Convoy SC 24 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

CONVOY SC 24 Departed Halifax on Febr. 28-1941 and arrived Liverpool on March 19.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 26 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 World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan "Lloyd's War Losses", Vol I. Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined returned to port (except those that are linked, which will automatically be underlined. The Norwegian Bernhard, however, did return). MoWT = Ministry of War Transport
Ship Nationality Cargo Station Destination Remarks
Nicolaos Piangos Greek grain – Belfast d. g. / Avonmouth Listed in SC 25
Sheaf Crown British pig iron - scrap iron 22 Middlesbrough –
Treworlas " phosphates 32 London From BHX 104
Kyma Greek wheat 83 Avonmouth –
Ledaal Norwegian lumber 63 Milford Haven / Plymouth From SC 22
Star " lumber 44 Belfast –
Don " lumber – Boston From SC 23 Listed in SC 25
Winterswijk Dutch phosphates 33 Grangemouth –
Photinia British grain 11 Ipswich From SC 23
Atlanticos Greek grain 52 Manchester From SC 23
Borgfred Norwegian pulp 12 Gravesend From SC 23
Belnor " nitrates – Belfast d. g. / Avonmouth To SC 26 - did not sail To SC 28 - did not sail To SC 31 - did not sail Listed in SC 33 (See also voyage record)
Berkel Dutch phosphates 13 Grimsby From SC 23
Swiftpool British grain 31 Hull From SC 23
Framlington Court " grain 41 Newcastle From HX 110
Panos " steel - lumber – Manchester From SC 23 (does not show up again until SC 31)
Asiatic " steel - lumber 71 Garston From SC 21
Havtor Norwegian pit props – Belfast d. g. / Barry Dock From SC 23 To SC 25 - returned Listed in SC 26
Fanø Danish / MoWT 1940 pit props – Cardiff Listed in SC 25
Flynderborg Danish / MoWT 1940 pit props 82 Cardiff From SC 23
Brave Coeur American / MoWT 1941 steel - trucks 81 Newport (Renamed Empire Gull) From SC 23
Brisk Norwegian bauxite 74 Larne From SC 23
Profit " lumber – Boston Listed in SC 25
Start Point British grain 21 Hull –
Flaminian " sugar - rum – Newport From SC 22 Listed in SC 27
Bruxelles Belgian steel 43 Middlesbrough –
Victo Norwegian steel - lumber 23 W. Hartlepool –
Thistleglen British steel - scrap iron 42 Glasgow From HX 111
Tilsington Court " steel - trucks - special 61 Newport –
Zurichmoor " grain – Manchester Listed in SC 25
Manchester Commerce " general 51 Manchester From HX 112
Bernhard Norwegian scrap iron 53 Ardrossan See SC 20 Returned to Halifax To SC 26 - did not sail To SC 28 - returned Follow link to Bernhard
Emmy Greek pit props 62 Swansea From SC 20
Inga I Norwegian timber 64 Belfast From SC 21
Kalypso Vergotti Greek phosphate 72 Avonmouth From HX 111 Returned to Halifax Listed in SC 27
Annavore Norwegian timber 73 Northwich(?) / Sharpness From HX 111
Western Chief American / MoWT 1940 steel - general 84 Newport Sunk - See Notes

Notes:
Commodore was in Manchester Commerce, Vice Commodore in Tilsington Court.

Western Chief, on a voyage from New York for Newport with 7400 tons of steel, became a straggler and was sunk on March 14 by the Italian Submarine Emo. She had a crew of 42 and 1 gunner - 22 crew perished.

The convoy arrived rendezvous on March 15.

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):
Campanula - From 16/03/41 to 19/03/41
Collingwood - From 28/02/41 to 01/03/41
Freesia - From 16/03/41 to 19/03/41
Pimpernel - From 16/03/41 to 19/03/41
Vanquisher - From 15/03/41 to 19/03/41
Whitehall - From 15/03/41 to 19/03/41
Winchelsea - From 15/03/41 to 19/03/41
Wolfe - From 28/02/41 to 15/03/41

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