Convoy HX 249 - warsailors.com

Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

The ships are listed in the order in which they appear on the various documents.
Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined ships returned to port.

As can be seen from the station numbers, this convoy had 15 columns and 6 rows.
By going to one of the convoys for which I have given a cruising order (for instance, SC 140, which had 16 columns) it's possible to see what this convoy looked like.
Also, a blank convoy form is available for download from Mike's Holdoway's website.

Ship

Nationality

Cargo

Station

Destination

Remarks

Sovac

British

Tanker B

115

Birkenhead / Stanlow / Modewheel

Fort Sturgeon

"

lumber - lead - phosphates

45

London

–

Empire Puma

"

general

41

London

Rear Commodore

Triona

"

general

–

Mersey

Empire Chivalry

"

sugar - cotton

81

Liverpool

Commodore Vessel

Fort Dauphin

"

lumber - lead - phosphates

105

Liverpool

–

Fort Cumberland

"

general

141

Liverpool

–

Charles Treadwell

"

general

24

London

–

British Tradition

"

Tanker W

112

Stanlow

From HX 248

Comanchee

"

Tanker B

111

Birkenhead / Modewheel

Vice Commodore

Empire Cobbett

"

Tanker W

123

Avonmouth

–

Hopemount

"

Admiralty tanker B

82

Londonderry

–

Naticina

"

Tanker W

53

Bowling / Ardrossan

–

British Chivalry

"

Admiralty tanker B

62

Scapa

–

William J. Bryan

American

general - sugar

–

Clyde

Sailed in HX 250

Robert Lowry

"

general - sugar

Not on A1 form

Liverpool

Returned to port (St. John's) July 29
w/collision damage
To HX 253 - did not sail
Sailed in HX 254

Jane Long

"

general - sugar

11

Clyde

–

Thomas Todd

"

general

143

Liverpool

–

Sidney Sherman

"

general

Not on A1 form

Mersey

Returned to New York July 25
following collision with James Gordon Bennett
Sailed in HX 252

William Windom

"

general

101

Liverpool

–

George M. Bibb

"

general

94

Liverpool / Garston

–

Nicholas Herkimer

"

general

13

London

–

Elihu Root

"

general

34

London

–

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"

general

43

Immingham

–

Ephraim Brevard

"

general

83

Swansea

–

Charles Sumner

"

general

–

Cardiff

Sailed in HX 250

Cardinal Gibbons

"

general

102

Avonmouth

–

Irvin MacDowell

"

general

131

Liverpool

–

John McLoughlin

"

general

33

London

–

Henry Clay

"

general

54

London

–

Abel Parker Upshur

"

general

Not on A1 form

Glasgow

Returned to port (St. John's) Aug. 1
w/boiler trouble
Sailed in HX 250

Steel Ranger

"

general

Not on A1 form

London

Returned to port (St. John's) July 29
w/collision damage

John Marshall

"

general

64

Cardiff / Barry Dock

–

Horace Luckenbach

"

general

91

Glasgow

–

Pennsylvanian

"

general

121

London

–

James Gordon Bennett

"

general

Not on A1 form

Mersey

Returned to New York July 25
following collision with Sidney Sherman
Sailed in HX 250

Henry S. Foote

"

general

142

London

Hawaiian

"

general

–

Liverpool

Henry Wynkoop

"

"

51

Swansea

–

Janet Lord Roper

"

general

12

Hull

–

Arthur Dobbs

"

general

55

Newport

–

El Coston

Panamanian

general

Not on A1 form

London

From HX 248
Returned to port (St. John's) July 30
for fresh water
Sailed in HX 250

Nathan Towson

American

general

133

Newcastle

–

Mount Evans

"

general

–

Mersey

Listed in slow Convoy SC 138
July 30-1943

Gulfgem

"

Tanker B

32

London (Shellhaven)

–

Memphis City

"

general

–

Mersey

Sailed in HX 250

Sidney Lanier

"

general

114

Liverpool

–

Skiensfjord

Norwegian

general

61

Milford Haven / Southampton

–

Høyanger

"

general

93

Cardiff

–

Pan Aruba

"

Tanker W

122

Avonmouth

–

Spinanger

"

Admiralty tanker B

52

Scapa

–

Nueva Granada

"

Tanker W

–

Avonmouth

Dageid

"

Admiralty tanker B

44

Clyde

From HX 248

G. Harrison Smith

American

Tanker B

103

Dingle / Belfast

–

Pan-Maryland

"

Tanker W

42

Stanlow

–

Norbris

Panamanian

Tanker B

22

Clyde

Norwegian managers - listed on N-page
Straggled w/engine trouble Aug. 3
at 20:00Z in 55 51N 13 20W

Fort Grant

British

lumber - metal - grain

31

London

–

Fjordaas

Norwegian

Admiralty tanker B

92

Clyde

Biscama

American

general

–

Iceland

–

Robin Adair

"

general

84

Barry Dock

–

Anniston City

"

general

104

Newport

–

Joining from Halifax - Sailed July 25

Tjibadak

Dutch

general

25

Liverpool

–

Empire Mariner

British

general

63

Milford Haven / Southampton

–

Tjisalak

Dutch

general

35

Liverpool

–

Norefjord

Norwegian

grain

153

Avonmouth

–

Bayano

British

meat - metal

Not on A1 form

Mersey f. o.

Returned to Halifax July 26
w/collision damage
Sailed in HX 250

Jamaica Planter

"

meat - general

151

Avonmouth

–

Argolikos

Greek

general - grain

46

London

–

Benito Juarez

American

general

152

Swansea

–

Fort La Tour

British

grain - aluminium

Not on A1 form

Liverpool

Lost touch in fog July 26
Returned to Halifax
Sailed in HX 250

George Cleeve

American

general

Not on A1 form

Liverpool

Lost touch in fog July 26
Returned to Halifax
Sailed in HX 250

Joshua L. Chamberlain

"

general

–

Belfast f. o.

Sailed in HX 250

Jeremiah O'Brien

"

steel - grain

36

London

–

Moses Brown

"

general

65

Milford Haven / Southampton

–

Manchester Trader

British

general

21

Manchester

–

Manchester Progress

"

general

132

Manchester

–

Mount Kyllene

Greek

general

125

Newport

–

Port Caroline

British

general

–

Liverpool

Sailed in HX 250

Panaman

American

general - grain - steel

14

Liverpool

Troubadour

Norwegian

general

23

Liverpool

–

David L. Swain

American

general

85

Manchester / Ellesmere

–

Zamalek

British

Rescue Vessel

96

Clyde

–