Convoy SC 144 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

CONVOY SC 144 Advance Sailing Telegram and Cruising Order (Will be updated - please compare with A. Hague's listing for this convoy at ships in all SC convoys. See also SC escorts).

Departed Halifax on Oct. 11-1943 and arrived Liverpool on the 27th
(Arnold Hague gives 38 ships))

Advance Sailing Telegram Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England (his source: Public Records Office, Kew). Crossed out ships did not sail. MOWT = Ministry of War Transport.
Ship Nationality Cargo Destination Remarks
Sulev Estonian / MOWT 1940 lumber Belfast Dock From SC 143 Listed in SC 145
Benedick British Tanker B Clyde Listed in SC 145
Empire Barrie " general London –
Beaconstreet " Tanker B Clyde –
Antietam American Tanker B Scapa –
Rio Bravo British Tanker B Dundee –
Agwistar American sugar Greenock (See also HX 256) Listed in SC 145
Belgique Belgian flour - aluminium London –
Grey County Norwegian general Tyne –
Stal British (Ex Danish) pulp Ellesmere Port –
Empire Glen British steel - lumber London –
West Nohno American Army - general Swansea –
Lagarto British general - cotton Liverpool –
British Industry " Adm tanker B Liverpool –
Beaconoil Panamanian Tanker B Clyde –
Solsten Norwegian Tanker B Mersey –
Standard Panamanian Tanker B Scapa
Vanja Norwegian Tanker B Clyde –
Raranga British general - refrig. Avonmouth –
Prinses Maria-Pia Belgian / MOWT 1940 sugar - general - mail Liverpool –
Caleb Sprague British general Bristol From SC 143
Vinga Norwegian Tanker B Londonderry –
Cotton Valley British Tanker B Saltend (Humber) –
D. L. Harper British Tanker W Avonmouth –
Evanger Norwegian general London –
Empire Lancer British general - refrig. Avonmouth –
Gulf of Mexico American Tanker B Clyde –
Hardanger Norwegian sugar Greenock –
Keilehaven Dutch steel - general - lumber Sharpness –
Marquesa British refrig. Liverpool –
Nacella " Tanker W Avonmouth –
Timok Yugoslavian steel - lumber Garston –
Maycrest British steel - lumber Hull Listed in SC 145
Fernbank Norwegian steel - lumber Garston –
Oregon I Danish / MOWT 1940 steel - lumber Glasgow –
LST 30 American general Milford Haven f. o. (Falmouth) –
LST 36 – lumber London –
LST 33 – lumber London –
LST 37 – lumber London –
LST 35 – lumber London –
Joining from Sydney C.B. (SSC 144)
Baron Maclay British steel - lumber London
Lord Cochrane " steel - lumber London Putting into ?(illegible) shifting cargo
Not sure if the following 2 ships joined from Sydney or N.F.:
Misoa British none igven Clyde –
Queen Emma " (ex Dutch Koningin Emma) none given Clyde –
Joining from N.F. (WSC 144) (sailed Oct. 14)
Bradburn British pit props Garston
Convoy SC 144 Cruising Order
Form received from Ted Agar - His source: A diary. Halifax ships only are shown here. LST 30 is not listed and, therefore, station number is not known.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
11 Belgique 21 Empire Glen 31 Rio Bravo 41 Oregon I 51 Hardanger 61 Empire Lancer 71 Marquesa 81 Lagarto 91 Raranga 101 West Nohno 111 Empire Barrie
12 Fernbank 22 Vanja 32 Beaconoil 42 Beaconstreet 52 62 Vinga 72 Gulf of Mexico 82 British Industry 92 D. L. Harper 102 Nacella 112 Caleb Sprague
13 23 LST 30 33 Solsten 43 Standard 53 63 Antietam 73 Grey County 83 Evanger 93 Cotton Valley 103 Timok 113 Keilehaven
14 24 34 Stal 44 LST 36 54 64 LST 33 74 LST 37 84 Prinses Maria Pia 94 LST 35 104 114
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