Convoy HX 73 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

CONVOY HX 73 (Will be updated - please compare with A. Hague's listing for this convoy at ships in all HX convoys. See also HX escorts).

Convoy HX 73 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Sept. 13-1940 and arrived Liverpool on the 28th (Arnold Hague says 43 ships).

Received, with thanks, from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).

Further details have been added with the help of:
"The Allied Convoy System", Arnold Hague
"The World's Merchant Fleets 1939". R. W. Jordan.

Br=British, Am=American, Norw=Norwegian, Fr=French, Gr=Greek, Pa=Panamanian flag, Sw=Swedish, Du=Dutch, Bel=Belgian, Po=Polish
s=sunk, † = dead

B = Ships joining from Bermuda (sailed Sept. 12)

11
Milcrest *
Fowberry Tower
grain
Methil
(Br)

21
Antigone
steel
Hull
(Br)

31
Treworlas
steel
Glasgow
(Br)

41
Trelawny
steel
Glasgow
(Br)

51
Consuelo
general - planes
Liverpool
(Br)

61
Jutland
steel - general
Liverpool
(Br)

71
Ville d'Arlon
general
Liverpool
(Bel)

81
Gypsum Queen
scrap steel
Newport
(Br)

91
Eugenia Chandris
wheat
Dublin
(Gr)

12
West Quechee *
scrap iron
Grangemouth
(Am)

22
Orminster
steel
Methil
(Br)

~~Einar Jarl~~

New Zealand Star
refrig. - general
Clyde
(Br)

42
Dalveen
grain
Methil
s - 11 †
(Br)

~~Nolisement~~

Aelybryn
steel
Glasgow(?)
(Br)

62
Manchester Port
general
Manchester
(Br)

72
Norefjord
pulp wood
Barrow in Furness
(Norw)

82
Grey County
general
Avonmouth
(Norw)

92
Quebec City
Newport
(Br)

13
Queen City
steel
Middlesbrough
(Br)

23 B
Culebra
sugar - general
London
Br (Gr/Pa?)

33
Prins Willem van Oranje
general
Methil
(Du)

43 B
Akaroa
refrig. - general
Clyde
(Br)

53
Beursplein
Liverpool
(Du)

63
Shantung
steel
Liverpool
(Br? Sw?)

73
Nova
paper - aluminum
Liverpool
(Norw)

83
Hel
pulp wood
Barrow
(Po)

93 B
Scottish Star
general
Liverpool
(Br)

14 B
Harpagus
timber
Methil
(Br)

24
Loke
pit props
Newcastle
(Norw)

34
Hercules
general
London
(Du)

44
Towa
iron ore
Middlesbrough
(Du **)

54
Swiftpool
iron ore
Tyne
(Br)

64
Dunsley
pit props
(Br)

74
Dunaff Head
general
Dublin
(Br)

84 B
Davila
Adm. fuel
Clyde
(Br)

94
Nicolas
phosphates
Avonmouth
(Gr)

25 B
Laurelwood
Adm. fuel
Scapa
(Br)

35
Taxiarchis *
scrap iron
Ardrossan
(Gr)

45 B
Velox
lumber
Liverpool/London
(Norw)

55
Circe Shell
fuel oil
Clyde
(Br)

65 B
Adellen
Adm. fuel
Clyde
(Br)

75
Fordsdale
refrig. - general
Clyde
(Br)

85 B
Schuylkill
aviation spirits
Barry Roads
(Br)

Also listed in the Advance Sailing Telegram for the Bermuda portion (received from Tony Cooper, England):
Clausina, Donacilla and Donax - "To Halifax to await orders" (Donacilla is said to have sailed in HX 77, but this convoy is not available to me).
Tahchee and Diloma - "To be held at Bermuda" (see also HX 51 and SC 6 for Tahchee)
Ridley (sugar for London) and Stad Schiedam (sulphur for Hull) were also scheduled for this portion, but did not sail. Ridley shows up again in HX 75.