Convoy HXF 18 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

Convoy HXF 18 Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Jan. 28-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Febr. 8

Info received from Tony Cooper and Roger Griffiths England (source: Public Records Office, Kew).

Br=British, Norw=Norwegian

1

2

3

4

5

11
Craftsman
steel - cotton
Liverpool
(Br)

21
Indian Prince
general
Liverpool
(Br)

31
HMS Alaunia

41
Manchester Progress
general
Manchester
(Br)

51
Darina
gasoline
Southampton
(Br)

12
Daldorch
grain
London
(Br)

22
Corner Brook
paper products
Dublin
(Br)

42
A. F. Corwin*
petrol
London

52
Europe
tanker
Bordeaux
(Norw)

* This is probably the British Arthur F. Corwin.

The Commodore was in Indian Prince, Vice Commodore in Darina.

Daldorch and Europe were originally scheduled for Convoy HX 18