Convoy SC.126

Depart Halifax on 8 April 1943.
Arrive Liverpool on 23 April 1943.
Hague's records contain 40 merchants and 15 escorts (38 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
ANNA N GOULANDRIS (Gk)
24
4,358
1921
Grain
 
ANTONIO (Br)
12
5,225
1918
Grain
 
ARMADALE (Br)
61
5,066
1929
General
 
ATLANTIC(Nor) (Nor)
64
7,342
1925
FFO, Crude Oil
 
BERNHARD (Nor)
31
3,563
1924
Bauxite
 
BLAIRMORE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/04 - 13/04
BUTTERCUP 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 10/04 - 23/04
CAMPFIRE (US)
33
5,671
1919
General ex St Johns No
 
CLAN MACIVER (Br)
51
4,500
1921
Expl, General
 
COPELAND (Br)
45
1,526
1923
 
RESCUE SHIP
CSIKOS (Pan)
25
3,938
1913
Grain ex St Johns No
 
DUNAV (Yug)
34
4,369
1912
Lumber, Steel
 
DUNELMIA (Br)
71
5,207
1929
Copper, General
 
EMPIRE CANDIDA (Br)
11
2,908
1943
Pulp, Steel
 
EMPIRE PORPOISE (Br)
73
7,592
1918
General
 
EMPIRE SPEY (Br)
102
4,292
1929
Steel, General
 
F J WOLFE (Br)
52
12,190
1932
FFO
ESCORT OILER
GODETIA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 13/04 - 23/04
GOVERNOR JOHN LIND (US)
32
3,431
1918
General, Expl, 257 Mails
 
HAMILTON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/04 - 13/04
HAVELOCK 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 13/04 - 23/04
HIRAM (Nor)
81
1,930
1926
Expl, General
 
IMPULSIVE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 19/04 - 21/04
INNERTON (Br)
21
5,276
1919
Grain
RETURNED
IOANNIS FRANGOS (Gk)
92
3,442
1912
Grain
 
JOHN D ARCHBOLD (US)
44
12,590
1921
Gas Oil, Petrol
 
KAMSACK 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/04 - 13/04
KING STEPHEN (Br)
91
5,274
1928
Grain, Phosphates
 
LECHISTAN (Pol)
65
1,937
1929
Expl, General
 
LST 321 
66
 
 
General
 
MARGARITA CHANDRIS (Gk)
84
5,401
1920
Grain, General
 
MARIE BAKKE (Nor)
72
4,307
1926
General
 
MICHIGAN (Pan)
82
6,419
1920
Stores, ex St Johns No
6 PASSENGERS
MOLDE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 23/04 - 23/04
OFFA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 19/04 - 21/04
P.L.M.17 (Br)
83
4,008
1922
Bauxite
 
PACIFIC(Sw) (Sw)
35
4,978
1914
Grain. General ex St J
8 PASSENGERS
PANAGHIS (Gk)
93
5,187
1920
Grain
 
PANTHER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 19/04 - 21/04
PENN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 19/04 - 21/04
PERSIER (Bel)
74
5,382
1918
General
3 PASSENGERS
PIMPERNEL 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 10/04 - 23/04
RAGNHILD (Nor)
75
2,866
1941
Bauxite
 
SALEN (Sw)
54
2,699
1927
General, 1 Mail
 
SAN FELIX (Br)
42
13,037
1921
FFO
 
SANDOWN CASTLE (Br)
41
7,607
1921
Sugar, Rum 91 Mails
 
SOMMERSTAD (Nor)
63
5,923
1926
Lub Oil
 
SUERTE (Pan)
23
3,649
1910
Steel, Lumber
 
SWALE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 13/04 - 23/04
THE PAS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/04 - 13/04
TILSINGTON COURT (Br)
43
6,910
1928
Grain
 
UTAHAN (US)
101
7,031
1919
General, 1500 Mails
 
VINGA (Nor)
53
7,321
1927
FFO
 
WEST NOHNO (US)
62
5,769
1919
 
RETURNED
WINSUM (Du)
22
3,224
1921
Bauxite
 

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy SC.126:

    WEST ESC 24.18.1 SOE HAMILTON, WABANA ESC BUTTERCUP, PIMPERNEL (BOTH TO OCEAN) OCEAN 24.1.19 (B5) SOE HAVELOCK
    SUPPORT GP 3 EG SOE OFFA, UK LOCAL MOLDE
    COMMODORE: R-Adm C E TURLE DSO IN CLAN MACIVER
    VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN TILSINGTON COURT
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.