Convoy SC.17

Depart Halifax on 23 December 1940.
Arrive Liverpool on 8 January 1941.
Hague's records contain 22 merchants and 7 escorts (19 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
ACASTA (Nor)
62
5,229
1918
FFO
 
ARBUTUS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 07/01 - 09/01
BARON ELGIN (Br)
31
3,942
1933
Steel, Pitprops
 
BARON HAIG (Br)
51
3,391
1926
Pitprops
 
BARON RAMSAY (Br)
52
3,650
1929
Pitprops
 
BUR(Sw) (Sw)
71
1,956
1919
Phosphates
 
DELPHINIUM 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 07/01 - 08/01
DEPTFORD 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 07/01 - 08/01
ELISABETH LENSEN (Br)
11
4,212
1910
Wheat
 
EMBASSAGE (Br)
21
4,954
1935
Steel, General
RETURNED
EMPIRE MARINER (Br)
63
4,957
1922
General
ARR IN TOW AFTER BOILER DEFECTS AT SEA
ERICA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 07/01 - 08/01
GUNDA (Sw)
13
1,770
1930
Lumber
 
HELLEN (Nor)
43
5,289
1921
Scrap Iron
 
INGERFIRE (Nor)
42
3,835
1905
Steel, Lumber
 
KELBERGEN (Du)
72
4,823
1914
Iron Ore
 
KINGSLAND (Br)
13
3,669
1930
Steel, Pitprops
 
LAUTARO (Br)
64
6,240
1915
Nitrates
 
LIFLAND (Da)
32
2,254
1920
Pulp
 
MALOJA (Br)
 
20,914
1923
 
AS AMC ESCORT
MALOJA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 23/12 - 03/01
MARIT (Nor)
23
5,542
1918
FFO
 
NAILSEA COURT (Br)
41
4,946
1936
Sugar
 
ROSSUM (Du)
73
2,118
1928
Grain
 
RUDBY (Br)
61
4,846
1924
Phosphates
 
THYRA (Nor)
12
1,655
1920
Pulp
 
VETERAN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 07/01 - 08/01
WISLA (Pol)
22
3,106
1928
Spoolwood
 
WOLVERINE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 07/01 - 08/01

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy SC.17:

    EASTERN ESCORT, 5 EG, JOINED FROM OB 268
    ARBUTUS & ERICA SEARCHED FOR AND BROUGHT IN STRAGGLERS DUE TO WEATHER
    COMMODORE: R-Adm E W LEIR DSO IN NAILSEA COURT
    VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN EMPIRE MARINER
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.