Convoy HX 65 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 65 (Will be updated - please compare with A. Hague's listing for this convoy at ships in all HX convoys. See also HX escorts).
Departed Halifax on Aug. 12-1940, arrived Liverpool on the 27th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 51 ships in this convoy.
| Transcribed from several documents (Advance Sailing Telegrams) received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. Further details have been added with the help of:"Axis Submarine Successes of WW II", Jürgen Rohwer "The Allied Convoy System", Arnold Hague "The World's Merchant Fleets", R. W. Jordan. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| British | deals | Bristol | From HX 64 Sailed in HX 66 | |
| Maplewood | " | grain | Leith | – |
| Norwegian | steel - lumber | Liverpool | From HX 64 | |
| Atlantic | British | iron - steel | Glasgow | – |
| Norwegian | lumber | Inverness | Also cancelled from HX 66 Listed in SC 2 | |
| Gitano | British | steel - grain - general | Belfast, then Hull | – |
| Harpalyce | " | iron - steel | Hull | Sunk by U-124 on Aug. 25 42 † - 4 (10?) s * |
| * There seems to be some disagreement with regard to the number of casualties/survivors from this ship.Arnold Hauge says there were no casualties, Roger Jordan states that 37 died, 10 survived. Uboat.net gives 42 casualties, 4 survivors. The number 42 includeds the Commodore and his staff of 4. | ||||
| Nikoklis | Greek | scrap iron | Garston | – |
| Dutch | scrap iron - steel | Grangemouth | From HX 64 Also cancelled from HX 66 | |
| Agapenor | British | general | Liverpool | – |
| " | steel - pig iron | Newport | Listed in SC 1 | |
| Norwegian | steel | Swansea | Sailed in HX 66 | |
| Egyptian | general | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 66 | |
| British | steel - scrap iron | Glasgow | Listed in SC 2 | |
| Torvanger | Norwegian | steel - scrap iron | Glasgow | – |
| British | general | Glasgow | Sailed in HX 66 | |
| American / MOWT 1940 | timber - scrap iron | Tyne | (Renamed Empire Tarpon) Also cancelled from HX 66 Listed in SC 2 | |
| Housatonic | British | Tanker B | Clyde | From HX 64 |
| American / MOWT 1940 | pig iron | Glasgow | (Renamed Empire Dorado) From HX 64 (Also cancelled from HX 61, HX 63 and HX 66) | |
| British | lumber | Grangemouth | From HX 64 Sailed in HX 66 | |
| Blairatholl | " | pit props | West Hartlepool | – |
| Cetus | Norwegian | pit props | Tyne | Cetus' Voyage Record gives departure Sydney, C.B., Aug. 12 |
| British | lumber | Blyth | Not at R.V. Listed in SC 2 | |
| Nordlys | Danish/MOWT 6/1940 | pit props | Hull | – |
| Stakesby | British | pit props | Tyne | Damaged by U-124 on Aug. 25 0 † - 30 s |
| Fircrest | " | iron ore | Middlesbrough | Sunk by U-124 on Aug. 25 40 † - 0 s |
| Reedpool | " | steel | London | – |
| Welsh Prince | " | general | London | – |
| Gard | Norwegian | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Nerissa | British | general | Liverpool | – |
| Solarium | " | Tanker W | Clyde | – |
| Conus | " | Adm. tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Athelcrest | " | Tanker B | Methil, then London | Sunk by U-48 on Aug. 25 30 † - 6 s |
| Winkleigh | " | wheat - zinc - lumber | Hulll | – |
| Alfred Olsen | Norwegian | Tanker B | Clyde | From HX 64 |
| Cape York | British | lumber - wheat - metal | Hull | Sunk by aircraft on Aug. 26 0 † - s |
| La Brea | " | Tanker B | Dundee | From HX 64 Sunk by U-48 on Aug. 24 2 † - 31 s |
| Statesman | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| F. J. Wolfe | " | Tanker B | Clyde - lay up | – |
| Lodestone | " | wheat - lead - lumber | London | – |
| Rangitane | " | refrig. - general | Liverpool | – |
| Sitala | " | Tanker B | Mersey | – |
| Empire Merlin | " | sulphur | Hull | Sunk by U-48 on Aug. 25 35 † - 1 s |
| Regent Panther | " | Tanker W | Avonmouth | – |
| Eclipse | " | Tanker B | Clyde - lay up | – |
| Inverlee | " | Adm. tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Remuera | " | refrig. - general | Methil, then London | Sunk by HE 115 aircraft, Aug. 26 0 † - 94 s |
| Taria | Dutch | Tanker B | Clyde - lay up | – |
| Chama | British | Tanker B | Manchester | – |
| Pecten | " | Adm tanker B | Clyde | From HX 64 Sunk by U-57 on Aug. 25 * 49 † - 8 s |
| Cymbula | " | Tanker W | Avonmouth | not at R. V. |
| British Lord | " | Adm. tanker B | Scapa | From HX 64 |
| Joining from Sydney, C.B. | ||||
| Aspasia Nomikou | Greek | wheat | Dublin | From HX 62 Not at R.V. |
| Nellie | " | paper | London | From HX 64 |
| Fernbank | Norwegian | paper | Mersey | – |
| Anna Mazaraki | Greek | grain | Liverpool | From HX 64 Not at R.V. |
| British | iron ore | Newport | Not at R.V. Listed in SC 2 | |
| Juno | Dutch | lumber | London | – |
| Manchester Merchant | British | general | Manchester | – |
| City of Hankow | " | general | Methil, then Hull | – |
| Greek | grain | Manchester | Also cancelled from HX 66 Listed in SC 2 | |
| Prins Maurits | Dutch | general | London | – |
| British | grain | London | Sailed in HX 66 - sunk | |
| " | general | Newcastle | Sailed in HX 66 | |
| " | steel - lumber | West Hartlepool | Sailed in HX 66 | |
| Torr Head * | " | general | Belfast | – |
| Axel Johnson | Swedish | general | Liverpool | – |
Notes:
Arrived rendezvous Aug. 24.
The convoy was attacked by 3 U-boats, and by a number of German aircraft (between Aug. 24 and 26).
Commodore was in Harpalyce, Vice Commodore in Manchester Merchant. (The Commodore was among the casualties of Harpalyce).
* Vice Commodore says:
"The S.S. Pecten, Square 56, was torpedoed and sunk within one minute. Six survivors were picked up by S.S. Torr Head, the rescue ship. The Commanding Officer of the Escort reported that S.S. Torr Head acted with great celerity and precision in recovering the men."
All the Norwegian ships mentioned above are discussed on this website - see alphabet index below.
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 66
| Aa–Al | An–Ar | As–Av | Ba | Be | Bi–Bl | Bo | Br–Bu | C | D |
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| 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 |
