Convoy SC.2

Depart Sydney CB on 25 August 1940.
Arrive Liverpool on 10 September 1940.
Hague's records contain 54 merchants and 9 escorts (53 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
AARO (Da)
24
1,426
1925
Paper
 
AGHIOS SPYRIDON (Gk)
63
3,338
1905
Lumber
 
AMSCO (Br)
72
4,627
1920
Crude Oil
 
APOLLO 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 07/09 - 10/09
ASIATIC (Br)
21
3,741
1923
Pit props
 
ASTRA (Nor)
44
2,164
1919
Pit props
 
AURETTA (Br)
52
4,564
1935
Steel
 
AVRA (Gk)
57
4,652
1912
Steel
 
BALDUIN (Nor)
25
1,164
1921
Lumber
 
BALLA (Nor)
23
2,565
1923
Iron Ore
 
BARON CAWDOR (Br)
34
3,638
1935
Steel
 
BERWICKSHIRE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 07/09 - 10/09
BORGHOLM (Nor)
45
1,557
1922
Lumber
 
BRABO (Bel)
15
3,658
1899
Woodpulp
 
BRANDENBURG (Br)
16
1,473
1910
Unknown
 
CANFORD CHINE (Br)
93
3,364
1917
Iron Ore
 
CLARE LILLEY (Br)
64
3,738
1917
Steel, Lumber
 
EMPIRE EAGLE (Br)
14
5,582
1919
Iron, Scrap
 
FAIRWATER (Br)
36
4,108
1928
Unknown
 
FLAMINIAN (Br)
31
2,711
1917
Grain, Steel
 
GALATEA (Nor)
85
1,151
1912
Lumber
 
GRELHEAD (Br)
53
4,274
1915
Lumber
 
GRO (Nor)
83
4,211
1917
Wheat
SUNK
GUDRUN (Nor)
35
1,128
1919
Lumber
 
HARBLEDOWN (Br)
 
5,414
1933
 
 
HARPOON (Br)
41
5,964
1920
Steel, Lumber
 
HAVTOR (Nor)
62
1,524
1930
Lumber
 
INGERFIRE (Nor)
12
3,835
1905
Pitprops
 
JOSE DE LARRINAGA (Br)
94
5,303
1920
Steel, Scrap
SUNK BY U 47
KELLWYN (Br)
61
1,459
1920
Pitprops
 
KEYNOR (Br)
86
1,806
1914
Lumber
 
LANARK (Br)
96
1,904
1923
Lumber
 
LIFLAND (Da)
42
2,254
1920
Pit wood
 
LOWESTOFT 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 07/09 - 10/09
MAKEFJELL (Nor)
27
1,567
1932
Lumber
 
MAPLETON (Br)
74
1,782
1909
Timber
 
MARDINIAN (Br)
11
2,434
1919
Pitch
SUNK
MARISTON (Br)
92
4,557
1924
Steel
 
MATRONNA (Gk)
76
2,846
1902
Unknown
 
MIJDRECHT (Du)
22
7,493
1931
Benzine
 
MOUNT PELION (Gk)
73
5,655
1917
Scrap, Pig Iron
 
NEPTUNIAN (Br)
81
5,155
1925
Sugar
SUNK
NESTTUN (Nor)
13
1,271
1917
Lumber
 
PENDEEN (Br)
91
4,174
1923
Steel, Timber
 
PERIWINKLE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 07/09 - 08/09
POSSIDON (Gk)
82
3,840
1909
Sulphur
SUNK
REINDEER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 25/08 - 25/08
RUTH I (Nor)
33
3,531
 
Steel, Scrap
 
SCARBOROUGH 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 25/08 - 09/09
SCIMITAR 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 09/09 - 10/09
SENTA (Nor)
32
3,785
1917
Pitprops
 
SHAFTESBURY (Br)
51
4,284
1923
Steel, Scrap
 
SHERBROOKE (Br)
95
1,929
1922
Lumber
 
SIAK (Nor)
55
1,150
1930
Lumber
 
SKEENA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 07/09 - 08/09
SKRIM (Nor)
26
1,902
1917
Unknown
 
STORNEST (Br)
54
4,265
1921
Steel
 
THEOSKEPASTI (Gk)
84
3,726
1911
Phosphates
 
TOVELIL (Br)
75
2,225
1925
Pitprops
 
USKBRIDGE (Br)
43
2,715
1940
Lumber
 
WESTCOTT 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 07/09 - 11/09
YORKMOOR (Br)
71
4,457
1925
Timber, Steel
 
ZURICHMOOR (Br)
56
4,455
1925
Unknown
 

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy SC.2:

    SCIMITAR WESTCOTT & PERIWINKLE JOINED FROM OB 208
    COMMODORE: R-Adm E K BODDAM-WHETHAM CBE DSO IN HARPOON
    VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN YORKMOOR
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.