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CONVOY HX 329
Departed New York City on Dec. 29-1944 and arrived Liverpool on Jan 12-1945.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 36 ships in this convoy.
| Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. A 1 form is not available to me and, therefore, I don't know the station numbers of these ships. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| American (U.S.) | general | Solent f. o. | Listed in HX 330 | |
| Frederick W. Taylor | " | general | Mersey / Solent f. o. | – |
| " | general | Solent f. o. | Listed in HX 333 | |
| Juan Flaco Brown | " | general | Mersey / Solent f. o. | – |
| Louis Bamberger | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Conrad Weiser | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| " | general | Mersey f. o. | Listed in HX 330 | |
| Raymond B. Stevens | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Thomas F. Meagher | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| " | general | Solent f. o. | Listed in HX 330 | |
| " | general | Mersey | Listed in HX 330 | |
| " | general | Solent f. o. | To HX 330 - did not sail Listed in HX 331 | |
| " | general | Solent f. o. | Listed in HX 330 | |
| John N. Maffitt | " | general | Barry Dock | – |
| " | general | Solent f. o. | Listed in HX 330 | |
| " | general | Solent f. o. | Listed in HX 330 | |
| " | general | Solent f. o. | Listed in HX 330 | |
| Patrick C. Boyle | " | general - explosives | Solent f. o. | – |
| James B. Duke | " | general - explosives | Solent f. o. | – |
| Rufus Choate | " | general - explosives | Solent f. o. | – |
| " | general - explosives | Solent f. o. | Listed in HX 330 | |
| John H. Hammond | " | general - explosives | Solent f. o. | – |
| " | general - explosives | Solent f. o. | Listed in HX 330 | |
| Taron | British | Tanker W | Avonmouth | – |
| Connaught Park | " | none given | Hull | – |
| Empire Pakeha | " | refrig. - general | Avonmouth | – |
| " | metal - timber | London | Listed in HX 330 | |
| Kaimata | " | general | Hull | – |
| " | general | Downs f. o. | Listed in HX 330 | |
| Spinanger | Norwegian | Tanker B | Londonderry | – |
| Emma Bakke | " | general | Liverpool | From HX 328 Commodore Vessel |
| Gefion | " | Tanker B | Avonmouth | From HX 328 |
| " | Tanker W | Avonmouth | From HX 328 Listed in HX 331 | |
| Empire Benefit | British | Tanker W | London (Thameshaven) | From HX 328 |
| David G. Burnet | American | general | Solent f. o. | From HX 328 |
| Francis Scott Key | " | general | Clyde f. o. (for Russia) | Listed in JW 64 Febr. 3-1945 Returned in RA 65 March 23 See my Arctic Convoys page |
| Byron Darnton | " | general | Clyde f. o. (for Russia) | Listed in JW 64 Febr. 3-1945 Returned in RA 66 Apr. 29 station 24 |
| Willard Hall | " | general | Clyde f. o. (for Russia) | Listed in JW 64 Febr. 3-1945 Returned in RA 66 Apr. 29 station 44 |
| Edwin L. Drake | " | general | Clyde f. o. (for Russia) | Listed in JW 64 Febr. 3-1945 Returned in RA 65 March 23 |
| " | general | Clyde f. o. | Listed in HX 330 Listed in JW 64 Febr. 3-1945 Returned in RA 66 Apr. 29 | |
| " | general | Clyde f. o. | To HX 330 - did not sail Listed in HX 331 Listed in JW 64 Febr. 3-1945 Returned in RA 65 March 23 | |
| The following ships have been given departure date Dec. 31 (New York), but I believe this might be the Halifax section. | ||||
| British | grain | Liverpool | Listed in HX 330 | |
| Tilapa | " | meat - mail | Avonmouth | – |
| American | general | Solent f. o. | Listed in HX 330 | |
| Bertram G. Goodhue | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| " | general | Solent f. o. | Listed in HX 330 | |
| Edward B. Haines | " | general | Mersey f. o. | Returned to port (St. John's) Listed in HX 331 |
| Edward E. Spafford | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Elijah Cobb | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Hutchinson I. Cone | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| " | general | Solent f. o. | Listed in HX 330 | |
| " | general | Solent f. o. | To HX 330 - did not sail Listed in HX 331 | |
| William Johnson | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| " | general | Solent f. o. | Joined HX 331 - returned Listed in HX 332 | |
| Cotton Mather | " | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Nathaniel Silsbee | " | general | Solent f. o. | From HX 328 |
| William Crane Gray | " | general | Solent f. o. | From HX 328 |
| Henry W. Longfellow | " | general | Solent f. o. | From SC 164 |
| Acavus | British | Tanker B | Clyde | From HX 328 |
| Empire McKay | " | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
Notes:
Commodore, J. Smith R.N.R. was in the Norwegian Emma Bakke. Commodore's notes not available.
More details on the Norwegian ships in this convoy can be found with the help of the alphabet index below.
Related external links:
Liberty Ships - All the ships listed as American in the table above were Liberty ships. This website lists them alphabetically (includes "Sam" ships).
List of Liberty Ships by Hull No. - Includes info on the men for whom the ships were named (from Wikipedia).
This site has more on the the "Park" ships mentioned in this convoy.
Empire Ships listed in alphabetical order. The site allso has a section listing the "Sam"-ships, and other Liberty ships that came under the British flag.
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 330
| 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 |
