Convoy HX 293 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 293
Departed New York on May 27-1944 and arrived Liverpool on June 9.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 97 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 |
| Brasil | Norwegian | Tanker B | Londonderry | From HX 292 |
| Fosna | " | Tanker B | Heysham / Mersey | From HX 292 |
| Solfonn | " | Tanker B | Swansea | From HX 292 |
| Samloyal | British | general | Hull | From HX 292 |
| William F. Empey | American | general | Hull | – |
| Julius Olsen | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Abbot L. Mills | " | general | Manchester | – |
| Arthur R. Lewis | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Samcebu | British | general | Liverpool | – |
| Samaustral | " | general | Manchester | – |
| John Philip Sousa | American | general | Tyne | – |
| Edward Rowland Sill | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| " | general | Liverpool | Listed in HX 294 | |
| Charles H. Herty | " | general | Manchester | – |
| Benjamin R. Milam | " | general | Newport | – |
| Eugene Hale | " | general | Manchester | – |
| John Stevenson | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| Thomas Hartley | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| William E. Borah | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Aedanus Burke | " | general | Belfast f. o. (Cardiff) | – |
| A. Mitchell Palmer | " | general | Oban f. o. (Liverpool June 12) | – |
| Roger Griswold | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Philip F. Thomas | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| Caesar Rodney | " | general | Belfast f. o. (Cardiff) | – |
| Alabaman | " | general | Immingham | – |
| John C. Fremont | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| " | general | Milford Haven f. o. | Listed in HX 294 | |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Listed in HX 294 | |
| John Sharp Williams | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| William Thornton | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Richard M. Johnson | " | general | Cairn Ryan July 9 | – |
| Nathaniel Alexander | " | general | Cairn Ryan | – |
| Italian | general | Barry Roads f. o. | To HX 294 - did not sail Listed in HX 295 | |
| Glenn Curtiss | American | general | Liverpool | – |
| Henry B. Brown | " | general | Belfast f. o. (Newport) | – |
| William H. Webb | " | general | Cairn Ryan | – |
| Edward Sparrow | " | general | Manchester | – |
| Daniel Hiester | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Byron Darnton | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| J. Warren Keifer | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Ville d'Anvers | Belgian | general | Liverpool | – |
| Chester Valley | American | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| E. Kirby Smith | " | general | Loch Ryan | – |
| Grant Wood | " | general | Immingham | From HX 292 |
| George P. Garrison | " | general | Liverpool | From HX 292 |
| Brockholst Livingston | " | general | Middlesbrough | – |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Listed in HX 294 | |
| Jacques Cartier | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Alcoa Leader | " | general | Londonderry / Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth) | – |
| Stephen H. Long | " | general | Hull | – |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Listed in HX 294 | |
| Margaret Brent | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| " | general | Belfast f. o. | Listed in HX 294 | |
| " | general | Belfast f. o. | Listed in HX 294 | |
| Samuel Bakke | Norwegian | general | Liverpool | – |
| Fernmoor | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Skiensfjord | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Madoera | Dutch | zinc concentrate | Oban f. o. (Liverpool June 20) | – |
| Curacao | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Marit II | Norwegian | Tanker B | London (Shellhaven) | – |
| Lista | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| " | Tanker B | Clyde | Listed in HX 294 | |
| Molda | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Donacilla | British | Tanker B | Birkenhead / Stanlow / Barton | – |
| " | Tanker B | Clyde | Listed in HX 294 | |
| San Adolfo | " | Tanker B | Londonderry | – |
| San Vito | " | Tanker W | Meresy / Stanlow | – |
| American | Tanker W | London | To HX 296 - did not sail To HX 297 - did not sail | |
| Norbris | Panamanian (Norw. mngrs.) | Tanker B | Stanlow | – |
| Big Foot Wallace | American | general - mail 100 | Belfast f. o. (Swansea) | – |
| George W. Lively | " | general - mail 6000 | Glasgow | – |
| John Catron | " | general - mail 4000 | Liverpool | – |
| Kofresi | " | general | Oban f. o. (Liverpool June 12) | – |
| Nicholas Herkimer | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| Robt M. Lafollette | " | none given | Glasgow | – |
| LT 638 | " | tug | Clyde f. o. | – |
| LT 152 | " | tug | Clyde f. o. | – |
| LT 532 | " | tug | Clyde f. o. | – |
| John Mary Odin | " | general - trucks | Immingham | – |
| Joining from Halifax | ||||
| Ariguani | British | meat - zinc | Clyde / Methil f. o. (London) | – |
| Harold T. Andrews | American | general | Liverpool | – |
| Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Goodwin - see Notes below (not mentioned in Advance Sailing Telegram) | ||||
| Joining from Sydney, C.B. - Sailed May 30 | ||||
| Bedwoods Park | British | general - grain | Mersey / Manchester | From HX 292 |
| Fort McLoughlin | " | general - grain | Liverpool | – |
| Hillcrest Park | " | general - grain | Oban f. o. (Liverpool June 14) | – |
| Fort Musquarro | " | general - grain | Tyne / Hull | – |
| Jamaica Planter | " | general - refrig. - pass. | Liverpool | – |
| Pacific Enterprise | " | general - meat - pass. | Oban f. o. (Liverpool June 20) | – |
| Argolikos | Greek | grain | Ipswich | – |
| Alcoa Trader | American | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Bellerophon | British | general - grain - mail 3089 | Liverpool / Ellesmere Port | From HX 292 |
| " | grain - general | Hull | Listed in HX 294 | |
| American | general | Mersey f. o. | To HX 294 - did not sail Listed in HX 295 | |
| George H. Thomas | " | general | Manchester | – |
| John L. Elliott | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| North King | Panamanain | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Samsuva | British | general | Tyne | – |
| Samwake | " | general - steel - lumber | Methil f. o. (London) | – |
| Thomas Pollock | American | general | Hull | – |
| Torr Head | British | general - grain - 9 pass. | Belfast Dock | – |
| Washington Allston | American | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| William Kent | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| William Paca | " | general | Swansea | – |
| John Vining | " | grain - general | Oban f. o. (Manchester June 15?) | – |
| Lillian Nordia | " | grain - general | Leith Dock | – |
| Jane A. Delano | " | general - grain | Methil f. o. (London June 19) | – |
| Rapana | British | Adm. tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Asbjørn | Danish / Can. Govt. 1940 | grain - general | Manchester | – |
| Empire MacDermott | British | grain | Liverpool | – |
| Lochmonar | " | grain - general - metal | Liverpool | – |
| Gdynia | Swedish | general | Bristol | – |
| John J. Abel | American | grain - general | Methil f. o. (London) | – |
| Gadila | Dutch | Adm. tanker B (MAC) | Clyde | – |
| Joining from St. John's, N.F. | ||||
| Pachesham | British | newsprint - pulp | Glasgow | – |
| LT 639 | American | – | Clyde f. o. | – |
Notes:
Commodore, Adm. Sir C. G. Ramsey, was in Samuel Bakke, Vice Commodore was Lt. Cdr. C. A. Woods, R.N.Z.N. in Curacao.
The Rescue Vessel Goodwin was on her 9th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on May 4-1944 with the westbound Convoy ON 235, to Halifax May 16, then returned to Clyde with Convoy HX 293, May 29-June 9 ("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. As will be seen, a few 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 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 294
| Aa–Al | An–Ar | As–Av | Ba | Be | Bi–Bl | Bo | Br–Bu | C | D |
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| E | F | G | Ha | He | Hi–Hy | Hø | I | J | K |
| 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 |
