Convoy HX.75

Departed from Halifax on 21 September 1940.
Arrived Liverpool on 7 October 1940.
Hague's records contain 61 merchants and 12 escorts (56 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
AMAZON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 03/10 - 07/10
ANTHONY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 03/10 - 07/10
ARABIS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 03/10 - 07/10
ASSINIBOINE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 21/09 - 22/09
AURANIA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 21/09 - 03/10
BARON KINNAIRD (Br)
63
3,355
1927
PHOSPHATES
 
BEAVERHILL (Br)
53
10,041
1928
GENERAL
SD SYDNEY CB
BELCREST (Br)
121
4,517
1925
GRAIN
 
BLANKAHOLM (Sw)
102
2,845
1930
STEEL
 
BROCKLEY HILL (Br)
12
5,297
1919
PITPROPS
WITH SEVERE COLLISION DAMAGE
CALENDULA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 03/10 - 07/10
CARDITA (Br)
66
8,237
1931
DIESO
JOINED EX BHX 75
CASPIA (Br)
46
6,018
1928
PARAFFIN
JOINED EX BHX 75
CERONIA (Br)
55
4,955
1929
CRUDE OIL
JOINED EX BHX 75
CLEA (Br)
25
8,028
1938
FFO
JOINED EX BHX 75, SCAPA FLOW
CLEMATIS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 03/10 - 07/10
COWRIE (Br)
33
8,197
1931
FUEL OIL
 
DALESMAN (Br)
86
6,343
1940
GENERAL
JOINED EX BHX 75
DOVER HILL (Br)
92
5,815
1918
SCRAP IRON & STEEL
 
DROMORE (Br)
83
4,096
1920
GENERAL
 
EASTERN STAR (Nor)
93
5,658
1920
GENERAL
 
EDAM (Du)
82
8,871
1921
GENERAL
 
EKNAREN (Sw)
52
5,243
1922
STEEL
PICKED UP BLAIRMORE SURVIVORS
ELK 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 21/09 - 23/09
EMMAPLEIN (Du)
112
5,436
1926
STEEL SCRAP
RETURNED HALIFAX
EMPIRE BLANDA (Br)
43
5,693
1919
STEEL
 
EMPIRE LOTUS (Br)
103
3,696
1920
STEEL SCRAP
 
EMPIRE RAZORBILL (Br)
111
5,118
1920
STEEL
 
FLORIAN (Br)
21
3,174
1940
GENERAL
 
FRESNO STAR (Br)
65
7,998
1919
GENERAL
JOINED EX BHX 75
HINDUSTAN (Br)
13
5,245
1940
LUMBER, METAL
JOINED EX BHX 75
HUSKY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 21/09 - 23/09
IMPERIAL MONARCH (Br)
26
5,831
1926
LEAD, LUMBER, WHEAT
JOINED EX BHX 75
INDUNA (Br)
11
5,086
1925
STEEL, PITPROPS
 
JASON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 03/10 -
KANTARA (Br)
91
3,237
1925
GENERAL
 
KARABAGH (Br)
31
6,427
1932
BENZINE
 
KING IDWAL (Br)
81
5,115
1920
STEEL
 
KORSHAMN (Sw)
72
6,673
1920
GENERAL
 
LADY ELSA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 03/10 - 04/10
LANCASTRIAN PRINCE (Br)
51
1,914
1940
GENERAL, MT
 
LANGLEEBROOK (Br)
23
4,246
1930
STEEL SCRAP
 
LOCHMONAR (Br)
45
9,412
1924
 
JOINED EX BHX 75
MALAREN (Sw)
41
2,699
1927
GRAIN, STEEL, LUMBER
 
MOUNT HELMOS (Gk)
123
6,481
1923
STEEL
 
NEW WESTMINSTER CITY (Br)
32
4,747
1929
STEEL
BEACHED ARDMORE AFTER COLLISION
NORWEGIAN (Br)
74
6,366
1921
GENERAL
SD SYDNEY CB
NOVELIST (Br)
97
6,133
1940
GENERAL
JOINED EX BHX 75
P.L.M.17 (Br)
34
4,008
1922
IRON ORE
SD SYDNEY CB
P.L.M.22 (Br)
84
5,646
1921
IRON ORE
SD SYDNEY CB
PELEUS (Gk)
42
4,695
1928
SCRAP IRON
 
QUEEN ANNE (Br)
36
4,937
1937
WHEAT
JOINED EX BHX 75
RIDLEY (Br)
122
4,993
1937
SUGAR
 
SAGUENAY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 21/09 - 22/09
SAN CONRADO (Br)
54
7,982
1936
PARAFFIN
JOINED EX BHX 75
SCOTTISH HEATHER (Br)
35
7,087
1928
FFO
JOINED EX BHX 75, SCAPA FLOW
SHAKESPEAR (Br)
101
5,029
1926
STEEL
 
SHEAF MOUNT (Br)
113
5,017
1924
STEEL
RETURNED SYDNEY CB
SICILIAN PRINCE (Br)
61
3,489
1922
TIMBER, STEEL
 
SINNINGTON COURT (Br)
77
6,910
1928
TIMBER, WHEAT
JOINED EX BHX 75
SOLFERINO (Nor)
44
2,580
1918
PULPWOOD
SD SYDNEY CB
SOPHOCLES (Nor)
62
5,184
1939
TIMBER, STEEL
 
STANWELL (Br)
24
5,767
1914
IRON ORE
SD SYDNEY CB
SUTHERLAND (Br)
85
5,170
1940
LEAD, LUMBER
JOINED EX BHX 75
SYDLAND (Sw)
22
5,134
1920
STEEL SCRAP
 
TABORFJELL (Nor)
64
1,339
1933
GENERAL, LUMBER
SD SYDNEY CB
TARANGER (Nor)
76
4,873
1930
GENERAL
JOINED EX BHX 75
TOTTENHAM (Br)
96
4,762
1940
LEAD, LUMBER
JOINED EX BHX 75
TOWER FIELD (Br)
75
4,241
1935
FLOUR
SD SYDNEY CB
TROUBADOUR (Nor)
95
5,808
1920
GENERAL
SD SYDNEY CB
WHITFORD POINT (Br)
71
5,026
1928
STEEL
RETURNED
WILLEMSPLEIN (Du)
94
5,489
1910
IRON ORE
SD SYDNEY CB
ZEUS (Gk)
73
5,961
1920
STEEL SCRAP
 

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy HX.75:

    ANTHONY, ARABIS & CALENDULA ex OB 221, CLEMATIS & JASON ex OA 221
    COMMODORE: V-Adm C A FOUNTAINE CB IN SICILIAN PRINCE
    VICE COMMODORE: IN KARABAGH
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.