Convoy HX.167

Departed from Halifax on 27 December 1941.
Arrived Liverpool on 11 January 1942.
Hague's records contain 43 merchants and 14 escorts (41 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Nor)
62
5,740
1929
GENERAL
 
ANNAPOLIS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 27/12 - 29/12
ARABIS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 07/01 - 11/01
ATHELKNIGHT (Br)
32
8,940
1930
GAS OIL
 
BEACONOIL (Br)
84
6,893
1919
DIESO
STRAGGLED FROM 5.1.42
BONNEVILLE (Nor)
65
4,665
1929
GENERAL
 
BRABANT (Bel)
94
2,483
1938
GENERAL
 
BRALANTA (Nor)
74
9,608
1936
DIESO
 
BRITISH RESOURCE (Br)
52
7,209
1931
BURNING & VAP OILS
 
BRITISH VALOUR (Br)
43
6,952
1927
FFO
LONDONDERRY
CARDIUM (Br)
83
8,236
1931
FFO
 
CERONIA (Du)
63
8,096
1939
DIESO
 
CETUS (Nor)
22
2,614
1920
FLOUR
 
CITY OF EASTBOURNE (Br)
11
5,563
1923
GENERAL
 
CITY OF FLORENCE (Br)
12
6,862
1918
GENERAL
 
DAHLIA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 07/01 - 10/01
DARINA (Br)
45
8,113
1939
BENZINE
COLLISION WITH MELINE 10.1.42
DELTA (US)
13
12,600
1941
USN STORE SHIP AK 29
ICELAND
DJAMBI (Du)
54
6,984
1919
GENERAL
 
EDAM (Du)
92
8,871
1921
GENERAL
26 PASSENGERS
EL ISLEO (Pan)
23
4,154
1920
GENERAL
 
EMPIRE FALCON (Br)
41
4,970
1918
GENERAL
 
EMPIRE MASEFIELD (Br)
14
7,023
1941
GRAIN
 
EMPIRE RAINBOW (Br)
91
6,942
1941
GRAIN
CAM SHIP
EMPIRE SAPPHIRE (Br)
81
8,028
1941
PETROL
 
GORJISTAN (Br)
85
5,888
1929
GENERAL
 
HERBRAND (Nor)
73
9,108
1935
GASOIL
 
KIRKELLA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 11/01 - 11/01
LEONATUS (Pan)
75
2,242
1938
GENERAL
 
LIMA (Sw)
64
3,762
1918
GENERAL
 
LUCERNA (Br)
21
6,556
1930
PETROL
 
MELINE (Nor)
55
7,019
1918
GAS OIL
COLLISION WITH DARINA 10.1.42
MONKSHOOD 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 07/01 - 10/01
NEA HELLAS (Br)
31
16,991
1922
GENERAL, 821 MAIL
30 DAYS REPAIR & DOCKING
NOREG (Nor)
34
7,605
1931
FFO
HVALFJORD
NORMAN PRINCE (Br)
33
1,913
1940
GENERAL
 
O A KNUDSEN (Nor)
53
11,007
1938
PETROL
 
ORARI (Br)
61
10,350
1931
FRIG, GENERAL, 1886 MAILS
 
RATHLIN (Br)
 
1,600
1936
 
RESCUE SHIP
REGENT LION (Br)
72
9,551
1937
PETROL
 
SALACIA (Br)
71
5,495
1937
GENERAL
 
SANDANGER (Nor)
82
9,432
1938
PETROL
 
SASKATOON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 27/12 - 29/12
SNOWFLAKE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 07/01 - 10/01
STONE STREET (Pan)
25
6,131
1922
UNKNOWN
RETURNED DUE TO EVAPORATOR EXPL, 1 DEAD
SUDEROY (Nor)
42
7,562
1913
FFO
 
THE PAS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 27/12 - 29/12
THORSHAVET (Nor)
44
11,015
1938
FFO
HVALFJORD
TRENTBANK (Br)
93
5,060
1929
ZINC, GENERAL
 
USS BABBITT 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/12 - 07/01
USS LEARY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/12 - 04/01
USS MAYO 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/12 - 07/01
USS SCHENCK 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/12 - 07/01
USS SIMPSON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/12 - 07/01
USS URANUS (US)
24
1,369
1933
 
ICELAND
VILLE DE TAMATAVE (Fr)
51
6,276
1931
GENERAL
12 PASSENGERS
WATCHMAN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 07/01 - 10/01

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy HX.167:

    BABBITT & SCHENCK FUELLED AT SEA FROM DELTA 3.1.42, poss 1st RAS?
    LEARY det to Iceland 4.1.42
    WEST LOCAL ESC SOE ANNAPOLIS, WEST OCEAN ESC TU 4.1.5 SOE USS MAYO, EAST ESC 8EG SOE WATCHMAN. LPL LOCAL ESC KIRKELL;A
    COMMODORE: Adm SIR A J DAVIES KBE CB IN VILLE DE TAMATAVE
    VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN NEA HELLAS
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.