Convoy SC 34- warsailors.com (original) (raw)

CONVOY SC 34 Departed Sydney, C.B. on June 10-1941 and arrived Clyde on the 29th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 34 ships in this convoy.

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. (See also Convoy ON 1 and other westbound convoys from this period). Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined returned to port (except those that are linked, which will automatically be underlined. The Norwegian Einvik, however, did return). MoWT = Ministry of War Transport
Ship Nationality Cargo Station Destination Remarks
Einvik Norwegian lumber - pit props 92 Cardiff From SC 33 Returned to Sydney w/engine troubleListed in SC 36 (see ships in all SC convoys - but follow link to Einvik)
Nicolaos Piangos Greek grain - general evidence 63 Manchester From SC 33
Margit Danish / MoWT 1940 bauxite 72 Mersey From SC 33
Knud " lumber – Hull Listed in SC 35
Michalios Greek grain 23 Sunderland –
Baron Vernon British sugar - mail (2) 41 Greenock –
Gunvor Mærsk Danish (MoWT 1940?) lumber 12 London –
Empire Buffalo British steel - general - shells - bombs - trucks 51 Mersey f. o. –
Nicolas Greek wheat 83 Cardiff –
Bonde Norwegian grain 94 Milford Haven / Southampton –
Berkel Dutch phosphates 13 London From HX 130
Pennington Court British grain - Hurricanes - engines 62 Liverpool –
Baron Ruthven " steel - lumber 91 Newport –
Reedpool " grain 61 Liverpool From SC 33
Hartbridge " wheat 42 Hull From SC 30
Milcrest " pig iron - scrap 31 Hull From SC 32
Borgfred Norwegian wood pulp 73 Mersey –
Eastmoor British rum - sugar - pulp 52 Clyde –
Mariston " steel - auto parts - trucks 81 Newport –
Keila Estonian grain 22 Ipswich –
Dinaric Yugoslavian / MoWT 1940 wood pulp 11 Grimsby –
Lagarto British general 71 Liverpool From SC 32
Iron Baron Norwegian zinc concentrates 82 Swansea –
Fidelio " bauxite - pitch – Burntisland –
Cordelia British Adm tanker B 32 Clyde From HX 130
Filleigh " grain 74 Belfast –
Leighton " lumber - meat 64 Liverpool –
Bjørkhaug Norwegian phosphates 34 Leith –
Fido " lumber 93 Sharpness –
Geddington Court British grain - general ev. - Hurricanes - engines 21 Leith / London –
Snar Norwegian phosphates 33 Ipswich –
Umberleigh British steel - scrap iron – Glasgow Listed in SC 35
Vestland Norwegian lumber 44 London –
Clunepark British sugar 54 London –
Solhavn Norwegian lumber 24 London –
Hindsholm Danish (MoWT 1940?) lumber 43 Belfast –
Aarø " bauxite 84 Burntisland From SC 32
Scorton British sugar 53 London –

Notes:
The convoy arrived rendezvous on June 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):
Alisma - From 24/06/41 to 27/06/41
Broke - From 23/06/41 to 28/06/41
Candytuft - From 16/06/41 to 23/06/41
Cobalt - From 16/06/41 to 23/06/41
Columbia - From 16/06/41 to 18/06/41
Gossamer - From 24/06/41 to 28/06/41
Hazard - From 24/06/41 to 28/06/41
Hebe - From 24/06/41 to 28/06/41
Lincoln - From 24/06/41 to 27/06/41
Niagara - From 16/06/41 to 22/06/41
Pegasus - From 24/06/41 to 28/06/41
Raccoon - From 10/06/41 to 11/06/41
Ramsey - From 16/06/41 to 22/06/41
Ranpura - From 10/06/41 to 23/06/41
Reindeer - From 10/06/41 to 11/06/41
Restigouche - From 15/06/41 to 18/06/41
Richmond - From 16/06/41 to 22/06/41
Sabre - From 24/06/41 to 28/06/41
Saguenay - From 16/06/41 to 23/06/41
Shikari - From 24/06/41 to 28/06/41
Sunflower - From 24/06/41 to 29/06/41
Venomous - From 24/06/41 to 28/06/41

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