Convoy HX 29 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

Convoy HX 29 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on March 21-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Apr. 4 (Arnold Hague says 29 ships).

Transcribed from original documents received from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).

Nationalities have been added with the help of "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939". R. W. Jordan.

Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Gr=Greek, Am=American

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

11
Melmore Head
general
Dublin
(Br)

21
Pacific Star
refrig. - general
Liverpool
(Br)

31
Invershannon
Scapa
(Br)

41
Sulairia
general
Glasgow
(Br)

51
HMS Ausonia
Escort
(Br)

61
Pontfield
gasoline
Scotstown
(Br)

71
Beaverford
general
London
(Br)

81
Hopecrest
wheat - lumber
London
(Br)

91
Ganges
sugar
London
(Br)

12
Wayfarer
general
Liverpool
(Br)

22
Georgios Potamianos
general
Liverpool
(Gr)

32

Conus

Fuel Oil
Scapa
(Br)

42
Pecten*
Admiralty fuel
Clyde
(Br)

52

62
Rudby
sugar
Greenock
(Br)

72
Gold Shell
lub oil
Falmouth
(Br)

82
Adula*
gas - oil
London
(Br)

92
Wray Castle
grain
Liverpool
(Br)

13
Caledonian Monarch
Liverpool
(Br)

23
Adelfoi Chandri
lead - lumber
Liverpool
(Gr)

33
Amakura
general
Liverpool
(Br)

43
Coryton
scrap steel
Glasgow
(Br)

53

63
Mactra
fuel oil
Milford Haven
(Br)

73
Hartbridge
wheat
London
(Br)

83
British Chivalry
fuel oil
Sheerness
(Br)

93
Point Arena*
copper - trucks
Le Havre
(Am)

14

24

34
Suderholm*
general
Liverpool
(Norw)

44
Virgilia
Milford Haven
(Br)

54

64
Condylis
general
Le Havre
(Gr)

74
Cadillac
Falmouth
(Br)

84
Harberton
scrap steel
Grangemouth
(Br)

94
Nellie
general
Le Havre
(Gr)

Conus went out with the next convoy, HX 30.