Convoy HX 299 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 299
Departed New York City on July 11-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 24th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 85 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 |
| Jesse Billingsley | American | general | Hull | From HX 297 |
| James W. Nesmith | " | general | Milford Haven / Plymouth | – |
| Howard E. Coffin | " | general | Immingham | From HX 298 |
| Norwegian | Tanker B | Stanlow | From HX 298 Sailed in HX 300 | |
| Edmund Fanning | American | general | Avonmouth | – |
| " | general | Belfast f. o. | Sailed in HX 300 | |
| Joseph Jefferson | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| John P. Poe | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Montgomery City | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Abraham Lincoln | " | general | Belfast f. o. (Cairn Ryan) | – |
| " | general | Belfast f. o. | Sailed in HX 300 | |
| Thomas W. Bickett | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Conrad Weiser | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| William B. Giles | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Bertram G. Goodhue | " | general | Garston | – |
| Andrew W. Preston | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Augustus S. Merrimon | " | general | Liverpool | From HX 298 |
| William Dean Howells | " | general | Newcastle | Listed as William D. Howells in the doc. Assuming this is William Dean Howells |
| George B. Selden | " | general | Hull | – |
| Charles Fort | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Hugh J. Kilpatrick | " | general | Immingham | – |
| Jacob Sloat Fassett | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Timothy Bloodworth | " | general commodity | Oban f. o. | – |
| George H. Williams | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Earl Layman | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Helen Hunt Jackson | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Philip Livingston | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Theodore Parker | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Robert Fechner | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Benjamin Huntington | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| William Mulholland | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| James Whitcomb Riley | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| " | general | Oban f. o. | Sailed in HX 300 | |
| Cornelius Gilliam | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Georgian | " | general | Oban f. o. | Returned to New York July 11 Sailed in HX 300 |
| Dudley M. Hughes | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Charles J. Finger | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Jamaique | French | general | Clyde (passengers) / Oban f. o. | – |
| James W. Fannin | American | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Empire Abbey | British | general - frozen | Liverpool | – |
| Comanchee | " | Tanker B | Birkenhead / Barton and ? | – |
| " | general | Belfast f. o. | Sailed in HX 300 | |
| " | general | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 300 | |
| Samkansa | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| San Velino | " | Tanker W | London (Thameshaven) | – |
| San Vulfrano | " | Tanker W | Belfast / Dublin | – |
| Sampler | " | sugar | Methil / London | – |
| Empire Viscount | " | Tanker B | Milford Haven / Southampton | From HX 298 |
| " | Tanker B | Heysham | Sailed in HX 300 | |
| Athelprince | " | molasses | Southend | Arrived Sydney C.B. July 16(?) Sailed in HX 300 |
| Høyanger | Norwegian | general | Middlesbrough | Vice Commodore |
| Heranger | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| Villanger | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Laurits Swenson | " | general | Methil / London | Commodore Vessel |
| Spinanger | " | Admiralty tanker B | Scapa | – |
| " | Tanker B | Swansea | Sailed in HX 301 | |
| Brasil | " | Admiralty tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Solfonn | " | Tanker B | Clyde / London | – |
| Maaskerk | Dutch | general | Liverpool | Cancelled from HX 296 |
| Marija Petrinovic | Yugoslavian | sugar | Greenock | – |
| Helder | Dutch | sugar | Belfast f. o. | Returned to port (Halifax) Sailed in HX 300 |
| Fosna | Norwegian | Tanker B | Grangemouth | – |
| Cleodora | Dutch | Admiralty tanker B | Milford Haven / Portsmouth | – |
| Polarsol | Norwegian | Tanker W | Humber (Saltend) | – |
| Tureby | Panamanian | General | Tyne | Listed as Panamanian in the doc., as Danish by R. Jordan |
| Andrew A. Humphreys | American | Tanker W | Clyde / Grangemouth | – |
| Irwin Russel | " | Tanker W | Stanlow / Barton | – |
| Belgian Gulf | Panamanian | Tanker B | Birkenhead / ? | From HX 298 |
| American | U.S. Navy Cargo | Belfast f. o. | Sailed in HX 300 | |
| " | U.S. Navy Cargo | Belfast f. o. | Sailed in HX 300 | |
| " | U.S. Navy Cargo | Belfast f. o. | Sailed in HX 300 | |
| " | U.S. Navy Cargo | Belfast f. o. | To HX 300 - did not sail Sailed in HX 301 | |
| Dettifoss | Icelandic | coal - general - mail | Loch Ewe / Iceland | (See also RU 130) |
| San Adolfo | British | Tanker B | Scapa | – |
| Aram J. Pothier | American | general - mail | Tyne | – |
| Pachesham | British | newsprint | Glasgow | Joining from St. John's - returned to port w/engine trouble Sailed in HX 301 |
| Joining from Halifax - Sailed July 13(?) | ||||
| Ancylus | British | Admiralty tanker B (M.A.C.) | Clyde | See also HX 295 & Notes on HX 302 page Returned to port (St. John's) Sailed in HX 300 |
| Samhain | " | grain | Manchester | – |
| Adula | " | Admiralty tanker B (M.A.C.) | Clyde | See Notes on Convoy HX 302 page |
| Lowlander | " | general - refrig. | Liverpool | – |
| Dorelian | " | general - flour | Glasgow | – |
| Gadila | Dutch | Admiralty tanker B (M.A.C.) | Clyde | See Notes on Convoy HX 302 page, and Notes below |
| Acavus | British | Admiralty tanker B (M.A.C.) | Clyde | See Notes on Convoy HX 302 page |
| Salacia | " | general - meats - metal - frozen fish | Liverpool | – |
| Empire McDermott | " | grain (M.A.C.) | Liverpool | – |
| " | meat - general - meal | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in HX 300 | |
| Abel Parker Upshur | American | general | Liverpool | – |
| Edwin W. Moore | " | general - explosives | Immingham | – |
| George P. Garrison | " | general (commodity) | Oban f. o. | Returned to Halifax July 14 Joined HX 300 |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | " | general | Barry Dock | Listed as Harriet B. Stowe in the doc. Assuming this is Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| John Paul Jones | " | general (Commodity) | Oban f. o. | From HX 298 |
| " | refrig. prov. | Loch Ewe / Iceland | – | |
| Susan Colby | " | general - explosives | Swansea | – |
| Zebulon Pike | " | Army general | Cardiff | – |
| Elisha Mitchell | " | grain | Avonmouth | – |
| Moveria | British | general | Manchester | – |
| " | general - trucks | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 300 | |
| Riverdale Park | " | trucks - tanks - Red Cross supplies - explosives | Manchester | – |
| Additionally, the rescue vessel Aboyne was with this convoy from July 13 (see Notes below) - not listed in Advance Sailing Telegram. | ||||
| Joining from Sydney C. B. | ||||
| Daghestan | British | grain - general | Manchester | – |
| Fort Mattagami | " | grain | Methil / London | – |
| Whiteshell Park | " | general - flour | Manchester | – |
| Riverview Park | " | grain | Hull | – |
| Glenstrae | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Rideau Park | " | general | Leith Dock for explosives / Methil / London | – |
| " | general - flour | Tyne | Sailed in HX 300 | |
| Alder Park | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| High Park | " | grain - general | Methil / London | – |
Notes:
Commodore J. K. Brook R.N.R. was in Norwegian Laurits Swenson, Vice Commodore was H. D. Wakeman-Colville R.N. in Norwegian Høyanger. Commodore's notes are not available.
The Rescue Vessel Aboyne (requisitioned June 24-1943) was on her 5th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 241 on June 18, to Halifax June 30 - returning with HX 299 from Halifax July 13, to Clyde July 23. "Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague states that a Swordfish from the Dutch Gadila, listed in the table above, crashed on this voyage - 3 survivors were recovered by Aboyne.
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 - Website such as this, and the 2 below are very handy for checking spelling of the ships (convoy docs don't always have the correct spelling, or they may be difficult to decipher). A great deal of the ships listed as American in the table above were Liberty ships. This website lists them alphabetically.
Fort (+ Ocean & 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 300
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