Convoy HX 39 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

Convoy HX 39 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Apr. 30-1940 and arrived Liverpool on May 15 (Arnold Hague says 44 ships).

Transcribed from original A 1 form received from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).

Nationalities have been added with the help of "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan.

Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Pa=Panamanian, Fr=French, Gr=Greek, Am=American, Yug=Yugoslavian

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3

4

5

6

7

8

9

11
Delilian
general
Glasgow
(Br)

21
Auditor
lumber - cotton
Liverpool
(Br)

31
Atlantian
general
Liverpool
(Br)

41
Kirnwood
timber
Mersey
(Br)

51
HMS Voltaire
Escort
(Br)

61
Diloma
gasoline
Southampton
(Br)

71
Donacilla
lub oil
Portland
(Br)

81
Desmoulea
gasoline
Portland
(Br)

91
Temple Yard
wheat
Hull
(Br)

12
Inverlee
Admiralty fuel
Clyde
(Br)

22
Ainderby
wheat
Liverpool
(Br)

32
Vav
benzine
Belfast
(Norw)

42
Comanchee
lub oil
Avonmouth
(Br)

52

62
Tornus
benzine
Portland
(Br)

72
Wanderer
general
Portland
(Br)

82
Tower Field
grain
London
(Br)

92
Temple Mead
steel
Portland
(Br)

13
Oligarch
Admiralty fuel
Liverpool
(Br)

23
Daleby
sugar
Liverpool
(Br)

33
Tredinnick
grain
Milford Haven
(Br)

43
Hopemount
fuel oil
Portland
(Br)

53

63
Josiah Macy *
diesel oil
Falmouth
(Pa)

73
Dalemoor
cereals
London
(Br)

83
King Robert
wheat
Portland
(Br)

93
Swiftpool
grain - lumber
Portland
(Br)

14
Aelybryn
steel
Glasgow
(Br)

24
Ethan Allen*
cotton - lumber
Liverpool
(Am/Br)

34
Nyland
newsprint
Avonmouth
(Norw)

44
King Stephen
scrap iron
Swansea
(Br)

54

64
Kalliopi S
grain
Cork
(Gr)

74
Shekatika
wheat
Southampton
(Br)

84
Empire Industry
lumber
London
(Br)

94
Canadolite
crude oil
Le Havre
(Br)

15
Nurtureton
grain
Liverpool
(Br)

25
Trehata
grain
Avonmouth
(Br)

35
Nestos
timber
Cardiff
(Gr)

45
Benwood
grain
Falmouth
(Norw)

55

65
Arthur F. Corwin
petrol
London
(Br)

75
Oilfield
gasoline
Avonmouth
(Br)

85
Athelcrown**
diesel oil
Portland
(Br)

95
Aspasia Nomikou
general
Le Havre
(Gr)

16

26
Kotor
timber
Garston
did not join**
(Yug)

36
Grayburn
lumber - grain
Liverpool
(Br)

46

56

66

76
Coptic
general
Portland
(Br)

86
Westbury
iron
Portland
(Br)

96
Roussillon
oil
Le Havre
(Fr)

* There's a note for Josiah Macy saying "joined late & disappeared".

** A note on the A 1 form states that Kotor did not join - she is, however, listed in the Advance Sailing Telegram.

* Ethan Allen became the British Empire Puma.

** See Convoy HX 15 for some notes on Athelcrown.

According to Arnold Hague, Josiah Macy straggled on May 7, Kalliopi S on May 12 (his listing for HX 39 is available on the page naming ships in all HX convoys).