Convoy HN 15 (Norway-U.K., 1940) - warsailors.com
CONVOY HN 15 – Norway-U.K.
Left Norway on Febr. 28-1940 and arrived Methil on March 1.
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Transcribed from Advance Sailing Telegram received from Tony Cooper, England - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. The Advance Sailing Telegram gives the sailing date as Febr. 26, arrival Methil Febr. 29 Convoy stations are not available. A document listing all the Norway-U.K. Convoys states that Convoy HN 15 left on Febr. 28 and arrived on March 1, adding that it consisted of 8 British, 29 Norwegian, 1 Swedish, 2 Danish, and 2 Finnish ships, for a total of 42, 8 of which were bound for the west coast. Note that there's also a ship listed as Dutch in the Advance Sailing Telegram. |
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Ship |
Nationality |
Cargo |
Destination |
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Vang |
Norwegian |
ballast (for bunkers) |
Ayr |
|
Svanefjell |
" |
general |
London |
|
Porsanger |
" |
ballast |
Swansea |
|
Finse |
" |
ballast |
Blyth |
|
Tordenskjold |
" |
ballast |
Sunderland |
|
Helmond |
British |
general (chrome, carbide, pulp) |
Grangemouth |
|
no name - 3106 gt |
? |
ore |
Birkenhead |
|
Anna |
Finnish |
general |
Hull |
|
Gudrid |
Norwegian |
general |
Manchester |
|
Iris |
" |
mail - passengers |
Tyne |
|
Cygnus |
" |
general |
Manchester |
|
Grenaa |
Danish |
ballast |
Methil |
|
Ulv |
Norwegian |
pulp |
Rouen |
|
Fulton |
" |
ballast |
West Hartlepool |
|
Pan |
" |
pulp |
Grimsby |
|
no name - 1180 gt |
? |
general |
Antwerp |
|
Diana |
Norwegian |
general |
London |
|
Ophir |
" |
ballast |
Sunderland |
|
Gudrun |
" |
ballast |
Methil |
|
Lysaker IV |
" |
ballast |
Dunstan |
|
Bruse |
" |
ballast |
Sunderland |
|
Ringhorn |
" |
ballast |
Burntisland |
|
Bessheim |
" |
passengers - mail |
Tyne |
|
Ask |
" |
ore |
Middlesbrough |
|
Grana |
" |
general |
Hull |
|
Ursa |
" |
general |
London |
|
Edna |
" |
fresh fish |
Newcastle-on-Tyne |
|
Cetus |
" |
ballast |
Blyth |
|
Rona |
" |
cod roes |
Ardrossan |
|
Jarl |
" |
fresh fish |
Aberdeen for bunkers |
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Standard |
" |
pulp |
Bristol |
|
Batavia |
Dutch |
general |
Newcastle-on-Tyne |
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Stensaas |
Norwegian |
ballast |
Burntisland |
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Kronprins Olav |
" |
pulp |
Ellesmere Port |
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Island |
" |
fresh fish |
Aberdeen |
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Havnia |
Finnish |
general |
London |
|
Teano |
British |
general |
Hull |
|
Salerno |
" |
general |
Hull |
|
Helder |
" |
general |
Grangemouth |
|
No name |
? |
general |
Aberdeen |
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Otterpool |
British |
ore |
Middlesbrough |
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Salmonpool |
" |
ore |
Middlesbrough |
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Hardingham |
" |
ore |
Immingham |
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Romanby |
" |
ore |
Cardiff |
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Bothnia |
Swedish |
general |
London |
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Vela |
Norwegian |
– |
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| If we remove the un-named ships, we end up with 42 ships in the convoy.
The above list agrees on the whole with a list of ships received from D. Kindell, based on Arnold Hague's database, except A. Hague has not included Batavia (and he says Havnia was Norwegian) - in other words, he names 41 ships in this convoy. (He lists Batavia in the next convoy, HN 16, but she's not included in the Advance Sailing Telegram for HN 16). |
Escorts mentioned on this page:
HMS Aurora, Penelope (covering force), Calcutta, Cossack, Diana, Nubian, Delight, Sikh, Imperial and Khartoum (most of which had also escorted Convoy ON 15 from the U.K. to Norway).
See also the text under Febr. 26 and Febr. 28 on this external page, which mentions this convoy and its escorts.
All the Norwegian ships mentioned in this convoy are discussed on this website, some are listed in the Homefleet section. The easiest way to find them all is via the Master Ship Index.
Report on passage is not available.
