Convoy HX 316 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 316
Departed New York City on Oct. 25-1944 and arrived Liverpool on Nov. 10.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 39 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. A 1 form is not available to me and, therefore, I don't know the station numbers of these ships. For info, some of the ships in this convoy can also be found in the westbound Convoy ON 270 on Dec. 3. MOWT = Ministry of War Transport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Jasper F. Cropsey | American (U.S.) | general | Belfast f. o. | From HX 315 |
| Erodona | British | Tanker W | illegible | From HX 315 |
| San Veronico | " | Tanker W | London? | From HX 315 |
| Rapana | " | Tanker B | Clyde | From HX 315 |
| Jerry S. Foley | American | general | Liverpool | – |
| Sieur de la Salle | " | general | Hull | – |
| Nathan Clifford | " | general | Solent f. o. | From HX 315 |
| Mahlon Pitney | " | general | Belfast f. o. | – |
| Steel Traveler | " | general | Belfast f. o. | – |
| William Paca | " | general | Belfast f. o. | – |
| John Mitchell | " | general | Belfast f. o. | – |
| Eugene T. Chamberlain | " | general | Belfast f. o. | – |
| Michael Anagnos(?) | Greek | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Brimanger | Norwegian | general | Liverpool | Vice Commodore |
| Abraham Lincoln | " | general | Hull | Commodore Vessel |
| " | general | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 317 | |
| Maaskerk | Dutch | general | Greenock | – |
| Desirade | French / MOWT 1940 | general | Avonmouth | – |
| Ville de Majunga | French | general | London | Put back to St. John's To SC 160 - did not sail Listed in SC 161 |
| Samlea | British | general | Methil f. o. | – |
| Arthur St. Clair | American | general | Hull | – |
| Charles A. McCue | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Samhope | British | general | Methil f. o. | – |
| American | general - gasoline in cans | Oban | Sailed in HX 317 | |
| Nuculana | British | Tanker W | Manchester | – |
| " | Tanker W | Milford Haven f. o. | Listed in HX 320 | |
| " | refrig. - general | Mersey f. o. | Sailed in HX 317 | |
| Tongariro | " | refrig. - general | London | – |
| City of Agra | " | flour | Glasgow | – |
| Erinna | Dutch | Tanker B | Stanlow | – |
| " | sugar | London | Sailed in HX 317 | |
| G. C. Brøvig | Norwegian | Tanker B | Clyde | From HX 315 |
| Skaraas | " | Tanker B | Mersey / Bowling | From HX 315 |
| Vivi | " | Tanker W | Belfast / Heysham | – |
| Lucien B. Maxwell | American | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Aldebaran | French | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Oscar Chapell | American | general | Belfast f. o. | From HX 315 |
| Joining from Halifax - Sailed Oct. 28 (26? 27?) | ||||
| Asbjørn | Danish / Canadian Gov. 1940 | grain - general - explosives | Liverpool | – |
| Empire MacCallum | British | grain | Mersey | – |
| Henry Villard | American | general | Southampton / Solent f. o. | – |
| Manchester Division | British | general - mail | Manchester | – |
| Tactician | " | general | Cardiff | From HX 315 |
| Joining from Sydney - Sailed Oct. 29 | ||||
| Rosedale Park | British | general - explosives | Manchester | – |
| Delilian | " | general - mail | Glasgow | – |
| Dorelian | " | none given | Avonmouth | – |
Notes:
Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Dewsbury was with this convoy. She was on her 17th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 258 on Oct. 7-1944, to Halifax Oct. 22 - returning with HX 316 from Halifax on Oct. 27, to Clyde Nov. 9 ("Convoy Rescue Ships", Arnold Hague).
Commodore, Rear Admiral O. H. Dawson was in the Norwegian Abraham Lincoln, Vice Commodore was A. G. Maundrell, R.I.N. in the Norwegian Brimanger. Commodore's notes are not available.
Related external link:
Liberty Ships - Just about all the ships listed as American in the table above were Liberty ships. This website lists them alphabetically.
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 317
| Aa–Al | An–Ar | As–Av | Ba | Be | Bi–Bl | Bo | Br–Bu | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
