Convoy HX 80 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 80 (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 Oct. 12-1940 and arrived Liverpool on the 27th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 33 ships in this convoy.
| Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths (Advance Sailing Telegrams and A 1 forms) - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. MOWT = Ministry of War Transport | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Station | Destination | Remarks |
| Bermuda Section | |||||
| Auris | British | Adm. tanker B | B 11 | Clyde for Scapa | – |
| Contractor | " | general | B 41 | Manchester | Vice Commodore - Bermuda section |
| Cymbula | " | Tanker W aviation spirits | B 31 | Manchester | – |
| Edwy R. Brown | " | Tanker W | – | – | To be sent to Halifax to await orders (shows up again in HX 87) |
| Norwegian | general - lumber | – | Liverpool | – | |
| Kaia Knudsen | " | Adm. tanker B | B 21 | Clyde | – |
| Belgian | phosphates | – | Glasgow | Sailed in HX 81 | |
| Pomella | British | Tanker B | B 71 | Ardrossan | – |
| Belgian / MOWT 1940 | phosphates | – | Newport | Sailed in HX 81 | |
| Rawnsley | British | lumber - wheat | B 81 | Cardiff | – |
| Sourabaya | " | Tanker B | – | – | To be sent to Halifax to await orders Sailed in HX 83 |
| Yngaren | Swedish | general | B 51 | Liverpool | – |
| Heranger | Norwegian | general - lumber | B 61 | Liverpool | – |
| Trojan Star | British | refrig. - general | B 91 | Belfast / Cardiff | – |
| Halifax Section | |||||
| Norwegian | steel - lumber | – | Hull | Sailed in HX 81 | |
| British | steel - lumber | – | Grangemouth | Sailed in HX 81 | |
| John P. Pedersen | Norwegian | Adm. tanker B | 22 | Clyde | From HX 79 |
| Teneriffa | " | steel - general - special | 32 | Glasgow | From HX 79 |
| Empire Kittiwake | British | steel - scrap iron | 81 | Swansea | From HX 79 To Sydney w/engine trouble To SC 9 - did not sail To SC 10 - did not sail To SC 11 - did not sail To SC 12 - did not sail Listed in HX 86 (Became Norw. Norfalk in 1942 - see this page) |
| Kyleglen | " | pig iron | 11 | Middlesbrough | From HX 79 |
| Botwey | " | sulphur | 91 | Avonmouth | From HX 79 |
| Panamanian? | steel | – | – | Sailed in HX 81 | |
| Chesapeake | British | Tanker W gasoline | 82 | Belfast / Barry | – |
| French / MOWT 1940 | pulp wood | – | Barrow | Sailed in HX 81 | |
| Belgian | steel | – | Glasgow | From HX 79 Also cancelled from HX 81 (shows up again in HX 87) | |
| White Crest | British | steel | 41 | London | – |
| Norwegian | steel - trucks | – | Ardrossan | – | |
| City of Derby | British | general | 51 | Liverpool | – |
| Telesfora de Larrinaga | " | steel | 92 | Newport | – |
| " | pit props | – | West Hartlepool | Sailed in HX 81 | |
| Norwegian | lead - lumber - canned goods | – | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 81 | |
| Blommersdijk | Dutch | general | 21 | Methil / London | – |
| Coultarn | British | pig iron - general - explosives | 12 | Clyde | – |
| Canada | Swedish | general | 61 | Liverpool | – |
| Glenwood | British | scrap iron | 31 | Middlesbrough | – |
| Michael L. Embiricos | Greek | steel - lumber | 42 | Liverpool | (Sailing from Sydney?) Returned to Sydney - too slow Listed in SC 8 |
| Clausina | British | Tanker W gasoline | 52 | River Mersey | – |
| Geo W. McKnight | Panamanian | Tanker B crude oil | 71 | Belfast / Milford Haven | – |
| Unable to determine whether the last 4 mentioned ships were in Halifax section from the start, or joined from one of the other 2 sections.Additionally, there's a: Tilemachos (Greek - lumber for Manchester) crossed out from station 62 (listed in Convoy HX 81), Erviken (Norwegian - iron ore for Cardiff) crossed out from station 72 (also cancelled from next convoy, HX 81 - sailed in Convoy SC 9). These 2 ships are not included in the Advance Sailing Telegram. | |||||
| Sydney Section | |||||
| Elg | Norwegian | pit props | A 32 | Tyne | From HX 79 |
| " | pit props | Hull | Listed in SC 8 | ||
| Clumberhall | British | grain | A 31 | London | – |
| Torr Head | " | general - grain | A 51 | Belfast | – |
| Dunelmia | " | corn | A 81 | Swansea | – |
| Eurylochus | " | general | A 71 | Liverpool | – |
| Vaalaren | Swedish | general | A 72 | Liverpool | – |
| British | grain | Manchester | Listed in SC 8 | ||
| Batna | " | iron ore | A 21 | Middlesbrough | – |
| Langleetarn | " | steel - trucks | A 61 | London | – |
| Baron Minto | " | iron ore | A 41 | Hull | From HX 79 Commodore - Sydney section |
| Marionga | Greek | grain | A 91 | Belfast / Avonmouth? | – |
| Maplewood | " | grain | A 42 | Returned to Sydney Sailed in HX 82 |
Notes:
Commodore was in City of Derby, Vice Commodore in Glenwood.
Commodore to Barry: In Botwey.
Ocean Escort: HMS Laconia
Local Escort (Halifax): HMCS Niagara and St. Croix.
The convoy arrived rendezvous on Oct. 23.
More details on all the Norwegian ships named in this convoy can be found in the alphabetical ship lists of this website.
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 81
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| 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 |
