Convoy SC 131 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

Convoy SC 131 Cruising Order
departed Halifax on May 18-1943 and arrived Liverpool on the 31st (Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 31 ships)

Received from Ted Agar (His source: A diary).

Cargoes have been extracted from a document received from D. Kindell, based on Arnold Hague's database. See his listing for SC 131 at Ships in all SC convoys.

Crossed out ships did not sail.

Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Sw=Swedish, Yug=Yugoslavian, Gr=Greek, Am=American.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

21
Twickenham
steel - lumber
(Br)

31
San Tirso
fuel oil
Escort Oiler
(Br)

41
Henzada
general - explosives
(Br)

51
Helencrest
grain - general
(Br)

61
Blenheim
stores - ammo
(Br)

71
Clan Macbrayne
general
(Br)

81
Gujarat
steel - grain
(Br)

91
Stanwell
general
(Br)

12
Snar
steel - lumber
(Norw)

22
Empire Baffin
steel - lumber
(Br)

32
Gulfcrest
FFO
Escort Oiler
(Am)

42
Acasta
FFO
Escort Oiler
(Norw)

52
El Mirlo
fuel oil
Escort Oiler
(Br)

62
Murjchan*

72
British Aviator
FFO
(Br)

82
Alcoa Pilot
general - stores
(Am)

23
Mount Othrys
general - ammo
(Gr)

33
Shirvan
aviation gas
(Br)

43

53
Glenbank
general - explosives
(Br)

63
Egba
steel - general
(Br)

73
George H. Williams
general - explosives
(Am)
See Notes below

83
Dinara
pulp
(Yug)

93

14

24
LST 164
general

34
Norelg
general
(Norw)

44

54
Beauregard
general
(Am)

64
Kiruna
sulphur
(Sw)

74
Estrella
(Norw)

84
LST 15**

94

15

25

35
LST 65**

45

55
LST 198
general

65
LST 64
general

75
LST 200
general

85

95

When comparing the above with A. Hague's listing for Convoy SC 131 at Ships in all SC convoys, we see that he has listed Blenheim as American.
*The ship in station 62 is listed as British Nurjehan, general cargo and explosives.

**His info otherwise agrees on the whole with the diary, except he has not included LST 15 and LST 65 in this convoy. Instead he has LST 13 in station 84 and LST 63 in station 35, both with general cargo. However, I'm wondering if his info re LST 13 is a typing error, as he has also included this ship in the next convoy, SC 132. Hague has listed LST 200 in station 74, while the Norwegian Snar has been given station 11.