Convoy HX 331 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

CONVOY HX 331 Departed New York City on Jan. 8-1945 and arrived Liverpool on the 22nd.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 62 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper (Advance Sailing Telegram) - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

The station numbers and cargoes for the tankers have been extracted from a document received from D. Kindell, based on the late Arnold Hague's database - see his listing for Convoy HX 331 at Ships in all HX convoys. (It'll be noticed, when comparing A. Hague's listing with what can be found below, that some of the ships listed as sailing in the Halifax portion in the Advane Sailing Telegram are not listed in this portion by A. Hague).

~~Crossed out~~ ships did not sail, underlined returned to port (except those that are linked, which will automatically be underlined).

Info re. Russian convoys has been added with the help of "Convoys to Russia", Arnold Hague and Bob Ruegg.

Ship

Nationality

Cargo

Station

Destination

Remarks

George R. Holmes

American (U.S.)

general

Cherbourg

–

Thomas Stone

general

Cherbourg

–

Pierre L'Enfant

general

Downs f. o.

–

Norwegian

general
(A. Hague adds locos)

113

Cherbourg

Ex Liberty Ship George M. Shriver
(follow link to Viggo Hansteen)
A. Hague says fitted w/AND

Thomas Bradlee

American

general
(A. Hague says stores)

Solent f. o.

(A. Hague says this ship joined from Halifax)

~~Simon Willard~~

general

–

Solent f. o.

Listed in Halifax section below

William Wilkins

general
(A. Hague adds AFV's)

123

Downs f. o.

–

Henry B. Plant

general
(A. Hague adds tugs & AFV's)

125

Liverpool / Downs f. o.

See Notes below

Oakley Wood

general
(A. Hague adds guns - MT - boats)

Downs f. o.

–

~~Ida Straus~~

general

–

Solent f. o.

John Howland

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

121

Downs f. o.

–

W. S. Jennings

general
(A. Hague says MT - AFV's)

103

Cherbourg

–

~~Andrew Hamilton~~

general

–

Solent f. o.

Listed in HX 332

Abraham Rosenberg

general

115

Cherbourg

–

~~Walter M. Christiansen~~

general

–

Solent f. o.

Listed in HX 332

Niels Poulson

general - explosives

114

Solent f. o.

–

Frederick H. Baetjer

general - explosives
(A. Hague adds MT)

Solent f. o.

–

Walter Hines Page

general - explosives

104

Cherbourg

–

~~Charles C. Glover~~

general - explosives

–

Southend f. o.

Listed in Halifax section below

Joseph Stanton

general - explosives

102

Cherbourg

–

Bjarne A. Lia

general - explosives

112

Solent f. o.

–

Navicella

British

Tanker W
(petrol)

Avonmouth

–

British Courage

Adm. tanker B
(USN fuel)

Portsmouth

A. Hague says:
Escort Oiler

~~Lucellum~~

Adm. tanker B

–

Mersey

Listed in HX 332

Port Halifax

refrig. - amm.

Avonmouth

–

~~Greystoke Castle~~

general

–

Mersey

To HX 332 - did not sail
Listed in HX 333

Fort Brunswick

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

124

Avonmouth

–

~~Trevanion~~

lumber - steel - general

–

London

~~Tiradentes~~

Norwegian

general

–

Liverpool

~~Fernwood~~

general

–

Liverpool

Listed in HX 332

petroleum products
(A. Hague says general - MT)

Hull

From HX 330
Commodore Vessel

Tanker W
(oil fuel - 60 DC's)

Mersey / Stanlow

From HX 330
A. Hague says:
Escort Oiler

~~Kaia Knudsen~~

Adm. tanker W

–

Mersey

Listed in HX 333

Tanker W
(petrol)

Avonmouth

~~Malvina~~

Dutch

Adm. tanker W

–

Mersey

To HX 332 - did not sail
See UGS 68
(external link)

Sapperton Park

British

lumber - lead

122

London

From HX 330

~~Manchester Division~~

steel - general

–

Mersey

To HX 332 - did not sail
Listed in HX 334

Norwegian

Adm. tanker W
(USN fuel - spare DC's)

Liverpool

From HX 330
Escort Oiler.
(later joined JW 67,
returned with RA 67)

Amastra

British

Adm. tanker B
(A/C, helicopters, USN fuel)

Clyde

MAC ship
(non operational ferry carrier)
From HX 330

Norwegian

Tanker W
(fuel oil)

Stanlow

From HX 330
Escort Oiler

British Merit

British

Tanker W
(petrol)

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

Listed in Convoy JW 64 Febr. 3,
returning with RA 65 in March

Empire Flint

none given
(A. Hague says Alcylate)

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

Listed in Convoy JW 64 Febr. 3,
returning with RA 65 in March

John J. Abel

American

general
(A. Hague adds locos)

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

From HX 330
Listed in Convoy JW 64 Febr. 3,
returning with RA 65 in March

Hawkins Fudske

general
(A. Hague adds genrators)

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

From HX 330
Listed in Convoy JW 64 Febr. 3,
returning with RA 65 in March

Nathan Towson

general
(A. Hague adds locos)

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

Listed in Convoy JW 64 Febr. 3,
returning with RA 65 in March

~~Ben F. Dixon~~

general

–

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

Listed in HX 332
Joined Convoy JW 64 Febr. 3,
returning with RA 65 in March

Daniel Willard

general - explosives
(A. Hague adds locos)

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

Listed in Convoy JW 64 Febr. 3,
returning with RA 65 in March

~~F. T. Frelinghuysen~~

general - explosives

–

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

Listed in HX 332
Joined Convoy JW 64 Febr. 3,
returning with RA 65 in March

Nicholas D. Labadie

general
(A. Hague adds locos & tugs)

Liverpool / Downs f. o.

From HX 330

Robert Mills

general
(A. Hague adds MT - cranes)

Downs f. o.

From HX 330

George W. Norris

general
(A. Hague adds tugs)

105

Liverpool / Downs

~~Moses Austin~~

general

–

Solent f. o.

From HX 330
Listed in HX 332

James Whitcomb Riley

general

Liverpool

From HX 330

Frank R. Stockton

general
(A. Hague adds AFV's)

101

Cherbourg

From HX 330

James H. Price

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

111

Manchester

From HX 330(?)

Arthur M. Hulbert

general - explosives

Solent f. o.

From HX 330

John Walker

general - explosives

Solent f. o.

From HX 330

~~Reginald A. Fessenden~~

Tanker W

–

Stanlow

–

~~Franz Klasen~~

Panamanian

Tanker W

–

Barry Roads f. o.

See UGS 68
(external link)

A. Hague has also included the British Fort Amherst in this convoy (station 51), voyage from New York to Halifax, general cargo. Again, see his listing for HX 331 at Ships in all HX convoys. This ship is not mentioned in the Original Advance Sailing Telegram.

Joining from Halifax - Sailed Jan. 10

Asbjørn

Danish / Can. Govt. 1940

general - explosives

Liverpool

From HX 330

Argolikos

Greek

timber
(A. Hague adds DC's)

126

London

From HX 330

Samcree

British

general
(A. Hague adds explosives)

Downs f. o.

–

Empire Macalpine

grain (MAC)

Liverpool

–

Julius Olsen

American

general

Downs f. o.

Macoma

Dutch

Tanker B (USN fuel - MAC)

Clyde

–

Cavina

British

meats

London

From HX 330

Casimir Pulaski

American

Army general

106

Liverpool

–

Charles C. Glover

general - explosives

Hull

–

Empire Talisman

British

none given
(A. Hague says general - meat)

Liverpool

From HX 330

Rideau Park

none given
(A. Hague says general - explosives)

Avonmouth

From HX 330
(A. Hague says fitted w/AND)

Ralph Izard

American

none given
(A. Hague says general - explosives)

Downs f. o.

–

Simon Willard

general
(A. Hague says stores)

Downs f. o.

–

Tomas Guardia

none given
(A. Hague says rations)

Solent f. o.

From HX 330

~~Thomas Bradlee~~

general

–

Solent f. o.

Listed in New York portion above

William McKinley

none given
(A. Hague says stores)

Solent f. o.

From HX 329
Returned to Halifax Jan. 11
Listed in HX 332

John E. Schmeltzer

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

Solent f. o.

–

Joaquin Miller

general
(A. Hague adds rations & MT)

Downs f. o.

–

Henry D. Lindsley

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

Cherbourg

–

James B. Miller

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

Cherbourg

–

Orestes

British

general - mail 257

Liverpool

–

Empire Dickens

Tanker W
(petrol)

Avonmouth

–

Also, the Rescue Vessel Perth joined from Halifax, taking station 46 - See Notes below.

Joining from St. John's

Edward B. Haines

American

general

Solent f. o.