Convoy HX 283 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 283
Departed New York on March 13-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 29th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 62 ships in this convoy.
| Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Ben F. Dixon | American | general | Loch Ewe for N. Russia | From HX 282 Put back to St. John's To HX 284 - did not sail (Not listed in any convoy Russia in this period) |
| Lewis Luckenbach | " | general | London | From HX 282 |
| Lee S. Overman | " | general | London | From HX 282 |
| Benjamin H. Bristow | " | general | Liverpool | From HX 282 |
| William H. Ashley | " | general | Loch Ewe f. o. | From HX 282 Collision damage Listed in HX 285 (joined from N.F.) |
| Hellas | Greek | general | Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth) | – |
| Binger Hermann | American | general | Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth) | – |
| Webb Miller | " | general | Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth) | – |
| William Grayson | " | general | Barry Roads f. o. | Collision damage |
| Christopher Gale | " | general | Liverpool | From HX 282 |
| Robert L. Vann | " | general | Barry Dock | – |
| S. M. Babcock | " | general | Avonmouth | – |
| Alcoa Trader | " | general | Newport | – |
| Thomas W. Gregory | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| Hinton R. Helper | " | general | London | – |
| John J. Crittenden | " | general | London | Arrived Halifax (date illegible - March 17?) Listed in SC 156 |
| Alcoa Cutter | " | general | London | – |
| Benjamin H. Hill | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Andrew Turnbull | " | general | Manchester | – |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Listed in HX 284 | |
| Glenn Curtiss | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Robert Morris | " | general | Hull | – |
| John L. Elliott | " | general | Hull | – |
| Lot Whitcomb | " | general | Hull | – |
| Albert G. Brown | " | Tanker B | Avonmouth | – |
| Socony Vacuum | " | Tanker B | Heysham / Belfast | – |
| Port Halifax | British | refrig. - general | Avonmouth | |
| Naticina | " | Tanker W | Stanlow | From HX 282 |
| Amastra | " | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Fort Dearborn | " | lumber - general | London | – |
| Leaside Park | " | lumber - general | Immingham | – |
| Empire Canyon | " | steel - lumber | Barry Dock | – |
| Rapana | " | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Østhav | Norwegian | Tanker B | Stanlow | From HX 282 |
| Skaraas | " | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Haakon Hauan | " | Tanker W | Liverpool | – |
| Thorsholm | " | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Ferncourt | " | Tanker B | Dingle / Mersey | – |
| Belgian Freighter | Belgian | general | Glasgow | – |
| Ovula | Dutch | Tanker W | Milford Haven f. o. (Portsmouth) | – |
| Ameriki | Greek | general | Liverpool | – |
| George E. Pickett | American | general | Glasgow / Newport | From HX 282 |
| President de Vogue | Norwegian | Tanker B | Clyde / Loch Ewe | – |
| James M. Gillis | American | general | Loch Ewe for N. Russia | From HX 281 Put back to Boston March 16 (Not listed in any convoy to Russia until JW 61 in Oct.) |
| Atlanta City | " | general | Newport | – |
| Joining from Halifax - Sailed March 15 | ||||
| Asbjørn | Danish / Can. Govt. 1940 | general | Manchester | – |
| Fort Pic | British | grain | London | From HX 282 |
| Mosli | Norwegian | Tanker B | Mersey / Heysham | From HX 282 |
| Horace Bushnell | American | general | Reykjavik | From HX 281 |
| " | general | Mersey | From HX 282 Listed in HX 284 | |
| Roger Moore | " | general | Liverpool | From HX 281 |
| John T. Holt | " | general | Reykjavik | From HX 281 (See also JW 58) |
| William S. Thayer | " | general | Reykjavik | From HX 281 (see also JW 58) |
| George P. Garrison | " | general | Avonmouth | From HX 281 |
| Mary Austin | " | general - mail | Glasgow / London | From HX 281 |
| Delnorte | " | general | Cardiff | From HX 281 |
| " | general | Liverpool | From HX 281 Listed in HX 284 | |
| Knute Rockne | " | general | Immingham | From HX 281 |
| Empire Macandrew | British | grain | Liverpool | – |
| Edward W. Scripps | American | general | Swansea | – |
| Empire Kangaroo | British | flour | London | – |
| " | grain | Belfast Dock | Listed in SC 155 | |
| George Berkeley | American | flour - general | Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton) | – |
| Lou Gehrig | " | general | Cardiff | – |
| Louis Kossuth | " | general | Cardiff | – |
| Menelaus | British | general - refrig. - mail | Liverpool / Swansea | Commodore |
| Nicholas Herkimer | American | general | Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton) | – |
| Riverview Park | British | general - flour | Liverpool | Damaged in collision (shows up again as cancelled from HX 288 Listed in HX 289) |
| William Paca | American | general - flour | Liverpool | – |
| Bartholomew Gosnold | " | general | Liverpool | From SC 155 |
| Eloy Alfaro | " | general | Reykjavik | From SC 155 (See also JW 58) |
| Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Eddystone - see Notes below (not mentioned in Advance Sailing Telegram) | ||||
| Joining from Newfoundland | ||||
| Pachesham | British | – | London | – |
| Mokihana | American | 36 crates - carriers - general - mail | Liverpool | From HX 281 |
Notes:
The Advance Sailing Telegram gives the Commodore Vessel as Menelaus. According to A. Hague, Commodore, Captain G. H. Creswell, R.N. was in Empire Canyon.
The Rescue Vessel Eddystone was on her 4th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Febr. 22-1944 with the westbound Convoy ON 225, to Halifax March 7, then returned to Clyde with HX 283, March 15-March 28. ("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. (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 (and women) for whom the ships were named (from Wikipedia).
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 284
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