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CONVOY SC 84
Advance Sailing Telegram and Cruising Order
(Will be updated - please compare with A. Hague's listing for this convoy at ships in all SC convoys. See also SC escorts).

Departed Halifax on May 14-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 29th
(Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 45 ships)

Advance Sailing Telegram Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England (his source: Public Records Office, Kew). Additional details have been added with the help of: "Convoys to Russia 1941-1945", Bob Ruegg & Arnold Hague. "Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague. Crossed out ships did not sail. MOWT = Ministry of War Transport
Ship	Nationality	Cargo	Destination	Remarks
Veni	Norwegian	steel - pulp	Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)	–
Ruth I	"	general	West Hartlepool	–
Daniel Morgan	American	general	Iceland (N. Russia)	From SC 83 Joined Convoy PQ 17 - sunk
Norluna	"	general	Iceland	From SC 83
John Witherspoon	"	general	Iceland (N. Russia)	From SC 83 Joined Convoy PQ 17 - sunk
Oregonian	"	general	Iceland (N. Russia)	From SC 83 (Later joined Convoy PQ 18 - sunk)
Bristol City	British	general	Bristol	From SC 83
Richard Bland	American	general	Iceland (N. Russia)	From SC 83 (Not listed in Russian convoy until JW 51A - Dec.-1942)
Iron Baron	Norwegian	general	Methil d. g. / Hull	–
Philip T. Dodge	British	steel - newsprint	Manchester	–
Yemassee	Panamanian	general	Reykjavik	–
Sulev	Estonian / MOWT 1940	flour	Swansea	–
Campfire	American	general	Iceland (N. Russia)	(Later joined Convoy PQ 18)
Beauregard	"	general	Loch Ewe f. o. (N. Russia)	(Not listed in Russian convoy until JW 51A - Dec.-1942)
Carbella	Panamanian	general	Iceland	–
Aneroid	"	general	Loch Ewe f. o. (N. Russia)	(Not listed in any convoy to Russia in this period)
Fjallfoss	Icelandic	general	Iceland	From SC 83
Inger Lise	Norwegian	wood pulp	Grimsby	–
Noreg	"	Adm. tanker B	Iceland	–
Dorothy Luckenbach	American	general	Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)	From SC 83 (Not listed in any convoy to Russia)
Lago	Norwegian	lumber	Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)	–
Para	"	general	Liverpool	–
Condylis	Greek	grain	Hull	–
Cydonia	British	grain	Liverpool	–
Empire Dunstan	"	flour	Glasgow	Listed in HX 191
Elswick Park	"	grain	Avonmouth	Listed in SC 85
Glaisdale	"	grain	Manchester	–
Margarita Chandris	Greek	grain	Avonmouth	To HX 191 - did not sail Listed in SC 85
Maud	Norwegian	grain	Cardiff	–
Spero	"	flour	Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)	–
Antinous	American	general	Clyde f. o. (N. Russia)	(Not listed in any convoy to Russia)
Boreas	Norwegian	general	Liverpool	–
Egton	British	grain	Dublin	–
Elizabeth Massey	"	grain	Manchester	–
Fylingdale	"	grain	Leith / London	–
Melmore Head	"	general	Belfast Dock	Listed in HX 191
British Pride	"	fuel	Manchester	–
Castilian	"	general	Glasgow	–
Empire Spey	"	steel - timber	Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)	Listed in SC 85
Egba	"	general - 1 passenger	Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)	–
Hartbridge	"	grain	Avonmouth	Listed in SC 85
Roumanie	Belgian	general	Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)	Listed in SC 85
Trolla	Norwegian	lumber	Belfast d. g. / Garston	–
Mars	Dutch	flour	Leith	Listed in SC 85
Radcombe	British	general	Cardiff	Listed in SC 85
Titus	Dutch	flour	Bristol	Listed in SC 85
Grado	Norwegian	pulp	Gravesend	Listed in SC 85
Empire Gazelle	British	general	Liverpool	–
USS Stratford	American	Govt. stores	Iceland	–
USS Polaris	"	Govt. stores	Iceland	–
Bonde	Norwegian	timber	Immingham	–
Joining from Newfoundland
Shaftesbury	British	general	Swansea (Southampton)	(See also SC 63)
Radport	"	steel - scrap	Hull	Listed in SC 85
Peter Helms	American	coal	Reykjavik	(See also SC 73)
Empire Sunrise	British	grain - flour	Liverpool	From SC 83
Atland	Swedish	iron ore	Middlesbrough	–
Keila	Estonian	pulp	Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)	–
The Rescue Vessel Dewsbury (requisitioned July 24-1941) was also with this convoy. She was on her 4th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Apr. 22-1942 with the westbound Convoy ON 88 (to Halifax May 6), returning with SC 84 on May 14, to Clyde May 28.

Convoy SC 84 Cruising Order
Received from Ted Agar. His source: A diary. The stations given are the initial convoy stations on departure Halifax; these may have changed as the voyage progressed.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
11 Fylingdale	21 Castilian	31 Inger Lise	41 British Pride	51 Egba	61 Elizabeth Massey	71 Egton	81 Bristol City	91 Glaisdale
12 Spero	22	32 Iron Baron	42 John Witherspoon	52 Dorothy Luckenbach	62 Grado	72	82 Lago	92 Maud
13 Ruth I	23 Daniel Morgan	33 Campfire	43 Richard Bland	53 Beauregard	63 Bonde	73 Empire Gazelle	83 Trolla	93 Veni
14 Condylis	24	34 Fjallfoss	44 Noreg	54 Yemassee	64 Aneroid	74 Para	84 Philip T. Dodge	94 Sulev
15	25 Antinous	35 Polaris	45 Norluna	55 Dewsbury (Br) RV	65 Carbella	75	85	95
Oregonian, Cydonia, Boreas, Shaftesbury, Peter Helms, Empire Sunrise, Atland, Keila, and Stratford were not included in Ted's list and, therefore, station numbers for these ships are not known.

The ships left Halifax in the following order:
The first to leave at 11:20 was the Egba (Commodore ship), followed at 11:24 by Fylingdale, and with a few minutes between each ship, John Witherspoon, Bristol City, Egton, Dorothy Luckenbach, Beauregard, Yemassee, Castilian, Inger Lise, Glaisdale, Daniel Morgan, Spero, Ruth I, Iron Baron, Noreg, Empire Gazelle, Richard Bland, Trolla, Veni, Dewsbury, Sulev, Philip T. Dodge, Carbella, Campfire, Lago, Elizabeth Massey, Polaris (F 11), Norluna, Para, Fjallfoss, Antinous, Condylis, Maud, British Pride, Aneroid, and the last to leave was Bonde at 14:54.

More details on all the Norwegian ships in this convoy can be found with the help of the alphabet index below.

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