Convoy HX.64

Departed from Halifax on 8 August 1940.
Arrived Liverpool on 23 August 1940.
Hague's records contain 64 merchants and 9 escorts (62 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
ALGERIAN (Br)
78
2,315
1924
BAUXITE
JOINED EX BHX 64
AMSTERDAM (Du)
42
7,329
1922
PARAFFIN
 
ANNA BULGARIS (Gk)
83
4,603
1912
SCRAP STEEL
 
ARACATACA (Br)
74
5,378
1924
GENERAL
SD SYDNEY CB
ARDANBHAN (Br)
13
4,980
1929
STEEL
 
ARY LENSEN (Br)
23
3,214
1930
PITPROPS
SD SYDNEY CB
ASSINIBOINE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/08 - 09/08
ATHELCHIEF (Br)
77
10,000
1939
DIESO
JOINED EX BHX 64
ATHELFOAM (Br)
76
6,554
1931
MOLASSES
JOINED EX BHX 64
ATHELMONARCH (Br)
26
8,995
1928
MOLASSES
JOINED EX BHX 64
BARON JEDBURGH (Br)
94
3,656
1936
IRON ORE
SD SYDNEY CB
BARON LOVAT (Br)
43
3,395
1926
PITPROPS
SD SYDNEY CB
BAXTERGATE (Br)
34
5,531
1925
LUMBER, STEEL
SD SYDNEY CB
BIAFRA (Br)
51
5,405
1933
PIG IRON
 
BLAIRNEVIS (Br)
35
4,155
1930
PITPROPS
SD SYDNEY CB
BLOMMERSDIJK (Du)
52
6,855
1922
GENERAL
 
BRADBURN (Br)
63
4,736
1930
TIMBER, STEEL
SD SYDNEY CB
BRANT COUNTY (Nor)
75
5,001
1915
GENERAL
SD SYDNEY CB
BRISK (Nor)
25
1,594
1923
LUMBER
SD SYDNEY CB
BRITISH PRINCE (Br)
31
4,879
1935
GENERAL
 
CAMPUS (Br)
33
3,667
1925
PITPROPS
SD SYDNEY CB
CANADA (Sw)
71
5,527
1921
GENERAL
 
CAPE CORSO (Br)
73
3,807
1929
STEEL
 
CHR J KAMPMANN (Br)
84
2,281
1924
GENERAL
SD SYDNEY CB
CISTULA (Du)
64
8,097
1939
FUEL OIL, DIESO
JOINED EX BHX 64
CITY OF LANCASTER (Br)
11
3,041
1924
STEEL, GENERAL
 
CORSAIR (Br)
93
2,181
1930
YACHT, FOR USE AS HM SHIP
 
COULMORE (Br)
14
3,670
1936
PITPROPS
SD SYDNEY CB
DARLINGTON COURT (Br)
17
4,974
1936
LUMBER, WHEAT
JOINED EX BHX 64, STRAGGLED 19.8
EDWARD F JOHNSON (Br)
21
10,452
1937
PETROL, PARAFFIN
 
EMPIRE MARINER (Br)
91
4,957
1922
WHEAT
 
ERNA III (Br)
12
1,590
1930
LUMBER
 
ESKDALEGATE (Br)
45
4,250
1930
PITPROPS
SD SYDNEY CB
EULIMA (Br)
86
6,207
1937
GAS OIL
JOINED EX BHX 64
FLENSBURG (Du)
55
6,421
1922
IRON ORE
SD SYDNEY CB
FRENCH 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/08 - 09/08
FRESNO CITY (Br)
36
4,955
1929
LEAD, WHEAT, LUMBER
JOINED EX BHX 64
GARDENIA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/08 - 23/08
GEORGE J GOULANDRIS (Gk)
85
4,345
1913
IRON ORE
SD SYDNEY CB
HALCYON (Pan)
82
3,531
1917
PAPER
 
HALLFRIED (Nor)
44
2,968
1918
PITPROPS
SD SYDNEY CB
HARBURY (Br)
61
5,081
1933
PIG IRON
 
HOLMSIDE (Br)
27
3,433
1930
SULPHUR
JOINED EX BHX 64
HOPEMOUNT (Br)
57
7,434
1929
STEEL
JOINED EX BHX 64
ILA (Nor)
24
1,583
1939
PITPROPS
SD SYDNEY CB
INANDA (Br)
46
5,985
1925
GENERAL
JOINED EX BHX 64
JAMES J MAGUIRE (Br)
65
10,525
1939
AVGAS
JOINED EX BHX 64
LAURIER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/08 - 10/08
LEONIDAS M VALMAS (Gk)
92
2,080
1914
LUMBER FOR DUBLIN
STRAGGLED, TORP BY U 46, SALVED, CTL
LOMBARDY (Br)
22
3,379
1921
GENERAL
 
MADRAS CITY (Br)
95
5,080
1940
WHEAT, LEAD, LUMBER
JOINED EX BHX 64
MAGICIAN (Br)
 
5,105
1925
 
 
MALLOW 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/08 - 23/08
MANISTEE (Br)
54
5,360
1920
GENERAL
SD SYDNEY CB
MATHILDA (Nor)
37
3,650
1920
SCRAP IRON
JOINED EX BHX 64
OILRELIANCE (Br)
 
5,666
1929
 
NOT IN SIGNAL, BUT DATES MATCH EXACTLY
ORIENT CITY (Br)
62
5,095
1940
STEEL
 
PACIFIC (Sw)
72
4,978
1914
GENERAL
 
PRINS WILLEM II (Du)
15
1,304
1939
PITPROPS
SD SYDNEY CB
RAJAHSTAN (Br)
81
6,391
1929
STEEL, IRON
 
RAJPUTANA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/08 - 20/08
SAGUENAY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/08 - 10/08
SANDWICH 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/08 - 23/08
SELVIK (Nor)
56
1,557
1920
WOODPULP
SD SYDNEY CB
SILJAN (Sw)
53
3,058
1920
GENERAL
 
SOCONY (Br)
 
4,404
1936
 
 
STAD ALKMAAR (Du)
87
5,750
1940
SUGAR
JOINED EX BHX 64
TACOMA CITY (Br)
16
4,738
1929
ZINC, WHEAT, LUMBER
JOINED EX BHX 64
TREVETHOE (Br)
32
5,257
1940
STEEL
 
WARWICK 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/08 - 23/08
WEARWOOD (Br)
 
4,597
1930
 
POSSIBLY IN THIS COMVOY FROM ICELAND
WEST COHAS (Br)
47
5,647
1929
SCRAP IRON
JOINED EX BHX 64, STRAGGLED 19.8
WRAY CASTLE (Br)
41
4,253
1938
PIG IRON
 

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy HX.64:

    WARWICK & MALLOW ex OB 199, SANDWICH & GARDENIA ex OA 199
    COMMODORE: R-Adm SIR E O COCHRANE KBE IN BRITISH PRINCE
    VICE COMMODORE: V-Adm L D I MACKINNON CB CVO IN ARACATACA
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.