Convoy HX 338 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

CONVOY HX 338 Departed New York City on Febr. 12-1945 and arrived Liverpool on the 27th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 70 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper (Advance Sailing Telegram) - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
Details re. Arctic convoys were found in "Convoys to Russia 1941-1945" by Bob Ruegg and Arnold Hague.

Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined returned (except those that are linked, which will automatically be underlined - Havkong, however, did return).

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 338 at Ships in all HX convoys.

See also westbound Convoy ON 277, ON 278 and ON 279

Ship

Nationality

Cargo

Station

Destination

Remarks

John Milledge

American

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

133

Cherbourg

–

Francis D. Culkin

"

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

94

Downs f. o. (Antwerp)

–

Juliette Low

"

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

132

Downs f. o. (Antwerp)

–

Samuel Nelson

"

general
(A. Hague adds locos)

111

Downs f. o. (Antwerp)

–

Thomas Sumter

"

general

–

Solent f. o.

Harold O. Wilson

"

general

56

Havre

–

Henry Adams

"

general

–

Mersey f. o.

George Westinghouse

"

general

67

Liverpool

–

George Durant

"

general
(A. Hague adds locos)

112

Glasgow

Ambrose E. Burnside

"

general
(A. Hague adds grain, locos, gliders)

73

Manchester

From HX 337
Returned
Joined HX 340 - returned.
Sailed in HX 341
(see Ships in all HX convoys)

Abner Nash

"

general
(A. Hague adds grain, gliders)

123

London

–

John Miller

"

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

135

Mersey f. o.

Returned for engine repairs
Listed in HX 339

John G. Whittier

"

general

125

Hull

–

James Sullivan

"

general

126

Liverpool

–

Daniel L. Johnston

"

general
(A. Hague adds MT, sulphur)

55

Manchester

–

Park Benjamin

"

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

107

Havre

–

Noah Webster

"

general
(A. Hague adds A/C)

131

Swansea

–

Joseph W. Folk

"

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

134

Downs f. o. (Antwerp)

–

Johnny Appleseed

"

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

75

Mersey f. o.

Collis P. Huntington

"

general
(A. Hague says flour)

117

Downs f. o. (Antwerp)

–

Lorado Taft

"

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

105

Downs f. o. (Antwerp)

–

John Cropper

"

general
(A. Hague adds rations, MT)

113

Downs f. o. (Antwerp)

–

Henry Hadley

"

general
(A. Hague adds MT, explosives)

116

Cherbourg

–

Janet Lord Roper

"

general

54

Downs f. o. (Antwerp)

A. Hague says fitted w/AND

George F. Patten

"

general
(A. Hague says ordnance, MT)

66

Cherbourg

–

Lucretia Mott

"

general- explosives

–

Liverpool

Ferdinand R. Hassler

"

general- explosives
(A. Hague adds MT)

96

Cherbourg

–

John W. Powell

"

general- explosives
(A. Hague adds MT)

122

Havre

From HX 337

William K. Kamaka

"

general- explosives

102

Havre

–

Cartago

"

general- refrig.

61

Avonmouth

–

Robert Rogers

"

sugar
(A. Hague says general, MT)

53

Greenock

From HX 337
A. Hague says fitted w/AND

Theodoric Bland

"

gasoline
(A. Hague says cased petrol, MT)

104

Downs f. o. (Antwerp)

–

Leerdam

Dutch

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

71

Glasgow

From HX 336
Commodore Vessel

Clausina

British
(ex Dutch 1939)

Tanker W
(aviation gas)

124

Stanlow

(Listed as Dutch in AST)

Salland

Dutch

refrig. - general
(A. Hague adds locos)

81

Cardiff

–

Panamanian
(Norw. managers)

Tanker W
(crude oil)

76

Stanlow

–

Norwegian

Tanker B
(dieso)

93

Devonport

A. Hague says:
Escort Oiler

"

Tanker W
(USN fuel, A/C)

82

Mersey

Acavus

British

Tanker B

–

Clyde

Listed in HX 345
(see Ships in all HX convoys above)

Pontfield

"

Tanker W
(petrol)

106

Avonmouth

A. Hague says:
Escort Oiler

Manchester Exporter

"

general

101

Manchester

From HX 337

Glenstrae

"

general

92

Liverpool

Fort Albany

"

lumber - general

97

London

–

Kina II

"
(Ex. Danish Kina 1940)

lead - wool - general

51

Liverpool

–

Fort Prudhomme

British

grain - general
(A. Hague adds MT)

64

Downs f. o.

A. Hague says fitted w/AND

Hopemount

"

Tanker B
(USN fuel)

62

Londonderry

A. Hague says:
Escort Oiler

Chesapeake

"

Tanker B

–

Stanlow

From HX 337
Listed in HX 339

Empire Puma

"

corn
(A. Hague adds MT, lumber)

77

London

From HX 337

Fort La Cloche

"

general
(A. Hague adds amphibs)

114

Downs f. o.

From HX 337
A. Hague says fitted w/AND

Dolabella

"

Tanker W
(alcohol, petrol)

63

Clyde for N. Russia

Joined Convoy JW 65,
returned with RA 66
(link at bottom of page)

Winfred L. Smith

American

general - explosives
(A. Hague adds locos)

65

Clyde for N. Russia

From HX 337
Joined Convoy JW 65,
returned with RA 66

William Wheelwright

"

general
(A. Hague adds locos)

52

Clyde for N. Russia

From HX 337
Joined Convoy JW 65,
returned with RA 66

John Sharp Williams

"

general
(A. Hague adds A/C)

121

Liverpool

From HX 337

Mack Bruton Bryan

"

general
(A. Hague adds AFV's)

136

Liverpool

Hilton

"

general
(A. Hague says frig., A/C)

95

Solent f. o.

From HX 337
Returned
Joined SC 168 - returned to port
Listed in SC 169
(see Ships in all SC convoys)

Joseph Augustin Chevalier

"

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

103

Downs f. o. (Antwerp)

From HX 337

James B. Richardson

"

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

84

Downs f. o. (Antwerp)

From HX 337

John Hathorn

"

general - explosives
(A. Hague adds gliders)

74

Hull

From HX 337

William R. Day

"

general
(A. Hague adds explosives, MT)

85

Liverpool

From HX 337

Robert Neighbors

"

general
(A. Hague says MT)

86

Havre

From HX 337

Elijah Kellogg*

"

general
(A. Hague adds MT)

115

Havre

From HX 337

* 2 of the external websites that I've linked to at the end of this page list this ship as Elijah Kellog, while the Empire Ships site has Kellogg with 2 g's, which is also the spelling in the Advance Sailing Telegram, as well as in "Convoys to Russia".

Smith Thompson

"

general
(A. Hague says MT)

91

Havre

Nicholas Biddle

"

general

–

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

Listed in HX 339
Joined Convoy JW 65,
returned with RA 66
(link at bottom of page)

William Pepper

"

general

–

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

Listed in HX 339
Joined Convoy JW 65,
returned with RA 66

Eleazar Lord

"

general

–

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

Listed in HX 339
Joined Convoy JW 65,
returned with RA 66

Stage Door Canteen

"

general

–

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

Listed in HX 339
Joined Convoy JW 65,
returned with RA 66

Charles A. McAllister

"

general

–

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

Listed in HX 339
Joined Convoy JW 65,
returned with RA 66

Benjamin Schlesinger

"

general

–

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

Listed in HX 339
Joined Convoy JW 65,
returned with RA 66

John McDonogh

"

general

–

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

Listed in HX 339
Joined Convoy JW 65,
returned with RA 66

Eloy Alfaro

"

general

–

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

Listed in HX 339
Joined Convoy JW 65,
returned with RA 66

Horace Bushnell

"

general - explosives

–

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

Listed in HX 339
Joined Convoy JW 65 - torpedoed
(follow link for info)

Thomas Donaldson

"

general - explosives
(A. Hague adds locos)

72

Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)

Joined Convoy JW 65 - sunk

British Tradition

British

none given
(A. Hague says aviation gas)

83

Downs f. o. (Antwerp)

A. Hague says:
Escort Oiler

Queens Park

Canadian

none given
(A. Hague says general)

127

Liverpool

–

A. Hague has also included the British Eros in this convoy (station 57), bound for Halifax only (in ballast); again, see his listing for HX 338 at Ships in all HX convoys - this ship is not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Teleram.

Joining from Halifax - Sailed Febr. 14

Empire Waimana

British

metal - meats - general

42

Liverpool

–

Samluzon

"

flour - general - metal

32

Downs f. o.

–

Pacific Enterprise

"

general - grain - explosives

41

Manchester

–

Riverdale Park

Canadian

grain - general - explosives - tanks

31

Manchester

A. Hague says fitted w/AND

Mount Kyllene

Greek

general

24

Sharpness

–

Euryades

British

general - oats - explosives

–

Liverpool

Alfred E. Smith

American

flour

–

Downs f. o.

Listed in HX 339

Catrine

British

flour

–

London

Listed in HX 339

Dentonia Park

Canadian

general - amm. - mails

21

Glasgow

–

Ezra Meeker*

American

general

–

Solent f. o.

Listed in HX 339?

* There's an Ezra Meech (delivered Jan. 27-1945) listed in the Advance Sailing Telegram for the next convoy, HX 339. There was also a Liberty Ship named Ezra Meeker (built in 1942), which is how this name is spelt in the AST for HX 338, but I don't know whether there's a mix up of names here, or whether the latter was indeed scheduled for this convoy. According to A. Hague, Ezra Meeker arrived the US from Oran on Febr. 14-1945 in Convoy GUS 68, leaving again on March 9 with Convoy UGS 79 (both links are external).

Fort Orange

Dutch

general
(A. Hague says stores)

35

Downs f. o. (Antwerp)

From HX 337
A. Hague says fitted w/AND

F. Scott Fitzgerald

American

oil - grease - vehicles

45

Havre

From HX 337

James C. Cameron

"

clothing - grease - vehicles

–

Solent f. o.

From HX 337
Listed in HX 339

James Jackson

"

general

–

Solent f. o.

James K. Paulding

"

general - explosives

–

Solent f. o.

Listed in HX 339

John Catron

"

explosives

43

Havre

A. Hague says fitted w/AND

John Mitchell

"

vehicles

23

Barry Dock

From HX 337

Joseph Squires

"

general
(A. Hague says stores)

34

Downs f. o. (Antwerp)

–

Kenyon L. Butterfield

"

general

–

Solent f. o.

Listed in HX 339

Ocean Vigil

British

general

–

Avonmouth

Robert B. Forbes

American

general

–

Solent f. o.

R. Walton Moore

"

explosives

–

Solent f. o.

Listed in HX 339

Stephen Smith

"

general

–

Solent f. o.

Tobruk

Polish

grain

46

London

–

William Pepperell

American

vehicle parts

44

Havre

–

Wilson B. Keene

"

crated trucks

33

Downs f. o. (Antwerp)

–

William F. Jerman

"

none given
(A. Hague says general, locos)

22

London

–

Also, the Rescue Vessel Dundee (station 87) - see Notes below.

Joined at sea

Port Jackson

British

none given

–

Liverpool

A. Hague says:
Joined Febr. 22