Convoy HX 214 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

CONVOY HX 214 Departed New York City on Nov. 3-1942, and arrived Liverpool on the 18th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 27 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths (Advance Sailing Telegram and A 1 form) - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

The ships are listed in the order in which they appear on the various documents.

Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined ships returned to port.

For info, some of the ships in this convoy are also listed in the westbound Convoy ON 153 in Dec.-1942 (see also ON 155 and KMS 6).

Ship

Nationality

Cargo

Station

Destination

Remarks

Umgeni

British

refrig. - 86 passengers - mail

Liverpool

From HX 213
Vice Commodore vessel

City of Exeter

general

Liverpool

Collided with Atlantic
returned to port - (see notes)
Sailed in HX 215

Ocean Angel

general

Glasgow

Put into Halifax
To HX 215 - did not sail
Joined HX 216 - returned to port
Sailed in HX 218

Empire Plover

general

Newcastle

–

Charles F. Meyer

Tanker W

Avonmouth

–

Athelregent

Tanker W
molasses

Liverpool

–

Tongariro

general - refrig. - mail

Cardiff

–

Kaipaki

general - refrig. - mail

Avonmouth

–

Fort McMurray

wheat - timber - metal

London

–

Fort Stikine

metal - timber - acetone - mail

Manchester

–

~~Clan Farquhar~~

refrig. - wheat - lead - mail

–

Liverpool

To HX 215 - did not sail
Sailed in HX 216

Levernbank

wheat - ore

102

Barry Dock / Swansea

–

Empire Chivalry

sugar

Liverpool

–

Argos Hill

general

101

Liverpool

From HX 213

Hilary

general

Liverpool

Commodore vessel

Empire Reynolds

Tanker W
1 passenger

Manchester

–

Nicania

Tanker W

Stanlow

–

~~Meline~~

Norwegian

Tanker B

–

London (Shellhaven)

–

~~Høegh Silvercloud~~

none given

–

not for U.K.

–

Texas Sun

American

Tanker B

Dingle

–

~~Gulf of Mexico~~

Tanker W

–

Swansea

–

Sinclair Opaline

Tanker B

Mersey f. o.

–

~~Franz Klasen~~

Panamanian

Tanker W

–

Old Kilpatrick

–

Winkler

Tanker W

Bowling / Ardrossan

–

~~Kolsnaren~~

Swedish

sugar - 1 passenger

–

Greenock

–

~~Thalatta~~

Norwegian

sugar - 4 passengers - mail

–

Liverpool

–

~~Bohemian Club~~

American

Tanker W

–

Stanlow

–

Molda

Norwegian

general

Liverpool

From HX 213

~~Ganymedes~~

Dutch

general

–

Milford Haven f. o.

Sailed in HX 215

Evita

Norwegian

Tanker B

Avonmouth

From HX 213

Brimanger

general

Liverpool

–

Villanger

general - refrig.

Belfast Dock / Cardiff

–

~~Kollbjørg~~

Tanker W

–

Avonmouth

From HX 213
To HX 215 - did not sail
Sailed in HX 216

~~Blommersdijk~~

Dutch

sugar

–

Liverpool

–

N. T. Nielsen Alonso

Norwegian

Tanker B

Clyde

–

Atlantic

Tanker B

Clyde

Collision with City of Exeter
Put into Halifax - see notes

Joining (from Halifax?) at noon Nov 6 43 26N 61 07W

Asbjørn

Danish / Canadian Gov. 1940

general - mail

–

Holyhead / Manchester

From HX 213
Not on A 1 form
(station not known)

Stuart Prince

British

general - mail

–

Liverpool

Not on A 1 form
(station not known)

Bayano

general - mail

–

Liverpool

~~Idefjord~~

Norwegian

general - mail

–

Glasgow

Sailed in HX 215

Tucurinca

British

general - mail

–

Milford Haven / Southampton

Not on A 1 form
(station not known)

Grey County

Norwegian

general

–

Avonmouth

Additionally, the A 1 form lists the following ships (not mentioned in Advance Sailing Telegram):
Fort Townshend, station 23, detached for Halifax at 08:30 on Nov. 6, escorted by Kamsack (43 17N 61 53W)
USS Pontiac, station 21, USS Laramie, station 22, both detached for St. John's on Nov. 7.

Notes:
Commodore T. L. Owen, R.N.R. was in Hilary, Vice Commodore was the captain of Umgeni.
2 Rear Commodore's vessels are named, namely Fort McMurray and Nicania.

Average speed: 8.7 knots. (Daily positions of convoy at 08:00 BST are available on request).

The Commodore's notes are in a very tiny handwriting, and hard to decipher in places, but here's what I can make out:

City of Exeter returned to port following a collision with Atlantic off Ambrose Lightship on Nov. 3.
Ocean Angel left convoy on Nov. 4 with damage caused by ? derrick, in the company of escort Timmins (position looks like 40 01N 69 06W, and time 10:45).
Atlantic was sent into Halifax on Nov. 6 - unable to maintain convoy speed.
Athelregent also had problems with maintaining speed, due to engine defects, but appears to have remained with the convoy.
Fort McMurray and Empire Plover detached for Loch Ewe on Nov. 16.
N. T. Nielsen Alonso and Winkler detached for Glasgow on Nov. 17.
Charles F. Meyer, Evita, Tucurinca, Levernbank, Kaipaki, Tongariro, Villanger and Grey County detached for ?(Belfast?) on Nov. 17.

Argos Hill smoked very badly, as did Villanger and Brimanger (all had flames coming from their funnels on occasion).

Escort Vessels:
Timmins (left at 10:45 Nov. 4), Kamsack (left at 08:30 Nov. 6)- Buxton, Wanderer, Three Rivers (these 3 left at noon Nov. 6)
Mansfield, Matapedia, Moncton, Granby (all joined at noon Nov. 6), Caldwell
Clover, Anemone, Borage, Abelia, Pennywort (all joined at 08:00, Nov. 8), Highlander, Beverly (both joined at noon Nov. 8) - left at various times Nov. 8 and Nov. 17.
(There may have been more, but I can't decipher their names. One - Narvik? joined on Nov. 17).

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