Convoy HX 273 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 273
Departed New York on Dec. 29-1943 and arrived Liverpool on Jan. 14-1944.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 45 ships in this convoy.
| Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. The ships are listed in the order in which they appear on the various documents. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Morgenen | Norwegian | Tanker B | Mersey | – |
| Spinanger | " | Tanker B | Heysham | – |
| " | Tanker B | Stanlow | Joined HX 274 Returned to port (collision) | |
| Dutch | Admiralty tanker B (planes) | Clyde | Joined HX 274 Returned to port (collision) | |
| British | refrig. - general | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in HX 274 | |
| Fort Marin | " | general | Milford Haven / Southampton | Commodore Vessel |
| Empire Flag | " | refrig. | Liverpool / London | – |
| Elona | " | general - Tanker W | Dingle | – |
| Empire Alliance | " | Tanker W | Stanlow | – |
| Empire Viscount | " | Tanker B (Captain Wilson) | Mersey / Stanlow | – |
| Fort Venago | " | lumber - general | Avonmouth | – |
| Athelvictor | " | Tanker W | Bromborough Dock | – |
| " | Admiralty tanker B | Clyde | To HX 274 - did not sail Listed in HX 277 | |
| Lucien B. Maxwell | American | sugar | London | Put back to St. John's Sailed in HX 276 |
| Edward P. Alexander | " | general | Manchester | To St. John's Sailed in HX 276 |
| Sun Yat Sen | " | Tanker W | Swansea | – |
| Atlanta City | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Alcoa Trader | " | general | W. Hartlepool | – |
| James Shields | " | general | Swansea | – |
| Louis Kossuth | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| Sebastian Viscaino | " | general | London | Put back to St. John's Listed in SC 152 |
| Lou Gehrig | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| John Mitchell | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Alexander H. Stephens | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Amos G. Throop | " | general | Hull | See link below |
| Thomas Heyward | " | general | Swansea | – |
| Alexander Hamilton | " | general | Liverpool | Put back to St. John's Sailed in HX 275 |
| Woodrow Wilson | " | general | Immingham | – |
| George E. Pickett | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Joel R. Poinsett | " | general | Milford Haven / Southampton | – |
| William James | " | general | Clyde / Liverpool | – |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in HX 274 | |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | To HX 274 - did not sail Sailed in HX 275 | |
| " | general | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 274 | |
| George P. Garrison | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Minnesotan | " | general | Tyne | To St. John's Sailed in HX 276 |
| Solarium | British | Tanker W | Clyde | – |
| Joseph Goldberger | American | Tanker B | Milford Haven | – |
| Maya | Honduran | refrig. | Avonmouth | From Convoy CU 10 |
| Kaldfonn | Norwegian | Tanker B | Mersey / Stanlow | – |
| Jacob Thompson | American | Tanker B | Milford Haven / Portland | – |
| Samuel Moody | " | grain - general | London | From HX 272 (not available) |
| Elm Park | British | general - flour | Hull | – |
| David Bushnell | American | general - flour | Liverpool | From HX 272 |
| British | grain - general - metal - refrig. | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 274 (Halifax section) | |
| Fort Ticonderoga | " | wheat - general | London | From HX 272 |
| Fort Beausejour | " | grain | Hull | From HX 272 |
| Argolikos | Greek | grain | London | From HX 272 |
| Dorelian | British | general - refrig. | Glasgow | From HX 272 |
| Empire Macalpine | " | grain (M.A.C.) | Liverpool | – |
| Clan Farquhar | " | general | Manchester | – |
| Gyda | " | general | Manchester | – |
| George A. Custer | American | general | Liverpool | – |
| William Phips | " | general | London | – |
| William E. Borah | " | general | Cardiff | – |
| Gdynia | Swedish | general | Preston | – |
| Mokihana | American | general | Avonmouth | From SC 150 |
| Pachesham | British | newsprint | Glasgow | Joining from St. John's |
Notes:
Commodore, Rear Admiral E. O. Cochrane was in Fort Marin, Vice Commodore was Captain F. Ratsay, R.N. in Fort Venago.
Commodore's notes are not available and, therefore, names of escorts are not known.
Related external links:
Liberty Ships - The vast majority of the ships listed as American in the table above were Liberty ships. This website lists them alphabetically.
This site has more on the the "Park" and "Fort" ships.
Empire Ships listed in alphabetical order.
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 274
| 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 |
