Convoy HX.142

Departed from Halifax on 1 August 1941.
Arrived Liverpool on 18 August 1941.
Hague's records contain 72 merchants and 31 escorts (65 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
ADULA (Br)
104
8,040
1937
AVGAS
 
AIRCREST (Br)
57
5,237
1940
FLOUR, OATS
 
AMSTERDAM (Du)
64
7,329
1922
AVGAS
 
ANGLO NORSE (Br)
31
7,988
1914
FUEL OIL
7 PASSENGERS
ANNAPOLIS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 01/08 - 03/08
ARAB 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/08 - 13/08
ARABIS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 17/08 - 18/08
ARROWHEAD 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 05/08 - 12/08
AUSONIA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 01/08 - 12/08
AYRSHIRE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/08 - 13/08
BARON JEDBURGH (Br)
71
3,656
1936
GENERAL
 
BARONESA (Br)
35
8,663
1918
FRIG
2 PASSENGERS
BEAGLE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/08 - 16/08
BOADICEA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/08 - 18/08
BOTAVON (Br)
82
5,848
1912
SULPHUR
 
BRITISH CAPTAIN (Br)
51
6,968
1923
BENZINE
 
BRITISH CHEMIST (Br)
34
6,997
1925
FUEL OIL
 
BRITISH ENGINEER (Br)
22
6,993
1922
PETROL
 
BRITISH FORTUNE (Br)
23
4,696
1930
PETROL
 
BRITISH SPLENDOUR (Br)
21
7,138
1931
BENZINE
 
CAMELLIA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 06/08 - 12/08
CARDITA (Br)
24
8,237
1931
PETROL
 
CHESTERFIELD 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 04/08 - 12/08
CHURCHILL 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 05/08 - 12/08
CISTULA (Du)
45
8,097
1939
GAS OIL
 
CITY OF ADELAIDE (Br)
27
6,589
1920
GENERAL
 
CITY OF CORINTH (Br)
56
5,318
1918
GENERAL
 
COLLINGWOOD 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 01/08 - 05/08
CORVUS (Nor)
15
1,317
1921
LUMBER
DET TO SC 39
DAUPHIN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 02/08 - 02/08
DIMITRIOS INGLESSIS (Gk)
95
5,275
1918
WHEAT
 
DONOVANIA (Br)
72
8,149
1941
PETROL
 
DRAMATIST (Br)
84
5,443
1920
GENERAL
2 PASSENGERS
EMPIRE EAGLE (Br)
105
5,582
1919
STEEL
 
EMPIRE ELAND (Br)
92
5,613
1920
STEEL SCRAP
 
EMPIRE FLAME (Br)
16
7,069
1941
GRAIN
CAM SHIP
EMPIRE GREBE (Br)
63
5,736
1918
STEEL, MT
 
EMPIRE MOORHEN (Br)
81
5,617
1919
STEEL
 
EMPIRE PORPOISE (Br)
43
7,592
1918
SCRAP STEEL
 
EMPIRE SAILOR (Br)
37
6,140
1926
GENERAL
 
EMPIRE SUN (Br)
126
6,952
1941
GRAIN
CAM SHIP
EYEBRIGHT 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 05/08 - 12/08
FANAD HEAD (Br)
75
5,038
1941
GENERAL
 
GEORGIOS P (Gk)
124
4,052
1903
CONCENTRATES
 
GLENOGLE (Br)
121
9,513
1920
GENERAL
12 PASSENGERS
GLENWOOD (Br)
14
4,897
1940
STEEL, SCRAP METAL
 
GLOUCESTER CITY (Br)
123
3,071
1919
GENERAL
 
GRETAVALE (Br)
53
4,586
1928
GENERAL
 
HARPERLEY (Br)
54
4,586
1930
STEEL, MT
 
HAZARD 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/08 -
HEATHER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/08 - 15/08
HEBE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/08 -
HEPATICA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 04/08 - 12/08
HERCULES (Du)
25
2,317
1914
GENERAL
 
HIGHO (Br)
36
4,828
1920
STEEL, SCRAP METAL
1 PASSENGER
HJELMAREN (Sw)
26
2,467
1922
PHOSPHATES
RETURNED
IMPERIAL TRANSPORT (Br)
32
8,022
1931
FFO
 
ITTERSUM (Du)
106
5,199
1938
PHOSPHATES
 
KAAPAREN (Sw)
125
3,386
1930
RICE
 
KEPPEL 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/08 - 13/08
KIRKPOOL (Br)
83
4,842
1928
PHOSPHATES
RETURNED
KOENJIT (Du)
73
4,551
1929
STEEL, MT
 
KRISTIANIAFJORD (Nor)
94
6,759
1921
SUGAR
 
LALANDE (Br)
103
7,453
1920
GENERAL
 
LUCELLUM (Br)
102
9,425
1938
PETROL
 
LYNTON GRANGE (Br)
12
5,029
1937
GENERAL
 
MAHANA (Br)
42
10,951
1917
GENERAL
 
MAJA (Br)
91
8,181
1931
DIESO
 
MANCHESTER EXPORTER (Br)
61
5,277
1918
GENERAL
 
MARKLAND (Br)
13
4,454
1929
STEEL, LUMBER
 
MONTREAL CITY (Br)
122
3,066
1920
GENERAL
 
MORGENEN (Nor)
112
7,093
1930
DIESO
 
MURENA (Du)
33
8,252
1931
FUEL OIL
RETURNED AFTER COLLISION
NAPANEE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 02/08 - 02/08
NARRAGANSETT (Br)
111
10,389
1936
PETROL
RETURNED
NORTHUMBERLAND (Br)
62
11,558
1915
GENERAL
 
NORWICH CITY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/08 - 13/08
NYHOLT (Nor)
55
8,087
1931
FUEL OIL
REYKJAVIK
ORCHIS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/08 - 15/08
PENRITH CASTLE (Br)
101
6,369
1929
GENERAL
6 PASSENGERS
PERTH (Br)
 
2,259
1915
 
RESCUE SHIP
PRINCESA (Br)
74
8,731
1918
FRIG
7 PASSENGERS
RAJAHSTAN (Br)
17
6,391
1929
PHOSPHATES
STRAGGLER SINCE 14.8
RAPANA (Br)
44
8,017
1935
DIESO
 
ROSTHERN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 01/08 - 01/08
ROTTERDAM (Du)
113
8,968
1925
AVGAS
RETURNED
SABRE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/08 - 15/08
SAINT BERNARD (Br)
85
5,183
1939
SUGAR
 
SALISBURY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/08 - 14/08
SAMA (Nor)
86
1,799
1937
GENERAL, 6519 MAILS
6 PASSENGERS
SAN GASPAR (Br)
52
12,910
1921
FUEL OIL
 
SCOTTISH MUSICIAN (Br)
114
6,998
1922
FUEL OIL
ST JOHNS NF WITH DEFECTS
SEAGULL 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/08 - 13/08
SEAPOOL (Br)
93
4,820
1940
GENERAL
 
SHIKARI 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/08 -
SILJESTAD (Br)
115
4,301
1927
SCRAP STEEL
 
SKATE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/08 -
SNOWDROP 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/08 - 17/08
TOWER GRANGE (Br)
11
5,226
1940
GENERAL
 
TRILLIUM 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 04/08 - 12/08
WAROONGA (Br)
41
9,365
1914
GENERAL
 
WEARWOOD (Br)
65
4,597
1930
GRAIN
 
WINDFLOWER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 04/08 - 12/08

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy HX.142:

    SALISBURY detached 14.8 to L Ewe
    PICOTEE lost on passage to join convoy
    4 EG ex ON 4, 18 EG was escort of SC 39
    WEST LOCAL SOE COLLINGWOOD, NFDLD ESC 23EG SOE CHESTERFIELD & 18EG SOE CHURCHILL
    MID OCEAN ESCORT 4EG SOE BOADICEA & 1EG SOE KEPPEL AND MS1
    COMMODORE: V-Adm F A SOMMERVILLE DSO IN MANCHESTER EXPORTER
    VICE COMMODORE: Capt H C BIRNIE DSO RD RNR IN AIRCREST
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.