| Depart Liverpool on 3 July 1940 |
| Dispersed on 7 July 1940 |
| Hague's records contain 49 merchants and 2 escorts (49 ships TDS) |
Vessel |
Pdt. |
Tons |
Built |
Cargo |
Notes |
AINDERBY (Br) |
65 |
4,860 |
1925 |
COAL |
B AIRES |
ANNA BULGARIS(Gk) (Gk) |
24 |
4,603 |
1912 |
COAL |
SYDNEY CB |
ASHBY (Br) |
22 |
4,868 |
1927 |
COAL |
MONTREAL |
AUSTVARD (Nor) |
74 |
3,677 |
1925 |
COAL |
HAMPTON ROADS |
BARON CARNEGIE (Br) |
54 |
3,178 |
1925 |
COAL |
SYDENY CB |
BECHEVILLE (Br) |
114 |
4,228 |
1924 |
PHILADELPHIA |
|
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (Nor) |
53 |
7,034 |
1927 |
SAN PEDRO |
|
BRITISH MARINER (Br) |
23 |
6,996 |
1922 |
ABADAN |
|
CITY OF NAGPUR (Br) |
91 |
10,146 |
1922 |
GENERAL |
DURBAN |
CLINTONIA (Br) |
121 |
3,106 |
1917 |
DIGBY |
|
CONCH (Br) |
113 |
8,376 |
1931 |
CURACAO |
|
CORINTHIAN (Br) |
61 |
3,121 |
1938 |
FREETOWN |
|
CORRALES (Br) |
41 |
5,363 |
1930 |
JAMAICA |
|
DIPLOMAT (Br) |
62 |
8,240 |
1921 |
NEW ORLEANS |
|
EIRINI KYRIAKIDES (Gk) |
13 |
3,781 |
1922 |
COAL |
PLATE |
ESMOND (Br) |
75 |
4,976 |
1930 |
BOTWOOD |
|
FLORIAN (Br) |
102 |
3,174 |
1940 |
NYC |
|
FRESNO STAR (Br) |
82 |
7,998 |
1919 |
VANCOUVER |
|
FRUMENTON (Br) |
33 |
6,675 |
1930 |
COAL |
ST LAWRENCE |
GRAINTON (Br) |
84 |
6,341 |
1929 |
COAL |
PHILADELPHIA |
HELLEN (Nor) |
112 |
5,289 |
1921 |
NYC |
|
HINDSHOLM (Br) |
42 |
1,512 |
1922 |
SYDNEY CB |
|
INGERFEM (Nor) |
63 |
3,987 |
1912 |
SYDNEY CB |
|
KEILA (Br) |
122 |
3,621 |
1905 |
CAPE CHATTE |
|
KIRUNA (Sw) |
104 |
5,484 |
1921 |
COAL |
MONTREAL |
LEITH |
ESCORT 03/07 - 07/07 |
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LEONIDAS Z CAMBANIS (Gk) |
93 |
4,274 |
1917 |
PHILADELPHIA |
|
MAHRONDA (Br) |
31 |
7,926 |
1925 |
GENERAL |
CVALCUTTA |
MALAYAN PRINCE (Br) |
32 |
8,953 |
1926 |
STORES |
ALEXANDRIA VIA CAPETOWN |
MALVERNIAN (Br) |
81 |
3,133 |
1937 |
MONTREAL |
|
MARGRETHE BAKKE (Nor) |
73 |
5,478 |
1938 |
PANAMA |
|
MELMORE HEAD (Br) |
103 |
5,273 |
1918 |
COAL |
MONTREAL |
NAGARA (Br) |
101 |
8,791 |
1919 |
GENERAL |
PLATE |
OTTO (Est) |
94 |
1,959 |
1918 |
COAL |
|
PARTHENIA (Br) |
111 |
4,872 |
1917 |
GENERAL |
MONTREAL |
PATIA (Br) |
71 |
5,355 |
1922 |
GENERAL |
MONTREAL |
POINT LOBOS (Pan) |
83 |
4,802 |
1919 |
NYC |
|
POLITICIAN (Br) |
52 |
7,939 |
1923 |
GENERAL |
JAMAICA |
SENTA (Nor) |
64 |
3,785 |
1917 |
COAL |
SYDNEY CB |
SILVIO (Br) |
33 |
1,292 |
1913 |
GENERAL |
SWANSEA |
SINNINGTON COURT (Br) |
92 |
6,910 |
1928 |
PANAMA |
|
SKRIM (Nor) |
32 |
1,902 |
1917 |
SOUTHEND |
|
ST MERRIEL (Br) |
11 |
4,980 |
1925 |
COAL |
SANTOS |
STAD ARNHEM (Du) |
43 |
3,819 |
1920 |
COAL |
NELSON |
STATESMAN (Br) |
51 |
7,939 |
1923 |
GALVESTON |
|
SULACO (Br) |
14 |
5,389 |
1926 |
JAMAICA |
|
TAMAROA (Br) |
72 |
12,405 |
1922 |
GENERAL |
PASSAGE CANCELLED, SEE OB 179 |
THURSO (Br) |
21 |
2,436 |
1919 |
COAL |
FREETOWN |
TURUL (Pan) |
123 |
2,681 |
1916 |
FREETOWN |
|
VOLTURNO (Br) |
12 |
3,420 |
1914 |
CEMENT |
FREETOWN |
WHIRLWIND |
ESCORT 03/07 - 05/07 |
| Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy OB.178: |
| LEITH DETACHED TO HX 53 |
| COMMODORE: R-Adm SIR E MANNERS KBE IN PATIA |
| VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN MAHRONDA |