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CONVOY HX 274
Departed New York on Jan. 6-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 21st.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 38 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. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| American | Tanker B | Clyde | Listed in HX 277 (Jan. 28) | |
| Henry L. Ellsworth | " | Admiralty tanker B | Milford Haven / Devonport | – |
| " | general | Clyde f. o. | Sailed in HX 275 (later in Convoy JW 58 to Murmansk, returned with RA 59) | |
| John Langdon | " | general | Clyde f. o. | – |
| " | general | Clyde f. o. | Sailed in HX 275 | |
| Robert J. Collier | " | general | Clyde f. o. | – |
| " | general | Clyde f. o. | Sailed in HX 275 | |
| Joshua W. Alexander | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Put back to Halifax To HX 275 - did not sail Sailed in HX 276 |
| " | general | Clyde f. o. | Sailed in HX 275 | |
| " | general | Clyde f. o. | Sailed in HX 275 | |
| " | general | Barry Roads f. o. | Sailed in HX 275 | |
| Robert Newell | " | general | Barry Roads f. o. | Sailed in HX 275 |
| Joseph Stanton | " | general | Milford Haven / Southampton | – |
| Hoke Smith | " | general | Immingham | – |
| Katrina Luckenbach | " | general | Cardiff | From HX 273 |
| Enoch Train | " | general | Milford Haven / Plymouth | – |
| Alexander Ramsey | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| John Catron | " | general | Newport | – |
| John Sedwick | " | general | Manchester | – |
| John Hay | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Mexican | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| " | general | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 275 | |
| " | general | London | Sailed in HX 275 | |
| Mercy Warren | " | general | Clyde / London | From HX 273 |
| Webb Miller | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| Henry Austin | " | general | London | – |
| " | general | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 275 | |
| " | general | Hull | From HX 273 Sailed in HX 275 | |
| " | general | Glasgow | Sailed in HX 275 | |
| " | general | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 275 | |
| Norwegian | general | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in HX 275 Ex. Am. Francis Nash see this page | |
| American | general | Barry Roads f. o. | Sailed in HX 275 | |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in HX 275 | |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in HX 275 | |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in HX 275 | |
| Dageid | Norwegian | Tanker B | Stanlow | From HX 273 Collided with Erinna Jan. 11- see Dageid Put back to St. John's |
| " | Tanker B | Swansea | To HX 275 - put back (listed in HX 278, Febr. 5) | |
| " | Tanker W | Clyde | Listed in SC 152 | |
| Kaipaki | British | refrig. - general | Avonmouth | Vice Commodore |
| City of Glasgow | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Port Halifax | " | refrig. - general | Glasgow | – |
| Taranaki | " | refrig. - general | Liverpool | From HX 273 Commodore Vessel |
| Daghestan | " | grain | Liverpool | – |
| " | Tanker W | Clyde f. o. | Sailed in HX 275 | |
| Schuylkill | " | Tanker B | Dingle / Heysham | – |
| " | Admiralty tanker B | Clyde | From HX 273 Listed in HX 277 (Jan. 28) | |
| Erinna | Dutch | Tanker B | Dingle | From HX 273 Collided with Dageid - see also Notes (& SC 155) Put back to St. John's |
| Hawaiian | American | general | Milford Haven / Falmouth | – |
| George S. Wasson | " | general | Mersey | Put back to Halifax Sailed in HX 275 |
| Joining from Halifax - Sailed Jan. 8 | ||||
| Pacific Enterprise | British | grain - general - refrig. | Liverpool | From HX 273 |
| John N. Robins | American | grain - general | London | – |
| Cairnvalona | British | general | London | – |
| Peter Cartwright | American | general - mail | Avonmouth | – |
| Empire MacRae | British | grain | Liverpool | – |
| Tetela | " | general - refrig. - mail | Cardiff | – |
| Cavina | " | general - refrig. | Liverpool | – |
| Empire MacColl | " | Admiralty tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Alabaman | American | general | Milford Haven / Southampton | – |
| Alcoa Cutter | " | general | Avonmouth | – |
| Charles Sumner | " | general | London | – |
| Idefjord | Norwegian | general | Glasgow | – |
| James Harrod | American | general - mail | Avonmouth | – |
| Memphis City | " | general | Cardiff | – |
| Riverdale Park | British | general | London | – |
| Stephen C. Foster | American | general | Swansea | – |
| And Rescue Vessel Perth - see Notes. |
Notes:
Commodore, Captain A. M. Hekking (Royal Netherlands Navy) was in Taranaki, Vice Commodore in Kaipaki.
Arnold Hague's "Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945" also lists the Rescue Vessel Perth as joining from Halifax. She was on her 23rd voyage, having started this voyage from Clyde on Dec. 16.-1943 with the westbound Convoy ON 216, to Halifax Jan. 1-1944, then returning with Convoy HX 274 from Halifax on Jan. 8, to Clyde Jan. 21. She picked up 8 Chinese crew from the burning Erinna, + 1 man from a raft? following the collision with the Norwegian Dageid.
Commodore's notes are not available, escorts unknown.
All the Norwegian ships mentioned in this convoy are discussed on this website - use the alphabet index below to find them.
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.
Empire Ships listed in alphabetical order. The site also has a section listing the Liberty ships.
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 275
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