Convoy HX 124 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 124
Departed Halifax on Apr. 30-1941 and arrived Liverpool on May 20 according to Arnold Hague
(Commodore's Narrative for Convoy SC 30, which sailed in company with HX 124, gives arrival Bar Light Vessel on May 22)
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 36 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 - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. The A 1 form is not available to me, and therefore, I don't know the ships' stations in the convoy, nor do I have the Commodore's notes. The ships are listed in the order in which they appear on the various documents. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Aalsum | Dutch | steel - scrap iron - 4 aircraft | Belfast / Glasgow | – |
| Varand | British | Tanker W | London (Shellhaven) | From HX 123 |
| King Lud | " | nitrates | Newport | From HX 123 |
| Korsholm | Swedish | sulphur | Glasgow | From HX 123 |
| Pacific Enterprise | British | general - 9 aircraft | Liverpool / Manchester | From HX 123 |
| Norwegian | general | Belfast | Sailed in HX 125 | |
| British | grain | London | Listed in SC 30 | |
| Wearwood | " | flour - grain | London | – |
| Swedish | lumber | Garston | To HX 126 - did not sail Listed in HX 129 | |
| Baron Ogilvy | British | steel - lumber | London | – |
| Norwegian | Tanker B | Belfast | Sailed in HX 125 | |
| Athelviscount | British | molasses | Hull | From HX 123 |
| Auditor | " | sugar - cotton - rum | London | – |
| Beaconstreet | " | Tanker B | London (Purfleet) | – |
| Delphinula | " | Tanker W | Avonmouth | – |
| Echodale | "? | Tanker W | Manchester | – |
| Norwegian | phosphates | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in HX 125 | |
| British | grain - flour | London | Sailed in HX 125 | |
| " | Tanker B | Milford Haven | Sailed in HX 125 | |
| Alchiba | Dutch | steel - explosives | Clyde | – |
| Atlantian | British | general - aircraft | Belfast / London | – |
| Algenib | Dutch | lumber - zinc | London | – |
| Daytonian | British | general - 2 aircraft | Belfast / Manchester | – |
| " | pig iron - scrap iron | Birkenhead | Became Norwegian Norfalk in 1942To HX 125 - did not sail To HX 126 - did not sail Listed in HX 128 | |
| Harmala | " | wheat | Avonmouth | Returned to Halifax (steering defects) Sailed in HX 125 |
| " | grain | Newcastle | Listed in SC 31 | |
| " | metal - lumber | Manchester | Sailed in HX 125 | |
| Vivi | Norwegian | Tanker W | Swansea | – |
| Barrington Court | British | grain | London | – |
| British Faith | " | Tanker W | Avonmouth | – |
| British Fortune | " | Tanker W | London (Thameshaven) | Later joined up with SC 30 |
| " | general | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 125 | |
| Botavon | " | scrap iron | Leith | – |
| Panamanian | general | Belfast f. o. | Joined SC 31 (see Notes in HX 126) | |
| British | general - 8 aircraft | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 125 | |
| Gitano | " | general | Hull | – |
| Kingswood | " | grain | Hull | – |
| " | general | Liverpool | To SC 31 - did not sail To SC 32 - did not sail Listed in SC 34 | |
| " | Tanker W | Manchester | Sailed in HX 125 | |
| " | wheat | Hull | Sailed in HX 125 | |
| Norwegian | sugar | Clyde f. o. | Sailed in HX 125 | |
| British | Tanker B | Clyde | Sailed in HX 125 | |
| " | refrig. - general | Clyde f. o. | Sailed in HX 125 | |
| British Industry | " | Tanker B | Reykjavik | – |
| Asbjørn | Danish / Can. Govt. 1940 | general - TNT | Holyhead | From HX 123 |
| Charlton Hall | British | grain | Avonmouth | From HX 122 |
| Vera Radcliffe | " | wheat | Hull | From HX 123 |
| Danish / MOWT 1941 | Tanker B | Avonmouth | Sailed in HX 125 | |
| British | general | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 125 | |
| Queen City | " | nitrates | London | From HX 123 |
| " | general | Liverpool | From HX 123 Joined HX 125 returned to Halifax for engine repairs Sailed in HX 126 | |
| Empire Steel | " | Tanker W | Avonmouth | From HX 123 |
| Madrono | Norwegian | Tanker B | Ardrossan | Defective degaussing From HX 123 |
| Pomella | British | Tanker B | Manchester | From HX 123 |
| Souliotis | Greek | steel - scrap iron | Ardrossan | From HX 123 |
| Redgate | British | grain | London | – |
| Norwegian | Adm. tanker B | Reykjavik | Also cancelled from HX 125 Sailed in HX 128 | |
| Morska Wola | Polish | general | Manchester | From SC 28*Later joined up with SC 30 |
| Empire Hawk | British | sulphur | Liverpool / Manchester | – |
| British Resolution | " | Tanker W | Hull | – |
| Aa–Al | An–Ar | As–Av | Ba | Be | Bi–Bl | Bo | Br–Bu | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | F | G | Ha | He | Hi–Hy | Hø | I | J | K |
| 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 |
