Convoy ON 18 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
Convoy ON 18 Cruising Order
Departed Liverpool on Sept. 19-1941 (Milford Haven Sept. 18) - dispersed Oct. 2.
Transcribed from a list of ships received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's research.
(Cancelled ships are not shown in A. Hague's lists).
See also the HX and SC convoys from the same time period for information on earlier and subsequent eastbound voyages of some of these ships.
Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Yug=Yugoslavian.
1
2
3
4
5
6
11
Empire Eve
Halifax
(Br CAM)
21
Benedict
Pernambuco
(Br)
31
Sourabaya
New York
(Br)
41
Delilian
Halifax
(Br)
51
Empire Granite
New York
(Br)
61
Kafiristan
Halifax
(Br CAM)
12
City of Glasgow
New York
(Br)
22
Bralanta
Curacao
(Norw)
32
Suderøy
New York
(Norw)
42
Eidanger
New York
(Norw)
52
Franche-Comté
Halifax
(Br - Ex Fr)
62
Saintonge
Halifax
(Br - Ex Fr)
13
Domby
Tampa
(Br)
23
Eclipse
New York
(Br)
33
Atheltemplar
Halifax
(Br)
43
Athelsultan
Curacao
(Br)
53
British Fortitude
New York
(Br)
63
Luxor
New York
(Br)
14
Marija Petrinovic
Cuba
(Yug)
24
British Resource*
(Br)
34
City of Adelaide
Halifax
(Br)
44
Soudan
Halifax
(Br)
54
G. C. Brøvig
Halifax
(Norw)
64
Cardita
Halifax
(Br)
15
25
35
Skaraas
New York
(Norw)
45
Zamalek
(Br)
Rescue Vessel
55
Port Halifax
Halifax
(Br)
65
* British Resource returned to port - later joined Convoy ON 20.
Domby became a straggler.
Also in this convoy (station numbers not known):
Dutch Amsterdam
British Hazelside - See Notes
Notes:
The Rescue Vessel Zamalek was on her 11th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Sept. 19-1941. She detached from Convoy ON 18 on Sept. 24, arrived Iceland on Sept. 25, then returned to Clyde with Convoy SC 45 - Sept. 30-Oct. 2. On this return voyage she carried 43 passenger survivors from Iceland to Clyde. ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague).
According to "Lloyd's War Losses", Vol 1, Hazelside was on a voyage from Cardiff and Freetown for Durban and Alexandria with 3476 tons of general cargo and military stores when she was sunk on Oct. 28-1941 (torpedoed by U-68). She had a crew of 39 and 6 gunners - 2 killed.
Escorts (also received from Don Kindell, whose own work, covering "Royal & other Navies Day-by-Day in World War 2" can be viewed at this website):
Sept. 21-Sept. 24: Abelia, Anemone, Leamington, Saladin, Skate, St. Elstan, St. Kenan, Veronica, Veteran, Vizalma.
Sept. 24-Oct. 2: USS Charles F. Hughes, USS Gleaves, USS Lansdale, USS Madison, USS Simpson.
Related external links:
The attack on Hazelside
Empire Ships - Provides more information on the Empire Ships sailing in this convoy.
All the Norwegian ships in this convoy are included on this website. More information on them can be found via the alphabet index below, or via the Master Ship Index
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