Convoy SC 64- warsailors.com (original) (raw)

CONVOY SC 64 Departed Sydney, C.B. on Jan. 9-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 23rd.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 29 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from several 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 64 at ships in all SC convoys. Further details have been added with the help of: "Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two", Jürgen Rohwer "Lloyd's War Losses", Vol. I. Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined returned, except those that are linked, which will automatically be underlined.
Ship Nationality Cargo Station Destination Remarks
Empire Unity British Tanker B – London From SC 63 To SC 65 - did not sail To SC 66 - did not sail To SC 68 - did not sail Listed in SC 69
Brand Norwegian sugar 43 Clyde From SC 63
Leighton British general - timber - 6 passengers 62 Manchester –
Hainaut Belgian sulphur 63 Garston From SC 63
Namarib American general - special 23 Loch Ewe f. o. From SC 62
Parthenon Greek flour 22 London –
Fairwater British general 12 Hull –
Aircrest " iron ore 33 Glasgow –
Empire Antelope " general 44 Londonderry From SC 63
Calobre Panamanian general (A. Hague adds 2347 mails) 53 Liverpool –
Amakura British rum - sugar - mail 50 41 Liverpool –
Empire Kingsley " wheat 11 Avonmouth From SC 63
Ashbury " general 72 Avonmouth From SC 63
Elisabeth van Belgie* Belgian general 34 Glasgow From SC 62
Empire Lynx* British steel 61 Ellesmere Port –
Friar Rock Panamanian general 24 Clyde f. o. (Archangel) From SC 63 Sunk - See Notes
Scottish Heather British Adm. tanker B – Loch Ewe f. o. From SC 63 (See also SC 75. Does not show up again until SC 98)
Souliotis Greek iron ore – Middlesbrough Listed in SC 65
Aun Norwegian timber – London Listed in SC 65
Nemanja Yugoslavian general 54 Manchester –
Picotee British general - steel 73 Cardiff –
Anglo African " wheat 74 Manchester –
Frontenac Norwegian Tanker B – Clyde Listed in SC 65
Silverelm British general - special 51 Holyhead / Manchester –
Anna Greek grain – Leith From SC 62 Listed in SC 66
Milos** Swedish phosphates 64 Hull –
British Honour British Adm. tanker B (dieso) 21 Loch Ewe –
Euthalia Greek grain – Tyne Listed in SC 65
Nandi Norwegian pulp wood – Grimsby Listed in SC 65
Pilar de Larrinaga British general - special 31 Holyhead . Manchester –
Tovelil Danish / MoWT 1940 flour – Hull To SC 65 - did not sail Listed in SC 66
Empire Dunlin British general 13 London –
Evanger Norwegian general – Liverpool Listed in SC 65
Exterminator Panamanian general 14 Archangel To SC 65 - returned To SC 68 - did not sail Shows up again in SC 72 - returned Joined SC 73 from N.F. (Later joined PQ 14)
Johilla British general - steel - lumber - special 52 Liverpool –
Ashworth " wheat 32 Hull –
Norlago American general 34 Loch Ewe f. o. –
Arthur W. Sewall Norwegian Tanker B (crude oil) 42 Manchester –
Gloucester City British steel - cotton - general 71 Avonmouth From HX 169
From Wabana
Empire Cabot British phosphates - special – Hull From SC 63 To SC 65 - returned To SC 66 - returned Sailed in SC 68
Modlin Polish pulp wood 14 Rochester From SC 63
*A. Hague has a note for Elisabeth van Belgie, saying "assume straggled by arrival date". Also, a note for Empire Lynx says "arrived with engine defects".** He says Milos was involved in a collision and fell out of the convoy (again, see his listing for SC 64 at ships in all SC convoys).

Notes:
Commodore was in Amakura.

Friar Rock, on a voyage from New York for Loch Ewe with general cargo, was torpedoed and sunk on Jan. 13-1942 by U 130. 31 died, 6 survived.

The convoy arrived rendezvous on Jan. 20.

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):
Arabis - From 20/01/42 to 23/01/42
Barrie - From 15/01/42 to 19/01/42
Buctouche - From 15/01/42 to 20/01/42
Dahlia - From 20/01/42 to 23/01/42
Hepatica - From 15/01/42 to 20/01/42
Louisburg - From 09/01/42 to 15/01/42
Malpeque - From 09/01/42 to 14/01/42
Minas - From 09/01/42 to 13/01/42
Monkshood - From 20/01/42 to 23/01/42
Moosejaw - From 15/01/42 to 20/01/42
Nipigon - From 09/01/42 to 12/01/42
Ottawa - From 12/01/42 to 20/01/42
Sabre - From 20/01/42 to 23/01/42
Sherbrooke - From 12/01/42 to 20/01/42
Snowflake - From 20/01/42 to 23/01/42
Sudbury - From 09/01/42 to 14/01/42
Thunder - From 09/01/42 to 13/01/42

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