Convoy HX 306 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 306
Departed New York City on Aug. 31-1944 and arrived Liverpool on Sept. 17.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 120 ships in this convoy.
| Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. The ships are listed in the order in which they appear on the various documents. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Manchester Port | British | steel - general | Manchester | From HX 305 Vice Commodore |
| Eugene T. Chamberlain | American | general | Liverpool | From HX 305 |
| Baron Forbes | British | general | Liverpool | – |
| Heranger | Norwegian | general | London | – |
| " | general | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 307 | |
| Montevideo | " | general | Avonmouth | – |
| Waterland | Dutch | general | London | Commodore Vessel |
| Miaoulis | Greek | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Dynastic | American | general | Liverpool | – |
| Vermont | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Texmar | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Narbo | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Henry Barnard | " | general | Hull | – |
| LeBaron Russel Briggs | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Marymar | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| J. Willard Gibbs | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Walter Raleigh | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| William Ellery | " | general | Swansea | – |
| Themistocles | Greek | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Henry M. Rice | American | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Isaac S. Hopkins | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Mount Evans | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Thomas Sim Lee | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Stephen B. Elkins | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Katrina Luckenbach | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Alcoa Banner | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Columbian | " | general | Swansea | – |
| John H. Murphy | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Lucius Q. C. Lamar | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Raymond Clapper | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Bartholomew Gosnold | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| John Ireland | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Steel Inventor | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| City of Omaha | " | general | Tyne | – |
| Thomas Lynch | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Bayou Chico | " | general - explosives | Tyne | – |
| Samuel F. B. Morse | " | general - explosives | Immingham | – |
| Wolverine | " | general - explosives | Immingham | – |
| " | general - explosives | Mersey | Sailed in HX 307 | |
| Charles Scribner | " | general - explosives | Oban f. o. | – |
| Robert Luckenbach | " | general - explosives | Oban f. o. | – |
| Edward Canby | " | general - explosives | Newport | – |
| William Leavitt | " | grain | Liverpool / Manchester | From HX 305 |
| " | Tanker B | Clyde | – | |
| Thomas F. Farrell | " | engineer equipment | Clyde | From HX 304 |
| Belgian Gulf | Panamanian | Tanker B | Stanlow | From HX 305 |
| Chr. Th. Boe | Norwegian | Tanker W | Shellhaven | – |
| " | Tanker W | Bowling | Sailed in HX 309 | |
| " | Tanker W | Avonmouth | Sailed in HX 307 | |
| Dutch | Tanker W | Mersey | Sailed in HX 307 | |
| Norwegian | Tanker B | Loch Ewe f. o. | Sailed in HX 309 | |
| Peik | " | Tanker B | Milford Haven / Portsmouth | – |
| Norsktank | " | Tanker B | Shellhaven | – |
| Solør | " | Tanker B | Mersey / Heysham | – |
| Drammensfjord | " | sugar | Greenock | – |
| British | general | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in HX 307 | |
| Malancha | " | steel - general | Manchester | – |
| Clan Macbean | " | sugar | London | – |
| Valldemosa | " | Tanker W | Grangemouth | – |
| Comanchee | " | Tanker B | Mersey / Manchester | From HX 305 |
| Cowrie | " | Tanker W | Milford Haven / Portsmouth | – |
| Scottish American | " | Tanker W | Londonderry / Belfast Dock | – |
| San Felix | " | Tanker B | Mersey / Jarrow-on-Tyne | – |
| Campus | " | lumber - steel | Sharpness | – |
| Katy | Norwegian | Tanker B | Milford Haven / Southampton | – |
| Magdala | Dutch | Tanker W | Milford Haven / Cherbourg | – |
| Oremar | American | general | Immingham | – |
| James J. Pettigrew | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Ben F. Dixon | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Tilsington Court | British | pit props | Hull | Joined from St. John's |
| The above list comprises Pages 1 through 4 of the Advance Sailing Telegram - the next document is Page 6. Roger is going to check for me if there is also a Page 5 (but he does not think so). | ||||
| Joining from Halifax - Sailed Sept. 2 | ||||
| Alexia | British | Tanker B (M.A.C.) | Clyde | – |
| Empire MacColl | " | Tanker B (M.A.C.) | Clyde | – |
| Gadila | Dutch | Tanker B (M.A.C.) | Clyde | See Notes on the HX 302 page. |
| Empire MacCallum | British | grain (M.A.C.) | Liverpool | – |
| " | Tanker B (M.A.C.) | Clyde | From HX 305 Sailed in HX 307 | |
| Glenapp | " | general - explosives | Liverpool | – |
| Empire Camp | " | general - fish | Manchester | – |
| Armathia | Greek | pit props | West Hartlepool | – |
| Pendeen | British | lumber | Hull | – |
| Baron Dunmore | " | lumber | Grimsby | – |
| Tynemouth | " | pulp | Rochester | – |
| Kiruna | Swedish | lumber | Sharpness | – |
| Benjamin R. Curtis | American | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Egerø | Norwegian | Tanker B | Scapa | From HX 305 |
| Harold I. Pratt | American | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Joseph N. Dinand | " | vehicles and parts | Oban f. o. | – |
| Joshua W. Alexander | " | general - explosives | Liverpool | – |
| Juan N. Seguin | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Minor C. Keith | " | vehicles - explosives | Oban f. o. | – |
| Samuel de Champlain | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Stephen Johnson Field | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Joseph E. Johnston | " | vehicles - general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Timok | Yugoslavian | lumber | Ellesmere Port | – |
| Lagarfoss | Icelandic | general | Loch Ewe / Iceland | – |
| Corrales | British | general - refrig. | Liverpool | – |
| Archangelos | Greek | grain | Barry Dock | – |
| Lord Cochrane | British | grain | Tyne | – |
| Bayano | " | general - meat | Avonmouth | – |
| San Francisco | Swedish | general | Belfast Dock | – |
| Mactra | British | Tanker B | Milford Haven / Devonport | – |
| Empire Conrad | " | lumber | London | – |
| Mormacmar | American | general | Cardiff | From HX 305 |
| King Neptune | British | lumber | London | – |
| Risden Tyler Bennett | American | general | Hull | From HX 305 |
| Also, the Rescue Vessel Accrington - see Notes below. | ||||
| Joining from Sydney C.B. - Sailed Sept. 3 | ||||
| Grainton | British | grain | Hull | – |
| Empire Sunbeam | " | lumber | Tyne | – |
| Uranienborg | " | lumber | Belfast Dock | From HX 304 |
| Empire Gazelle | " | pit props | Hull | From HX 304 |
| Empire Cromer | " | general - meats | Liverpool | From HX 304 |
| Tordene | " | lumber | London | – |
| Houston City | " | grain | London | From HX 305 |
| Velox | Norwegian | wood pulp | Rochester | – |
| Ivan Topic | Yugoslavian | lumber | Manchester | – |
| Umberleigh | British | grain | Hull | – |
| Stad Haarlem | Dutch | steel - wood pulp | London | – |
| Mount Rhodope | Greek | wood pulp | Manchester | – |
| Daghestan | British | flour | Hull | From HX 305 |
| La Pampa | " | lumber | Liverpool | – |
| Olaf Bergh | Norwegian | grain | Belfast Dock | – |
| Dalmore | British | grain | London | – |
| Eleni | Greek | grain | London | – |
| Miguel de Larrinaga | British | grain | Avonmouth | – |
| Samur | " | grain | London | – |
| Badjestan | " | grain | Avonmouth | – |
| " | lumber | Mersey | Sailed in HX 307 | |
| Geddington Court | " | grain | Milford Haven / Southampton(?) | – |
| Hardanger | Norwegian | grain | Swansea | – |
| Fordsdale | British | meat - general - mail | London | – |
| Empire Simba | " | pulp | Ellesmere Port | – |
| Anna | Greek | grain | London | – |
| Tilsington Court | British | pit props | Loch Ewe / Tyne | Scheduled to sail from Wabana? Listed further up on this page / from St. John's |
Notes:
Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Accrington sailed with this convoy. She was on her 13th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 248 on Aug. 6-1944, to Halifax Aug. 17 - returning with HX 306 from Halifax Sept. 2, to Clyde Sept. 16. ("Convoy Rescue Ships", Arnold Hague).
Commodore Rear Admiral E. W. Leir was in Waterland, Vice Commodore was R. H. Walley R.N.R. in Manchester Port. Commodore's notes are not available.
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 website below have been used for the same purpose.Empire ships
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 307
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