Convoy HX 314 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 314
Departed New York on Oct. 15-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 29th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 63 ships in this convoy.
| Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined ships returned to port. A 1 form is not available to me and, therefore, I don't have the station numbers of these ships. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Franklin P. Mall | American | general | Manchester | – |
| John S. Sargent | " | general | Hull | – |
| William Crane Gray | " | general | Mersey | – |
| Robert Fechner | " | general | Mersey | – |
| Benjamin F. Coston | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| George M. Verity | " | general | Newport | – |
| Robin Adair | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| Rufus C. Dawes | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Arthur L. Perry | " | general | Barry Dock | – |
| James McHenry | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| " | general - explosives | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in the next convoy | |
| Charles C. Glover | " | general - explosives | Oban f. o. | – |
| Carter Braxton | " | general - explosives | Solent f. o. | – |
| George Matthews | " | general - explosives | Mersey f. o. | Put into Halifax joined the next convoy |
| Jesse Billingsley | " | general - explosives | Liverpool / Southampton | – |
| Irwin Russel | " | Tanker B | Liverpool | – |
| Eliza Jane Nicholson | " | Tanker B | Southampton | – |
| Jean Baptiste Le Moyne | " | Tanker W | Clyde | – |
| Northern Sun | " | Tanker W | Swansea / Avonmouth | – |
| Stiklestad | Norwegian | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Egerø | " | Tanker W | Clyde | – |
| " | Tanker W | Barton | Sailed in the next convoy | |
| Nueva Granada | " | Tanker W | Thameshaven | – |
| Solør | " | Tanker B | Thameshaven | – |
| Ferncourt | " | Tanker B | Purfleet | – |
| Thorsholm | " | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Solfonn | " | Tanker B | Swansea / Avonmouth | – |
| Emma Bakke | " | general | Hull | Commodore Vessel |
| Panamanian | Tanker B | Mersey | Sailed in the next convoy | |
| Clausina | British | Tanker W | Manchester | – |
| Empire Dickens | " | Tanker W | London (Thameshaven) | – |
| San Vulfrano | " | Tanker W | Swansea | – |
| Port Sydney | " | frozen - general | Liverpool | – |
| Ruahine | " | frozen - general | Liverpool | – |
| Empire Saturn | " | Tanker B | Stanlow | – |
| " | Tanker B | Heysham | Sailed in the next convoy | |
| Athelchief | " | Tanker B | Swansea / Mersey | – |
| Idomeneus | " | general | Swansea | – |
| Ocean Vigil | " | Army stores | London | – |
| Tobiatic Park | " | timber - general | Tyne | – |
| Fort Livingstone | " | sugar | Liverpool | – |
| Consuelo | " | sugar - rum - pitch | London | – |
| Trader | " | sugar - general | Liverpool | – |
| Joseph Augustin Chevalier | American | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 313 |
| Eliphalet Nott | " | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 313 |
| Thomas Heyward | " | general - explosives | Oban f. o. | From HX 313 |
| Francis Asbury | " | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 313 |
| Empire Beresford | British | Tanker W | Killingholme | From HX 313 |
| Godafoss | Icelandic | general | Oban for Iceland | – |
| Samskern | British | sugar | Liverpool | – |
| Herbrand | Norwegian | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Clydefield | British | Tanker B | Scapa | – |
| Joining from Halifax - Sailed Oct. 17 | ||||
| Alexander W. Doniphan | American | general | Oban f. o. | From HX 313 |
| Tetela | British | meat - general | Hull | From HX 313 |
| Tudor Prince | " | general | Hull | – |
| Empire MacDermott | " | grain | Liverpool | – |
| Cavina | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Elk Island Park | " | grain - general | Hull | – |
| Corrales | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| " | grain - general | Liverpool | Sailed in the next convoy | |
| French | lumber | Grimsby | Listed in SC 159 | |
| Argolikos | Greek | steel - lumber | Immingham | – |
| Manchester Shipper | British | general - mail | Manchester | – |
| Benjamin Brown French | American | explosives | Oban f. o. | – |
| " | general - explosives | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in the next convoy | |
| James Bowdoin | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Timothy Bloodworth | " | general | Oban f. o. | – |
| Joining from Syndey C.B. - Sailed Oct. 18 | ||||
| Strathcona Park | British | general - mail | London | – |
| Dentonia Park | " | general - mail | Liverpool | – |
| Belwoods Park | " | general - mail | Manchester | – |
| Empire Torrent | " | flour | Liverpool | – |
Notes:
Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Accrington was with this convoy. She was on her 14th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 256 on Sept. 27, to Halifax Oct. 10 - returning with HX 314 from Halifax Oct. 17, to Clyde Oct. 29.
Commodore, W. E. B. Magee, R.N. was in the Norwegian Emma Bakke. Commodore's notes are not available.
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 315
| Aa–Al | An–Ar | As–Av | Ba | Be | Bi–Bl | Bo | Br–Bu | C | D |
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| E | F | G | Ha | He | Hi–Hy | Hø | I | J | K |
| 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 |
