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CONVOY SC 58
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Dec. 4-1941 and arrived Liverpool on the 21st.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 50 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from several original documents received from Tony Cooper (Advance Sailing Telegram) - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. The station numbers, cargoes for the tankers and names of escorts have been extracted from documents recived from Don Kindell, based on the late Arnold Hague's database - see his listing for SC 58 at ships in all SC convoys. Further details have been added with the help of: "Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan "Lloyd's War Losses", Vol. I. Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined returned, except those that are linked, which will automatically be underlined. See also Convoy ON 30, ON 31, ON 32 and other westbound convoys from this time period.
Ship	Nationality	Cargo	Station	Destination	Remarks
Suecia	Swedish	ground nuts (A. Hague adds pig iron & 8 passengers)	84	Mersey	From SC 57
Empire Razorbill	British	steel	81	Newport	From SC 57 Vice Commodore
Nicolas	Greek	grain	44	Manchester	From SC 57
Ampetco	Belgian	Tanker B	–	London (Shellhaven)	From SC 57 To SC 59 - did not sail To SC 60 - did not sail Listed in SC 61
Nidardal	Norwegian	sulphur	94	Manchester	From SC 57 Lost - follow link to Nidardal
Stylianos Chandris	Greek	wheat	25	Immingham	From SC 57 Lost - See Notes
Norbryn	Norwegian	nitrates	102	Newport	From SC 57
Skåne	Swedish	general	63	Glasgow	From SC 57
The above ship is listed as Boren in some previous convoys on this site - see HX 81 and HX 117.
Eugenie S. Embiricos	Greek	corn	43	London	From SC 57
Aneroid	Panamanian	general	34	Archangel	From SC 55 (joined Convoy PQ 7B, returned w/QP 6)
Carmelfjell	Norwegian	general	82	Manchester	–
Biela	British	wheat - general 2 passengers - mail 43	72	Mersey	From SC 57
Empire Cougar	"	steel	22	Hull	From SC 57
Roumanie	Belgian	general	–	London	From SC 57 To SC 60 - did not sail Listed in SC 61
Becheville	British	general	41	Hull	From SC 57
Léopold II	Belgian	wood pulp	13	Gravesend	From SC 56 Lost - See Notes
Zypenberg	Dutch	general	104	Cardiff	From SC 57 In collision - see Notes Returned to port (St. John's) Listed in SC 60
Jersey	British	sugar - copra	61	Clyde	From SC 57
Zeus	Greek	wheat - oats	24	London	From SC 57
Ingman	British	wood pulp	14	Gravesend	–
Amstel	Dutch	phosphates	74	Garston	From SC 57
Hallfried	Norwegian	sulphur	75	Garston	From SC 57
Rio Branco	"	general	95	Liverpool	From SC 57
Akabahra	"	flour	65	London	–
Empire Sun	British	grain	11	Glasgow	CAM ship
Empire Penguin	"	general	64	Londonderry	–
Baron Kinnaird	"	calcine coke	91	Belfast d. g. / Swansea	–
Rokos Vergottis	Greek	grain	54	London	–
Empire Impala	British	flour	52	Glasgow	–
Katingo Hadjipatera	Greek	corn	103	Hull	–
Linge	Dutch	phosphates	53	Aberdeen	–
Somme	British	general - mail 15	31	London	Rear Commodore
Stad Arnhem	Dutch	grain	12	London	–
Baltara	British	refrig. - general	105	Avonmouth	–
Wentworth	"	phosphates	15	London	–
City of Fort Worth	American	general	35	Iceland	See Notes below.
Empire Clive	British	general	–	Liverpool	Listed in SC 59
Empire Flame	"	grain	101	Manchester	CAM ship
Langleecrag	"	general	–	Manchester	Listed in SC 59
North Devon	"	phosphates	–	Methil f. o.	Listed in SC 59
Veerhaven	Dutch	general	93	Manchester	–
W. H. Libby	Panamanian	Adm. tanker B	–	Clyde	From SC 57 Listed in HX 164
Yearby	British	general	51	Liverpool	Commodore Vesssel
Acasta	Norwegian	Adm. tanker B	–	Liverpool	Listed in SC 59
Bengloe	British	sugar - mail 17	62	Greenock	–
Blairesk	"	general	–	Belfast	Listed in SC 59
British Corporal	"	Tanker W (vap. oil)	42	Isle of Grain	–
Clare Lilley	"	general	–	Liverpool	Listed in SC 59
Dimitrios Chandris	Greek	general	–	London	Listed in SC 59
English Monarch	British	general	92	Cardiff	–
Hartbridge	"	general	71	Manchester	–
Jobshaven	Dutch	manganese - general	–	Barrow	Listed in SC 59
Kelso	British	general	33	Hull	–
Mamura	Dutch	Tanker W (petrol)	32	Avonmouth	–
Maud	Norwegian	corn	23	Avonmouth	–
Merton	British	general	83	Liverpool	See Notes below.
Orfor	"	phosphates	–	London	Listed in SC 59
Prins Maurits	Dutch	sugar - rum	–	Greenock	Listed in SC 59
Wichita Falls	American	general	–	Reykjavik	Listed in SC 59
Aikaterini T.	Greek	grain	–	Swansea	Listed in SC 59
Arena	Irish	grain	–	Dublin	From SC 57 Listed in SC 59
D. L. Harper	British	Tanker (petrol)	66 (later 56)	Avonmouth	Returned to port (Halifax) Does not show up again until HX 173
Woensdrecht	Dutch	Tanker W (petrol) 1 passenger	56 (later 45)	Milford Haven for Falmouth	–
Pontypridd	British	grain	21	London	–
Aeas	Greek	sugar	55	Clyde	From SC 57
Stalowa Wola	Polish	general	73	Mersey / Manchester	From SC 57
Earlston	British	general	76 (later 56)	Avonmouth	From HX 163
Spokane	Panamanian	general	85	Liverpool	From SC 57 Returned to Sydney Listed in SC 59
Irish Beech	Irish	grain	86 (later 76)	Dublin	From SC 57
Also, the Rescue vessel Zamalek - see Notes below. According to A. Hague, the British Bretwalda, sailing in Convoy HX 163, joined up with SC 58. Also, he says that the Icelandic Katla joined from Iceland together with the Rescue Vessel (again, see his listing for SC 58 at ships in all SC convoys). These ships are not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram.

Notes:
Commodore was in Yearby, Vice Commodore in Empire Razorbill, Rear Commodore in Somme.

The Rescue Vessel Zamalek was also with this convoy for a while. She was on her 13th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 38 on Nov. 19-1941, detached for Iceland Nov. 25, then returned to Clyde with Convoy SC 58, Dec. 16-Dec. 20 - having been delayed in Iceland due to atrocious weather.
The rescue Vessel Toward (on her 16th voyage) had sailed from Iceland on Dec. 12-1941 in order to join Convoy SC 58, but had to return because of the weather. She later arrived Clyde from Reykjavik on Dec. 18. (Toward had started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 44 on Dec. 7, detached to Iceland Dec. 12).

The Dutch Zypenberg rammend and sank HMCS Windflower, one of the escorts of SC 58, on Dec. 7 with the loss of 23 men on the corvette.

Nidardal was sunk on Dec. 16 - my page about this ship has further details.

Stylianos Chandris, on a voyage from Montreal and Methil Roads for Hull with 7285 tons of grain, struck a mine on Dec. 22, 2 miles 235° from 62D Buoy, Humber. She had a crew of 30, all of whom were saved.

Léopold II, on a voyage from Clarke City and Methil Roads for London with 4500 tons of wet wood pulp, struck a mine and sank on Dec. 23, in 13 fathoms 205° 1/2 mile from No. 56 Buoy, off R. Ouse. She had a crew of 41 including 6 gunners - 33 crew and 2 gunners lost their lives.

According to A. Hague, City of Fort Worth stranded on arrival Iceland. For Merton, he has a note saying "grounded Pluckington Bank, broke back" - no date is given.

The convoy arrived rendezvous on Dec. 15.

A. Hague names the following escorts (extracted from this list of SC convoy escorts, received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year):
Broke - From 15/12/41 to 16/12/41
Buctouche - From 06/12/41 to 15/12/41
Camellia - From 15/12/41 to 18/12/41
Drumheller - From 04/12/41 to 06/12/41
Hepatica - From 06/12/41 to 15/12/41
Kamsack - From 04/12/41 to 06/12/41
Montbretia - From 15/12/41 to 20/12/41
Moose Jaw - From 06/12/41 to 15/12/41
Nasturtium - From 06/12/41 to 07/12/41
Pictou - From 06/12/41 to 15/12/41
Shawnigan - From 04/12/41 to 06/12/41
St. Laurent - From 06/12/41 to 15/12/41
Summerside - From 04/12/41 to 06/12/41
Thunder - From 04/12/41 to 06/12/41
Watchman - From 15/12/41 to 19/12/41
Windflower - From 06/12/41 to 07/12/41

Related external links:
HMCS Windflower

The Empire Ships - Provides more information on the Empire Ships sailing in this convoy.

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