Convoy HX 106 - Warsailors.com (original) (raw)

Convoy HX 106 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Jan. 30-1941 and arrived Liverpool on Febr. 18 (Arnold Hague also says 41 ships).

Received from Roger Griffiths, supplemented with info found in BHX 106 convoy form received from Tony Cooper, England (their source: Public Records Office, Kew).

30 of these ships had joined from Bermuda (BHX 106), escorted by HMS Maloja. Stations in parenthesis are the stations of the ships when still in the Bermuda section.

Further details have been added with the help of:
"Axis Submarine Successes of WW II", Jürgen Rohwer
"The World's Merchant Fleets", R. W. Jordan.

Am=American, Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Du=Dutch, Pa=Panmanian flag, Ca=Canadian
s=sunk, † = dead

11
Abercos
(Am)

21
Botavon
(Br)

31
Harpagus
(Br)

41
Cliona
(Br)

51
Topdalsfjord
(Norw)

61
San Fabian
(Br)

71 (91)
Ganges
general
Liverpool
(Br)

81 (32)
Miralda
crude oil
Loch Ewe
(Br)

91
Charlton Hall
(Br)

12 (11)
Temple Arch
lumber - wheat
Loch Ewe
(Br)

22
Nurtureton
(Br)

32 (31)
Oilfield
Pool gasoline
Loch Ewe
(Br)

42 (51)
Chama
diesel - acetone
Clyde
(Br)

52 (41)
Contractor
general - aircraft
Liverpool
(Br)

62 (71)
San Eliseo
Pool gas oil
Manchester
(Br)

72 (81)
Silveray
general - aircraft
Liverpool
(Br)

82 (82)
Leiesten
kerosene - diesel
Manchester
(Norw)

92 (83)
Edward F. Johnson
gasoline
Barry Roads
(Br)

13 (12)
Kheti
sugar
Loch Ewe
(Br)

23 (21)
Opalia
benzine - kerosene
Loch Ewe
(Br)

33 (43)
Cardium
Admiralty fuel
Loch Ewe
(Br)

43 (42)
Mirza
fuel oil
Clyde
(Du)

53 (53)
Malmanger
Admiralty fuel
Clyde
(Norw)

63
Evanger
(Norw)

73
Hørda
(Norw)

83 (92)
Hopemount *
crude oil
Holyhead f. o.
(Br)

93 (93)
Torborg
crude oil
Holyhead f. o.
(Norw)

14 (13)
Clea
fuel oil
Loch Ewe
s - 59†
(Br)

24 (22)
British Fortune
gas oil
Loch Ewe
(Br)

34 (33)
Garonne
gasoline
Loch Ewe
(Norw)

44 (54)
Capsa
Clyde
(Br)

54 (72)
Lodestone
wheat
Liverpool
(Br)

64
R. J. Cullen
(Ca)

74 (61)
Geo W. McKnight
fuel oil
Clyde
(Am/Pa)

84 (62)
Athelbeach
molasses
Greenock
(Br)

94 (73)
Arthur F. Corwin
gasoline - kerosene
Barry Roads
s - 46†
(Br)

15 (23)
Esturia
gasoline
Loch Ewe
(Br)

25 (44)
Mactra
crude oil
Loch Ewe
(Br)

35 (52)
Trelissick
general
Clyde f. o.
(Br)

45 (63)
Dover Hill
scrap iron
Clyde f. o.
(Br)

95 (74)
Laguna
Liverpool
(Br)

* Abercos had been cancelled from the slow Convoy SC 20. Became British Empire Ptarmigan in 1941, later Norwegian Norelg

Also, there's a note in connection with Convoy SC 21, saying that Holmbury, Lassell, Harlingen and El Aleto, sailing in that convoy, had originally been scheduled for HX 106.