Convoy SC 60 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY SC 60
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Dec. 16-1941 and arrived Liverpool on the 31st.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 22 ships in this convoy.
| Transcribed from original documents received from Tony Cooper (Advance Sailing Telegram) - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. The station numbers, cargoes for the tankers and names of escorts have been extracted from documents recived from Don Kindell, based on the late Arnold Hague's database - see his listing for SC 60 at ships in all SC convoys. See also Convoy ON 35, and other ON convoys from the same time period. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Station | Destination | Remarks |
| Belgian | Tanker B | – | London (Shellhaven) | From SC 59 Listed in SC 61 | |
| " | general | – | London | From SC 58 Listed in SC 61 | |
| Askild | Norwegian | lumber - 2 passengers | 24 | Reykjavik | – |
| Juno | Dutch | phosphates | 12 | Ipswich | From SC 59 |
| Antigone | British | general | 31 | Hull | From SC 59 |
| Reigh Count | Panamanian | general - grain | 34 | Archangel | From SC 59 (Joined Convoy PQ 7B, returned w/QP 6) |
| Birgitte | Danish / MoWT 1940 | pulp | 44 | Glasgow | – |
| Larranga | American | general | 23 | Archangel | From SC 59 (Joined Convoy PQ 8, returned with QP 8) |
| Snar | Norwegian | iron ore | 43 | Middlesbrough | – |
| Treminnard | British | wheat | 61 | Belfast | From SC 59 |
| British Freedom | " | Adm. Tanker B (FFO) | 42 | Humber (Killingholme?) | From SC 59 |
| Armathia | Greek | iron ore | 53 | Belfast d. g. / Newport | From SC 59 |
| Agios Vlasios | " | lumber | 13 | London | From SC 54 |
| Baron Tweedmouth | British | steel - lumber | 21 | London | – |
| Empire Redshank | " | Tanker W (aviation gas - carbon black) | 33 | Archangel | From SC 52 Joined Convoy PQ 7B, returned w/QP 6 |
| " | general | – | Avonmouth | Listed in SC 65 | |
| Zypenberg | Dutch | general | 62 | Leith / London | From SC 58 |
| Castilian | British | general | 52 | Hull | – |
| Danby | " | general | 51 | London | – |
| " | general | – | Glasgow | To SC 61 - did not sail Listed in SC 62 | |
| " | general | – | Liverpool | To SC 61 - did not sail Listed in SC 62 | |
| Norwegian | grain | – | Milford Haven for S.hampton | To SC 61 - did not sail Listed in SC 62 | |
| Oakworth | British | general | 62 | Avonmouth | – |
| Radchurch | " | steel - pulp | 11 | London | Ex. Yugoslavian Vid 1941 |
| Tennessee | Danish / MoWT 1940 | grain | 22 | Tyne | From SC 59 |
| British Statesman | British | Tanker W (benzine) | 32 | Coryton | From HX 164 |
| Bosworth | " | general | 54 | Cardiff | – |
| Greek | grain | – | Hull | To SC 61 - did not sail To SC 62 - returned in tow (does not show up again until SC 87) | |
| British | grain | – | Liverpool | To SC 61 - returned To SC 63 - returned (does not show up again until SC 77) | |
| Errington Court | " | grain | 41 | Hull | – |
| Russian | general | – | Archangel | Listed in SC 63 (later joined PQ 9, returning with QP 8) | |
| British | general | – | Glasgow | Listed in SC 61 | |
| " | iron ore | – | Middlesbrough | Listed in SC 61 | |
| Polish | general | – | Liverpool | Listed in SC 61 | |
| British | general | – | Hull | Listed in SC 61 | |
| Dutch | grain | – | Hull | Listed in SC 61 | |
| British | steel - scrap | – | Hull | To SC 62 - did not sail To SC 63 - returned (does not show up again until SC 85) | |
| Norwegian | general | – | Clyde | Listed in SC 61 | |
| " | flour | – | Hull | Listed in SC 61 | |
| Yugoslavian | nitrates - hemp | – | Liverpool | Listed in SC 62 | |
| Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Stockport - See Notes below.According to A. Hague, Bosworth returned - this is not noted in the Advance Sailing Telegram and I believe it's an error, unless she returned then crossed the ocean independently? (she's included in Convoy BB 118 from Belfast Lough on Jan. 1-1942 - external link). |
Notes:
Commodore was in Errington Court.
The Rescue Vessel Stockport was also with this convoy for a while. She was on her 1st voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Dec. 21-1941 with the westbound convoy ON 49, detached Dec. 28, then returned to Clyde with Convoy SC 60, Dec. 28-Dec. 31. ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague).
The convoy arrived rendezvous on Dec. 27.
A. Hague names the following escorts (extracted from this list of SC convoy escorts, received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year):
Alisma - From 28/12/41 to 31/12/41
Caldwell - From 27/12/41 to 31/12/41
Camrose - From 18/12/41 to 27/12/41
Dauphin - From 18/12/41 to 24/12/41
Kamsack - From 16/12/41 to 18/12/41
Malpeque - From 16/12/41 to 18/12/41
Minas - From 16/12/41 to 18/12/41
Saguenay - From 18/12/41 to 27/12/41
Shawnigan - From 16/12/41 to 18/12/41
Shediac - From 18/12/41 to 27/12/41
Spikenard - From 18/12/41 to 28/12/41
Sunflower - From 28/12/41 to 31/12/41
Thunder - From 16/12/41 to 18/12/41
Wetaskiwin - From 19/12/41 to 28/12/41
To the next SC convoy in my list SC 61
| Aa–Al | An–Ar | As–Av | Ba | Be | Bi–Bl | Bo | Br–Bu | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
