Convoy SL.45

Departed Freetown on 26 August 1940.
Arrived Liverpool on 15 September 1940.
Hague's records contain 49 merchants and 2 escorts (49 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
ANGLO CANADIAN (Br)
44
5,288
1928
Zinc
 
APAPA (Br)
51
9,332
1927
W. A. Prod
 
BANFFSHIRE (Br)
52
6,479
1912
General
 
BONHEUR (Br)
74
5,327
1920
Wheat, General
 
BRITANNIA (Br)
81
8,799
1926
General
 
BRITISH GLORY (Br)
55
6,992
1928
Laden Tanker
 
CATHAY (Br)
 
15,225
1925
 
AS AMC ESCORT, REFIT ON ARRIVAL TO 22.11
CATHAY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 26/08 - 14/09
CHILEAN REEFER (Br)
85
1,831
1936
General
 
CITY OF KIMBERLEY (Br)
101
6,169
1925
General
 
CITY OF LYONS (Br)
21
7,063
1926
General
 
CITY OF RANGOON (Br)
61
6,635
1914
General
 
CLAN FARQUHAR (Br)
72
7,958
1918
General
 
CLAN MACWHIRTER (Br)
32
5,941
1918
General
 
CLIFTONHALL (Br)
54
5,063
1938
Cottonseed
 
CUBANO (Nor)
62
5,810
1921
General
 
DERWENTHALL (Br)
82
4,934
1940
Wheat
 
ETTRICKBANK (Br)
43
5,138
1937
General
 
GAROET (Du)
73
7,118
1917
General
 
GLAISDALE (Br)
 
3,777
1929
 
RETURNED UNABLE TO MAKE SPEED
GRETAVALE (Br)
42
4,586
1928
Grain
 
HENRY STANLEY (Br)
14
5,026
1929
W. A. Prod
 
HERTFORD (Br)
71
11,785
1917
General
 
JAARSTROOM (Du)
94
2,480
1922
W. A. Prod
 
JOHN HOLT (Br)
92
4,975
1938
W. A. Prod
 
KING LUD (Br)
12
5,224
1928
Grain
 
KOENJIT (Du)
64
4,551
1929
Sugar
 
KOHINUR (Br)
24
5,168
1922
General
 
KUMASIAN (Br)
93
4,922
1935
W. A. Prod
 
LLANDOVERY CASTLE (Br)
41
10,640
1925
NK
 
MAHOUT (Br)
11
7,921
1925
General
 
MANDASOR (Br)
53
5,144
1920
General
 
MARY SLESSOR (Br)
22
5,027
1930
W. A. Prod
 
MEERKERK (Du)
83
7,995
1916
General
 
NAILSEA RIVER (Br)
33
5,548
1917
Wheat
SUNK BY AIRCRAFT
NARDANA (Br)
31
7,974
1919
General
 
NEWBURY (Br)
34
5,102
1927
Maize
 
NIJKERK (Du)
23
5,843
1915
General
 
PARKHAVEN (Du)
84
4,803
1920
Wheat
 
RIPLEY (Br)
13
4,997
1936
Wheat
 
RIVER AFTON (Br)
25
5,479
1935
Iron Ore
 
SALLAND (Du)
63
6,447
1920
General
 
SANGARA (Br)
91
4,174
1939
W. A. Prod
 
SHAHRISTAN (Br)
102
7,309
1945
General
 
ST AGNES (Br)
 
5,199
1918
 
RETURNED UNABLE TO MAKE SPEED
STARSTONE (Br)
 
5,702
1938
 
RETURNED UNABLE TO MAKE SPEED
TEMPLE MEAD (Br)
103
4,427
1928
Wheat
 
THURSO (Br)
104
2,436
1919
W. A. Prod
 
TORDENE (Br)
95
4,271
1936
Grain, General
 
VENUS (Du)
35
1,855
1907
General
 
VICTORIA CITY (Br)
75
4,739
1929
Wheat
 

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy SL.45:

    COMMODORE: R-Adm B W BARROW DSO IN APAPA
    VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN NARDANA
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.