Convoy HX 296 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 296
Departed New York City on June 19-1944 and arrived Liverpool on July 3.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 91 ships in this convoy.
| Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Yemassee | Panamanian | general | Loch Ewe / Iceland | (See also RU 128) |
| Townsend Harris | American | general | Milford Haven / Plymouth | – |
| John Wanamaker | " | general | Avonmouth | – |
| Horace H. Lurton | " | general | Glasgow | From HX 295? (Listed as Horace Merton) |
| Manuel | Panamanian | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Fridtjof Nansen | Norwegian | general | Oban f. o. | (ex Liberty Ship Francis Nash) |
| Leiv Eiriksson | " | general | Liverpool / Milford Haven / Falmouth | (ex Liberty Ship John Wright Stanly) |
| Samlorian | British | general | Manchester | – |
| Minor C. Keith | American | general | Glasgow | – |
| James K. Paulding | " | general | Liverpool / Garston | – |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | To HX 297 - did not sail Sailed in HX 298 | |
| Nicholas D. Labadie | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| Juliette Low | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Henry Watterson | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Wilson P. Hunt | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Franklin H. King | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Edward W. Bok | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Hamlin Garland | " | general (commodity) | Oban f. o. | – |
| Robert Rogers | " | general | Manchester | – |
| Robert R. Livingston | " | general | Cardiff | – |
| John Sedwick | " | general | Liverpool | From HX 294 |
| Vernon L. Parrington | " | general | Liverpool | From HX 294 |
| Belgian Tenacity | Belgian | general | Swansea | – |
| Arunah S. Abell | American | general | Manchester | – |
| Edmund F. Dickens | " | general | Mersey for tugs / Cardiff | – |
| Arthur Dobbs | " | general (commodity) | Oban f. o. | – |
| Nicholas Biddle | " | general (commodity) | Oban f. o. | – |
| George T. Angell | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Eugene Field | " | general | Belfast / Swansea | – |
| Joshua L. Chamberlain | " | general | Glasgow | From HX 295 |
| James Smith | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| William McKinley | " | general (commodity) | Oban f. o. | – |
| " | general | Belfast Lough | Sailed in HX 297 | |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in HX 297 | |
| LeBaron Russel Briggs | " | general | Hull | – |
| Sebastian Viscaino | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Thomas Howell | " | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 295 |
| William D. Byron | " | general | Hull | – |
| James H. Couper | " | general | Hull | – |
| " | general | Belfast f. o. | Sailed in HX 297 | |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | From HX 295 To HX 297 - did not sail Listed in HX 299 | |
| Alexander H. Stephens | " | general | Sunderland | – |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in HX 297 | |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in HX 297 | |
| James G. Blaine | " | general | Hull | – |
| John A. Quitman | " | general | Middlesbrough | – |
| John N. Maffitt | " | general | Hull | – |
| Robert Eden | " | general (commodity) | Oban f. o. | – |
| William Pepper | " | general (commodity) | Oban f. o. | – |
| Lawton B. Evans | " | general (commodity) | Oban f. o. | – |
| City of Dunkirk | British | general | Liverpool | – |
| Samwater | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Morgenen | Norwegian | Tanker B | Avonmouth / Mersey | – |
| Cymbula | British | Tanker B | Ellesmere Port | – |
| Diplodon | " | Tanker B | Birkenhead / Barton | – |
| " | refrig. - general | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 297 | |
| Empire Kangaroo | " | sugar - general | Clyde / Oban / Liverpool | – |
| British Destiny | " | Tanker W | Belfast / Dublin | – |
| F. J. Wolfe | " | Tanker B | Mersey / Swansea | – |
| Good Gulf | Panamanian | Admiralty tanker B | Clyde / Londonderry / Belfast Dock | – |
| Sambrake | British | general | Liverpool | – |
| Fort Sturgeon | " | general | Methil /London | From HX 295 |
| Ondina | Dutch | Tanker B | Mersey / Barton | – |
| Tanafjord | Norwegian | general | Liverpool | – |
| Montevideo | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Fjordaas | " | Admiralty tanker B | Milford Haven / Portsmouth | From HX 294 |
| Bralanta | " | Admiralty tanker B | Mersey / Milford Haven / Portsmouth | – |
| " | Tanker B | Clyde | Sailed in HX 297 | |
| Thorsholm | " | Tanker B | Heysham / Mersey | – |
| Emma Bakke | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Dutch | general | Greenock | Listed in HX 299 (July 11) | |
| Waterland | " | general | Methil / London | Vice Commodore |
| Umgeni | British | general | Liverpool | – |
| Akaroa | " | refrig. - general | Liverpool | – |
| American | Admiralty tanker B | Clyde | From HX 293 To HX 297 - did not sail | |
| Mataroa | British | refrig. - general | Liverpool | Commodore Vessel |
| Axel Johnson | Swedish | general | Liverpool | – |
| Mount Douglas Park | British | general | Methil / Hull | From HX 295 |
| Luculus | " | Tanker B | Belfast | Put back to St. John's, N.F. Joined HX 297 (later Convoy JW 59 to Murmansk, Aug. 15 Returned with RA 59A - see Arctic Convoys) |
| LT 118 | American | tug | Belfast | Put back to Halifax |
| LT 61 | " | tug | Clyde f. o. | – |
| Joining from Halifax - Sailed June 21-1944 | ||||
| British | general - metal - meats | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 297 | |
| Empire MacRae | " | (M.A.C.) grain | Liverpool | – |
| Elk Island Park | " | grain | Methil / London | – |
| Empire MacKay | " | (M.A.C.) Tanker B | Clyde | See Notes on Convoy HX 302 page |
| Icelandic | general - lumber | Loch Ewe / Iceland | Sailed in HX 297 | |
| Sälen | Swedish | grain - flour - general | Belfast Dock | From HX 295 |
| Alcoa Cutter | American | general | Liverpool | From HX 295 |
| " | general (commodity) | Belfast Lough | From HX 295 Sailed in HX 297 | |
| Edwin G. Weed | " | general (commodity) | Oban f. o. | – |
| Francis Scott Key | " | general (commodity) | Belfast / Cairn Ryan | – |
| George Walton | " | general (commodity) | Oban f. o. | From HX 295 |
| " | general | Belfast f. o. | Sailed in HX 297 | |
| Hawkins Fudske | " | general | Manchester | – |
| Jesse H. Metcalf | " | rations (commodity) | Oban f. o. | – |
| John Davenport | " | general (commodity) | Belfast / Cairn Ryan | – |
| John A. Dix | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| John W. Hoyt | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| John Mason | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Louis Hennepin | " | Army general | Liverpool | – |
| " | grain | Avonmouth | From HX 295 Sailed in HX 298 | |
| R. C. Brennan | " | general - (commodity) | Oban f. o. | From HX 295 |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Samuel F. Miller | " | general | Liverpool | From HX 295 |
| Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Copeland - see Notes below (not mentioned in Advance Sailing Telegram) | ||||
| Joining from Sydney C.B. - Sailed June 22-1944 | ||||
| Empire Waimana | British | general - meats - mail - passengers | Clyde / Liverpool | – |
| Fort La Cloche | " | ? | Glasgow / Milford Haven / Plymouth | – |
| Corner Brook | " | pulp - paper - passengers | Methil / London | – |
| Manchester Shipper | " | general - passengers | Manchester | – |
| Confederation Park | " | lumber | Bristol | – |
| Joining from St. John's | ||||
| Pio Pico | American | general | Belfast / Cardiff | From HX 294 |
Notes:
Commodore F. Ratsey R.N. was in Mataroa, Vice Commodore was J. J. E. Barclay, R.N.R. in Waterland. Commodore's notes are not available.
The Rescue Vessel Copeland was on her 29th voyage as such, having started this voyage at Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 238 on May 27-1944, to Halifax June 6 - returning with HX 296 from Halifax on June 21, to Clyde July 2. ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague).
Please note that more information on all the Norwegian ships listed in this convoy can be found with the help of the index below.
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.
Fort (& Park) ships
Empire ships - The site also lists "Sam"-ships and other Liberty ships that came under the British flag.
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 297
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| Sp–St | Su–Sø | Ta–Te | Th–Ti | To | Tr–Tø | U | V | W | Ø |
