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CONVOY SC 22
Departed Halifax on Febr. 8-1941 and arrived Liverpool on the 28th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 32 ships in this convoy.
| Transcribed from original documents received from Tony Cooper (Advance Sailing Telegram) - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. The station numbers and names of escorts have been extracted from documents recived from Don Kindell, based on Arnold Hague's database - see ships in all SC convoys. Further details have been added with the help of: "The Allied Convoy System", Arnold Hague"The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan"Lloyd's War Losses", Vol I & Vol. II. Sailing date is given as Febr. 11-1941 in this Advance Sailing Telegram. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Station | Destination | Remarks |
| Grado | Norwegian | pit props | 24 | Hull | – |
| " | grain | – | Belfast d. g. / Swansea | To HX 108 - did not sail Listed in SC 25 See also HX 112 | |
| Fido | " | lumber | 63 | Preston | From SC 21 |
| Borgfred | " | paper pulp | 23 | Gravesend | From SC 20 Returned to Halifax To SC 23 - did not sail Listed in SC 24 See also SC 15 and page about Borgfred |
| Nesttun | " | lumber | 33 | Wisbech | – |
| Kervégan | French / MoWT 1940 | dry pulp | 14 | Methil d. g. / London | From SC 21 Foundered - See Notes |
| Orminster | British | phosphates | 91 | Avonmouth | From SC 21 |
| Mexico | Norwegian | Tanker B | 44 | London | From SC 21 Struck mine March 6 follow link to Mexico |
| " | lumber | – | Milford Haven / Plymouth | From SC 21 Listed in SC 24 | |
| Rena | " | steel - scrap iron | 84 | Newport | From HX 104 |
| " | pit props | – | Hull | To SC 23 - returned Listed in SC 27 | |
| Gloxinia | British | Tanker B | 41 | Bowling | From SC 21 |
| Hilversum | Dutch | sulphates | 42 | Glasgow | From SC 21 |
| British | steel | – | Swansea | Listed in SC 23 | |
| Maycrest | " | pig iron - trucks | 43 | Middlesbrough | – |
| Pencarrow | " | grain | 31 | London | From SC 21 |
| Flaminian | " | general | 81 | Newport | See also HX 103Returned to port To SC 24 - did not sail Listed in SC 27 |
| Essex Lance | " | grain - flour | 22 | London | – |
| Rotula | Dutch | Tanker W (aviation fuel) | 82 | Swansea | Sunk - See Notes |
| Trompenberg | " | phosphates | 92 | Belfast | – |
| Empire Mouflon | British | steel | 54 | Ardrossan | – |
| Granfoss | Norwegian | chemical pulp | 13 | Methil d. g. / Ridham Dock | From SC 21 |
| Dutch | steel - lumber | – | Belfast | Listed in SC 23 | |
| Randa | Danish / Can. Gov. 6-1940 | general | 62 | Preston | – |
| Pennington Court | British | grain | 21 | London | – |
| Sheaf Mount | " | pig iron | 71 | Leith | From SC 21 |
| Michalis | Greek | grain | 83 | Avonmouth | – |
| British | grain | – | London | Listed in SC 23 | |
| Greek | scrap iron | – | Belfast d. g. / Manchester | From HX 103 To SC 23 - returned Listed in SC 25 | |
| Facto | Norwegian | lumber | 12 | London | – |
| Grodno | British | sugar - general | 34 | London | – |
| Palestinian | steel - pulp | – | Methil d. g. / London | See also SC 29 | |
| Linge | Dutch | phosphates | 72 | Milford Haven / Plymouth | – |
| Baron Kinnaird | British | phosphates | 35 | Billingham | – |
| Norwegian | bauxite | – | Larne | Listed in SC 23 | |
| Stargard | " | pit props | 32 | W. Hartlepool | – |
| Errington Court | British | grain | 11 | Hull | – |
| " | Tanker B | – | Clyde | Listed in SC 23 | |
| " | steel - trucks | – | Clyde f. o. | Listed in SC 23 | |
| " | grain | – | London | Listed in SC 23 | |
| " | grain | – | Hull | To SC 23 - returned Listed in SC 26 | |
| " | steel | – | Belfast d. g. / Newport | Listed in SC 23 | |
| Wellington Court | " | steel | 51 | Hull | From HX 108 (or HX 106? number hard to decipher - see also HX 103) |
| Evviva | Norwegian | pit props | 52 | Immingham | From SC 20 |
| Rozenburg | Dutch | wood pulp | 53 | Methil d. g. / Grimsby | From SC 20 |
| Western Maid | American / MoWT 1941 | scrap | 61 | Swansea | Renamed Empire Cormorant 1941 From HX 108 (or HX 106?) |
| Narocz | Polish | newsprint | 64 | Glasgow | From SC 20 |
| Rotterdam | Dutch | Tanker W | 73 | Bowling / Ardrossan | From SC 21 |
| Additionally, the Norwegian Bernhard is said to have returned to port from this convoy, but is not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram - See Bernhard Arnold Hague has also included Empire Simba in this convoy (cargo of scrap iron), adding she was attacked by aircraft and towed in to Liverpool. This ship is not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram for SC 22. With regard to Flaminian, he says she returned to port because she had a fire in her cargo - again, see Hague's listing for SC 22 at ships in all SC convoys. |
Notes:
Commodore was in Wellington Court, Vice Commodore in Pennington Court.
Clyde Commodore in Sheaf Mount.
Kervégan, on a voyage from St. John's (Jan. 17-1941) for London via Halifax, foundered on Febr. 9-1941. Reported in distress in 43 40N 61 33W on that date, wreckage and bales of wood pulp washed up at Nova Scotia - there were no survivors.
Rotula, on a voyage from Curacao for Swansea with a cargo of 10 699 tons of aviation fuel, was bombed by German aircraft on March 1-1941, with the loss of 16 men, 32 survived. The wreck was sunk by a British trawler.
The convoy arrived rendezvous on Febr. 23.
Escorts (extracted from this list of SC convoy escorts, based on Arnold Hague's database, received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year):
Achates - From 24/02/41 to 28/02/41
Antelope - From 24/02/41 to 28/02/41
Georgetown - From 24/02/41 to 28/02/41
Heather - From 24/02/41 to 28/02/41
Leeds United - From 28/02/42 to 01/03/41
Severn - 08/02/41
To the next SC convoy in my list SC 23
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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 |
