Convoy HX 14 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

Convoy HX 14 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Dec. 29-1939 and arrived Liverpool on Jan. 12-1940 (Arnold Hague agrees with 40 ships).

Transcribed from original documents received from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).

Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Fr=French, Am=American, Gr=Greek

11
Saranac
gasoline
Avonmouth
(Br)
See Notes

21
Queen Adelaide
flour
Avonmouth
(Br)

31
Kenbane Head
general
Belfast
(Br)

41
Queen Anne
grain
Liverpool
(Br)

51
Bonheur
general
Manchester
(Br)

61
Dallas City
Hull
(Br)

81
Grayburn
flour
London
(Br)

91
Vaclite
lub oil
London
(Br)

12
Luculus
lub oil
Avonmouth
(Br)

22
Swiftpool
wheat
Liverpool
(Br)

32
Penrose
scrap iron
Ardrossan
(Br)

52
El Oso
crude oil
sunk
Liverpool
(Br)
See Notes

62
Bridgepool
grain
Hull
(Br)

72
Vancouver
gasoline
Southampton
(Br)

82
Reginolite
crude oil
Southampton
(Br)

92
H. H. Rogers
crude oil
Southampton
(Am)

13
Blairmore
timber
Cardiff
(Br)
See Notes

23
Bristol City
general
Swansea
(Br)

33
Winamac
fuel oil
Clyde
(Br)

43
Ridley
cotton - steel
Liverpool
(Br)

53
New
Westminster City
pig iron - cotton
Manchester
(Br)

63
Athelsultan
fuel oil
Devonport
(Br)

73
Limousin*
crude oil
Le Havre
(Fr)

83
H. M. Flagler
crude oil
Le Havre
(Am)

93
Wellfield
fuel oil
Portsmouth
(Br)

14
Baron Pentland
timber
Cardiff
(Br)

24
Montreal City
general
Milford Haven
(Br)

34
Baron Lovat
timber
Belfast
(Br)

44
Benedick
crude oil
Bordeaux
(Br)

54
South American
(Am*)

64
El Ciervo
Adm. fuel
Scapa
(Br)

74
Keramiai
wheat
London
(Gr)

84
Tacoma City
grain
Liverpool
(Br)

94
Horn Shell
fuel oil
(Br)

25
Baron Douglas
steel
Newport
(Br)

35
Grelhead
grain
Leith
(Br)

85
Brookwood
wheat
Manchester
(Br)

95
Inverilen
London
(Br)

* Limousin in station 73 was the ex Nore.

*According to Arnold Hague, the ship in station 54 was the Norwegian South America, cargo of lub oil for Verdon.