Convoy SC 85 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY SC 85 (Will be updated - please compare with A. Hague's listing for this convoy at ships in all SC convoys. See also SC escorts).
Departed Sydney, C.B. on May 29-1942 and arrived Liverpool on June 12.
(Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 60 ships)
| Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. Additional details have been added with the help of: "Convoys to Russia 1941-1945", Bob Ruegg & Arnold Hague. "Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Hartbridge | British | grain - general | Avonmouth | From SC 84 |
| Dettifoss | Icelandic | general - 7 passengers - mail 18 | Reykjavik | – |
| British | wheat | Glasgow | To SC 86 - did not sail Listed in SC 87 | |
| Radcombe | " | general | Cardiff | From SC 84 |
| Empire Spey | " | steel - lumber | London | From SC 84 |
| Margit | Danish / MOWT 1940 | wood pulp | Ridham Dock | – |
| Grado | Norwegian | wood pulp | London | From SC 84 |
| Dunav | Yugoslavian | lumber - steel | London | – |
| Dunsley | British | wheat | Swansea (Southampton) | – |
| Polyktor | Greek | grain | Liverpool | – |
| Blairatholl | British | wood pulp | Gravesend | – |
| Mount Pelion | Greek | general | Liverpool | – |
| Danby | British | wheat | Avonmouth | – |
| Innerton | " | wheat - trucks | London | – |
| Mount Mycale | Greek | grain - trucks | Sharpness | – |
| " | aluminium - pulp | Ellesmere Port | Listed in SC 86 | |
| Disa | Swedish | newsprint | Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton) | – |
| Roumanie | Belgian | general | Swansea | From SC 84 |
| Elswick Park | British | grain | London | From SC 84 |
| Hindoo | Panamanian | general | Rekjavik | – |
| Osric | Swedish | timber | Belfast Dock | – |
| Akabahra | Norwegian | lumber | Hull | – |
| Mars | Dutch | flour | Glasgow | From SC 84 |
| Titus | " | flour | Bristol | From SC 84 |
| Penhale | British | grain | Leith | – |
| Penolver | " | grain - trucks | Londonderry / Dublin | – |
| Star | Norwegian | lumber | Liverpool | – |
| Mimosa | Greek | grain - general | Newcastle | – |
| Tenax | British | grain | Tyne | – |
| Don | Norwegian | lumber | Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton) | – |
| Facto | " | lumber | London | – |
| Donbass | Russian | Tanker - linseed oil | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy PQ 17 to Russia |
| Greek | grain | London | Listed in SC 86 | |
| Sneland I | Norwegian | lumber | Swansea (Southampton) | – |
| Bifrost | Swedish | timber | Belfast d. g. / Mersey | – |
| Leonardia | " | lumber | Methil d. g. / Immingham | – |
| Kirsten Mærsk | Danish / MOWT 1940 | lumber | Immingham | – |
| Evviva | Norwegian | lumber | London | – |
| Marga | " | lumber | Sharpness | – |
| Azerbaidjan | Russian | Tanker - vegetable oil | Clyde f. o. | Joined Convoy PQ 17 to Russia |
| Brisk | Norwegian | lumber | Preston | – |
| Empire Bunting | British | general | Mersey f. o. | – |
| Empire Union | " | general | Glasgow | From HX 191 |
| Kathariotisa | Greek | timber | Leith | – |
| Boston City | British | general | Newport | From HX 191 |
| Margarita Chandris | Greek | grain | Avonmouth | From HX 191 (& SC 84) |
| Rinos | " | grain | Hull | – |
| Archangelos | " | general - grain - trucks | Manchester | – |
| Baron Cochrane | British | grain | Leith Dock / Ipswich | – |
| Birgitte | Danish / MOWT 1940 | aluminium - pulp | Glasgow | – |
| British | grain | Hull | Listed in HX 192 | |
| " | grain | Avonmouth | Listed in SC 86 | |
| Nicolas | Greek | grain | Avonmouth | – |
| Senta | Norwegian | steel - lumber | Manchester | – |
| Stornest | British | grain - trucks | Manchester | – |
| Uskside | " | flour | Glasgow | – |
| Zeus | Greek | grain | Glasgow | – |
| USS Mattole | American | fuel oil | Reykjavik | – |
| USS Rapidan | " | fuel | Reykjavik | – |
| USS Pegasus | " | general | Reykjavik | – |
| Gezina | Norwegian | lumber | Grimsby. | – |
| Bur | " | lumber - steel | London | – |
| Empire Hawksbill | British | general - trucks | Cardiff | – |
| Joining from Newfoundland (sailed May 31) | ||||
| Radport | British | steel - scrap | Hull | From SC 84 (see also SC 63) |
| Tintagel | American | general | Clyde f. o. | (See also SC 67) |
| Clarissa Radcliffe | British | iron ore | Cardiff | – |
| The Rescue Vessel Bury (requisitioned on Aug. 14-1941) was also with this convoy. She was on her 4th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on May 7-1942 with the westbound Convoy ON 92 - to St. John's, May 16 in order to land several survivors from torpedoed ships (follow link for further details). She then sailed with CL 39 from St. John's to Halifax (May 17-May 19), subsequently with HS 5 from Halifax to Sydney, C.B (May 24-May 26), joining Convoy SC 85 to return to Clyde, May 29-June 12. |
Notes:
Commodore Rear Admiral C. E. Turtle was in Empire Bunting, Vice Commodore was Captain Wilson (U.S.N.) in Mattole.
To the next SC convoy in my list SC 86
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| Sp–St | Su–Sø | Ta–Te | Th–Ti | To | Tr–Tø | U | V | W | Ø |
