Convoy HX 90 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 90 (Will be updated - please compare with A. Hague's listing for this convoy at ships in all HX convoys. See also HX escorts).
Info on ships sunk and Commodore's notes are available on Page 2 
Laconia's report can be found on Page 3
Departed Halifax on Nov. 21-1940, arrived Liverpool on Dec. 5
(Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 35 ships in this convoy).
| Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Station | Destination | Remarks |
| Bermuda Section (BHX 90) - Sailed Nov. 19 Joined Nov. 24 (Commodore says this section had 22 ships) | |||||
| British | bauxite | 92 | Larne | Joined convoy later* See Nov. 30 - page 3 | |
| Norwegian | Tanker | – | Dublin | Sailed in HX 91 | |
| British | refrigerated | – | Clyde f. o. | Sailed in HX 91 | |
| Hannington Court | " | lumber - wheat | 43 | London | – |
| Lady Glanely | " | lumber - wheat | 21 | London | Sunk - See Page 2 |
| Magician | " | sugar - rum - general | 84 | Liverpool | – |
| Rajahstan | " | scrap iron - motor boats | – | Middlesbrough | Lost touch - See page 2 |
| Ruahine | " | dairy products - general | 64 | Avounmouth | – |
| Solarium | " | Tanker W aviation spirits | 62 | Mersey | – |
| Solstad | Norwegian | dc. | – | Oban f. o. | Returned to port To HX 93 - cancelled Joined HX 94 - returned to port To HX 101 - did not sail Sailed in HX 102 |
| Appalachee | British | Tanker W | – | Avonmouth | Sunk - See Page 2 |
| Conch | " | Adm. tanker B Admiralty fuel | 32 | Scapa | Sunk - See Page 2 |
| Empire Puma | " | steel - general | 73 | Mersey | – |
| Goodleigh | " | timber - lead | 34 | London | Sunk - See Page 2 |
| Jersey | "? | lumber - wheat - metal | 23 | Harwich | – |
| Kavak | " | bauxite - pitch | ? | Newport | Sunk - See Page 2 Not listed on A 1 form |
| Loch Ranza | " | timber - lead | ? | Swansea | Torpedoed and damaged See Page 2 Not listed on A 1 form |
| Modavia | " | lumber - lead - zinc | 94 | Liverpool | – |
| Neuralia | " | transport | 52 | Clyde | Clyde Commodore |
| Rookley | " | lumber - wheat | 33 | Hull | – |
| San Alvaro | " | Tanker W | 44 | London | – |
| Stad Maassluis | Dutch | steel - scrap | 85 | Leith | Lost touch - returned to St. John's See Page 2 |
| Tai Yin | Norwegian | steel - wool - wheat - general | 63 | Clyde / Hull | Lost touch - returned to Halifax (see Page 3) |
| Tasso | British | hardwood | 24 | London | From HX 86 Sunk - See Page 2 |
| Tasso is crossed out, then re-listed with notes saying: "Did not turn back with HX 86, arr. Oban 21/11" and: "subsequently found to be incorrect. Ship did turn back". * Alhama is listed in the Bermuda portion in the Advance Sailing Telegram, but Roy Martin, England has told me she sailed from Halifax, Nov. 21. | |||||
| Halifax Section | |||||
| Ville d'Arlon | Belgian | general | 71 | Liverpool | Lost touch - SunkSee Page 2 - (w/link to crew list) |
| W. Hendrik | British | steel - lumber | 81 | Tyne | Sunk by aircraft - See Page 2 |
| Botavon | " | steel | 51 | Newport | Commodore's ship |
| Penrose | " | steel - explosives | 41 | Clyde f. o. | – |
| " | steel - trucks | – | Clyde f. o. | To HX 91 - cancelled again Sailed in HX 92 | |
| Belgian | general | – | Avonmouth | Sailed in HX 91 | |
| British | steel - scrap iron | – | Methil / London | Sailed in HX 91 | |
| Empire Kite | " | steel | 31 | Glasgow | – |
| American / MOWT 1941 | phosphates | – | Birkenhead | Listed in HX 94 (Later British Empire Impala) | |
| Victoria City | British | scrap - steel - general | 61 | London | Lost touch Sunk - See Page 2 |
| Wilhelmina | " | general | 91 | Liverpool | From HX 89 Sunk - See Page 2 |
| American | steel | – | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 91 | |
| Inger | Norwegian | lumber | 82 | Sharpness | From HX 89 Lost touch - see Page 2 |
| British Prince | British | general | 11 | London | From HX 89 Put back to Sydney C.B. See Page 2 Sailed in HX 91 |
| Appledore | " | steel | Newport | From HX 89 Lost touch - See Page 2 | |
| Sydney Section (SHX) - Sailed Nov. 22 Joined Nov. 23 | |||||
| Greek | wheat | – | Belfast f. o. | From HX 89Sailed in HX 91 | |
| Harpefjell | Norwegian | general | 72 | Manchester | From HX 89 |
| Dunsley | British | pit props | 25 | Immingham | From HX 89 Lost touch - Shelled and damaged See Page 2 |
| Arosa | Norwegian | steel - lumber | – | Hull | Returned to Sydney Sailed in HX 91 |
| British | general | – | Liverpool | – | |
| Grangepark | " | steel - lumber | 83 | Manchester | Dropped astern See Nov. 29 on Page 3 |
| Greek | grain | – | Avonmouth | To HX 91 - cancelled again | |
| Swedish* | general | – | Liverpool | Joined HX 91 (returned to port) Sailed in HX 92 | |
| Stad Amsterdam | Dutch | lumber | – | Liverpool | Returned to Sydney Sailed in SC 14 |
| " | general - grain | – | London | To HX 91 - cancelled againSailed in HX 92 - sunk | |
| Additionally, the following 4 ships are listed on the A 1 form but are not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram: Quebec City (Br), sailing in station 42 (cargo of grain and trucks).The above ship is also mentioned in HMS Laconia's report, which says she joined from Sydney C.B. on Nov. 23. Corbis (Br), fuel oil for Clyde in station 74. Ulysses (Dutch) in station 93 with general cargo for Milford Haven (lost touch - see Page 2). Stirlingshire (Br), in station 95, general cargo for Liverpool (sunk - see Page 2). |
* The tonnage given for Pacific in the Advance Telegram for this convoy as well as for the next convoy, HX 91 is 4978, which does not match up with the tonnage given for the Swedish Pacific in Roger W. Jordan's "The World's Merchant Fleets" (3730 gt). Other countries also had ships by this name but none of 4978 gt.
Escorts are named within the Commodore's report and HMS Laconia's report.
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 91