Convoy SC 147 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY SC 147 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. 19-1943 and arrived Liverpool on Dec. 4
(Arnold Hague gives 50 ships in this convoy)
| 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 |
| Christine Marie | British | wood pulp | Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton) | From SC 146 |
| Margarita Chandris | Greek | general - grain | Liverpool | – |
| Floridian | American | general | Avonmouth | From SC 146 |
| Empire Gulf | British | Tanker B | Londonderry | – |
| El Mirlo | " | Tanker B | Loch Ewe f. o. (Iceland) | (See also RU 101) |
| Pacific | Swedish | general - grain | London | – |
| Cetus | Norwegian | wood pulp | London | From SC 146 |
| British | steel - pit props | Immingham | Listed in SC 148 | |
| Empire Gannet | " | pit props - lumber | Tyne | – |
| Fort de Troyon | French / MOWT 1940 | lumber - steel | London | – |
| Mirza | Dutch | Tanker B | Stanlow | – |
| Egba | British | general | London | (Later became Empire Severn) |
| Seven Sisters | " | Tanker B | Jarrow-on-Tyne | (See this message) From SC 146 |
| Cantal | French / MOWT 1941 | flour | Tyne | – |
| Beaconoil | Panamanian | Tanker B | Clyde / Rosyth | – |
| Rapana | British (M.A.C.) | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Danae II | French / MOWT 1940 | wood pulp | Rochester | – |
| Armathia | Greek | steel - pit props | Barry Dock | – |
| Bangkok II | French / MOWT 1942 | general | London | – |
| Bestik | Norwegian | wood pulp | London (Gravesend) | – |
| Hindoo | Panamanian | general | Loch Ewe for Iceland | (See also RU 101) |
| Karabagh | British | Tanker W | Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth) | – |
| Romulus | Norwegian | pulp - mail - sugar | Liverpool | – |
| British | Tanker B | Jarrow-on-Tyne | Listed in SC 148 | |
| Stirlingville | Norwegian | general | London | – |
| Stalowa Wola | Polish | general | Liverpool | – |
| Sommerstad | Norwegian | Tanker B | Stanlow / Barton | – |
| Belgian | steel - lumber | Garston | Listed in SC 148 | |
| Norwegian | pit props | Garston | To SC 148 - did not sail Listed in SC 149 | |
| Bailey Foster | British | steel - lumber | Grimsby | See this forum posting |
| Stanwell | " | pit props | Garston | – |
| Iron Baron | Norwegian | pit props | West Hartlepool | – |
| Walter Jennings | American | Tanker W | Stanlow | – |
| Marymar | " | general | Barry Dock | – |
| Joining from Sydney C.B. (SSC 147) (sailed Nov. 20) | ||||
| American | – | Clyde f. o. | From SC 145 Listed in SSC 148 | |
| Novasli | Norwegian | steel - lumber | London | – |
| Barrington Court | British | grain | Clyde f. o. | – |
| Norse Lady | Norwegian | steel - lumber | London | – |
| Peleus | Greek | grain | London | – |
| Empire Conrad | British | flour - copper | Hull | – |
| Generton | " | steel - pulp | Rochester | – |
| Empire Puma | " | flour - grain | Avonmouth | – |
| Mimosa | Greek | lumber | Belfast Dock | – |
| Sheaf Holme | British | steel - lumber | London | – |
| Danby | " | copper - timber | Manchester | – |
| Empire Caxton | " | lumber | Sharpness | – |
| Gurden Gates | " | steel - lumber | Sharpness | See this forum posting |
| Nicolaou Virginia | Greek | wheat | Avonmouth | – |
| Snar | Norwegian | steel - lumber | Grimsby | – |
| Epiros | Greek | wood pulp | London | – |
| British | steel - lumber | Loch Ewe f. o. | Listed in SSC 148 | |
| John Wanamaker | American | general | Clyde f. o. | – |
| Empire Melody | British | lumber | Portishead | – |
| Joining from St. John's N.F. (WSC 147) (sailed Nov. 21) | ||||
| Empire Opossum | British | fish - concentrates | Avonmouth | – |
| Tilsington Court | " | pit props | Manchester | – |
| Stamos | Greek | pulp | Grimsby | – |
| Convoy SC 147 Cruising Order | ||||||||||
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| Form received from Ted Agar, England - His source: A diary. The ships listed below are those that sailed from Halifax only. There are no ships listed for the 1st and 2nd columns (may have been taken up later by the Sydney, C.B. and Newfoundland ships?). | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 11 | 21 | 31 Christine Marie | 41 Empire Gannet | 51 Stanwell | 61 Egba | 71 Cantal | 81 Floridian | 91 Romulus | 101 Stirlingville | 111 Bangkok II |
| 12 | 22 | 32 Fort de Troyon | 42 El Mirlo | 52 | 62 Empire Gulf | 72 Mirza | 82 Beaconoil | 92 Sommerstad | 102 Karabagh | 112 Margarita Chandris |
| 13 | 23 | 33 Bailey Foster | 43 | 53 Rapana | 63 Seven Sisters | 73 Marymar | 83 Walter Jennings | 93 Stalowa Wola | 103 Armathia | 113 |
| 14 | 24 | 34 Hindoo | 44 Bestik | 54 | 64 Danae II | 74 | 84 Cetus | 94 Pacific | 104 unknown *probably Iron Baron (Norw) | 114 |
| * Iron Baron, listed in the Advance Sailing Telegram as sailing from Halifax, is the only ship not named in this form, so I'm assuming she's the unknown ship in station 104. |
| 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 |
