Convoy HX 282 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 282
Departed New York on March 6 -1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 22nd.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 96 ships in this convoy.
Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined ships returned to port.
A 1 form is not available and, therefore, the station numbers are not known.
For info, some of this ships in this convoy later joined JW 58 to Murmansk, returned with RA 59
(see also the Arctic Convoys page).
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Arunah S. Abell
American
general
Clyde f. o.
–
Ben F. Dixon
"
general
Loch Ewe f. o.
Returned to New York
To HX 283 - returned to port
To HX 284 - did not sail
Nicholas Biddle
"
general
Loch Ewe f. o.
–
William D. Byron
"
general
Loch Ewe f. o.
–
John Carver
"
general
Clyde f. o.
–
Andrew Carnegie
"
general
Loch Ewe f. o.
–
Gilbert Stuart
"
general
Loch Ewe f. o.
–
William Pepper
"
general
Clyde f. o.
–
James Smith
"
general
Loch Ewe f. o.
–
Pierre S. Dupont
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Joshua Thomas
"
general
Clyde f. o.
–
Barbara Frietchie
"
general
Clyde f. o.
–
George Gale
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Joyce Kilmer
"
general
Clyde f. o.
–
Park Holland
"
general
Clyde f. o.
–
Benjamin Schlesinger
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Morris Hillquit
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Hawkins Fudske
"
general
Clyde f. o.
–
American Builder
"
general
Newport
Dolly Madison
"
general
Newport
From HX 281
Regent Panther
British
Tanker W
Barry Dock / Mersey
From HX 281
Fagerfjell
Norwegian
Adm. tanker B
Belfast / Londonderry
From HX 281
Frank Wiggins
American
general
Clyde / Glasgow
–
Charles J. Finger
"
general
Liverpool
–
Steel Trader
"
general
Hull
–
Salvador Brau
"
general
Liverpool
–
William H. Wilmer
"
general
Liverpool
–
Washington Allston
"
general
London
–
John Drake Sloat
"
general
Liverpool
–
Aedanus Burke
"
general
Hull / Immingham
–
Ephraim W. Baughman
"
general
London
–
Samuel Parker
"
general
Cardiff
–
Henry Clay
"
general
Cardiff
–
John Gallup
"
general
Manchester
–
Anson P. K. Safford
"
general
Liverpool
From HX 281
Eliphalet Nott
"
general
Glasgow / Avonmouth
From HX 281
Abel Parker Upshur
"
general
Liverpool
Albert S. Burleson
"
general
Liverpool
–
William Wilkins
"
general
Swansea
–
John Holmes
"
general
Barry Dock
–
Charles J. Folger
"
general
Avonmouth
–
Ephraim Brevard
"
general
Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
–
James A. Bayard
"
general
London
–
Alcoa Master
"
general
Liverpool
–
Oliver Evans
"
general
Barry Dock
–
Clinton Kelly
"
general
Cardiff
–
George E. Pickett
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 283
Francis C. Harrington
"
general
Newport
–
Benjamin H. Bristow
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 283
Christopher Gale
"
general
Mersey f. o .
John Grier Hibben
"
general
Liverpool
–
R. Ney McNeely
"
general
Manchester
–
Knute Nelson
"
general
Liverpool
–
Courageous
"
general
Hull
–
Benjamin H. Brewster
"
general
Hull
–
Robert Trimble
"
general
London
–
James G. Birney
"
general
Liverpool
–
Robert Lansing
"
general
Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
–
James Ives
"
general
Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
–
Kofresi
"
general
Immingham
–
Isaac S. Hopkins
"
general
Liverpool
–
William H. Ashley
"
general
Mersey f. o.
To HX 283 - collided
Listed in HX 285
(joined from N.F.)
William A. Jones
"
general
Hull
–
Lee S. Overman
"
general
Barry Roads f. o.
Listed in HX 283
Alcoa Pointer
"
general
Manchester
–
Cape Diamond
"
general
Liverpool
–
Lewis Luckenbach
"
general
London
Henry L. Ellsworth
"
Adm. tanker B & A/C
Avonmouth (Southampton)
Jacob Thompson
"
Adm. tanker B & A/C
Clyde
–
William E. Pendleton
"
Adm. tanker B
Avonmouth / Belfast
–
Delftdijk
Dutch
general
Liverpool
–
Villanger
Norwegian
general
Glasgow
–
Høyanger
"
none given
Avonmouth
–
Morgenen
"
Tanker B
Mersey / Manchester
–
Østhav
"
Tanker B
Stanlow
Listed in HX 283
Pan Scandia
"
Tanker B
Heysham
–
Northumberland
British
refrig.- general
Liverpool
–
Gleniffer
"
grain - general
Avonmouth
–
City of Florence
"
general
Liverpool
–
Port Caroline
"
refrig. - general
Liverpool
–
Sapperton Park
"
timber - general
London
–
Empire Fletcher
"
Tanker W
Mersey / Stanlow
–
Empire Viscount
"
Adm. tanker B
Clyde
–
City of Canberra
"
refrig. - general
Avonmouth
–
Naticina
"
Tanker W
Stanlow
Listed in HX 283
Erin
"
refrig.
London
Moses Cleaveland
American
general
Swansea
Dettifoss
Icelandic
general - mail 15
Loch Ewe for Iceland
Empire MacKay
British
Tanker B (M.A.C.)
Clyde
–
Thomas F. Cunningham
American
Tanker B
Stanlow / Belfast
–
Joining from Halifax - Sailed March 8
Emily Dickinson
Amercian
grain - general
Hull
–
Daniel Hiester
"
grain - general
Leith Dock
–
Duala
Norwegian
meat
Bristol
–
Fort Pic
British
grain
London
Corrales
"
general - meat - metals - mail
Liverpool
Commodore's ship
Empire MacKendrick
"
grain
Liverpool
–
Mosli
Norwegian
Tanker B
Heysham
From HX 281
Listed in HX 283
Aruba
Dutch
flour
Glasgow
–
William H. Gray
American
grain - general
Manchester
From HX 281
Henry H. Richardson
"
general
Cardiff
From HX 281
William Windom
"
general - pig iron
Mersey
From HX 281
Listed in SC 155
John Mitchell
"
general
Mersey
From HX 281
Listed in SC 155
Thomas Howell
"
general
Mersey
To HX 283 - did not sail
Listed in HX 284
City of Yokohama
British
general - mail
Glasgow
From HX 281
Bartholomew Gosnold
American
general
Mersey
From HX 281
To SC 155 - did not sail
Listed in HX 283
Caxton
British
newsprint
London
–
Daghestan
"
flour
Glasgow
–
Idefjord
Norwegian
grain - general - meat
Tyne
–
James Iredell
American
general
Mersey
Listed in HX 284
Sarah Orne Jewett
"
general
London
–
Thomas Pollock
"
general
Mersey
Listed in SC 155
Galveston
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Put back to St. John's
(Listed in HX 287)
Potter
Panamanian
general
Clyde f. o.
Returned to Halifax
To SC 155 - returned
Listed in SC 156
Cavalcade
"
general
Liverpool
From HX 281
Renald Fernald
American
grain
London
From HX 281
Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Bury - see Notes below (not mentioned in Advance Sailing Telegram)
Notes:
Commodore, Captain W. van den Donker, Royal Netherlands Navy, was in Delftdijk, Vice Commodore in Northumberland.
The Rescue Vessel Bury was on her 14th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Febr. 13-1944 with the westbound Convoy ONS 29, to Halifax Febr. 29, then returned to Clyde with HX 282, March 8-March 21 ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague).
Commodore's notes are not available - escorts not known.
All the Norwegian ships in this convoy are discussed on this website - use 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 - as can be seen, several of them had just been delivered the previous month. (The Advance Sailing Telegrams do not always spell the names correctly, and I always check the spelling of each and every Liberty Ship against what is found on this site before I upload a convoy).
List of Liberty Ships by Hull No. - Includes info on the men for whom the ships were named (from Wikipedia).
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 283