Convoy SC 146 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY SC 146 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 Nov. 6-1943 and arrived Liverpool on the 22nd
(Arnold Hague gives 32 ships)
| Advance Sailing Telegram Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England (his source: Public Records Office, Kew). |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| West Point | British | sugar | Liverpool | – |
| Rena | Norwegian | steel - wood pulp | Manchester | |
| Beauregard | American | steel - general | Cardiff | From SC 145 |
| Loma Nova (Novia?) | British | Tanker B | Cardiff | See this message |
| " | wood pulp | Thames River | Listed in SC 147 | |
| British Freedom | " | Tanker B | Belfast Dock | – |
| Theomitor | Greek | grain | Ipswich | Defective D/G |
| Sälen | Swedish | general - grain | Belfast Dock | Ex Mälaren 1942 (see this forum thread) |
| Manchester Spinner | British | general | Manchester | – |
| West Nilus | American | general | Liverpool | – |
| Bente Mærsk | Danish / MOWT 1940 | Tanker B | Milford Haven f. o. (Devonport) | – |
| American | general | U.K. | Listed in SC 147 | |
| Tahchee | British | Tanker B | Stanlow | – |
| Sun | American | Tanker W | Avonmouth / Mersey | – |
| Gylfe | Norwegian | Tanker B | U.K. | Returned to port (St. John's) |
| William Penn | American | Tanker W | Avonmouth | – |
| Maja | British | Tanker B | Liverpool | |
| American | general | U.K. | – | |
| Aleksandar I | Yugoslavian | steel - pit props | Immingham | – |
| Nashaba | American | general | Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton) | – |
| American Salvor | British | salvage vessel | Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton) | See * in Notes |
| Atlantic | Norwegian | Tanker B | Liverpool | – |
| " | wood pulp | Rochester | Listed in SC 147 | |
| Gold Shell | British | Tanker W | Stanlow | – |
| " | Tanker B | U.K. | (Next shows up in SC 152, cancelled from SC 151) | |
| Morska Wola | Polish | general | Liverpool | – |
| Minerva | Norwegian | general | Glasgow | – |
| Solstad | " | Tanker B | Birkenhead / Stanlow | – |
| Shirvan | British | Tanker W | Avonmouth | – |
| " | Tanker B | U.K. | (See this message) Listed in SC 147 | |
| Geisha | Norwegian | general | Glasgow | |
| Cromwell | British | Tanker B | Belfast Dock | – |
| Joining from Sydney C.B. (SSC 146) | ||||
| Leonidas N. Condylis | Greek | steel - lumber | Swansea / Southampton | From SSC 145 |
| Eleni | " | steel - lumber | London | – |
| Elswick Park | British | grain | Clyde f. o. (f.o.r. to Lisbon) | – |
| Mount Othrys | Greek | grain | Manchester | – |
| Astrid | Norwegian | lumber | Sharpness | Ex Empire Pilgrim (see Astrid) |
| Titanian | " | steel - lumber | London | – |
| Ruth I | " | lumber | Grimsby | – |
| Hartlepool | British | paper | London | – |
| The Rescue Vessel Accrington was also with this convoy (requisitioned in March-1942). She was on her 8th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ONS 20 on Oct. 10-1943 (to Halifax Oct. 26), returning with SC 146 from Halifax on Nov 6 to Clyde Nov. 22. ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague). |
| Convoy SC 146 Cruising Order | |||||||||
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| Form received from Ted Agar. His source: A diary. Halifax ships only are included here. | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 West Point | 21 Morska Wola | 31 Geisha | 41 Minerva | 51 Solstad | 61 Rena | 71 Beauregard | 81 Manchester Spinner | 91 |
101 West Nilus |
| 12 Aleksandar I | 22 Gold Shell | 32 Gylfe | 42 British Freedom | 52 | 62 Bente Mærsk | 72 Maja | 82 Sun | 92 Shirvan | 102 American Salvor |
| 13 Theomitor | 23 Loma Nova | 33 Atlantic | 43 William Penn | 53 | 63 Tahchee | 73 Nashaba | 83 Cromwell | 93 Sälen | 103 |
| 14 | 24 | 34 | 44 Accrington (Br) RV | 54 | 64 | 74 | 84 | 94 | 104 |
Notes:
Roy Martin, England has told me that the ships departed according to their pendant numbers, with the ship in station 11 going out first, and the one in station 102 leaving last.
* Roy Martin has told me the following re. this ship:
"The American Salvor was a US built wooden salvage vessel (60 meters long) destined for the British Admiralty. It was under the British flag (Red Ensign) with a crew from the managers Risdon Beazley Ltd. British sisters were Boston Salvor, Lincoln Salvor and Southampton Salvor, US sisters USS Brant, USS Diver and USS Swivel".
Note that all the Norwegian ships listed in this convoy are discussed on this website - use the alphabet index below.
To the next SC convoy in my list SC 147
| Aa–Al | An–Ar | As–Av | Ba | Be | Bi–Bl | Bo | Br–Bu | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
