Convoy HX 113 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 113
Departed Halifax on March 5-1941 and arrived Liverpool on the 21st.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 27 ships in this convoy.
(Will be updated - please compare with A. Hague's listing for this convoy at ships in all HX convoys. See also HX escorts).
| Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths (Advance Sailing Telegrams and A 1 Forms) - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. The ships are listed in the order in which they appear on the various documents. | |||||
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Station | Destination | Remarks |
| Bermuda Section - Sailed March 3 or 4-1941 Joined Halifax portion at 10:30 March 8 | |||||
| Acavus | British | Tanker B gas - diesel oil | B 71 | London | In station 73 of combined convoy |
| Amsterdam | Dutch | Tanker W gasoline - kerosene | B 51 | London | In station 33 of combined convoy |
| Norwegian | Adm. tanker B | – | Clyde | Also cancelled from HX 114 and HX 115 Sailed in HX 116 | |
| " | general - airplanes | – | Liverpool | Also cancelled from HX 114 | |
| British Prestige | British | Tanker W motor spirit - kerosene | B 81 | Belfast | In station 74 of combined convoy |
| British Yeoman | " | Adm. tanker fuel oil | B 21 | Clyde | In station 23 of combined convoy |
| Brønnøy | Norwegian | sugar | B 91 | Liverpool | From HX 112 In station 84 of combined convoy |
| British | Tanker B | – | London | Sailed in HX 114 | |
| Norwegian | Tanker B | – | Clyde | From HX 112 Also cancelled from HX 114 Sailed in HX 116 | |
| " | Tanker W | – | Avonmouth | From HX 112 Sailed in HX 114 - sunk | |
| Oporto | British | sugar | B 11 | London | From HX 112 In station 13 of combined convoy |
| " | Tanker W | – | Killingholme | Sailed in HX 114 | |
| " | Tanker B | – | London | Also cancelled from HX 114 (and HX 117) | |
| Solsten | Norwegian | Tanker W gasoline - kerosene | B 31 | Milford Haven/Plymouth | In station 42 of combined convoy |
| Surrey | British | Refrig. - general | B 41 | Glasgow | In station 53 of combined convoy |
| Tigre | Norwegian | wool - steel - sugar - refrig. | B 61 | Liverpool | In station 63 of combined convoy |
| Halifax Section | |||||
| Empire Razorbill | British | steel - special | London | From HX 112 | |
| Benedick | " | Tanker B fuel oil | 31 | London | From HX 112 |
| " | Tanker W | – | Avonmouth | From HX 112 Sailed in HX 114 | |
| Dagrun | Norwegian | grain | 82 | Avonmouth | From HX 112 |
| Romney | British | grain | 22 | London | From HX 112 |
| Barrington Court | " | grain | 72 | Liverpool | – |
| " | steel - scrap iron | – | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 114 | |
| " | grain | – | Hull | Listed in SC 25 | |
| Greek | wheat | – | Belfast for degaussing, then Avonmouth | Listed in SC 25 | |
| Torfinn Jarl | Norwegian | pulp wood - steel | 62 | Preston | – |
| British | steel - lumber | – | Mersey | Sailed in HX 115 | |
| Bradburn | " | wheat | 81 | Avonmouth | – |
| Empire Lightning | " | steel - scrap iron - ammunition | 41 | Oban, then Middlesbrough | – |
| " | grain | – | London | Sailed in HX 114 | |
| Agia Marina | Greek | grain | Liverpool | – | |
| King Frederick | British | grain | 61 | Manchester | – |
| Breedijk | Dutch | general - bombs | Glasgow | – | |
| Wanstead | British | grain | 12 | London | – |
| " | grain | – | Swansea | Sailed in HX 115 | |
| " | general - special | – | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 116 | |
| Greek | Sulphur | Garston | Sailed in HX 114 | ||
| " | steel - scrap iron | – | Swansea | Sailed in HX 114 | |
| Dalfram | British | steel | 52 | River Mersey | – |
| Dutch | steel - scrap iron | – | Hulll | Listed in SC 25 | |
| Lylepark | British | steel - special | 11 | London | From HX 112 |
| Norwegian | lumber | – | Boston | From HX 112 Sailed in HX 114 | |
| British | grain | – | Leith | Sailed in HX 114 | |
| " | grain | – | Avonmouth | Listed in SC 25 | |
| " | grain | – | Leith | Listed in SC 25 | |
| Nicoya | " | meats - 4 Hurricanes | 21 | Leith, then London | – |
| Lancastrian Prince | " | general | 71 | Manchester | – |
| Dorelian | " | general - explosives | 51 | Clyde | – |
| Salando * | Dutch | steel | 83 | Newport | * Should this be Salland? |
| Additionally, there's a Labette listed on the A 1 form, (crossed out from station 53, replaced by Surrey from Bermuda section) - not mentioned in Advance Sailing Telegrams. Labette shows up again in HX 114, but returned to Halifax for boiler repairs (listed as sailing in HX 117). "Convoy Rescue Ships" by Arnold Hague says that the Rescue Vessel Hontestroom was with this convoy from March 17 until March 21. |
Notes:
18 ships from Halifax, 9 from Bermuda
Loch Ewe portion parted company on March 20 (early morning hrs - just after midnight? Difficult to decipher) - 58 1(?)0N 05 59W.
Empire Lightning left for Oban at 16:10 on March 20 - 56 15N 07 27W.
Commodore W. Mackenzie was in Dorelian, Vice Commodore in Nicoya.
Commodore to Liverpool: In Lancastrian Prince
To Barry: In Bradburn.
Commodore says station keeping was very good except British Prestige who frequently fell astern without due cause and Agia Marina, who could not keep up. Dalfram "exceptionally good".
The Convoy was 7 hours late at rendezvous on March 17 due to a gale the night before.
Escorts: Alaunia (from Halifax until 12:00 on March 16), French, Bittersweet.
HMS Royal Sovereign met at 11:30 on March 13(?)
Hontestroom (Rescue Vessel) and Welland? joined at 16:00 on March 17. The rest of the escorts are elligible.
Air Escort through March 18, 19 and 20.
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 114
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| L | M | N | O | PQ | R | Sa–Sc | Se–Sj | Sk–Sn | So |
| Sp–St | Su–Sø | Ta–Te | Th–Ti | To | Tr–Tø | U | V | W | Ø |
