Convoy SC 160 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY SC 160Departed Halifax on Nov. 2-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 17th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 47 ships in this convoy.
| Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Ragnhildsholm | Swedish | grain - general | London | – |
| Redgate | British | steel - lumber | Port Talbot | From SC 159 |
| Katla | Icelandic | general - lumber | Loch Ewe for Iceland | From SC 159 (See also RU 145) |
| Rigoletto | Swedish | pit props - lumber | Immingham | – |
| Riley | British | sugar | Liverpool | From SC 159 |
| Empire Grebe | " | sugar - general | London | (Listed as West Wauna in some earlier convoys on this site) |
| Charlton Hall | " | general - steel | Glasgow | – |
| British Commodore | " | Adm tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Empire Wycliff | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Jan van Goyen | Dutch | steel - lumber | London | – |
| Beaconstreet | British | Adm. tanker B | Scapa | – |
| Sheridan | " | general - explosives | Liverpool | – |
| Kronprinsessan Margareta | Swedish | general | Glasgow | – |
| Fort Souris | British | steel - lumber | Tyne | – |
| Empire MacMahon | " | Adm. tanker B | Clyde | – |
| " | steel - lumber | Portishead | Listed in SC 161 | |
| Cowrie | " | Adm. tanker B | Scapa | – |
| Dramatist | " | general - sulphur - cotton | Liverpool | – |
| Empire Cougar | " | sugar | Greenock | (Listed as West Saginaw in some earlier convoys on this site) |
| Empire Balfour | " | general - meat - mail | Avonmouth | – |
| Empire Planet | " | grain - general | Avonmouth | – |
| Guinean | " | cotton - general | Manchester | – |
| Ingleton | " | sugar | Liverpool | – |
| Norsktank | Norwegian | Tanker B | Mersey / Manchester | – |
| Norbryn | " | steel - lumber - general | Garston | – |
| Raranga | British | general - refrig. - mail | Liverpool | – |
| Stirlingville | Norwegian | general | London | – |
| Scottish American | British | Adm. tanker B | Londonderry | – |
| Stamos | Greek | lumber | London | – |
| Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Goodwin, not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram. See Notes below. | ||||
| Joining from Sydney, C. B. - Sailed Nov. 3 | ||||
| Baron Elgin | British | lumber | London | – |
| Empire Magpie | " | steel - lumber | London | – |
| Empire Mouflon | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| Monkleigh | " | flour | Liverpool | – |
| Empire Cameron | " | lumber | W. Hartlepool | – |
| Baron Haig | " | lumber | London | – |
| Olaf Bergh | Norwegian | grain | Avonmouth | – |
| Northleigh | British | grain - mail | London | – |
| Nailsea Moor | " | lumber | Mersey | – |
| Epiros | Greek | pulp | Rochester | – |
| Dan-y-Bryn | British | lumber | Hull | – |
| Mount Rhodope | Greek | lumber | Ellesmere Port | – |
| Dimitrios Inglessis | " | general - grain | Liverpool | – |
| Archangelos | " | lumber | London | – |
| Dinara | Yugoslavian | lumber | W. Hartlepool | – |
| North Devon | British | pit props | Hull | – |
| Cetus | Norwegian | lumber | Sharpness | – |
| Joining from St. John's, N.F. - Sailed Nov. 6 | ||||
| Caithness | British | paper | London | – |
| " | concentrates | Avonmouth | – | |
| French | general | London | From HX 316 Listed in SC 161 | |
| * Appledore is crossed out on the form, but then added in by hand further down on the document, so it looks like she may have sailed afterall. |
Notes:
The Rescue Vessel Goodwin was on her 12th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Oct. 11-1944 with the westbound Convoy ON 259, to Halifax Oct. 27, then returned to Clyde with Convoy SC 160, Nov. 2-Nov. 16 ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague).
Related external links:
Eastbound convoys 1944 - This shows all the other eastbound convoys sailing in 1944 in chronological order.
To the next SC convoy in my list SC 161
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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 |
