norw)
84
Cantal
general
(Fr / MoWT 1941)
94
Kofresi
refrig. - general
(Am)
104
Vojvoda Putnik
general
(Yug)
114
Armathia
steel - lumber
(Gr)
15 25
Larranga
general
Iceland
(Am)
35
Dettifoss
general
(Ice)
45
Ballot
general
(Pa)
55
Nicolaos Michalos
steel - lumber
(Gr)
65
Evinos
grain
(Gr)
75
Stockport
(Br)
RV
85 95
Dinara
general
(Yug)
105
Venus
general
(Du)
115
Pacific, which returned to port (Sydney, C.B.), joined Convoy SC 101, but returned again, later joined SC 107 (see this page). Ballot also joined SC 101.

When comparing this with A. Hague's listing for SC 99 at Ships in all SC convoys, we see that he agrees on the whole with the information in the diary, but he has also added some ships that are not mentioned in the diary, as follows:
The British Bretwalda, cargo of grain and general
The British Empire Gale, cargo of grain
The Norwegian Fana - general cargo
The Norwegian Henrik Ibsen, cargo of steel and general
The Norwegian Ledaal, cargo of steel and pulp
The Greek Nadin, cargo of steel and lumber
All of the above joined from Sydney, C.B. (no station number)

In station 85 - The British King Gruffydd, general cargo

The ship in station 21 is listed as USS Yukon.

He says Dettifoss detached on Sept. 15, arrived Reykjavik on the 17th.



The ships left Halifax in the following order (according to the diary):
The first to leave at 14:40 was Empire Bunting (Commodore ship), followed at 14:45 by Evanger, then with a few minutes between each ship, Hugh Williamson, Norwalk, El Largo, Delsud, Norse King, Baron Fairlie, Ferncliff, Algic, Katendrecht, John H. B. Latrobe, Parkhaven, Chester Valley, Jobshaven, Dettifoss, J. L. M. Curry, Northern Sword, William Clark, Dinara, Larranga, Empire Impala, Spinanger, Selvistan, Scottish Musician, Empire Cranmer, Ballot, Vojvoda Putnik (YTFD), Astrid (ex Empire Pilgrim), Lancaster, Yukon (U.S. transport or supply ship - F9), Puerto Rican, Armathia, Nicolaos Michalos, Neva, Stockport, Empire Opossum, Fort Lamy, Bollsta, Timok, Empire Wyclif, Norfern(? should probably be Norjerv) - then for some reason, Evanger is listed again with the time 17:16, followed by Harpefjell, Becheville, Pencarrow, Pacific, Kofresi, Sir James Clark Ross, Evinos, Venus, Empire Planet, and the last to go out at 18:50 was Cantal.

Stockport (requisitioned July 8-1941) was on her 6th voyage as Rescue Vessel, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 122 on Aug. 16 (to Halifax Sept. 1), then returned with SC 99 from Halifax Sept. 5 to Clyde Sept. 20. ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague).

A. Hague names the following escorts (extracted from this list of SC convoy escorts, also received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year):
Annapolis - From 05/09/42 to 09/09/42
Battleford - From 09/09/42 to 19/09/42
Brantford - From - 05/09/42 to 09/09/42
Chambly - From 09/09/42 to 19/09/42
Chilliwack - From 09/09/42 to 19/09/42
Eyebright - From 09/09/42 to 19/09/42
Man o'War - From 19/09/42 to 20/09/42
Moncton - From 05/09/42 to 09/09/42
Napanee - From 09/09/42 to 19/09/42
Orillia - From 09/09/42 to 19/09/42
Regina - From 05/09/42 to 09/09/42
Rosthern - From 09/09/42 to 19/09/42
St. Francis - From 09/09/42 to 19/09/42
USCGC Duane - 12/09/42
USS Leary - 12/09/42
USS Schenck - 15/09/42
Witch - From 05/09/42 to 09/09/42

Related external link:
The Empire Ships - More info on the Empire Ships sailing in Convoy SC 99.

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