Convoy SC 75 - warsailors.com

Transcribed from original documents received from Tony Cooper, England (Advance Sailing Telegram) - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
Station numbers and sequence of departure were received from Ted Agar, England - His source: A diary. These stations are pendants flown on departure Halifax, and may have changed as the voyage progressed.
Names of escorts and cargoes for the tankers have been extracted from documents recived from Don Kindell, based on the late Arnold Hague's database - see his listing for SC 75 at ships in all SC convoys. It'll be noticed that in some cases, he has given different station numbers than those provided in the diary and these have been added in parenthesis below.

Crossed out ships did not sail, underlined returned to port, except those that are linked, which will automatically be underlined.

MoWT = Ministry of War Transport

Ship

Nationality

Cargo

Station

Destination

Remarks

Christine Marie

British

iron ore

93

Cardiff

Norwegian

phosphates

33

Leith

Ingman

British

steel - wood pulp

92 (91)

Leith / London

Panos

"

grain

31

London

From SC 74

Norwegian

flour

12

London

From SC 73

Empire Planet

British

general

91 (84)

Swansea

From SC 73

Gitano

"

general

21

Hull

From SC 74

Caduceus

"

general

71 (62)

Manchester

From SC 74

Mount Mycale

Greek

grain

53

Newcastle

From SC 74

Emmy

"

grain

23

London

From SC 74
Returned to Halifax
(unable to maintain speed)
Listed in SC 77

Christian Holm

Danish / MoWT 1941

Tanker B
(dieso)

72 (71)

Glasgow

From SC 74

Disa

Swedish

flour

84 (83)

Cardiff

–

Norwegian

phosphates

43

Aberdeen

–

Standard

Panamanian

Tanker B
(dieso)

81?

Glasgow

–

West Gotomska

American

general

52

Reykjavik / Archangel

Norwegian

sulphur

not known
(A. Hague gives 61)

Manchester

–

Maritima

British

general

41

Glasgow

–

City of Joliet

American

general

73 (72)

Reykjavik / Archangel

Joined PQ 14
(see also QP 10)

Empire Porpoise

British

general

81? (74)

Manchester

–

Scottish Heather

"

Adm. tanker B

–

Scapa

To SC 76 - did not sail
To SC 77 - did not sail
Does not show up again until SC 98
(See also SC 64)

San Felix

"

Tanker B

61 (63)

Mersey

–

Norwegian

Tanker W
(fuel oil)

42

Mersey

–

G. S. Walden

British

Tanker W

–

Bowling

Greylag

Panamanian

general

–

Liverpool

Listed in SC 76

Norwegian

general

74 (73)

Newport

–

Tilemachos

Greek

grain

–

London

Listed in SC 76

Berkel

Dutch

phosphates

22

Belfast

Clare Lilley

British

general

–

Holyhead / Mersey

Wrecked in storm March 17 off Portuguese Cove, N.S.

Keilehaven

Dutch

phosphates

–

Tees

Listed in SC 76

Laguna

British

general - mail 1

11

Liverpool

–

Mount Parnes

Greek

grain

–

London

Listed in SC 76

PLM 13

British

steel - lumber

–

Garston

Listed in SC 76

Birgitte

Danish / MoWT 1940

bauxite

–

Manchester

Listed in SC 76

G. C. Brøvig

Norwegian

Adm. tanker B - 2 passengers

–

Clyde

Carlton

American

general

–

Archangel

To SC 76 - did not sail
Listed in SC 77
(Later joined Convoy PQ 16,
damaged by aircraft,
towed to Iceland.
Joined PQ 17- sunk)

Zeus

Greek

grain

13

London

Atheltemplar

British

Adm. tanker B
(FFO)

32

Hvalfjord

Dorelian

"

general

51

Glasgow

–

Nikolina Matkovic

Yugoslavian

general

83 (82)

Cardiff

Norwegian

steel - pulp

94 (92)

Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)

–

2 ships were given the pendant number 81 in the diary; the British Empire Porpoise and the Panamanian Standard. A. Hague has the former in station 74, the latter in 81.

According to Arnold Hague, the Norwegian Bralanta, which had started out in Convoy HX 181, became a straggler from that convoy and joined up with Convoy SC 75 on March 26 - see Bralanta.

The diary also lists the British Northern Ranger (station 14), and the Canadian Sarnolite (24), Royalite (34), Imperoyal (44), and Talaralite (64) as going out with this convoy. They are not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram. See * in Notes below.

Notes:
Commodore was in Dorelian, Vice Commodore in Gitano, Rear Commodore in Empire Planet.

The ships left Halifax in the following order (according to the diary):
The first to go out at 11:12 was the British Dorelian, followed at 11:20 by Empire Porpoise, and with a few minutes between each ship, Empire Planet, Ingerfire, Gitano, San Felix, Standard, Atheltemplar, Panos, Caduceus, Arthur W. Sewall, Christian Holm, Maritima, Fagersten, City of Joliet, West Gotomska, Berkel, Disa, Rathlin, Ingman, Mount Mycale, Laguna (listed as Seguna in the diary), Lido, Talaralite, Imperoyal, Royalite, Bjørkhaug, Sarnolite, Emmy, Henrik Ibsen (LCNY), Northern Ranger, Christine Marie (did not sail with convoy) and Zeus. The last ship to go out at 14:26 was the Yugoslavian Nikolina Matkovic (YTTE).

The convoy arrived rendezvous on March 30.

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