Convoy OB.240

Depart Liverpool on 8 November 1940
Dispersed on 13 November 1940
Hague's records contain 40 merchants and 8 escorts (57 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
ABERDEEN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/11 - 12/11
AGIA MARINA (Gk)
 
4,151
1912
 
SYDNEY CB
AIRCREST (Br)
 
5,237
1940
 
 
AMAZON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/11 - 11/11
AMSTERDAM (Du)
 
7,329
1922
 
 
ARROW 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/11 - 13/11
BARON HAIG (Br)
 
3,391
1926
 
 
BARRHILL (Br)
 
4,972
1912
 
BALTIMORE
BENDORAN (Br)
 
5,567
1910
 
 
BENREOCH (Br)
 
5,818
1921
 
 
BERTO (Nor)
 
1,493
1918
 
 
BURZA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/11 - 11/11
CAPE ST ANDREW (Br)
 
5,094
1928
 
SUNK, IN TOW AFTER BREAKDOWN, BY U 137
CHINESE PRINCE I (Br)
 
8,593
1926
 
 
CITY OF CANBERRA (Br)
 
7,484
1927
 
 
CITY OF NAGPUR (Br)
 
10,146
1922
 
 
COLLEGIAN (Br)
 
7,886
1923
 
 
CROCUS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/11 - 13/11
CULEBRA (Br)
 
3,044
1919
 
 
DEIDO (Br)
 
3,894
1928
 
 
DERRYNANE (Br)
 
4,896
1938
 
 
DORINGTON COURT (Br)
 
5,281
1939
 
 
EASTERN STAR (Nor)
 
5,658
1920
 
 
EKNAREN (Sw)
 
5,243
1922
 
DETACHED 9.11.40
EMPIRE WIND (Br)
 
7,459
1940
 
STRAGGLED AND SUNK BY A/C
EMPIRE WOODCOCK (Br)
 
5,572
1918
 
RETURNED WITH DEFECTS, DATE APPROXIMATE
ERICA (Nor)
 
1,592
1919
 
 
EVVIVA (Nor)
 
1,597
1921
 
 
FLORIAN (Br)
 
3,174
1940
 
 
FRESNO STAR (Br)
 
7,998
1919
 
B AIRES
GERANIUM 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 10/11 - 13/11
GRANFOSS (Nor)
 
1,461
1913
 
 
HEARTSEASE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/11 - 13/11
IRON BARON (Nor)
 
3,231
1911
 
 
KING EDWIN (Br)
 
4,536
1927
 
 
KUMASIAN (Br)
 
4,922
1935
 
 
MICHAEL JEBSEN (Br)
 
2,323
1927
 
 
NORTH DEVON (Br)
 
3,658
1924
 
 
REGIN (Nor)
 
1,386
1917
 
 
RIO AZUL (Br)
 
4,088
1921
 
 
ROCHESTER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/11 -
SCOTTISH TRADER (Br)
 
4,016
1938
 
 
STARGARD (Nor)
 
1,113
1915
 
 
STUART PRINCE (Br)
 
1,911
1940
 
 
TEMPLE ARCH (Br)
 
5,138
1940
 
 
TORTUGUERO (Br)
 
5,285
1921
 
 
TROLLA (Nor)
 
1,598
1923
 
 
VENETIA (Br)
 
5,728
1927
 
 

Additional note by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy OB.240:

    COMMODORE: V-Adm SIR R FITZMAURICE KBE DSO IN BENREOCH
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.