Convoy SC.97

Depart Halifax on 22 August 1942.
Arrive Liverpool on 7 September 1942.
Hague's records contain 64 merchants and 16 escorts (59 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
AGASSIZ 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 22/08 - 26/08
AGIOS VLASIOS (Gk)
53
2,974
1918
Steel, Lumber
 
AKABAHRA (Nor)
135
1,524
1929
Lumber
 
ALBERTE LE BORGNE (Br)
114
3,921
1914
General
 
AMPETCO (Bel)
123
8,718
1926
Gas Oil
RETURNED
AQUARIUS (US)
94
6,094
1920
General
STRAGGLED, JOINED HX 204
ARIZPA (US)
133
5,437
1920
General
 
BARRWHIN (Br)
102
4,998
1929
General
 
BEACON (US)
52
10,388
1921
FFO
 
BERKEL (Du)
105
2,130
1930
Steel, Lumber
 
BERTO (Nor)
43
1,493
1918
Lumber
 
BLAIRDEVON (Br)
 
3,282
1925
 
 
BLAIRNEVIS (Br)
65
4,155
1930
Steel, Lumber
 
BONNEVILLE (Nor)
101
4,665
1929
General
 
BRANDON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 26/08 - 05/09
BRIDGEPOOL (Br)
103
4,845
1924
General
 
BRITISH DOMINION (Br)
113
6,983
1928
Petrol
 
BROADWAY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 26/08 - 05/09
BRONXVILLE (Nor)
81
4,663
1929
General
SUNK BY U 609
BURNHAM 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 26/08 - 05/09
CAPIRA (Pan)
63
5,625
1920
General
SUNK
CITY OF FORT WORTH (US)
25
2,606
1919
General
DET TO ICELAND 1.9
DAUPHIN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 26/08 - 06/09
DRAMATIST (Br)
71
5,443
1920
Sugar
 
DRUMHELLER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 26/08 - 07/09
DUNAV (Yug)
82
4,369
1912
General
 
DUNSLEY (Br)
51
3,862
1929
Steel, General
 
E G SEUBERT (US)
83
9,181
1918
Gas Oil
 
EGBA (Br)
91
4,989
1914
General
 
EL ALMIRANTE (Pan)
15
5,248
1917
General
DET TO ICELAND 1.9
EMPIRE CORMORANT (Br)
61
5,760
1918
General
 
EMPIRE FLAME (Br)
115
7,069
1941
Steel. General
CAM SHIP
EMPIRE MOON (Br)
121
7,472
1941
Steel, General
CAM SHIP
EMPIRE NIGHTINGALE (Br)
31
5,698
1918
Steel, General
 
EMPIRE NORSE (Br)
122
8,120
1914
Fuel Oil
RETURNED
EMPIRE STEELHEAD (Br)
111
7,744
1920
Cotton
RETURNED
EMPIRE TOILER (Br)
85
2,890
1942
Steel, Lumber
 
EVVIVA (Nor)
54
1,597
1921
Lumber
 
FLOWERGATE (Br)
104
5,161
1911
General
 
GODERICH 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 22/08 - 26/08
H H ROGERS (Pan)
73
8,807
1916
Fuel Oil
 
HENRIK IBSEN (Nor)
95
4,671
1906
Steel, General
RETURNED
HJALMAR WESSEL (Nor)
132
1,742
1935
General
 
JURKO TOPIC (Yug)
42
5,160
1919
Steel, Lumber
 
KATHARIOTISA (Gk)
32
1,877
1913
Lumber
 
KATLA (Ice)
24
1,209
1911
General
DET TO ICELAND 1.9
KEILA (Br)
134
3,621
1905
Steel, General
 
LINCOLN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 22/08 - 26/08
LLANDAFF (Br)
41
4,825
1937
Grain, General
RETURNED
LOKE (Nor)
125
2,421
1915
Grain
 
LORD BYRON (Br)
45
4,118
1934
Sugar
 
MALANTIC (US)
23
3,837
1929
General
DET TO ICELAND 1.9
MATAPEDIA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 22/08 - 26/08
MEDINA (US)
22
5,426
1914
Gas Oil
DET TO ICELAND 1.9
MOOSE JAW 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 22/08 - 26/08
MORDEN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 26/08 - 05/09
MOSCHA D KYDONIEFS (Gk)
44
3,874
1915
Grain
RETURNED
OLIVER ELLSWORTH (US)
13
7,191
1942
General
DET TO ICELAND 1.9
PERTH (Br)
75
2,259
1915
 
RESCUE SHIP
PETER HELMS (US)
34
3,326
1920
General
DET TO ICELAND 1.9
POLYANTHUS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 26/08 - 05/09
PRESIDENT DE VOGUE (Nor)
64
9,320
1935
Fuel Oil
 
RADPORT (Br)
92
5,355
1925
General
 
RAVNEFJELL (Nor)
72
1,339
1938
General
 
RICHARD BASSETT (US)
12
7,191
1942
General
DET TO ICELAND 1.9
SHIRVAN (Br)
62
6,017
1925
Paraffin
 
STAR (Nor)
33
1,531
1922
Flour, General
 
STORNEST (Br)
131
4,265
1921
General
 
TEXAS (US)
93
5,638
1919
General
 
URANIENBORG (Br)
84
3,300
1922
Sugar
 
USCGC BIBB 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/08 - 01/09
USCGC INGHAM 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/08 - 01/09
USS AQUILA (US)
11
1,559
1936
General
DET TO ICELAND 1.9
USS PEGASUS (US)
21
1,889
1936
General
DET TO ICELAND 1.9
USS SCHENCK 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/08 - 01/09
WEST MAXIMUS (US)
74
5,561
1919
General
 
WICHITA FALLS (US)
14
2,560
1920
General
DET TO ICELAND 1.9
WITHERINGTON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 22/08 - 26/08
ZAGLOBA (Pol)
112
2,864
1938
General
 
ZOUAVE (Br)
124
4,256
1930
Phosphates
 

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy SC.97:

    WEST ESC 24.18.? SOE LINCOLN, WABANA ESC POLYANTHUS, OCEAN ESCORT 24.1.12 (C2) SOE BURNHAM
    US PBY SANK U 756 IN VICINITY OF CONVOY 1.9.42
    COMMODORE: Capt R GILL CBE RD RNR IN DRAMATIST
    VICE COMMODORE: Capt A H YOUNG RD RNR IN BONNEVILLE
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.