Convoy SC 129 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY SC 129 (Will be updated - please compare with A. Hague's listing for this convoy at ships in all SC convoys. See also SC escorts).
| Convoy SC 129 Cruising Order departed Halifax on May 2-1943 and arrived Liverpool on the 21st (Arnold Hague gives 24 ships) | ||||||||
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| Form received from Ted Agar. His source: A diary. For info, some of the ships in this convoy are listed in the westbound Convoy ONS 11 in June-1943. Further details have been added with the help of: "The Allied Convoy System", Arnold Hague. "Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague "Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two", Jürgen Rohwer "The World's Merchant Fleets", R. W. Jordan Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Da=Danish, Sw=Swedish, Ice=Icelandic, Am=American, Gr=Greek, Fr=French, Pan=Panamanian. Crossed out ships were cancelled. MOWT=Ministry of War Transport, RV=Rescue Vessel, s=sunk, †=dead. | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 11 Empire Boswell (Br) | 21 Umberleigh (Br) | 31 Masunda (Br) | 41 Blairesk (Br) | 51 Baltrover (Br) | 61 Ocean Viking (Br) | 71 Olivebank * (Br) | 81 New York City (Br) | 91 Westmoor (Br) |
| 12Norfolk* (Am) | 22 Antigone s - 3† (Br) | 32 Selfoss (Ice) | 42Larranga (Am) | 52 Orville Harden (Pa) | 62 Vanja (Norw) | 72 Kolsnaren (Sw) | 82 Grey County (Norw) | 92 Kyklades (Gr?) |
| 13 | 23 Grado s - 0† Norw) | 33 Stanford (Br) | 43 Felix Taussig (Am) | 53 | 63 James Hawson (Norw) | 73 Tombouctou(Fr / MOWT 1940) | 83 Oakworth (Br) | 93 |
| 14 | 24 | 34 |
44 Taxiarchis (Gr) | 54 | 64 Melrose Abbey (Br) RV | 74 Nordlys(Da / MOWT 1940) | 84 |
94 |
| * I believe this should be the Norwegian Norfalk. |
Notes:
The Commodore was in Baltrover.
The 2 cancelled ships sailed in the next convoy, SC 130.
* Olivebank may have returned to port(?) - she's also listed in the next convoy.
Antigone, cargo of 7800 tons grain, general and MT, was sunk by U-402 on May 11-1943, 3 died, 43 survived. Melrose Abbey rescued 4 survivors from the water, 2 from a raft and 37 from a lifeboat.
Grado, 1000 tons steel and 3000 tons lumber, was also sunk by U-402 that day. 16 men were picked up from a lifeboat by Melrose Abbey, while escorts rescued the remaining 20. There were no casualties - see my page about Grado.
Melrose Abbey (requisitioned in Febr.-1941) was on her 7th voyage as rescue vessel, having started out at Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 176 on Apr. 1 (to Halifax Apr. 17), and returning from Halifax with SC 129 to Clyde, May 2–May 20-1943. Currie Line Ltd. also had a ship by this name.
To the next SC convoy in my list SC 130
| Aa–Al | An–Ar | As–Av | Ba | Be | Bi–Bl | Bo | Br–Bu | C | D |
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| 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 |
