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  • ️Wed Feb 06 2041

CONVOY SC 32
Departed Halifax on May 19-1941 and arrived Liverpool on June 7.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 28 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from original documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
The station numbers and names of escorts have been extracted from documents recived from Don Kindell, based on Arnold Hague's database - see
ships in all SC convoys.

Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined returned to port (except those that are linked, which will automatically be underlined. The Norwegian Marita, however, did return to port).

MoWT = Ministry of War Transport

Ship

Nationality

Cargo

Station

Destination

Remarks

Empire Cormorant

British

steel - scrap iron - special

Clyde

Polyktor

Greek

grain

Sharpness

Listed in SC 33

Astra

Norwegian

lumber

Garston

Listed in SC 33

Baron Kinnaird

British

sugar

42

Immingham / Hull

Empire Ptarmigan

"

pig iron - scrap iron

Clyde

Listed in HX 129
(See also * in Notes)

Antiope

"

grain

64

Manchester

Empire Lynx

"

scrap iron

Clyde

Listed in SC 33

Roxby

"

grain

Avonmouth

Listed in SC 33

Saltwick

"

grain

23

Hull

Empire Fusilier

"

phosphates - T.N.T.

Billingham-on-Tees

Listed in SC 33

Norwegian

grain

72

Sharpness

Aarø

Danish / MoWT 1940

bauxite

Burntisland

From SC 31
Listed in SC 34

Michael L. Embiricos

Greek

grain

93

Avonmouth

Norwegian

dry pulp

52

Mersey

From SC 31

Glaisdale

British

grain

33

Tyne

Lagarto

"

general

Liverpool

From SC 31
Listed in SC 34

Brynhild

Danish / MoWT 1940

lumber

91

Sharpness

From SC 31

Norwegian

Adm tanker B

41

Scapa

From SC 31

Flensburg

Dutch

steel - scrap iron

Swansea

From SC 31
Listed in SC 33

Ruth I

Norwegian

steel - timber

Portishead

From SC 31
Listed in SC 33

Milcrest

British

scrap iron

Hull

Katwijk

Dutch

phosphates

34

London

From SC 31

Nordlys

Danish / MoWT 1940

wheat

Sharpness

From HX 126
Listed in SC 33

Norwegian

timber

82

Bristol

From SC 31
Returned to port
(St. John's - See Notes)
To SC 35

North Devon

British

grain

31

Ipswich

Zypenberg

Dutch

steel - scrap iron

83

Hull

Flynderborg

Danish / MoWT 1940

lumber

81

Bristol

From SC 31

Lars Kruse

"

lumber

12

London

Norwegian

lumber

74

Portishead

Juno

Dutch

phosphates

73

Londonderry

Maplewood

British

grain

51

Manchester

Dalemoor

"

grain

21

Leith

From SC 31

Rosenborg

Danish / MoWT 1940

lumber

92

Sharpness

Rajahstan

British

wheat

22

Liverpool

From HX 127

Picotee

"

grain

63

Liverpool

Returned to Halifax for engine repairs
Listed in SC 35

Stalowa Wola

Polish

general - special

43

Manchester

Empire Meteor

British

grain - flour

32

London

Western Ocean

American / MoWT 4/1941

steel - scrap iron - special

71

Sharpness

(Renamed Empire Opossum)
From HX 127

Welsh Prince

British

general - 4 Lockheads - 4 tanks - special

61

Glasgow

Nurtureton

"

wheat

11

London

Stonepool

"

grain

53

U.K.

Returned to Halifax for boiler repairs
Listed in SC 33

West Saginaw

American / MoWT 2/1941

phosphates - T.N.T.

62

Leith Roads

(Renamed Empire Cougar)
From SC 30

Chagres

Panamanian

general - special

84

Liverpool

From HX 128

Additionally, according to the Commodore's notes for Convoy HX 128, La Paz (British) and the Norwegian Inger Lise, initially sailing in that convoy, were sent to join Convoy SC 32 on May 28 (follow link to HX 128).
The HX 128 Commodore adds that this convoy with SC 32 and HMS Revenge formed one convoy of 72 ships from May 28 for 3 days.