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CONVOY SC 31
Departed Halifax on May 9-1941 and arrived Liverpool on the 30th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 32 ships in this convoy.
Related page on this site: Orders for ocean and local escorts (Convoys SC 31 & HX 126)
| Transcribed from original documents received from Tony Cooper - 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. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Station | Destination | Remarks |
| Dutch | steel - scrap iron | – | Swansea | To SC 32 - did not sail Listed in SC 33 | |
| Hilversum | " | sugar | 52 | London | – |
| Merchant Royal | British | wheat | 61 | Manchester | – |
| Thistleford | " | grain | 81 | Liverpool | – |
| " | sulphur | – | Manchester | Listed in SC 33 | |
| Kingsland | " | sugar | 64 | London | – |
| Norwegian | steel - timber | – | Clyde f. o. | From SC 29 To SC 32 - did not sail Listed in SC 33 | |
| Star | " | lumber | 33 | London | – |
| Errington Court | British | wheat | 51 | Avonmouth | – |
| Norwegian | lumber | – | Great Yarmouth | (Follow link to Havørn) | |
| " | timber | – | Bristol | To SC 32 - returned (follow link to Marita) | |
| Schie | Dutch | phosphates | 54 | Aberdeen | – |
| British | grain | – | London | Listed in SC 32 | |
| Danish / MoWT 1940 | lumber | – | Bristol | Listed in SC 32 | |
| Norwegian | nitrates | – | Avonmouth | From SC 28 Listed in SC 33 | |
| Panos | British | steel - lumber | 84 | Manchester | (See also SC 24) |
| Norwegian | grain | – | Tyne | From SC 29 Listed in SC 32 | |
| Gloucester Castle | British | general | 21 | Clyde | Ex SL 68 |
| Alexandra | Greek | iron ore | 72 | London | Ex SL 68 |
| Danish / MoWT 1940 | bauxite | – | Burntisland | From SC 29 To SC 32 - did not sail Listed in SC 34 | |
| Agia Marina | Greek | grain | 83 | Manchester | – |
| Runswick | British | wheat | 91 | Avonmouth | From SC 30 |
| Evviva | Norwegian | lumber | 32 | London | From SC 30 |
| Dux | " | timber | 23 | Great Yarmouth | – |
| Philip T. Dodge | British | iron - paper | 62 | Manchester | From SC 30 |
| Auretta | " | grain | 13 | London | From SC 30 |
| Stad Amsterdam | Dutch | steel - lumber | 14 | London | From SC 29 |
| Chr. J. Kampmann | Danish / MoWT 1940 | general | 82 | Garston | – |
| Ostende | Belgian | pig iron | 53 | Glasgow | From HX 123 |
| Norwegian | dry pulp | – | Manchester | Listed in SC 32 | |
| Enseigne Maurice Préchac | French (MoWT?) | flour | 92 | Londonderry | From SC 30 |
| Katwijk | Dutch | phosphates | 24 | King's Lynn | From SC 30 Returned to Halifax Listed in SC 32 |
| Rio Blanco | British | wheat | 41 | Ipswich | From SC 30 |
| Zouave | " | wheat | 71 | Liverpool | From SC 30 |
| Hadleigh | " | grain | 31 | Newcastle | From HX 124 |
| Calobre | Panamanian | general - 3 bombers | 73 | Glasgow | From HX 124 (See also Notes for HX 126) Returned to Halifax Listed in SC 33 |
| British | general | – | Liverpool | From HX 124 To SC 32 - did not sail Listed in SC 34 | |
| Empire Union | " | general - special | 12 | London | From SC 30 |
| Ranella | Norwegian | Tanker B | 63 | Clyde | – |
| Reynolds | British | flour | 34 | Leith | – |
| Danish / MoWT 1940 | lumber | – | Sharpness | Listed in SC 32 | |
| Norwegian | Adm. tanker B | – | Clyde | Listed in SC 32 | |
| Rudby | British | wheat | 11 | Immingham | – |
| Norwegian | timber | – | Boston | Listed in SC 35 (Follow link to Rym) | |
| Nesttun | " | lumber | 22 | Milford Haven / Poole | – |
| Westport | American / MoWT 1940 | steel - scrap | 42 | Middlesbrough | (Renamed Empire Nightingale) From SC 30 Straggled - joined HX 126 |
| Facto | Norwegian | lumber | 43 | London | From SC 30 |
| Suncrest | British | grain - lumber | 44 | London | From HX 125 |
| Ilissos | Greek | wheat | 74 | Avonmouth | – |
Notes:
Commodore was in Errington Court, Vice Commodore in Merchant Royal.
The Rescue Vessel Copeland was also with this convoy for a while, only for the last few days of the voyage.
For names of some of the escorts, see Orders for ocean and local escorts (Convoys SC 31 & HX 126)
A. Hague names the following 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):
Amazon - From 21/05/41 to 24/05/41
Aubretia - From 21/05/41 to 24/05/41
Auricula - From 24/05/41 to 29/05/41
Bulldog - From 21/05/41 to 28/05/41
Campbeltown - From 24/05/41 to 30/05/41
Cobalt - From 09/05/41 to 10/05/41
Collingwood - From 09/05/41 to 10/05/41
Daneman - From 21/05/41 to 24/05/41
Dianthus - From 24/05/41 to 29/05/41
Fleetwood - From 24/05/41 to 29/05/41
Hollyhock - From 21/05/41 to 24/05/41
Lulworth - From 11/05/41 to 25/05/41
Marigold - From 24/05/41 to 29/05/41
Nasturtium - From 24/05/41 to 29/05/41
Nigella - From 21/05/41 to 24/05/41
Periwinkle - From 24/05/41 to 30/05/41
Primrose - From 24/05/41 to 27/05/41
Rochester - From 24/05/41 to 27/05/41
Wanderer - From 24/05/41 to 29/05/41
Westcott - From 24/05/41 to 29/05/41
Wolfe - From09/05/41 to 21/05/41
Related external link:
SL Convoys - SL 68 is included.
To the next SC convoy in my list SC 32
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