Convoy HX 291 - warsailors.com
CONVOY HX 291
Departed New York on May 10-1944 and arrived Liverpool on May 27.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 99 ships in this convoy.
Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
Crossed out ships did not sail.
A 1 form is not available and, therefore, the station numbers are not known.
Please note that the sailing date for the ships Scorton through Thomas Bailey Aldrich is given as May 13, which makes me wonder if these ships joined from Sydney, C.B and/or Halifax(?). This suspicion is further reinforced by the fact that some of the ships listed as cancelled show up again in the Sydney portion of the next convoy, others in the Halifax portion of HX 294 - note also that Daniel Drake, listed in this batch of ships, had been cancelled from the Halifax portion of the previous convoy.
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Scorton
British
grain - general
Tyne
–
Dimitrios Inglessis
Greek
grain
Methil f. o. (London)
–
Anna N. Goulandris
"
flour - grain
Methil f. o. (London)
From HX 288
(Halifax portion)
Euthalia
"
flour - airplane wings
London
–
Fjordheim
Norwegian
general
Belfast f. o. (Swansea)
–
Ragnhild
"
pit props
Garston
(Ex Empire Carey)
Aert van der Neer
Dutch
none given
Methil f. o. (London)
–
Belgian Seaman
Belgian
steel - lumber
Methil f. o. (London)
–
Clan Macinnes
British
general
Leith
–
Oregon I*
Danish / MOWT 1940
flour
Hull
–
Condesa
British
general - refrig.
Cardiff
–
Gerassimos Vergottis
Greek
grain
Methil f. o. (London)
–
Acavus
British
Adm. special Navy fuel (tanker)
Clyde
–
Cornwall
"
general - refrig.
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 292
(Sydney, C.B. section)
Daniel Drake
American
grain - general
Avonmouth
From HX 290
(Halifax portion)
Dimitrios Chandris
Greek
grain - general
Mersey
–
John Mitchell
American
wood pulp
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 292
(Sydney, C.B. section)
John L. Manson
"
steel - lumber
Grimsby
Miralda
British
Adm. special Navy fuel
(tanker, MAC)
Clyde
–
Mount Kyllene
Greek
general
Avonmouth
Listed in HX 292
(Sydney, C.B. section)
Albert S. Burleson
American
general
Glasgow
–
Dolly Madison
"
general - explosives
Liverpool
–
Eliphalet Nott
"
general - explosives
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 292
(Sydney, C.B. section)
Frank Gilbreth
"
general
Glasgow
–
John Holmes
"
general - diesel oil
Mersey
–
Norse Lady
Norwegian
wood pulp
Glasgow
Listed in HX 294
(Halifax portion)
Picotee
British
steel - lumber
Methil f. o. (London)
–
Pleiades
American
general
Belfast / Loch Ewe for Iceland
Royal S. Copeland
"
none given
Belfast f. o.
–
Samfoyle
British
lumber - tanks - steel
Tyne
–
Sheridan
"
grain - general
Manchester
Listed in HX 294
(Halifax portion)
Sulphur Bluff
American
gas oil tanker
Belfast Dock
–
Tercero
Norwegian
general - explosives
Hull
–
Thomas Kearns
American
foodstuffs
Belfast f. o.
–
Winfield Scott
"
grain - general
Liverpool
–
William Black Yates
"
general - explosives
Sunderland
–
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
"
general - flour
Liverpool
–
The date for the rest of the ships (except for the 2 Newfoundland ships) starting with Samfinn is given as May 10-1944, with departure port New York.
Samfinn
British
general
Liverpool
From HX 290
Deborah Gannett
American
general
Hull
From HX 290
Anniston City
"
general
Liverpool
Moses Cleaveland
"
general
Liverpool / Manchester
From HX 290
British Governor
British
Adm.
Clyde
–
Empire Blessing
"
sugar
Inverness Firth(?) f. o.
–
Empire Granite
"
none given
Belfast Dock
Gitano
"
general
Manchester
–
Gypsum King
"
steel - lumber
Barry Dock
–
Hastings
"
none given
Belfast Dock
–
Iddesleigh
"
steel - lumber
Grangemouth
Lord Byron
"
sugar
Clyde
–
Northumberland
"
frozen
Liverpool
–
Seapool
"
sugar
Dundee
–
Samsturdy
"
general
Cardiff
From HX 290
Empire Curzon
"
sugar
Liverpool / Belfast f. o.
–
Empire Razorbill
"
steel - lumber
Methil f. o. (London)
From HX 289
Empire Rival
"
sugar
Hull
–
Fort La Have
"
steel - timber
Manchester
–
Laguna
"
sugar
Liverpool
–
Martaban
"
sugar
London
–
San Casto
"
Adm.
Belfast f. o. (Dublin)
–
Empire Advocate
"
general
Methil f. o. (London)
–
Velox
Norwegian
bauxite
Garston
–
Maliakos
Greek
lumber
Ellesmere Port
Stirlingville
Norwegian
general
Manchester
–
Para
"
general - sugar
Greenock
–
Høyanger
"
general
Liverpool
–
Delftdijk
Dutch
general
Glasgow
–
Norfalk
Norwegian
sugar
London
Villanger
"
general
Glasgow
–
Ovula
Dutch
Adm.
Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
–
Heranger
Norwegian
general
Liverpool
–
O. B. Sørensen
"
none given
Clyde
–
Vav
"
none given
Clyde
–
Minerva
"
general
Glasgow
Salawati
Dutch
general
Liverpool / Glasgow
–
Wildwood
American
general
Manchester
–
Henry M. Robert
"
general
Liverpool
–
Alanson B. Houghton
"
general
Manchester
–
Richard S. Ewell
"
general
Hull
–
Howard T. Ricketts
"
general
Manchester
–
Edward A. Filene
"
general
Manchester
–
George Gershwin
"
general
Liverpool
–
David B. Henderson
"
general
Dundee
–
Ben A. Ruffin
"
general
Manchester
–
Kentuckian
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 292
James Schureman
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 292
Henry H. Richardson
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 292
William Sturgis
"
general
Cardiff
–
Simon Newcomb
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Listed in HX 292
Fort Orange
"
general
Belfast f. o.
–
Bering
"
general
Belfast f. o.
–
William Wilkins
"
general
Leith
–
John Drake Sloat
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Listed in HX 292
Charles J. Folger
"
general
Glasgow
–
John Gallup
"
general
Mersey f. o.
James A. Wetmore
"
general
Clyde f. o.
Listed in HX 292
Robert W. Pomeroy
British(?)
general
Mersey f. o.
–
William James
American
general
Manchester
–
Isaac S. Hopkins
"
general
Mersey f. o.
Listed in HX 292
Nishmaha
"
general
Sunderland
–
Charles J. Finger
"
general
Londonderry / Liverpool
–
Henry Clay
"
general
Loch Ewe / Cardiff
–
James G. Birney
"
general
Barry Roads f. o.
Listed in HX 292
Sidney Lanier
"
general
Glasgow
–
Zane Grey
"
general
Manchester
–
Atlantic
Panamanian
general
Liverpool
–
Delnorte
American
general
Newport
–
James M. Wayne
"
general
Tyne
–
Harry A. Garfield
"
general
Tyne
–
Duncan U. Fletcher
"
general
Tyne
–
Francis E. Willard
"
general
Tyne
–
David Thompson
"
general
Liverpool / Glasgow
–
Alexander Ramsey
"
general
Liverpool
–
Empire Viscount
British
molasses
Humber (Saltend)
–
Marpessa
Dutch
Tanker B
London (Shellhaven)
–
Dettifoss
Icelandic
general - mail - passengers
Loch Ewe for Iceland
R. Ney McNeely
American
general
Belfast f. o.
–
Joining from N. F.
Meanticut
American
general
Glasgow / Garston
West Nilus
"
general
Liverpool
From SC 157
Notes:
Commodore, Captain F. H. Taylor, R.N. was in Northumberland, Vice Commodore was Captain R. G. Bruusgaard, R. Nor. N. in Høyanger.
The Rescue Vessel Gothland was also with this convoy. She was on her 13th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Apr. 20-1944 with the westbound Covnoy ON 233, to Halifax May 6, then returned to Clyde with Convoy HX 291, May 12-May 26. ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague).
Commodore's notes are not available - escorts not known.
All the Norwegian ships in this convoy are discussed on this website - use alphabet index below to find them.
Related external links:
Liberty Ships - The vast majority of the ships listed as American in the table above were Liberty ships. This website lists them alphabetically. (The Advance Sailing Telegrams do not always spell the names correctly, and I always check the spelling of each and every Liberty Ship against what is found on this site before I upload a convoy). As will be seen, some of the Liberty Ships sailing in Convoy HX 291 had just been delivered the previous month.
List of Liberty Ships by Hull No. - Includes info on the men and women for whom the ships were named (from Wikipedia).
Empire Ships - Also listed in alphabetical order. The site also has a section listing the "Sam"-ships, and other Liberty ships, some of which came under the British flag.
To the next HX convoy in my list HX 292