Convoy HX 328 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 328
Departed New York City on Dec. 24-1944 and arrived Liverpool on Jan. 8-1945.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 51 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. Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined ships returned to port. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Northking | Panamanian | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Hugh J. Kilpatrick | American (U.S.) | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| James Otis | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| John Gorrie | " | general | Newport | – |
| S. Wiley Wakeman | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Josiah Cohen | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Edward G. Janeway | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Robert Y. Hayne | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Lord Delaware | " | general | Downs f. o. | – |
| " | general | Solent f. o. | Sailed in HX 329 | |
| John L. Sullivan | " | general | Downs f. o. | – |
| Ira Nelson Morris | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| " | general | Solent f. o. | Sailed in HX 329 | |
| Joseph B. Eastman | " | general | Downs f. o. | – |
| F. Southall Farrar | " | general | Mersey / Solent f. o. | – |
| Felix Grundy | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | To SC 164 - did not sail Listed in HX 329 | |
| Cassius Hudson | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Charles A. Keffer | " | general | Barry Dock | – |
| Eleftheria | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| The doc. listing the following ships gives departure date Dec. 19 | ||||
| Samuel F. Miller | American | general - explosives | Solent f. o. | – |
| Robert Treat | " | general - explosives | Hull | – |
| Lucy Stone | " | general - explosives | Solent f. o. | – |
| Charles H. Marshall | " | general - explosives | Hull | – |
| William Windom | " | general - explosives | Solent f. o. | – |
| K. I. Luckenbach | " | general - explosives | Solent f. o. | – |
| " | general - explosives | Solent f. o. | Sailed in HX 329 | |
| British | Tanker B | Clyde | Sailed in HX 329 | |
| " | Tanker W | Barry Roads | Sailed in HX 329 | |
| " | general | London | From HX 326 To SC 164 - did not sail Listed in SC 165 | |
| Samsoaring | " | general | Liverpool | From HX 327 Returned to port (St. John's) Listed in HX 330 |
| Dundurn Park | " | general - lumber | Liverpool | From HX 327 |
| Samspeed | " | general - ammunition | Downs f. o. | – |
| Samtrent | " | general - ammunition | Downs f. o. | – |
| Norwegian | Tanker W | Avonmouth | From HX 327 To HX 329 - did not sail Listed in HX 331 | |
| Brimanger | " | general | Liverpool | Commodore Vessel |
| Tai Shan | " | general | Cardiff | – |
| " | general | Southend f. o. | Sailed in HX 329 | |
| Fernmoor | " | general | Liverpool | From HX 327 |
| " | Tanker W | Barry Roads f. o. | Sailed in HX 329 | |
| Havprins | " | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Anna Knudsen | " | Tanker B | Panbroke(?) Dock | – |
| Tureby | British | lumber | Downs f. o. | From HX 327 |
| Belgian Gulf | Panamanian | Tanker W | Birkenhead / Bacton / ? | From HX 325 |
| Norlys | " | none given | Stanlow | Norwegian managers (listed on N-page) |
| George W. Goethals | American | general | Mersey / Solent f. o. | From HX 327 |
| Julius Olsen | " | general | Solent f. o. | From HX 327Returned to port (Halifax) To HX 330 - did not sail Listed in HX 331 |
| Ima | Norwegian | Tanker W | Southampton | Put in to Halifax Dec. 28 Listed in SC 164 |
| George Eldridge | American | general | Liverpool | – |
| Themistocles | Greek | general | Solent f. o. | From HX 327 |
| Will Rogers | American | general | Downs f. o. | – |
| Narica | – | Tanker W | Humber / Saltend(?) | – |
| Joseph R. Lamur | American | general - bombs | Hull | From HX 327 |
| Sailing from Halifax - Dec. 26 | ||||
| Elm Park | British | general - metal - explosives | Manchester | Returned to port (St. John's) Listed in HX 330 |
| Dromore | " | general | Manchester | From HX 327 |
| Dorelian | " | general - grain | Avonmouth | – |
| Umtali | " | fish - meat | London | – |
| Empire MacColl | " | Tanker B | Clyde | From HX 327 |
| Frederic A. Kummer | American | general | Liverpool | – |
| Harry L. Glucksman | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Edward L. Logan | " | general - steel | Solent f. o. | – |
| John P. Poe | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Kelmscott | – | paper | London | – |
| William G. Lee | American | general | Hull | – |
| William Byrd | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
Notes:
Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Fastnet was with this convoy. She was on her 9th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 270 on Dec. 4-1944, to Halifax Dec. 20 - returning with HX 328 from Halifax on Dec. 26, ending her voyage on Jan. 9-1945. Her previous eastbound voyage (8th voyage) had taken place with Convoy HX 318. ("Convoy Rescue Ships", Arnold Hague).
Commodore, H. D. Wakeman-Colville was in Norwegian Brimanger. Commodore's notes are not available.
More details on the Norwegian ships in this convoy can be found with the help of the alphabet index below.
Related external link:
Liberty Ships - The vast majority of the ships listed as American in the table above were Liberty ships. This website lists them alphabetically (includes "Sam" ships).
See also
This site, which lists the "Sam'-ships and other Liberty ships that came under the British flag.
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 329
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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 |
