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CONVOY SC 164
Departed Halifax on Jan. 1-1945 and arrived Liverpool on the 18th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 42 ships in this convoy.
(Note that between Convoy SC 163 and SC 164 the following eastbound convoys had sailed:
CU 51, HX 327, HX 328, CU 52, and HX 329).
| Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Hermiston | British | general | London | – |
| Greek | lumber | London | Listed in SC 165 | |
| Norwegian | general | Liverpool | Listed in SC 165 | |
| Lagarfoss | Icelandic | general - lumber | Loch Ewe for Iceland | (See also RU 154) |
| Empire Ploughman | British | grain - general | Hull | From HX 327 |
| Empire Treasure | " | general - refrig. | Avonmouth | – |
| Velox | Norwegian | wood pulp | Rochester | – |
| Fort Nisqually | British | general - lumber | Cardiff | – |
| Runswick | " | lumber | Sharpness | – |
| Generton | " | grain | Downs | – |
| Sandviken | Norwegian | general - lumber | Loch Ewe for Iceland | (See also RU 152) |
| Stanford | British | general - steel | Cardiff | – |
| Marija Petrinovic | Yugoslavian | general - explosives | Liverpool | From HX 327 |
| British Justice | British | Tanker B | Dingle | From SC 163 |
| Agwistar | American | general | Downs f. o. | – |
| Fort Augustus | British | general | Manchester | – |
| Stalowa Wola | Polish | general - explosives | Hull | – |
| Charles R. McCormick | American | general | Downs f. o. | From HX 327 |
| Imperial Monarch | British | general - explosives | Liverpool | – |
| Rådmansö | Swedish | lumber | London | – |
| Empire Foam | British | general - explosives | Middlesbrough | – |
| Pozarica | Italian | Tanker W | Belfast Dock / Bowling | – |
| Athelprince | British | molasses | Birkenhead | – |
| Dunelmia | " | general - explosives | Hull | – |
| Ima | Norwegian | Tanker B | Hamble | From HX 328 |
| Alexia | British | Tanker B | Clyde | – |
| Greek | flour | London | Listed in SC 165 | |
| British | general | London | From HX 328 Listed in SC 165 | |
| " | Adm. tanker B | Mersey | To SC 165 - did not sail (Sunk Jan. 14-1945) | |
| Bayou Chico | American | explosives | Solent f. o. | – |
| Coulmore | British | grain - general | London | – |
| Clumberhall | " | steel - lumber | London | – |
| Greek | general | London | Listed in SC 165 | |
| Cowrie | British | Adm. tanker B | Scapa | – |
| " | steel - lumber | London | Listed in SC 165 | |
| Framlington Court | " | lumber | London | – |
| Goldmouth | " | Tanker W | Grangemouth | – |
| Geisha | Norwegian | general - explosives | Liverpool | – |
| Gateway City | American | oranges (gas in cans) | Downs f. o. | – |
| " | general | Solent f. o. | From HX 328 Listed in HX 329 | |
| Innesmoor | British | general | Liverpool | – |
| Minerva | Norwegian | general | Liverpool | – |
| Nuolja | Swedish | general - lumber | Swansea for d. g. / London | – |
| Nishmaha | American | general | Downs | – |
| British | sugar | London | To SC 165 - Returned Listed in SC 166 | |
| Pacific | Swedish | general - steel | Swansea | – |
| Tropic Star | Norwegian | general | Solent f. o. | – |
| Canadian | grain | Ipswich | Listed in SC 165 | |
| Wolverine | American | general | Solent f. o. | Returned to Halifax Listed in SC 165 |
| Atlantic | Panamanian* | oil | Stanlow | – |
| Evagoras | British | lumber | Garston | – |
| Peribonka | " | lumber - general | Manchester | – |
| * According to the Advance Sailing Telegram for SC 164, this was the Panamanian Atlantic of 5524 gt, however, this appears to have been the Norwegian Atlantic.Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Eddystone joined from Halifax - not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram. See Notes below. | ||||
| Joining from St. John's, N.F. | ||||
| Ioannis Frangos | Greek | lumber | Preston | From SC 163 |
Notes:
The Rescue Vessel Eddystone was on her 10th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Dec. 9-1944 with the westbound Convoy ON 271, to Halifax Dec. 26 - then sailed with Convoy SC 164 to Belfast Lough, Jan. 1-Jan. 15, returning to Clyde independently from there. ("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.
Empire Ships - In alphabetical order.
To the next SC convoy in my list SC 165
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