Convoy HX 74 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

CONVOY HX 74 (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 74 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Sept. 17-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Oct. 2 (Arnold Hague says 33 ships - 1 damaged en route).

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

Br=British, Am=American, Norw=Norwegian, Yug=Yugoslavian, Eg=Egyptian, Gr=Greek, Du=Dutch, Da=Danish, Po=Polish.

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Induna

steel - pitprops
Hull
(Br)

21
Trehata
steel
Methil
(Br)

31
Nolisement
pig iron
Glasgow
(Br)

41
Warkworth
steel - lumber
Clyde
(Br)

51
Esturia
gasoline
Clyde
(Br)

61
Manchester Spinner
steel - grain - general
Liverpool
(Br)

71
Corner Brook
steel - paper
Mersey
(Br)

81
Empire Razorbill *
steel
Barry Roads
(Br)

91
Istok
pig iron
Swansea
(Yug)

12

Koranton

*
pig iron
Methil
(Br)

22
Agia Marina
steel scrap
Grangemouth
(Gr)

32
Rio Azul
steel scrap
Glasgow
(Br)

42
Kmicic
lumber
Clyde
(Po)

52
Baron Ramsay
lumber
Clyde
(Br)

62
Argos Hill
general
Liverpool
(Br)

72
Estrella
steel
Liverpool
(Norw)

82
Star of Luxor
steel
Mersey
(Eg)

92
Trevorian
steel - lumber
Belfast
(Br)

13
Empire Caribou
steel plates
Methil
(Br)

23
Einar Jarl
pulp
London
(Norw)

33
Cape Nelson
steel plates
London
(Br)

43
Baron Napier
scrap iron
Glasgow
(Br)

53
Mälaren
grain - steel - gen.
Glasgow
(Sw)

63
Onomea
steel
Liverpool
(Am)

73
Beemsterdijk
steel
Liverpool
(Du)

83

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A 11
Rudby
iron ore
Middlesbrough
(Br)

A 21
Gunvor Mærsk *
pulp wood
Ridham Docks
(Da)

A 31
Empire Endurance
general
Newcastle
(Br)

A 41
Carmelfjell
general
Glasgow
(Norw)

A 51
Manchester Citizen
general
Manchester
(Br)

A 61
Patia
general
Liverpool
(Br)

A 71
Virgilia
grain
Liverpool
(Br)

A 81

A 91

A 12

A 22
Delfshaven
steel - newsprint
London
(Du)

A 32
Inger Toft
pit props
Hull
(Da/Br 1940)

A 42
A. D. Huff
newsprint
Liverpool

A 52
Solferino *
pulp wood
Barrow
(Norw)

A 62
Silvercedar
general
Liverpool
(Br)

A 72

A 82

A 92

The ships with the A numbers probably joined with the Sydney C.B. section.
Additionally, according to notes for Convoy SC 5, the following ships in that convoy had come from HX 74:
Everleigh, Alaska, Nea, Embassage, Trecarrell and possibly Kingsland.

Due to a hurricane warning at Bermuda on Sept. 15, all ships at Bermuda sailed to Halifax. The following are crossed out in Advance Sailing Telegram for the Bermuda portion (received from Tony Cooper, England):
Baron Kinnaird, Cowrie, Kantara, Karabagh, Queen Anne, Ridley (from BHX 73), Shirvan and Wisla - see also HX 75. (Wisla is listed in SC 6)