Convoy SC 14 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

CONVOY SC 14 Departed Sydney, C.B. on Nov. 30-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Dec. 17.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 21 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from several original documents received from Tony Cooper (Advance Sailing Telegram) - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. The station numbers have been extracted from documents recived from Don Kindell, based on Arnold Hague's database - see ships in all SC convoys. Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined ships returned to port (except those that are linked, which will automatically be underlined). MoWT = Ministry of War Transport
Ship Nationality Cargo station Destination Remarks
Athenic British steel - lumber 31 Tyne From SC 13
Avra Greek steel 53 Manchester –
Stad Amsterdam Dutch lumber 52 Garston From HX 90
Spind Norwegian lumber – Hull From SC 13 To SC 15 - returned Listed in SC 16
Gulhaug " lumber – Preston From SC 13To SC 15 Follow link to Gulhaug
Henri Mory* French / MoWT 1940 iron ore 61 Port Talbot From SC 13
Leka Norwegian pit props 23 Immingham From SC 13
Disa Swedish phosphates – Silloth Listed in SC 15
Eibergen Dutch maize 22 Hull From SC 11
Jessie Mærsk Danish / MoWT 1940 lumber 13 Aberdeen From HX 91
Fjord Norwegian pit props 72 Barry –
Koumoundouros Greek iron ore 62 Swansea Bay / Port Talbot –
Grelhead British steel - lumber 21 Dundee –
Koranton " pig iron 43 Hull (See also HX 74) Put back to St. John's, N.F. (does not show up again until SC 25 - sunk)
Rym Norwegian pit props – Sunderland To SC 15 - returned See also page about Rym and SC 21
Borgholm " pit props 32 Blyth From HX 91
Hildur I " lumber – Preston Listed in SC 15
Måkefjell " pit props 12 Sunderland From SC 13
Bestum " lumber 24 London From SC 13
Solsten " Tanker W 42 London From SC 11
Anastassia Greek lumber – Belfast d. g. / Portishead From SC 13 Listed in SC 15 (sunk)
Auretta British steel 41 London –
Hainaut Belgian steel 33 Hull –
Mexico Norwegian Tanker B – Oban. f. o. From HX 91 (See SC 21, SC 22 and voyage record)
Sirikishna British grain – Avonmouth To HX 94 - returned Listed in SC 16
Holystone " grain - trucks 51 Hull –
Miguel de Larrinaga " steel – Clyde f. o. Listed in SC 15
Orion Greek phosphates – Garston Listed in SC 15
Clare Lilley British steel – Clyde f. o. Listed in SC 15
Ragnhildsholm Swedish general – Avonmouth Listed in HX 92
Rosenborg Danish / MoWT 1940 pulp - steel 11 London –
Elizabeth Massey British wheat - special 63 Liverpool From HX 92
Harberton* " grain - trucks 71 Avonmouth From HX 92
Eirini Kyriakidou Greek wheat 73 Belfast d. g. From HX 92
*According to A. Hague, Henri Mory detached on Dec. 3, and Harberton detached to Convoy SL 50 (external link), but surely, this can't be right(?) This convoy from Freetown arrived Liverpool on Oct. 26-1940 (again, see Hague's listing for SC 14 at ships in all SC convoys).

Notes:
Commodore was in Athenic, Vice Commodore in Henri Mory.
Barry Commodore in Harberton.

The convoy arrived rendezvous on Dec. 12.

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