Convoy SC 157 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY SC 157
Departed Halifax (as per Advance Sailing Telegram) on Apr. 13-1944, arrived Mersey on Apr. 28.
Arnold Hague gives 48 ships, giving departure date as Apr. 17, with arrival Liverpool May 1.
See also this external page, which has included some ships that are not mentioned on my own page (also names the escorts).
The next SC convoy did not sail until Oct.-1944 - see external link at end of this page for other eastbound convoys in the interval (some of which are included on this site).
| Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. Further details have been added with the help of: "The Allied Convoy System", Arnold Hague "Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague "Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two", Jürgen Rohwer "The World's Merchant Fleets", R. W. Jordan "Lloyd's War Losses", Vol. I. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Swedish | sugar | Liverpool | From SC 156 To HX 288 - returned To HX 289 - did not sail To HX 292 - returned Listed in HX 294 in June | |
| Maud | Norwegian | steel - pit props | Immingham | – |
| Cantal | French / MOWT 1941 | steel - lumber | Hull | – |
| Ainslie Park | British | steel - lumber | Ipswich | – |
| Mimosa | Greek | steel - pulp | Manchester | – |
| West Nilus | American | general | Barry Roads f. o. | From SC 156 Returned to port (St. John's) Listed in HX 291 |
| Olambala | Panamanian | general | Liverpool | From SC 156 |
| Cowrie | British | Spec. Navy fuel Adm. tanker B | Milford Haven f. o. (Portsmouth) | – |
| Heyser | "(?) | gas oil tanker B | Jarrow-on-Tyne | From SC 156 |
| Colin | Panamanian | sulphur - gravel ballast | Garston | From SC 156 Sunk - See Notes below |
| Empire Boswell | British | pit props | Hull | – |
| Sälen | Swedish | grain - flour - general | Belfast Dock | – |
| Empire Pibroch | British | general - refrig. | London | – |
| Exmouth | American | general | Cardiff | – |
| Mui Hock | Norwegian | general | Loch Ewe for Iceland | (See also RU 120) |
| West Keene | American | general | Avonmouth | From SC 156 |
| Empire Cougar | British | sugar | London | – |
| Hollywood | American | general | Liverpool | From SC 156 |
| Zarembo | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| Elisabeth Dal | British | general | Greenock | (ex Elisabeth Lensen 1942) |
| Meanticut | American | general | Glasgow | Returned to port (St. John's) Listed in HX 291 |
| Gadila | Dutch | Adm tanker B (M.A.C.) | Clyde | – |
| Agios Georgios | Greek | grain | Ipswich | From SC 155 |
| Athelprince | British | molasses | Greenock | – |
| British Hope | " | Adm. tanker B | Milford Haven f. o. (Portsmouth) | – |
| Boston City | " | general | Manchester | – |
| British Renown | " | Tanker W | Barry Dock | – |
| Bonita | Panamanian | steel - logs - pit props | West Hartlepool | – |
| Cardium | British | Tanker B | Stanlow | – |
| Canada | Swedish | general | Liverpool / Glasgow | – |
| British | sugar | Liverpool | Listed in HX 288 | |
| Dunkeld | " | steel - wood pulp | Medway / Rochester | – |
| Empire Treasure | " | general - refrig. | Belfast Dock / Liverpool | – |
| Evanger | Norwegian | general | Tyne | – |
| Empire Severn | British | sugar | Liverpool | – |
| Hilversum | Dutch | general - mail | Greenock | – |
| Hartlepool | British | steel - lumber | Barry Dock | – |
| Henrik Ibsen | Norwegian | steel - logs - pit props | Tyne | – |
| Ivan Topic | Yugoslavian | steel - logs - lumber | London | – |
| Lieutenant de la Tour | French | general - lumber | Hull | From SC 156 |
| Odysseus | Greek | steel - pulp | Rochester / Hull | – |
| Pomona | American | general | London | – |
| Solsten | Norwegian | Tanker B | Modewheel | – |
| Stalowa Wola | Polish | general | Manchester | – |
| Vera | Norwegian | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Veni | " | lumber | Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth) | – |
| West Durfee | American | general | Avonmouth | – |
| Wolverine | " | general | Immingham | – |
| LST 291 | " | general | Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth) | From SC 156 |
| LST 290 | " | general | Clyde / Milford Haven / Plymouth | – |
| LST 517 | " | general | Milford Haven / Plymouth | – |
| LST 60 | " | general | Londonderry / Milford Haven f. o. (Falmouth) | – |
| LST 138 | " | general | Milford Haven / Plymouth | – |
| LST 59 | " | general | Milford Haven / Plymouth | – |
| LST 295 | " | general | Londonderry / Milford Haven f. o. (Falmouth) | – |
| LST 535 | " | general | Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth) | – |
| LST 537 | " | general | Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth) | – |
| LST 524 | " | general | Clyde / Milford Haven / Plymouth | – |
| LST 536 | " | general | Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth) | – |
| LST 139 | " | general | Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth) | – |
| LST 516 | " | general | Milford Haven / Plymouth | – |
| The Rescue Vessel Accrington was also with this convoy (not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram). She was on her 11th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on March 23-1944 with the westbound convoy ON 229, to Halfiax Apr. 5, then returned to Clyde with SC 157, Apr. 17-Apr. 30. ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague). |
Notes:
Colin, on a voyage from New Orleans and Halifax for Garston with 4600 tons of sulphur, 47 tons vehicles, 5 tons aircraft parts, and 4269 bags of mail, became a straggler and was torpedoed and sunk by U-859 on Apr. 26. She had a crew of 39 and 15 U.S. Gunners - 1 crew died.
Related external links:
The attack on Colin - Some of the convoy escorts are also mentioned here.
Eastbound convoys 1944 - This shows the eastbound convoys sailing between Convoy SC 157 and the next SC convoy, which did not sail until Oct.-1944. Note that some of the CU convoys mentioned here are available on my site - see index page below - others will be added, as will the HX convoys mentioned.
To the next SC convoy in my list SC 158
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