Convoy HX-47

Convoy HX.47
Part of World War II
Date2–17 June 1940
LocationAtlantic Ocean
Belligerents
Germany United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Karl Dönitz Adm Sir B S Thesiger KBE CB CMG
Strength
7 U-boats 58 merchant ships
4 escorts
Casualties and losses
3 ships sunk

Convoy HX 47 was the 47th of the numbered series of World War II HX convoys of merchant ships from HalifaX to Liverpool. The ships departed Halifax on 2 June 1940[1] and were escorted across the North Atlantic by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Esperance Bay, a Canadian destroyer and two Royal Navy sloops. U-boats of Wolfpack Prien sank three ships with the surviving ships reached Liverpool on 17 June.[1]

Ships in the convoy[2]

Name Flag Tonnage (GRT) Notes
Aegeon (1919)  Greece 5,285 Aluminium and pulp
Andreas (1919)  Greece 6,566 Wheat
Anna Mazaraki (1913)  Greece 5,411 Grain
Annavore (1921)  Norway 3,324 Copper and General Cargo
Argos Hill (1922)  United Kingdom 7,178 Steel
Ashby (1927)  United Kingdom 4,868 Grain
Askeladden (1920)  Norway 2,496 Pitprops
Diverted to Portland, Maine for Degaussing
Balmoralwood (1937)  United Kingdom 5,834 Wheat and 4 aircraft (deck cargo)
Straggled 6 June
Sunk by U-47[3] on 14 June
Beaverbrae (1928)  United Kingdom 9,956 General cargo
Beaverhill (1928)  United Kingdom 10,041 General cargo
Blairspey (1929)  United Kingdom 4,155 Steel and timber
Boston City (1920)  United Kingdom 2,870 General cargo
Briarwood (1930)  United Kingdom 4,019 Pitprops
British Captain (1923)  United Kingdom 6,968 Petrol
British Faith (1928)  United Kingdom 6,955 Benzine
British Prince (1935)  United Kingdom 4,879 General cargo
Cairnvalona (1918)  United Kingdom 4,929 General cargo
Vice-commodore Adm Sir A J Davies KBE CB
Capsa (1931)  United Kingdom 8,229 Crude oil
Clydebank (1925)  United Kingdom 5,156 Steel and coke
Comedian (1929)  United Kingdom 5,122 Cotton and lumber
Diplomat (1921)  United Kingdom 8,240 General cargo
Dornach (1939)  United Kingdom 5,186 Wheat
Egda (1939)  Norway 10,050 Petrol
El Aleto (1927)  United Kingdom 7,203 Crude oil
Elax (1927)  United Kingdom 7,403 Fuel oil
Erik Boye (1924)  Canada 2,238 Grain
Sunk by U-38[4]
HMS Esperance Bay  Royal Navy Armed merchant cruiser
F J Wolfe (1932)  Panama 12,190 Crude oil
Ferncastle (1936)  Norway 9,940 Fuel oil
HMS Fowey  Royal Navy 1,150 Escort
Shoreham-class sloop
Georgios G (1918)  Greece 4,289 General cargo
Georgios Potamianos (1913)  Greece 4,044 General cargo
Germanic (1936)  United Kingdom 5,352 Grain
Harborough (1932)  United Kingdom 5,415 Grain
Hartbridge (1927)  United Kingdom 5,080 Wheat
Hellen (1921)  Norway 5,289 Scrap iron
Hoyanger (1926)  Norway 4,624 Pulp and lumber
Italia (1939)  Norway 9,973 13,000 tons aviation spirit
Sunk by U-38[5]
Kenbane Head (1919)  United Kingdom 5,225 General cargo
Loke (1915)  Norway 2,421 Copper
Manchester Citizen (1925)  United Kingdom 5,343 General cargo
Masunda (1929)  United Kingdom 5,250 Iron ore
Nailsea Manor (1937)  United Kingdom 4,926 Grain
Northumberland (1915)  United Kingdom 11,558 General cargo
Octavian (1938)  Norway 1,345 Wood pulp
Pacific Pioneer (1928)  United Kingdom 6,734 General cargo
Commodore Adm Sir B S Thesiger KBE CB CMG
Randsfjord (1937)  Norway 3,999 Wheat and general cargo
Collision with Georgios Potamianos and retired
Regent Panther (1937)  United Kingdom 9,556 Petrol
HMCS Saguenay  Royal Canadian Navy 1,337 Escort
Canadian River-class destroyer
Saimaa (1922)  Finland 2,001 General cargo
Salacia (1937)  United Kingdom 5,495 Lumber
San Adolfo (1935)  United Kingdom 7,365 Fuel Furnace Oil (FFO)
HMS Sandwich  Royal Navy 1,045 Escort
Bridgewater-class sloop
Saturnus (1940)  Sweden 9,965 Petrol
Southgate (1926)  United Kingdom 4,862 Steel and timber
Storanger (1930)  Norway 9,223 Fuel oil
Temple Inn (1940)  United Kingdom 5,218 Sugar
Theodoros Coumantaros (1917)  Greece 5,709 Sugar
Thiara (1939)  United Kingdom 10,364 Fuel and lub oil
Ulysses (1918)  Netherlands 2,666 General cargo
Vinemoor (1924)  United Kingdom 4,359 Wheat and lumber
Zurichmoor (1925)  United Kingdom 4,455 Steel and timber

References

  1. 1 2 Hague
  2. "Convoy HX.47". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  3. "Balmoralwood – British Steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  4. "Erik Boye – Canadian steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  5. "Italia – Norwegian motor tanker". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

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