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CONVOY HX 82 (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 82 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Oct. 20-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Nov. 6 (Arnold Hague says 39 ships in convoy).

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
"Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two", Jürgen Rohwer
"The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan.

Some ships appear to be missing from the forms, see "Notes" below.

Quite a few of the ships listed in this convoy had been cancelled from the previous convoy, HX 81.

Br=British, Du=Dutch, Norw=Norwegian, Gr=Greek.
s=sunk, † = dead

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

11
Maplewood
maize
Methil
(Br)

21
Cairnesk
general
Newcastle
(Br)

31
Dorelian
general
Glasgow
(Br)

41
illegible *
(Gregalia?)
general
Manchester
(Br)

51
Nova Scotia
general - trucks
Liverpool
(Br)

61
Murena
diesel oil
Manchester
(Du)

71
City of Barcelona
general
Liverpool
(Br)

81
Malaya II
general
Avonmouth
(Br)

91
Orduna
general
Belfast
(Br)

12
Tacoma City
steel - trucks
Middlesbrough
(Br)

22
Toorak
Admiralty fuel
Clyde
(Br)

32
Caledonia
diesel oil
Clyde
(Norw)

42
City of Oxford
steel - cotton
Manchester
(Br)

52
Manchester Exporter
general ev.
Mersey
(Br)

62
Manchester Progress
general
Manchester
(Br)

72
Toulouse
sugar - wool - steel
Liverpool
(Norw)

82
Chr. J. Kampmann
general
Belfast
(Br)

92
Esmond
steel - newsprint
Barry Roads
(Br)

13
Ruckinge
lumber
Dundee
(Br)

23
Opalia
kerosene - benzine
Methil
(Br)

33
Inverlee
Admiralty fuel
Clyde
(Br)

43
Afrika
lumber - metal
Glasgow
(Br)

53
Cape Horn
lumber - lead
Liverpool
(Br)

63
Prins Frederik Hendrik
general
Liverpool
(Du)

73
Onoba
benzine
Manchester
(Du)

83
Eskdalegate
steel - lumber
Belfast
(Br)

93

14
Empire Gannet
sulphur
Hull
Br

24
Wearwood
corn
Londonderry
(Br)

34
Patella
Admiralty fuel
Clyde
(Br)

44
Elax
Admiralty fuel
Clyde
(Br)

54
El Ciervo
Admiralty fuel
Liverpool
(Br)

64
Egba
steel - cotton
Liverpool
(Br)

74
Governor
steel - lumber
Manchester
(Br)

84

94

* The ship in station 41 looks like Gregalia, but I can't be sure.

See also Notes re Empire Bison below.

Some of the above had joined from Sydney (SHX 82) in the following stations:
(A few of these are not included in the A 1 form for the combined convoy.
Commodore was in Cairnesk)

A 11
Ruckinge
see above

A 21
Wearwood
see above

A 31
Maplewood
see above

A 41
Cairnesk
see above

A 51
Esmond
see above

A 61
Manchester Progress
see above

A 71
Chr. J. Kampmann
see above

A 81
Bodegraven **
general
Liverpool
(Du)

A 91
Myson
general - general ev.
Avonmouth
(Br)

A 12

A 22
Olaf Bergh *
grain
Methil
(Norw)

A 32

A 42

A 52
Eskdalegate
see above

A 62

A 72
Anna Bulgari *
steel - newsprint
Ellesmere Port
(Gr)

A 82

A 92

** Bodegraven is mentioned in a report for Convoy HX 83, saying she was en route to Halifax on Oct. 25.

* Olaf Bergh went into St. John's, N.F., later proceeded to Halifax and joined HX 89. (See Olaf Berg).
Similarly, Anna Bulgari is listed in HX 84, which left Halifax on Oct. 28. There are indications in the documents that this ship did not sail in HX 82 (like Olaf Bergh, she may have returned to port).

And some had joined from Bermuda (BHX 82) in the following stations:
(Vice Commodore vessel was Orduna)

B 11
Empire Gannet
see above

B 21
Opalia
see above

B 31
Inverlee
see above

B 41
Orduna
see above

B 51
Cape Horn
see above

B 61
Egba
see above

B 71
Onoba
see above

B 81
Maja
fuel - crude oil
Manchester
(Br)

B 91
City of Oxford
see above

B 12
Atlantian
general
Mersey
(Br)

B 22
Toorak
see above

B 32
El Ciervo
see above

B 42
Afrika
see above

B 52
Elax
see above

B 62
Patella
see above

B 72
Governor
see above

B 82
Toulouse
see above

B 92
Rutland
bauxite
Larne
s - 24†
(Br)