Convoy HX 300 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 300
Departed New York City on July 17-1944 and arrived Liverpool on Aug. 3.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 166 ships in this convoy, the largest convoy ever (19 columns).
| Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. Details re. Arctic convoys were found in "Convoys to Russia 1941-1945" by Bob Ruegg and Arnold Hague. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Glarona | Norwegian | Tanker B | Mersey / Manchester | From HX 299 |
| Charles Dauray | American | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 (see Arctic Convoys) |
| Edward L. Grant | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 |
| Warren Delano | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 |
| Elijah Kellogg | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 |
| Clark Howell | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 |
| Thomas Donaldson | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 |
| Leo J. Duster | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 |
| Silas Weir Mitchell | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 |
| John La Farge | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 |
| Charles D. McIver | " | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 299 |
| John McLoughlin | " | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 299 |
| Elizabeth Blackwell | " | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 299 |
| Samuel Johnston | " | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 299 |
| Winona | " | general | Liverpool | From HX 299 |
| " | Navy cargo | Belfast f. o. | From HX 299 Sailed in HX 301 | |
| Dalhanna | British | general | Liverpool | From HX 299 |
| Athelduke | " | molasses | Bromborough | – |
| Athelregent | " | molasses | Greenock | – |
| Bente Maersk | Danish / MOWT 1940 | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| British Colonel | British | Tanker W | Leith Roads | – |
| British Promise | " | Tanker W | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 (see Arctic Convoys) |
| Nacella | " | Tanker W | Bowling | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 |
| Chesapeake | " | Tanker B | Clyde | From HX 299 |
| Saintonge | French / MOWT 1940 | Tanker B | London (Purfleet) | – |
| Clydefield | British | Tanker B | Scapa | – |
| Trocas | " | Tanker B | London (Shellhaven) | – |
| Lucerna | " | Tanker B | London | Joined Convoy JW 60 on Sept. 15 (see Arctic Convoys page) Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2 |
| Voco | Tanker B | Birkenhead / Barton | – | |
| City of Lancaster | " | sugar - rum - asphalt | Methil / London | – |
| Ocean Fame | " | sugar | Methil / London | – |
| Tynebank | " | sugar | Liverpool | – |
| Samfield | " | lumber - steel | Manchester | – |
| Empire Pibroch | " | refrig. - general | Liverpool | Commodore vessel |
| Dramatist | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Fort Nipigon | " | general | Methil / London | – |
| Kohistan | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| Nathaniel Matthew | American | general | West Hartlepool | – |
| British | " | Mersey | Sailed in HX 301 | |
| Daylight | American | Tanker W | Mersey / Heysham | – |
| Horace H. Harvey | " | Tanker W | Scapa | – |
| Morska Wola | Polish | general | Garston | – |
| Evanger | Norwegian | general | Tyne | – |
| Minerva | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Kronprinsesssan Margareta | Swedish | general | Swansea | – |
| Salando | Dutch | general | Methil /London | – |
| Lista | Norwegain | general | Manchester | – |
| Stalowa Wola | Polish | general | Sunderland | – |
| Jan Van Goyen | Dutch | sugar | Methil / London | – |
| Bernhard | Norwegian | sugar | Liverpool | – |
| Franka | Yugoslavian | sugar | Liverpool | – |
| Maud | Norwegian | sugar | Liverpool | – |
| Gerard Dou | Dutch | sugar | Methil / London | Vice Commodore |
| Norma | Norwegian | sugar | Liverpool | – |
| Aleksander I | Yugoslavian | sugar | Liverpool | – |
| Elg | Norwegian | sugar - rum | Greenock | – |
| Ovula | Dutch | Tanker B | Mersey / Milford Haven / Southampton | – |
| Ferncourt | Norwegian | Tanker B | Mersey / Manchester | – |
| Thorshov | " | Tanker B | London | – |
| Gylfe | " | Tanker B | Grangemouth / Coryton | – |
| Solstad | " | Tanker W | Birkenhead / Barton | – |
| Frontenac | " | Tanker W | Milford Haven / Portsmouth | – |
| Høegh Hood | " | Tanker B | Mersey / Milford Haven / Devonport | – |
| John Catron | American | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| John W. Garrett | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| " | general | Belfast f. o. | Sailed in HX 301 | |
| " | general | Mersey | Sailed in HX 301 | |
| Cyrus T. Brady | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Samuel Ashe | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Albert S. Burleson | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Daniel Drake | " | general | Glasgow for tugs / Oban f. o. | – |
| John Mitchell | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Andrew Turnbull | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Pierre Gibault | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Nathan Clifford | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| " | general | Oban f. o. | Sailed in HX 301 | |
| Amelia Earhart | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Anthony Wayne | " | general | Liverpool / Swansea / Falmouth | – |
| Billy Mitchell | " | general | Glasgow for tugs / Oban f. o. | – |
| Francis D. Culkin | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Robt M. Lafollette | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in HX 301 | |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in HX 301 | |
| Michael J. Stone | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Edward A. Filene | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Zane Grey | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| James Ives | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Samuel Nelson | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Elijah White | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Gabriel Duval | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Hall J. Kelley | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Exilona | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| James B. Duke | " | general | Immingham | – |
| John B. Hamilton | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| Noah Brown | " | general | Avonmouth | – |
| Edward Bellamy | " | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 299 |
| Ben A. Ruffin | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Clyde L. Seavey | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| B. F. Shaw | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Calobre | Panamanian | general | Belfast (Cairn Ryan) | – |
| Peter V. Daniel | American | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Wind Rush | " | general | Cardiff | – |
| William R. Davie | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| David Bushnell | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| " | general | Belfast f. o. | Joined HX 301 - returned to port Sailed in HX 302 | |
| Dolly Madison | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Horace Williams | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Charles Brantley Aycock | " | general | Newport | – |
| Francis M. Smith | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Anson P. K. Safford | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Georgian | " | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 299 |
| San Valerio | British | Tanker B | Isle of Grain | – |
| Augustus P. Loring | American | general | London / Grangemouth | – |
| Norsktank | Norwegian | Tanker B | Mersey / Manchester | – |
| Jean Babtiste Le Moyne | American | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Samsperrin | British | grain | Liverpool | From HX 299 |
| Junior N. van Noy | American | general | Clyde f. o. | – |
| Joining from Halifax - Sailed July 19-1944 | ||||
| Empire Treasure | British | meat - flour - metal - general | Liverpool | From HX 298 |
| Wisla | Polish | general | Bristol | From HX 297 |
| Eastern Guide | American | general - lumber | Loch Ewe / Iceland | (See also RU 131) |
| Gerassimos Vergottis | Greek | pulp | Liverpool | – |
| Rapana | British | Tanker B (M.A.C.) | Clyde | See Notes on Convoy HX 302 page |
| Tilapa | " | meat - general - mail | Methil / London | From HX 299 |
| Rudby | " | grain | Tyne | – |
| Macoma | Dutch | Tanker B (M.A.C.) | Clyde | See Notes on Convoy HX 302 page |
| Torr Head | British | general - metal | Glasgow | – |
| Clan Macinnes | " | general - flour | Avonmouth | – |
| George P. Garrison | American | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 299 |
| Nancéen | French | pulp | Methil / London / Rochester | – |
| Helder | Dutch | sugar - rum | Liverpool | From HX 299 |
| American Press | American | general | Hull | – |
| Charles J. Folger | " | general | Immingham | – |
| Christopher Gadsden | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Eliphalet Nott | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Fluor Spar | " | general | Cardiff | – |
| Frank Wiggins | " | general | Immingham | – |
| James Bowdoin | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Howard T. Ricketts | " | general | Hull | – |
| Mobile City | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Oscar Chappell | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Peik | Norwegian | Admiralty tanker B | Londonderry | – |
| Pomona | American | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Samuel Parker | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Prometheus | British | general | Liverpool | From HX 299 |
| Empire MacCallum | " | grain (M.A.C.) | Liverpool | See Notes on Convoy HX 302 page |
| Alexander Ramsey | American | general - mail | Immingham | – |
| Lansdowne Park | British | woodpulp | Manchester | – |
| Also, the Rescue Vessel Zamalek - see Notes below. | ||||
| Joining from Sydney C. B. - Sailed July 20 | ||||
| Merchant Royal | British | newsprint - pulp | Manchester | – |
| Henrik Ibsen | Norwegian | grain | Ipswich | – |
| Baxtergate | British | grain | Methil / London | From HX 297 |
| Mount Othrys | Greek | grain | Leith | – |
| Pencarrow | British | grain | Cardiff | From HX 297 |
| Bonita | Panamanian | lumber | Methil / London | – |
| Margarita Chandri | Greek | grain | London | – |
| Agia Marina | " | grain - general | Avonmouth | – |
| Riley | British | grain | Manchester | – |
| Elisabeth Dal | " | grain | Manchester | Collided w/Jacksonville - Aug. 3 Total loss |
| City of Leicester | " | general | Manchester | – |
| Empire Mouflon | " | general | West Hartlepool | – |
| Maliakos | Greek | pulp | Methil / London | – |
| Senga | Yugoslavian | steel - pulp | Glasgow | – |
| Hartlepool | British | lumber | Tyne | – |
| Cairnvalona | " | general - refrig. - mail | Tyne | From HX 299 |
| Mimosa | Greek | lumber | Methil / London | – |
| Gatineau Park | British | general | Hull | – |
| Cataraqui Park | " | lumber | Bristol | – |
| Odysseus | Greek | pulp | Methil / Rochester | – |
| Skeldergate | British | pulp | Manchester | – |
| Anna N. Goulandri | Greek | grain | Methil / London | – |
| Dimitrios Chandris | " | general | Methil / London | – |
| Athelprince | British | molasses | Saltend | From HX 299 |
| Joining from St. John's | ||||
| Christine Marie | British | wood pulp | Rochester | From HX 297 |
| Empire Mallory | " | concentrates | Avonmouth | – |
| Belgian | concentrates | Swansea | Sailed in HX 301 | |
| Ancylus | British | Tanker B (M.A.C.) | Clyde | See Notes on Convoy HX 302 page From HX 299 |
Notes:
Commodore Rear Admiral A. T. Tillard was in Empire Pibroch, Vice Commodore was Vice Admiral R. H. O. Lane-Poole in Gerard Dou.
Commodore's notes are not available.
The Rescue Vessel Zamalek was on her 25th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 242 on June 26-1944, to Halifax July 9 - returning with HX 300 from Halifax on July 19, to Clyde Aug. 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 - This website has been used to check the spelling of all the Liberty ships listed in this convoy (convoy docs don't always have the correct spelling, or they may be difficult to decipher). The 2 websites below have been used for the same purpose.
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 301
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| Sp–St | Su–Sø | Ta–Te | Th–Ti | To | Tr–Tø | U | V | W | Ø |
