Convoy HX 226 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 226
Departed New York on Febr. 8-1943 and arrived Liverpool on the 24th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 43 ships in this convoy.
| Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. The ships are listed in the order in which they appear on the various documents. A 1 form is not available to me and, therefore, I don't have the station numbers of these ships. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Fordsdale | British | frozen - general | Belfast Dock / Avonmouth | – |
| " | wheat - ore - mail | Belfast f. o. | From HX 224 Listed in HX 228 - Returned to port | |
| Dromore | " | general | Manchester | From HX 225 |
| Clan Macilwraith | " | general | Hull | – |
| " | Tanker W | Stanlow | – | |
| " | Tanker W | Avonmouth | – | |
| Basil | " | general | Avonmouth | – |
| Empire Cobbett | " | Tanker W | Mersey | – |
| Rimutaka | " | frozen - general - 191 passengers - mail | Avonmouth | – |
| Wayfarer | " | sugar | Liverpool | – |
| Henry Dundas | " | Tanker W | Avonmouth | – |
| " | general - mail | Clyde | See HX 228 | |
| Shirrabank | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Fort Yale | " | lumber - general | Swansea / Southampton | – |
| Egyptian Prince | " | general - 3 passengers - mail | London | Put back to Halifax |
| " | general | Leith | See HX 228 | |
| Cordillera | " | frozen | Liverpool | – |
| British Character | " | Tanker W | Bowling / Ardrossan | – |
| British Gratitude | " | Tanker B | Dublin | – |
| British Tenacity | " | Tanker B | Stanlow | – |
| Port Chalmers | " | general - 22 passengers | Liverpool | – |
| Pacific Enterprise | " | general - 15 passengers | Cardiff | Vice Commodore |
| " | Tanker W | Avonmouth | Listed in HX 228 | |
| Maya | Honduran | refrig. - 9 passengers | Glasgow | – |
| Katy | Norwegian | Tanker W | Stanlow | – |
| O. M. Bernuth | American | Tanker W | Stanlow | – |
| Taria | Dutch | Tanker B | Avonmouth | From HX 225 |
| Norwegian | general | Liverpool | Listed in HX 228 | |
| Delhi | Swedish | steel | Tyne | – |
| Dutch | steel - general | Clyde f. o. | Listed in HX 228 | |
| Norwegian | Tanker W | Stanlow | – | |
| Contessa | Honduran | 184 passengers | Barry Dock | – |
| John Lykes | American | general | Newport | – |
| Ville D'Anvers | Belgian | general - 134 passengers - mail | Glasgow | – |
| British | wheat | Manchester | Listed in HX 228 | |
| Robert F. Hand | " | Tanker W | Swansea | – |
| Désirade | French / MOWT 1940 | frozen - general - mail | Cardiff | From HX 225 |
| Laurits Swenson | Norwegian | general | Swansea | Commodore Vessel |
| Silverwalnut | British | refrig. - general - 4 passengers - mail | Liverpool | – |
| Norsktank | Norwegian | Admiralty tanker | Clyde | From HX 225 Straggled - went to St. John's |
| Fort Fraser | British | grain | London | – |
| American | troops | Iceland | From HX 225 Listed in HX 228 | |
| Elisabeth Bakke | Norwegian | none given | Halifax | – |
| Pennsylvania Sun | American | none given | Halifax | – |
| Sunoil | " | none given | Halifax | – |
| Joining from Halifax (sailed Febr. 10) | ||||
| Daghestan | British | grain | Liverpool | From HX 225 |
| Modavia | " | general | Milford Haven / Southampton | (Sunk by E-boat after arrival U.K. - Febr. 27) |
| Carrillo | American | refrig. - general - passengers | Liverpool | From HX 225 |
| Norefjord | Norwegian | flour | Liverpool | – |
| Cairnvalona | British | general | Manchester | Returned to Halifax |
| The following ships are added by hand on the same document, but may have originated in New York? | ||||
| Patrick Henry | American | general | Clyde f. o. | – |
| Idefjord | Norwegian | general | Garston | – |
| Raphael Semmes | American | general - passengers | Liverpool | – |
| Pan-Delaware | " | Tanker W | Avonmouth | – |
| Fjordaas | Norwegian | Tanker B | Clyde | From HX 225 |
| G. Harrison Smith | American | Tanker B | Clyde | From HX 225 |
| Atenas | " | general - passengers - mail | Garston | – |
| Thorshøvdi | Norwegian | Tanker B | Scapa | – |
| Fluor Spar | American | general | Mersey / Manchester | – |
| Betty Zane | " | General | Liverpool | – |
Notes:
Commodore Rear Admiral H. C. Rawlings was in Norwegian Laurits Swenson, Vice Commodore in Pacific Enterprise.
Commodore's notes are not available
Will be added: HX 227
To the next HX convoy available in my list HX 228
| 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 |
