Convoy SC 88 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY SC 88 (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 June 19-1942 and arrived Liverpool on July 4
(Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 33 ships)
| Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. See also Convoy ON 92. Additional details have been added with the help of: "Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Csikos | Panamanian | grain - trucks | London | From SC 87 |
| Portsea | British | lumber | Belfast Dock | From SC 87 Returned to Sydney (lost convoy in fog) Listed in SC 89 |
| Argolikos | Greek | grain - general | London | – |
| Evinos | " | general | Tyne | – |
| Neva | Swedish | lumber | Methil d. g. / London | From SC 87 |
| Torfinn Jarl | Norwegian | lumber | Belfast Dock | From SC 87 |
| Aun | " | lumber | Garston | From SC 87 Put into St. John's w/boiler trouble. Listed in WSC 89 |
| Andreas | Greek | wheat | London | From SC 87 |
| Empire Lynx | British | steel - general - 1 passenger | Belfast | From SC 87 |
| Selvistan | " | grain | Hull | From SC 87 |
| Amakura | " | sugar - mail - 23 passengers - mail 5 | Liverpool | – |
| Ingertre | Norwegian | lumber | Immingham | – |
| Winsum | Dutch | steel - lumber | London | From SC 87 |
| Norjerv | Norwegian | steel - cotton | Liverpool | (Ex Empire Eagle) From SC 87 |
| Empire Planet | British | general | Avonmouth | From SC 87 |
| Solstad | Norwegian | Tanker B | London | – |
| Empire Woodcock | British | steel - cotton | Glasgow | – |
| Maycrest | " | general - steel | Hull | Returned to Sydney (lost convoy in fog) Listed in SC 89 |
| Belgian Fisherman | Belgian | general | Manchester | – |
| Empire Waterhen | British | general | Newport | – |
| Dolius | " | general | Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton) | – |
| Loreto | " | general | Liverpool | – |
| Empire Cranmer | " | general | Manchester | – |
| Bonneville | Norwegian | general | Liverpool | – |
| Forresbank | British | general | Belfast Dock | – |
| Tilemachos | Greek | lumber | Milford Haven f. o. | Returned to Sydney (lost convoy in fog) Listed in SC 89 |
| North Devon | British | grain | Leith / Ipswich | – |
| Armathia | Greek | lumber | Barry Dock | – |
| Dimitrios Chandris | " | general - grain | Liverpool | – |
| Theoskepasti | " | steel - lumber | London | – |
| Aeas | " | grain - trucks | London | – |
| Achilles | Dutch | flour | Hull | – |
| Dinara | Yugoslavian | grain | Glasgow | – |
| Berto | Norwegian | lumber | Swansea (Southampton) | – |
| Joining from Newfoundland (Convoy WSC 88) Sailed June 21 | ||||
| British | steel scrap - wood pulp | Manchester | From SC 87 Listed in WSC 89 | |
| Kelbergen | Dutch | nitrates | London | From SC 87 |
| Ashbury | British | iron ore | Ardrossan | – |
| Nicolaos Michalos | Greek | iron ore | Newport | From SC 87 |
| The Rescue Vessel Toward was also with this convoy. She was on her 20th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on May 20-1942 with the westbound Convoy ON 96, to Halifax, June 5. She then sailed with HS 12 from Halifax to Sydney, C.B. (June 12-June 14), joining Convoy SC 88 there on June 19 to return to Clyde, July 1. |
Notes:
Commodore was in Loreto, Vice Commodore in Empire Lynx, Rear Commodore in North Devon.
Clyde Commodore: In Empire Woodcock.
To the next SC convoy in my list SC 89
| Aa–Al | An–Ar | As–Av | Ba | Be | Bi–Bl | Bo | Br–Bu | C | D |
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| 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 |
