Convoy HX 176 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

List received from Ted Agar (His source: A diary. Although the information is usually incomplete, as in this case, I consider the diary valuable and important in and of itself and, therefore, I've chosen to transcribe it and keep it "as is" on this website, adding further details and/or corrections from other sources separately, rather than within the form itself [except for cargoes], as seen below).

Cargoes have been extracted from a document received from D. Kindell, based on the late Arnold Hague's database - see his listing for HX 176 at Ships in all HX convoys.

Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Pa=Panamanian, Bel=Belgian, Sw=Swedish.

11
Neleus
grain - general
(Br)

21
Marquesa
refrig.
111 mails
5 passengers
(Br)

31
Waroonga
refrig. - general
(Br)

41
Tanker
(?)

51
Freighter
(Br)

61
James J. Maguire
benzine
(Br)

71
Tanker
(Br)

81
Freighter
(?)

91
Ruahine
refrig.
103 mails
30 passengers
(Br)

Also, according to notes for Convoy SC 71, the Norwegian Kaia Knudsen and the British Empire Moonbeam, sailing in that convoy, originally came from HX 176.

According to Arnold Hague (via Ships in all HX convoys), the above un-named ships were as follows:
In station 41 - The British Donovania, cargo of petrol
In station 51 - The British Tucurinca, refrig, general, 10 passengers
In station 71 - The British Empire Bronze, cargo of petrol
In station 81 - The British Port Alma, refrig., general, 10 passengers
In station 22 - The British Tudor Prince, general cargol
In station 32 - The Norwegian Trondheim, cargo of petrol
In station 42 - The Norwegian Haakon Hauan, cargo of paraffin
In station 52 - The British Megara, cargo of dieso (from SC 69 and SC 70) - returned, sailed in HX 177
In station 62 - The Norwegian Olaf Bergh (from HX 175), general cargo
In station 72 - The Norwegian Marit II, cargo of crude oil
In station 82 - The Norwegian Norefjord (from HX 175), general cargo
In station 23 - The Swedish Gdynia, general cargo
In station 33 - The British Silverbeech, general cargo, 175 mails
In station 63 - The British British Character, cargo of petrol
In station 73 - The British Empire Pearl, cargo of petrol
He has no ship in station 13, but he has the Panamanian El Estero in station 12, general cargo - straggled. For info, she later joined Convoy PQ 13 to Murmansk in March-1942, returning with Convoy QP 11

*Also, A. Hague has some ships in stations where none are listed in the diary, as follows:
In station 92 - The British Asphalion (refrig., general, 68 mails)
In station 53 - The British British Diligence (cargo of petrol)