Convoy HX 285 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 285
Departed New York on March 28-1944 and arrived Liverpool on Apr. 12.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 54 ships in this convoy.
Notes:
Commodore, Captain E. C. Denison, R.N. was in Port Darwin.
The Rescue Vessel Melrose Abbey was on her 13th voyage as such, having started this voayge from Clyde on March 1-1944 with the westbound Convoy ON 226, to Halifax March 13, returning to Clyde with HX 285, March 30-Apr. 11 ("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 for whom the ships were named (from Wikipedia).
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