Convoy HX-47
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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]
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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 |
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