Convoy HX 302 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 302
Departed New York City on Aug. 3 (4?)-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 17th.
The Advance Sailing Telegram gives departure date as Aug. 3, while Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives Aug. 4 (96 ships).
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.
Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined ships returned to port.
A 1 form is not available to me and, therefore, I don't know the station numbers for these ships.
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Steel Ranger
American
general
Oban f. o.
–
Edward Sparrow
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Joseph M. Terrell
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Marina Raskova
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Jose G. Benitez
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Susan V. Luckenbach
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Steel Mariner
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Steel Trader
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Lot Whitcomb
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Abraham Baldwin
'
general
Oban f. o.
–
Lord Delaware
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Brockholst Livingston
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
George Westinghouse
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Benjamin H. Brewster
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
John Gallup
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Cavalcade
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Thomas W. Gregory
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Ralph A. Cram
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Philip H. Sheridan
"
general
Newport
–
Thomas Pollock
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Willie Jones
"
general
Methil f. o. (London)
–
William E. Dodd
"
general
Liverpool
–
William S. Baer
"
general
Middlesbrough
–
Tomas Guardia
"
general
Liverpool / Manchester
–
David A. Curry
"
general
Middlesbrough
–
F. Southall Farrar
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Margaret Brent
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
James Schureman
"
general
Immingham
–
Henry Clay
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
William D. Hoxie
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
William E. Borah
"
general
Immingham
–
Alcoa Cutter
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Philip Schuyler
"
general
Immingham
–
Miguel Hidalgo
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Walker D. Hines
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Sailed in HX 303
Mary Pickersgill
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Robert G. Ingersoll
"
general
Hull
–
Big Foot Wallace
"
general
Hull
–
Janet Lord Roper
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Ezra Meeker
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Aldebaran
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Returned to port
Sailed in HX 303
Joseph B. Eastman
"
general
Hull
–
Alexander S. Clay
"
general
Liverpool
–
Stephen Beasley
"
general
Hull
–
Thomas Clyde
"
bulk grain
Methil f. o. (London)
–
Kaipaki
British
frozen general
Glasgow
–
Mataroa
"
frozen general
Avonmouth
Commodore Vessel
F. J. Wolfe
"
Tanker B
Dingle / Manchester
–
Hopemount
"
Admiralty tanker B
Scapa
–
Diplodon
"
Tanker B
Manchester
–
Mewata Park
"
lumber - metal
Manchester
–
Buteshire
"
steel - general
Cardiff
–
Samdee
"
lumber
Liverpool
Vice Commodore
Hopepeak
"
sugar
Liverpool
–
Carelia
"
Tanker B
Hull / Saltend
–
Empire Nugget
"
Tanker W
Milford Haven f. o. (Hamble)
–
Havkong
Norwegian
Admiralty tanker B
Clyde
–
Jacob Thompson
American
Admiralty tanker B
Clyde
Returned to port
Morgenen
Norwegian
Tanker B
Mersey / Manchester
–
Ondina
Dutch
Tanker
Clyde
–
Fernmoor
Norwegian
general
Methil f. o. (London)
–
Salland
Dutch
general
Glasgow
–
Aruba
"
sugar - general
Liverpool
Moses Cleaveland
American
general
Cardiff
From HX 301
Dexter W. Fellows
"
general
Clyde f. o.
From HX 301
(Later Convoy JW 60 on Sept. 15
Returned in Convoy RA 61 Nov. 2)
Raymond B. Stevens
"
general
Clyde f. o.
From HX 301
(later JW 60 Sept. 15 - RA 61 Nov. 2)
Fjallfoss
Icelandic
lumber
Loch Ewe / Iceland
Port Sydney
British
refrig. general
Tyne
–
Haakon Hauan
Norwegian
Tanker B
Belfast / Heysham
–
Schuylkill
British
Tanker B
London (Coryton)
–
Thomas A. Hendricks
American
general
Oban f. o.
–
Alcoa Voyager
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Joining from Halifax - Sailed Aug. 5
Kaikoura
British
general - ammunition
Swansea
–
Empire MacRae
"
grain (M.A.C.)
Liverpool
See Notes below
Empire MacKay
"
Tanker B (M.A.C.)
Clyde
See Notes
Amastra
"
Tanker B (M.A.C.)
Clyde
See Notes
Returned to port
Sailed in HX 303
Norbris
Panamanian
Tanker B
Avonmouth for glider / Southampton
From HX 301
(Norwegian managers - listed on N-page)
Augustine B. McManus
American
general - explosives - tanks
Liverpool
From HX 301
Glacier Park
British
general - steel - explosives - mail
Avonmouth
–
B. Charney Vladeck
American
general
Oban f. o.
–
Caesar Rodney
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Duncan U. Fletcher
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
George Poindexter
"
general
Milford Haven f. o.
–
Grant Wood
"
general - explosives
Oban f. o.
–
Hanley
"
explosives
Mersey
Sailed in HX 303
Mary A. Livermore
"
general
Milford Haven f. o.
–
Pieter de Hoogh
Dutch
grain
Hull
Samuel T. Darling
American
general
Swansea
From HX 301
Thomas Sully
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
William H. Crawford
"
general
Barry Dock / Milford Haven f. o.
–
William F. Empey
"
general
Oban f. o.
–
Additionally, the rescue vessel Melrose Abbey (see Notes below) - not listed in Advance Sailing Telegram.
Joining from Sydney, C. B. - Sailed Aug. 6
Belgian Sailor
Belgian
Timber
Hull
From HX 301
Returned to Sydney
Sailed in HX 303
Lochmonar
British
general - passengers - mail
Liverpool
–
Belwoods Park
"
general - mail
Liverpool - Manchester
–
Argolikos
Greek
timber
Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
–
Empire Path
British
pulp
Methil f. o. (London)
–
Laguna
"
general
Manchester
–
Erria
" (Ex Danish)
general - passengers - mail
London
Manchester Progress
"
general - passengers - mail
Hull
–
Tolten
"
general - mail
Liverpool
–
Beaverhill
"
general - passengers - mail
Liverpool
–
Kawartha Park
"
grain
Tyne / Hull
–
Pacific Enterprise
"
general - passengers
Manchester
–
Port Halifax
"
refrig. general
Cardiff
From HX 301
Joined from St. John's, N. F.
Notes: Commodore Vice Admiral F. A. Marten was in Mataroa, Vice Commodore was M. J. D. Mayall R.N.R. in Samdee. Commodore's notes are not available.
From Charles Stobbard I've received the following re the M.A.C. ships (some of which are listed in the above table):
"You mention ships named ACAVUS, RAPANA, AMASTRA in some of your convoys on your Web pages. As you rightly say they were carryying aircraft. These ships were actually tankers of 12000 tons, and during 1943 were converted into MAC ships. These were Merchant Aircaft Carriers, and in addition to their normal cargoes, carried 3 swordfish aircraft on their flight deck. They carried a normal Merchant Navy crew with a Merchant Navy captain in command, but in addition carried a Royal Navy flight and servicing crew for the aircraft.
There were nine Anglo Saxon tankers converted. ACAVUS (MAC1), ADULA (MAC2), ALEXIA (MAC3), AMASTRA (MAC4), ANCYLUS (MAC5), GADILA (MAC6) Dutch, MACOMA (MAC7) Dutch, MIRALDA (MAC8), RAPANA (MAC9), in addition the following 4 ships were also MAC ships, purpose built and converted to tankers after the war. Empire MacMahon, Empire MacKay, Empire MacColl, Empire MacCabe. Incidently the Gadila and Macoma were the first Dutch Aircraft carriers".
The Rescue Vessel Melrose Abbey was on her 15th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 244 on July 10-1944, to Halifax July 21 - returning with HX 302 from Halifax on Aug. 5, to Clyde Aug. 16 ("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 has a section listing the "Sam"-ships, and other Liberty ships that came under the British flag.
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