Convoy HX 291 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 291
Departed New York on May 10-1944 and arrived Liverpool on May 27.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 99 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 |
| Scorton | British | grain - general | Tyne | – |
| Dimitrios Inglessis | Greek | grain | Methil f. o. (London) | – |
| Anna N. Goulandris | " | flour - grain | Methil f. o. (London) | From HX 288 (Halifax portion) |
| Euthalia | " | flour - airplane wings | London | – |
| Fjordheim | Norwegian | general | Belfast f. o. (Swansea) | – |
| Ragnhild | " | pit props | Garston | (Ex Empire Carey) |
| Aert van der Neer | Dutch | none given | Methil f. o. (London) | – |
| Belgian Seaman | Belgian | steel - lumber | Methil f. o. (London) | – |
| Clan Macinnes | British | general | Leith | – |
| Oregon I* | Danish / MOWT 1940 | flour | Hull | – |
| * I'm unsure of the identity of this ship, which is initially listed as Oregon in the Advance Sailing Telegram, and the "I" is added in by hand. The Danish Oregon came under British control in 1940 and was renamed Oregon I. However, the tonnage is given as 7706 gt in the AST, which fits with the French Orégon (the Danish Oregon being 4774 gt) | ||||
| Condesa | British | general - refrig. | Cardiff | – |
| Gerassimos Vergottis | Greek | grain | Methil f. o. (London) | – |
| Acavus | British | Adm. special Navy fuel (tanker) | Clyde | – |
| " | general - refrig. | Mersey f. o. | Listed in HX 292 (Sydney, C.B. section) | |
| Daniel Drake | American | grain - general | Avonmouth | From HX 290 (Halifax portion) |
| Dimitrios Chandris | Greek | grain - general | Mersey | – |
| American | wood pulp | Mersey f. o. | Listed in HX 292 (Sydney, C.B. section) | |
| John L. Manson | " | steel - lumber | Grimsby | From HX 288 |
| Miralda | British | Adm. special Navy fuel (tanker, MAC) | Clyde | – |
| Greek | general | Avonmouth | Listed in HX 292 (Sydney, C.B. section) | |
| Albert S. Burleson | American | general | Glasgow | – |
| Dolly Madison | " | general - explosives | Liverpool | – |
| " | general - explosives | Mersey f. o. | Listed in HX 292 (Sydney, C.B. section) | |
| Frank Gilbreth | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| John Holmes | " | general - diesel oil | Mersey | – |
| Norwegian | wood pulp | Glasgow | Listed in HX 294 (Halifax portion) | |
| Picotee | British | steel - lumber | Methil f. o. (London) | – |
| Pleiades | American | general | Belfast / Loch Ewe for Iceland | (See also RU 123) |
| Royal S. Copeland | " | none given | Belfast f. o. | – |
| Samfoyle | British | lumber - tanks - steel | Tyne | – |
| " | grain - general | Manchester | Listed in HX 294 (Halifax portion) | |
| Sulphur Bluff | American | gas oil tanker | Belfast Dock | – |
| Tercero | Norwegian | general - explosives | Hull | – |
| Thomas Kearns | American | foodstuffs | Belfast f. o. | – |
| Winfield Scott | " | grain - general | Liverpool | – |
| William Black Yates | " | general - explosives | Sunderland | – |
| Thomas Bailey Aldrich | " | general - flour | Liverpool | – |
| As already mentioned further up in this table, the sailing date for all of the above ships is given as May 13, but there's no text to help me determine whether they originated in Sydney, C.B. or possibly Halifax.The date for the rest of the ships (except for the 2 Newfoundland ships) starting with Samfinn is given as May 10-1944, with departure port New York. | ||||
| Samfinn | British | general | Liverpool | From HX 290 |
| Deborah Gannett | American | general | Hull | From HX 290 |
| Anniston City | " | general | Liverpool | From HX 290 |
| Moses Cleaveland | " | general | Liverpool / Manchester | From HX 290 |
| British | Adm. | Clyde | – | |
| Empire Blessing | " | sugar | Inverness Firth(?) f. o. | – |
| Empire Granite | " | none given | Belfast Dock | From HX 289 |
| Gitano | " | general | Manchester | – |
| Gypsum King | " | steel - lumber | Barry Dock | – |
| Hastings | " | none given | Belfast Dock | – |
| " | steel - lumber | Grangemouth | Listed in HX 294 | |
| Lord Byron | " | sugar | Clyde | – |
| Northumberland | " | frozen | Liverpool | – |
| Seapool | " | sugar | Dundee | – |
| Samsturdy | " | general | Cardiff | From HX 290 |
| Empire Curzon | " | sugar | Liverpool / Belfast f. o. | – |
| Empire Razorbill | " | steel - lumber | Methil f. o. (London) | From HX 289 |
| Empire Rival | " | sugar | Hull | – |
| Fort La Have | " | steel - timber | Manchester | – |
| Laguna | " | sugar | Liverpool | – |
| Martaban | " | sugar | London | – |
| San Casto | " | Adm. | Belfast f. o. (Dublin) | – |
| Empire Advocate | " | general | Methil f. o. (London) | – |
| Velox | Norwegian | bauxite | Garston | – |
| Maliakos | Greek | lumber | Ellesmere Port | From HX 288 |
| Stirlingville | Norwegian | general | Manchester | – |
| Para | " | general - sugar | Greenock | – |
| Høyanger | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Delftdijk | Dutch | general | Glasgow | – |
| Norwegian | sugar | London | Listed in HX 292 | |
| Villanger | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| Ovula | Dutch | Adm. | Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton) | – |
| Heranger | Norwegian | general | Liverpool | – |
| O. B. Sørensen | " | none given | Clyde | – |
| Vav | " | none given | Clyde | – |
| Minerva | " | general | Glasgow | From HX 290 |
| Salawati | Dutch | general | Liverpool / Glasgow | – |
| Wildwood | American | general | Manchester | – |
| Henry M. Robert | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Alanson B. Houghton | " | general | Manchester | – |
| Richard S. Ewell | " | general | Hull | – |
| Howard T. Ricketts | " | general | Manchester | – |
| Edward A. Filene | " | general | Manchester | – |
| George Gershwin | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| David B. Henderson | " | general | Dundee | – |
| Ben A. Ruffin | " | general | Manchester | – |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Listed in HX 292 | |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Listed in HX 292 | |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Listed in HX 292 | |
| William Sturgis | " | general | Cardiff | – |
| " | general | Clyde f. o. | Listed in HX 292 | |
| Fort Orange | " | general | Belfast f. o. | – |
| Bering | " | general | Belfast f. o. | – |
| William Wilkins | " | general | Leith | – |
| " | general | Clyde f. o. | Listed in HX 292 | |
| Charles J. Folger | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Listed in HX 292 | |
| " | general | Clyde f. o. | Listed in HX 292 | |
| British(?) | general | Mersey f. o. | – | |
| William James | American | general | Manchester | – |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Listed in HX 292 | |
| Nishmaha | " | general | Sunderland | – |
| Charles J. Finger | " | general | Londonderry / Liverpool | – |
| Henry Clay | " | general | Loch Ewe / Cardiff | – |
| " | general | Barry Roads f. o. | Listed in HX 292 | |
| Sidney Lanier | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| Zane Grey | " | general | Manchester | – |
| Atlantic | Panamanian | general | Liverpool | – |
| Delnorte | American | general | Newport | – |
| James M. Wayne | " | general | Tyne | – |
| Harry A. Garfield | " | general | Tyne | – |
| Duncan U. Fletcher | " | general | Tyne | – |
| Francis E. Willard | " | general | Tyne | – |
| David Thompson | " | general | Liverpool / Glasgow | – |
| Alexander Ramsey | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Empire Viscount | British | molasses | Humber (Saltend) | – |
| Marpessa | Dutch | Tanker B | London (Shellhaven) | – |
| Dettifoss | Icelandic | general - mail - passengers | Loch Ewe for Iceland | (See also RU 123) |
| R. Ney McNeely | American | general | Belfast f. o. | – |
| Joining from N. F. | ||||
| Meanticut | American | general | Glasgow / Garston | From SC 157 |
| West Nilus | " | general | Liverpool | From SC 157 |
Notes:
Commodore, Captain F. H. Taylor, R.N. was in Northumberland, Vice Commodore was Captain R. G. Bruusgaard, R. Nor. N. in Høyanger.
The Rescue Vessel Gothland was also with this convoy. She was on her 13th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Apr. 20-1944 with the westbound Covnoy ON 233, to Halifax May 6, then returned to Clyde with Convoy HX 291, May 12-May 26. ("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). As will be seen, some of the Liberty Ships sailing in Convoy HX 291 had just been delivered the previous month.
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 listed in alphabetical order. The site also has a section listing the "Sam"-ships, and other Liberty ships, some of which came under the British flag.
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 292
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| L | M | N | O | PQ | R | Sa–Sc | Se–Sj | Sk–Sn | So |
| Sp–St | Su–Sø | Ta–Te | Th–Ti | To | Tr–Tø | U | V | W | Ø |
