Convoy HX 301 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 301
Departed New York City on July 25-1944 and arrived Liverpool on Aug. 8.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 130 ships in this convoy.
| Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. Details re. JW 60 etc. convoys were found in "Convoys to Russia 1941-1945" by Bob Ruegg and Arnold Hague. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| John H. B. Latrobe | American | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 300 |
| Henry M. Robert | " | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 300 |
| William Black Yates | " | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 300 |
| Queens Park | British | lumber - metal | Liverpool | From HX 300 |
| Sidney Lanier | American | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 300 |
| Elbridge Gerry | " | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 300 |
| Augustine B. McManus | " | general | Liverpool | From HX 300 Returned to port (Halifax) Sailed in HX 302 |
| Port Campbell | British | refrig. - general | Methil / London | – |
| Port Halifax | " | refrig. - general | Mersey f. o. | Returned to port (St. John's) Sailed in HX 302 |
| British Glory | " | Tanker B | Rosyth | – |
| El Mirlo | " | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| El Aleto | " | Tanker B | Mersey / Milford Haven / Southampton | – |
| Ben H. Miller | American | lumber | Methil / London | – |
| Sameden | British | sugar | Liverpool | – |
| Samboston | " | sugar | Methil / London | – |
| Strathcona Park | " | lead - timber - general | Tyne | – |
| Norbris | Panamanian | Tanker B | Clyde | Returned to port (Halifax) Sailed in HX 302 (Norwegian managers - listed on N-page) |
| Nordlys(?*) | British (ex Danish) | Tanker B(?) | London / Thameshaven | – |
| *Spelt Norlys in the document (no nationality is given), but tonnage is listed as 3726 gt, which fits with British Nordlys. However, I don't think this was a tanker(?). There was a Panamanian tanker Norlys with Norwegian managers, but this ship was 9892 gt - see my info for Norlys. | ||||
| Velma | Norwegian | Tanker B | Swansea | – |
| Norden | " | Tanker B | Mersey / Milford Haven / Falmouth / Devonport | – |
| Kaia Knudsen | " | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Noreg | " | Tanker B | Medway / Kingsnorth | (Later joined Convoy JW 60 on Sept. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 see Noreg) |
| Pan Scandia | " | Tanker B | London / Holehaven | From HX 299 |
| Vera | " | Tanker B | London / Coryton | – |
| Mijdrecht | Dutch | Tanker B | Heysham | – |
| Skaraas | Norwegian | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Dutch | sugar - general | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in HX 302 | |
| Tungsha | Norwegian | sugar - general | Liverpool | – |
| Kedoe | Dutch | general | Dundee | – |
| Ferncliff | Norwegian | general | Liverpool | – |
| " | general | Belfast f. o. | Sailed in HX 303 | |
| Reinholt | " | general | Liverpool | Commodore Vessel |
| Skiensfjord | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| Molda | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Samuel Bakke | " | general | Manchester | Vice Commodore |
| " | sugar | Belfast f. o. | Sailed in HX 303 | |
| Lafcadio Hearn | American | Tanker B | Londonderry / Belfast Dock | – |
| Gulfcoast | " | Tanker B | Milford Haven / Devonport | – |
| Reginald A. Fessenden | " | Tanker B | Milford Haven / Portsmouth | – |
| George W. Kendall | " | Tanker B | Milford Haven / Southampton | – |
| Benjamin H. Hill | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Robert Battey | " | general | Cardiff for locos / Milford Haven f. o. | – |
| L. H. McNelly | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Hernry B. Brown | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Calmar | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Lillian Nordica | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Moses Cleaveland | " | general | Mersey f. o. | Returned to New York Sailed in HX 302 |
| Guadeloupe | French | general | Bristol | – |
| William Wilkins | American | general | Swansea | – |
| Michigan | Panamanian | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Anniston City | American | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 300 |
| Sun Yat Sen | " | general | Cardiff | – |
| Alexander Wilson | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| John Stevenson | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Nishmaha | " | general | Newport | – |
| George Popham | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| E. Kirby Smith | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Charles H. Herty | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| George Eldridge | " | general | Swansea for locos / Milford Haven f. o. | – |
| Harry A. Garfield | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Alcoa Master | " | general | Milford Haven / Plymouth | – |
| John Gibbon | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Ben Holladay | " | general | Mersey / Manchester | – |
| Alexander W. Doniphan | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Algic | " | general | Tyne | – |
| Ruben Dario | " | general | Belfast Dock / Garston | – |
| David B. Johnson | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 (see Arctic Convoys) |
| Dexter W. Fellows | " | general | Mersey f. o. | Returned to New York Sailed in HX 302 (Later Convoy JW 60 on Sept. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2) |
| Thomas H. Sumner | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 |
| Edward H. Crockett | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Sunk when returning in RA 60 (see Arctic Convoys above and this external page) |
| Raymond B. Stevens | " | general | Loch Ewe f. o. | Returned to New York Sailed in HX 302 (later JW 60 Sept. 15 - RA 61 Nov. 2) |
| Josephine Shaw Lowell | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 |
| F. T. Frelinghuysen | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2 |
| Delnorte | " | general | Cardiff | – |
| Harvey Cushing | " | general | Immingham | – |
| K. I. Luckenbach | " | general | Immingham | – |
| Amasa Delano | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| George Gershwin | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Blenheim | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Charles A. Dana | " | general | Immingham | – |
| Richard Montgomery | " | general | Oban f. o. | Ran aground after arrival See this external page |
| David B. Henderson | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| August Belmont | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| George M. Bibb | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Hendrik Willem Van Loon | " | general | Hull | – |
| William G. Lee | " | general | Hull | – |
| James W. Johnson | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Nemaha | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Charles A. McAllister | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 (see Arctic Convoys) |
| Oakley Wood | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 |
| Jose Marti | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 |
| Frank Gilbreth | " | general | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 60 Sept. 28 |
| U.S. L.S.T. 1002 | " | equipment | Cardiff / Avonmouth / Plymouth | – |
| U.S. L.S.T. 1001 | " | equipment | Avonmouth / Plymouth | – |
| U.S. L.S.T. 1000 | " | equipment | Avonmouth / Plymouth | – |
| U.S. L.S.T. 921 | " | equipment | Mersey / Plymouth | – |
| U.S. L.S.T. 920 | " | equipment | Mersey / Plymouth | – |
| U.S. L.S.T. 702 | " | equipment | Londonderry / Plymouth | – |
| U.S. L.S.T. 674 | " | equipment | Londonderry / Plymouth | – |
| U.S. L.S.T. 621 | " | equipment | Londonderry / Plymouth | – |
| U.S. L.S.T. 620 | " | equipment | Londonderry / Plymouth | – |
| U.S. L.S.T. 616 | " | equipment | Londonderry / Plymouth | – |
| U.S. L.S.T. 572 | " | equipment | Londonderry / Plymouth | – |
| U.S. L.S.T. 566 | " | equipment | Londonderry / Plymouth | – |
| Northern Sun | " | Tanker W | London (Thameshaven) | – |
| Bourgogne | French | Tanker W | Southampton | – |
| Empire Gold | British | Tanker W | London (Isle of Grain) | – |
| Seminole | " | Tanker W | Avonmouth | – |
| Good Gulf | Panamanian | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Herbrand | Norwegian | Tanker B | Scapa | Joined Convoy JW 59 on Aug. 15 Returned in Convoy RA 59A Aug. 28 (see Arctic Convoys) |
| Winfield Scott | American | general | Liverpool (tugs) / Cardiff | – |
| Glen Gerald Griswold | " | salvage equipment | Belfast f. o. | – |
| Joining from Halifax | ||||
| Mount Kyllene | Greek | general | Leith Dock | – |
| Grey County | Norwegian | Army general | Barry | – |
| Empire MacColl | British | Tanker B (M.A.C.) | Clyde | See Notes on Convoy HX 302 page |
| Hillcrest Park | " | grain - general | Leith Dock | – |
| Alexia | " | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Empire MacKendrick | " | grain | Liverpool | – |
| Ben Robertson | American | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| George Rogers Clark | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Henry H. Richardson | " | general | Newport | – |
| James M. Wayne | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Joseph C. Lincoln | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Richard S. Ewell | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in HX 302 | |
| San Ambrosio | British | Admiralty tanker B | Scapa | – |
| William James | American | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Empire Cameron | British | lumber | West Hartlepool | – |
| Peterston | " | lumber | Methil / London | – |
| Fjordheim | Norwegian | general | Avonmouth | – |
| Also, the Rescue Vessel Dewsbury joined from Halifax*. | ||||
| Joining from Sydney C.B. & from St. John's | ||||
| Belgian | timber | Loch Ewe f. o. | To HX 302 - returned to port Sailed in HX 303 | |
| Curacao | Dutch | general - refrig. - passengers | Glasgow | See Notes below |
| Sibley Park | British | general | Glasgow | – |
| Empire Puma | " | grain | Hull | – |
| Nicolaou Virginia | Greek | grain | Avonmouth | – |
| Lyras | " | pulp | Manchester | – |
| Daltonhall | British | grain | Methil / London | – |
| Rutenfjell | Norwegian | lumber | Bristol | – |
| Seapool | British | newsprint | Manchester | – |
| Pachesham | " | newsprint | Glasgow | From HX 299 Joined from St. John's |
| Belgian Seaman | Belgian | concentrates | Swansea | From HX 300 Joined from St. John's |
Notes:
Commodore Rear Admiral C. N. Reyne was in Norwegian Reinholt, Vice Commodore was W. C. Meek R.N.R. in Norwegian Samuel Bakke. Commodore's notes are not available.
*Rescue Vessel Dewsbury was on her 15th voyage as such, having started this voyage at Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 243 on July 3-1944, to Halifax July 16 - returning with HX 301 from Halifax July 27, to Clyde Aug. 8. ("Convoy Rescue Ships", Arnold Hague).
I have received an E-mail from Morley Eldridge, telling me that his mother, Ros Eldridge (now 86) returned to England in July-1944 to rejoin her RAF husband, Fl. Lieut. George R. Eldridge, who had been posted back to England some time before. She was on board the Dutch Curacao (Captain Meynderts), which joined the convoy from Sidney, having started out in Montreal. The ship also had several other service wives on board as passengers. Morley Eldridge says "The captain told the passengers after sailing that they would awake to a sight of more ships than anyone had ever seen before. No one took him seriously and assumed that it was a made-up story for security reasons. In the morning, though, there were ships as far as the eye could see in most directions. There was an aircraft carrier on their left with sailors playing hockey, and who sent up a plane to reconnoitre once they saw there were a number of young women on the Curacao! They dropped a large bouquet of vegetables as a present, but it missed the ship and was seen floating as they passed it".
It was at first believed that Curacao had been in HX 300 for this voyage - ref. this thread on my Ship Forum - but it was later determined it was HX 301, and as can be seen from the above table, I have since received information to confirm this. (See also this Curacao related posting). Curacao later returned to the U.S. on Aug. 25 with the westbound Convoy ON 250.
More information on all the Norwegian ships in this convoy can be found with the help of the alphabet index below, or use the Ship Index to find them.
Names of escorts are not available.
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.
List of Liberty Ships by Hull No. - Includes info on the men for whom the ships were named (from Wikipedia).
Fort (+ Ocean & Park) ships
Empire ships - The site also lists "Sam"-ships and other Liberty ships.
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 302
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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 |
