Convoy HX 97 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 97 (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 Dec. 18-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Jan. 3-1941.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 24 ships in this convoy.
| Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. Further details on losses 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 joined from Bermuda (sailed on Dec. 16-1940), but I'm not sure which ships they were. The ships are listed in the order in which they appear on the various documents. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Norwegian | general | Liverpool | – | |
| Peribonka | British(?) | zinc concentrates | Swansea | From HX 96 |
| Saganaga | " | lumber | Swansea / Newport | From HX 94 |
| Daldorch | " | steel | Immingham | – |
| Muneric | " | pig iron | Glasgow | Returned to Halifax |
| Mansepool | " | steel - lumber | Cardiff / Ellesmere(?) | – |
| Greek | steel | Clyde f. o. | – | |
| Norwegian | general | Manchester | From HX 96 Also cancelled from HX 99 Sailed in HX 101 | |
| British | steel - general - special | Clyde f. o. | – | |
| City of Bedford | " | general - aircraft/bomber | Liverpool / Hull | Collided on Dec. 30 with Bodnant* sank - 48 died |
| Swedish | lumber | London | To Convoy SC 17 | |
| Welsh Prince | British | general - 10 aircraft | Liverpool / London | – |
| Valparaiso | Swedish | general | Glasgow | From HX 96 Straggled Sunk by U-38 Dec. 31-1940 35 (33?) died + ? passengers no survivors |
| Boston City | British | general - explosives | Swansea / Avonmouth | From HX 96 |
| Belgian | general | Liverpool | From HX 95 Sailed in HX 100 | |
| Scottish Monarch | British | steel - lumber | Glasgow / Manchester | – |
| American / MOWT 1941 | steel - scrap iron | Clyde f. o. | Became Br. Empire Wildebeeste 1941 From HX 95 Sailed in HX 99 | |
| Ary Lensen | British | lumber | Garston | – |
| Leonidas | Greek | grain | Glasgow | From HX 96 |
| Dutch | general | Liverpool | From HX 96 | |
| British | steel - scrap - trucks | Clyde f. o. | – | |
| Belgian | general | Liverpool | Sailed in HX 99 | |
| British | grain | Hull | Sailed in HX 99 | |
| Venetia | " | grain | Liverpool | From HX 96 |
| Vera Radcliffe | " | grain | London | From HX 96 |
| Swedish | steel - scrap iron | Clyde f. o. | Also cancelled from HX 101 Sailed in HX 102 | |
| Mosli | Norwegian | Adm. tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Mount Kitheron | Greek | lumber | Garston | – |
| British | lumber | Immingham | Sailed in HX 99 | |
| Agia Marina | Greek | wheat | Liverpool | From HX 96 |
| Empire Mariner | British | general - special | Avonmouth | From HX 96 Returned to Halifax Sailed in SC 17 |
| Sailing from Bermuda | ||||
| Rancher | " | general | Manchester | – |
| Cerinthus | " | Tanker B | Mersey | – |
| Mahia | " | refrig. - wool | Glasgow | – |
| Donax | " | Tanker W | Mersey | – |
| Graiglas | " | lumber - wheat | Barry(?) / Sharpness | – |
| Almenara | " | bauxite | Larne | – |
Notes:
* The British Bodnant (which also sank following the collision - no casualties) was in Convoy OB 265 at the time - see the external link below.
Commodore was in City of Bedford, Vice Commodore in Scottich Monarch
Barry Commodore in Mansepool.
The convoy arrived rendezvous with local escort on Dec. 30-1940.
Related external link:
OB convoys - OB 265 is included, and the collision is mentioned.
| Aa–Al | An–Ar | As–Av | Ba | Be | Bi–Bl | Bo | Br–Bu | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | F | G | Ha | He | Hi–Hy | Hø | I | J | K |
| 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 |
