Convoy ON 8 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

Convoy ON 8 Cruising Order
Departed Liverpool on Aug. 16-1941, Reykjavik Aug. 21 - dispersed Aug. 25.

Transcribed from a list of ships received from Don Kindell - His source: 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, Sw-Swedish, Du=Dutch, Po=Polish, Gr=Greek.

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

11
Empire Faith
Halifax
(Br CAM)

21
Lord Cochrane
coal
Montreal
(Br)

31
Empire Oryx
New York
(Br)

41
Hardwicke Grange
Buenos Aires
(Br)

51
Cristales
general
Montreal
(Br)

61
Empire Advocate
Philadelphia
(Br)

71
Twickenham
Philadelphia
(Br)

81
Eastern City
Halifax
(Br)

91
Barrington Court
Montreal
(Br)

12
Heranger
Panama
(Norw)

22
Empire Steel
New York
(Br)

32
Heina
stores
Halifax
(Norw)

42
British Sincerity
New York
(Br)

52
Hopemount
New York
(Br)

62
Thorshov
New York
(Norw)

72
Stuart Prince
Halifax
(Br)

82
Hellen
New York
(Norw)

92
Birgitte
Sydney, C.B.
(Br - Ex Da)

13
Morska Wola
New Yor
(Po)

23
Havsten
New York
(Norw)

33
Ferncastle
New York
(Norw)

43
Empire Heron
Freeport
(Br)

53
British Confidence
Halifax
(Br)

63
Tai Shan
general
Halifax
(Norw)

73
Uffington Court
Hampton Roads
(Br)

83
Scottish Heather
Curacao
(Br)

93
Lornaston
Galveston
(Br)

14
Euthalia
Montreal
(Gr)

24
Mammy
salt
Iceland
(Norw)

34
Carelia
New York
(Br)

44
Brasil
New York
(Norw)

54
Beaconstreet
Trinidad
(Br)

64
Hammaren
stores
Calcutta
(Sw)

74
Vancouver
Halifax
(Br)

84
Cairnesk
general
Montreal
(Br)

94
Hardanger
Sydney, C.B.
(Norw)

15
Saint Enogat
Iceland
(Br)

25
Dunsley*
(Br)

35
King Arthur
Sydney, C.B.
(Br)

45
Alexia**
Trinidad
(Br)

55
Manaqui
W. Indies
(Br)

65
Lindenhall
Hampton Roads
(Br)

75
Dolabella
New York
(Br)

85
Rokos Vergottis
Sydney, C.B.
(Gr)

95
Merope
Iceland
(Du)

16

26

36
Helmspey
Cuba
(Br)

46
Toward
(Br)
Rescue Vessel

56
Avant Garde
Iceland
(Br)

66

76
Kelso
stores
New York
(Br)

86

96

* Dunsley returned to port - listed in Convoy ON 10, w/destination Hampton Roads.
** Alexia joined from Iceland.

Also in this convoy (station number not known):
Swedish Selene