Convoy SC 150 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY SC 150 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 Dec. 30-1943 and arrived Liverpool on Jan. 14-1944
(Arnold Hague gives 19 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 |
| Acasta | Norwegian | Adm. tanker B | Belfast Dock / Londonderry | – |
| " | Tanker B | Bowling | From SC 149 Listed in SC 151 | |
| Baltrover | British | refrig. - general | Liverpool | – |
| Larranga | American | general | Loch Ewe for Iceland | From SC 149 (See also RU 107) |
| Euthalia | Greek | grain | London | From SC 149 |
| Gloucester City | British | grain - general | Bristol | – |
| Panamanian | general - lumber | Loch Ewe for Iceland | Listed in SC 151 | |
| Cap Cantin | French (MOWT 1940?) | wood pulp | Leith Dock / Rochester | From SC 149 |
| Ancylus | British | Adm. tanker B (MAC) | Clyde | – |
| British Freedom | " | Adm. tanker B | Scapa | |
| Athelprince | " | Tanker B | Bowling | – |
| Exmouth | American | general | London | – |
| Clam | British | Adm. tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Martaban | " | general | Avonmouth | – |
| Culebra | Panamanian | steel - lumber | London | From SC 149 |
| Gold Shell | British | Tanker W | Swansea | – |
| American | general | Mersey f. o. | Listed in HX 273 | |
| Pomona | " | general | London | – |
| Shirvan | British | Tanker W | Milford Haven f. o. (Falmouth) | – |
| Solstad | Norwegian | Tanker B | Stanlow | |
| American | Tanker W | Stanlow | Listed in SC 151 | |
| Tercero | Norwegian | general | Glasgow | – |
| Joining from St. John's N.F. | ||||
| Filleigh | British | concentrates | U.K. | Returned to St. John's Listed in next convoy |
| Nicolaos Michalos | Greek | newsprint - sulphate - pulp | London | – |
| The Rescue Vessel Zamalek (requisitioned in March-1940) was also with this convoy. She was on her 22nd voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ONS 24 on Nov. 30-1943 (to Halifax Dec. 17), returning from Halifax with Convoy SC 150 on Dec. 30 to Clyde Jan. 14-1944. ("Convoy Rescue Ships", Arnold Hague). |
| Convoy SC 150 Cruising Order | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Form received from Ted Agar - His source: A diary. Halifax ships only are included. | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 11 unknown | 21 Exmouth | 31 unknown | 41 Baltrover | 51 Acasta | 61 unknown | 71 Gloucester City |
| 12 Euthalia | 22 British Freedom | 32 | 42 Athelprince | 52 | 62 unknown | 72 unknown |
| 13 Culebra | 23 Clam | 33 unknown | 43 unknown | 53 Zamalek (Br) RV | 63 Gold Shell | 73 unknown |
Notes:
Commodore was in Baltrover, Vice Commodore in Gloucester City, Rear Commodore in Exmouth.
To the next SC convoy in my list SC 151
| 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 |
