Convoy HX 284 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 284
Departed New York on March 21-1944 and arrived Liverpool on Apr. 6.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 80 ships in this convoy.
Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
Crossed out ships did not sail.
A 1 form is not available and, therefore, the station numbers are not known.
See also westbound Convoy ON 224.
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Samuel Bakke
Norwegian
general
Liverpool
–
Fernmoor
"
general
Hull
–
Skiensfjord
"
general
London
–
Molda
"
general
Liverpool
–
Abraham Lincoln
"
general
Avonmouth
–
Saminver
British
general
Swansea
–
Joseph M. Terrell
American
general
London
Henry S. Sanford
"
general
London
–
Arthur Riggs
"
general
Hull
–
George Walton
"
general
Hull
–
Thomas U. Walter
"
general
Mersey
Listed in HX 285
John Vining
"
general
Leith
Listed in HX 285
Joseph Stanton
"
general
Hull
Abraham Baldwin
"
general
London
–
A. Mitchell Palmer
"
general
Liverpool
–
Harold T. Andrews
"
general
Liverpool / Garston
–
Benjamin R. Curtis
"
general
Manchester
–
Wilbur Wright
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Oliver Wolcott
"
general
Milford Haven f. o. / Devonport / Dartmouth
–
Collis P. Huntington
"
general
Cardiff
–
Charles Sumner
"
general
Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
–
Jedediah S. Smith
"
general
Avonmouth
–
Charles D. Poston
"
general
Liverpool
–
Charles C. Jones
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 285
Josiah Nelson Cushing
"
general
Liverpool
–
Enoch Train
"
general
Liverpool
–
Frank R. Stockton
"
general
Liverpool
–
Ezra Weston
"
general
Barry Roads f. o.
Listed in HX 285
Lucy Stone
"
general
Swansea
–
Henry W. Grady
"
general
Manchester
–
Clara Barton
"
general
Newport
–
William Tilghman
"
general
Milford Haven f. o. / Devonport / Falmouth
–
Henry M. Rice
"
general
Barry Roads f. o.
Listed in HX 285
Abiel Foster
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Francis Asbury
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 285
Joshua B. Lippincott
"
general
Manchester
–
Roger Griswold
"
general
Barry Roads f. o.
Listed in HX 285
Jose G. Benitez
"
general
Manchester
–
William Phips
"
general
Barry Roads f. o.
See Halifax section
Marina Raskova
"
general
Barry Roads f. o.
See Halifax section
Charles Morgan
"
general
Mersey f. o.
See Halifax section
Charles Willson Peale
"
general
Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
–
Waterland
Dutch
general
Liverpool
–
Curacao
"
general
Glasgow
–
Ville d'Anvers
Belgian
general
Liverpool
–
Kaldfonn
Norwegian
Tanker B
Clyde
Listed in HX 285
Thorhild
"
Tanker B
Avonmouth
–
Saintonge
French / MOWT 1940
Tanker B
Scapa
–
Tibia
Dutch
Tanker W
Mersey / Heysham
–
British Character
British
Tanker W
Belfast f. o .
Listed in HX 285
Valldemosa
"
Tanker W
Milford Haven f. o. (Falmouth)
–
City of Glasgow
"
general - refrig.
London
–
Clan Farquhar
"
general - refrig.
Manchester
–
Empire Waimana
"
general - refrig.
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 285
Taranaki
"
general - refrig.
Liverpool
–
Tongariro
"
general - refrig.
Liverpool
–
Alexia
"
Tanker B
Clyde
–
Acavus
"
Tanker B
Clyde
–
Chesapeake
"
Tanker B
Mersey / Dingle
–
El Aleto
"
Tanker B
London (Shellhaven)
Cymbula
"
Tanker B
Birkenhead / Barton
–
Voco
"
Tanker B
Barton / Modewheel(?)
–
Elona
"
Tanker W
Ardrossan
–
Regent Lion
"
Tanker W
Bowling
–
Petter
Norwegian
Tanker W
Clyde
–
Andrew A. Humphreys
American
Tanker B
Belfast / Southampton
–
Eliza Jane Nicholson
"
Tanker B
Swansea / Mersey
–
Irwin Russell
"
Tanker B
Loch Ewe for Iceland
–
William Crompton
"
Tanker B
Clyde / Mersey
–
Norbris
Panamanian
(Norw. mngrs.)
Tanker B
Clyde
–
Norlys
Panamanian
(Norw. mngrs.)
Tanker B
Clyde
Listed in HX 285
Empire MacMahon
British
Tanker B
Clyde
–
Chester Valley
American
general
Immingham
–
Gyda
Danish / MOWT 1940
general
Loch Ewe for Iceland
Clausina
British
Tanker W
Stanlow
–
Joining from Halifax - Sailed March 23
Erria
Danish / MOWT 1940
grain - meats - metal
Liverpool
–
Fort Biloxi
British
general - lumber
Manchester / Glasgow
Champ Clark
American
grain - general
Manchester
–
Pacific Enterprise
British
general - meats
Manchester
–
Thomas Howell
American
genral - 3 L.C.T.
Milford Haven f. o. / Plymouth / Newport
Leiv Eiriksson
Norwegian
general - 2 tugs
Milford Haven f. o. / Devonport / Dartmouth
(Ex John Wright Stanly)
From HX 281
James Iredell
American
Navy general
Milford Haven f. o. / Plymouth
Edwin G. Weed
"
general
London
From HX 283
Alexander Hamilton
"
grain - general
Manchester
Jamaica Producer
British
general - meats
Cardiff
–
Elm Park
"
grain - flour
Leith Dock
–
Tilapa
"
meats
London
–
Ariguani
"
meats
London
–
Empire Stuart
"
general - copper - fertilisers
Glasgow
–
Amos G. Throop
American
general - diesel oil
Barry Dock
See last external link below
Eugene E. O'Donnell
"
general - diesel oil
Cardiff
–
John Hay
"
general - diesel oil
Newport
–
Morris Sigman
"
general - lumber
Hull
–
Nathaniel Crosby
"
general
London
–
Stanford Newel
"
general
London
–
William L. Marshall
"
supplies
Mersey f. o.
William Phips
"
general
Immingham
–
Charles Morgan
"
general
Newport
–
Marina Raskova
"
general
Swansea
–
Beaverhill
British
general
Liverpool
–
Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Gothland - see Notes below.
Joining from N.F.
Empire Camp
British
general - meat
Hull
–
Ben F. Dixon
American
general
Loch Ewe for N. Russia
From HX 283
(Not listed in any convoy Russia in this period)
Notes:
Commodore, Rear Admiral A. R. Smithwick, as in Abraham Lincoln.
The Rescue Vessel Gothland was on her 12th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Febr. 14-1944 with the westbound Convoy ON 224, to Halifax Febr. 29, returning to Clyde with Convoy HX 284, March 23-Apr. 6. ("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 ships 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). Some of them had just been delivered.
List of Liberty Ships by Hull No. - Includes info on the men and women for whom the ships were named (from Wikipedia).
Empire Ships - Also has info on the Sam ships that came under British control (Saminver included).
Eastbound N. Atlantic Convoys / 1944
See also
This page - Scroll down to "Gira members write", or enter HX284 in your browser's finder.
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 285