| Departed Freetown on 8 November 1939. |
| Arrived Liverpool on 24 November 1939. |
| Hague's records contain 29 merchants and 5 escorts (28 ships TDS) |
Vessel |
Pdt. |
Tons |
Built |
Cargo |
Notes |
BALZAC (Br) |
5,372 |
1920 |
Grain |
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BENARTY (Br) |
5,800 |
1926 |
Sugar |
||
BENEDICT (Br) |
4,949 |
1930 |
Cotton |
||
CEDARBANK (Br) |
5,159 |
1924 |
Maize |
COLLISION ASHBY, BEACHED |
|
CILICIA (Br) |
11,136 |
1938 |
AS AMC ESCORT |
||
CILICIA |
ESCORT 08/11 - |
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CITY OF CARDIFF (Br) |
5,661 |
1918 |
NK |
DUNKIRK |
|
CLAN SKENE (Br) |
5,214 |
1919 |
Sugar |
||
CRESSDENE (Br) |
4,270 |
1936 |
General |
||
DEIDO (Br) |
3,894 |
1928 |
General |
||
DROMORE CASTLE (Br) |
5,242 |
1919 |
Sugar |
||
ELDONPARK (Br) |
5,184 |
1928 |
Sugar |
||
HILARY (Br) |
7,403 |
1931 |
Cotton, General, Mails |
LISBON |
|
INNESMOOR (Br) |
4,392 |
1928 |
Wheat |
||
JEDMOOR (Br) |
4,392 |
1928 |
Cereal |
||
JONATHAN HOLT (Br) |
3,793 |
1938 |
W. A. Prod |
||
LLANDAFF CASTLE (Br) |
10,799 |
1926 |
General |
||
LOCH DON (Br) |
5,249 |
1937 |
Steel |
||
LOCH LOMOND (Br) |
5,452 |
1934 |
Steel |
||
MARQUESA (Br) |
8,979 |
1918 |
Frig |
||
PHIDIAS (Br) |
5,623 |
1913 |
Grain, General |
||
PRINCESA (Br) |
8,731 |
1918 |
Meat |
||
RABAUL (Br) |
5,618 |
1916 |
Copra,Wool, Zinc Concentrate |
||
RAMILLIES (Br) |
4,553 |
1927 |
Maize |
||
ROMNEY (Br) |
5,840 |
1929 |
Steel,Iron |
||
ROYSTON GRANGE (Br) |
5,144 |
1918 |
Cereals, Meat |
SUNK BY U 28 |
|
SCOTTISH TRADER (Br) |
4,016 |
1938 |
Grain |
||
ST GLEN (Br) |
4,647 |
1907 |
Cereal |
||
STARSTONE (Br) |
5,702 |
1938 |
Sugar |
||
TYNEBANK (Br) |
4,651 |
1922 |
Grain |
||
VANQUISHER |
ESCORT 23/11 - 24/11 |
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VERSATILE |
ESCORT 23/11 - 24/11 |
||||
WAYNEGATE (Br) |
4,260 |
1931 |
Maize |
||
WITHERINGTON |
ESCORT 23/11 - 24/11 |
| Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy SL.8: |
| VERSATILE & WITHERINGTON JOINED FROM OB 38 |
| COMMODORE: R-Adm A H C CANDY CBE IN LLANDAFF CASTLE |
| VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN PRINCESA |