Convoy HX.149

Departed from Halifax on 10 September 1941.
Arrived Liverpool on 25 September 1941.
Hague's records contain 62 merchants and 18 escorts (57 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Nor)
97
5,740
1929
GENERAL
4 PASSENGERS
ANNAPOLIS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 10/09 - 13/09
ARABIS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/09 - 25/09
ARISTOPHANES (Nor)
43
10,224
1940
GAS OIL
 
ARROWHEAD 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 13/09 - 20/09
ASCANIA (Br)
 
14,013
1925
 
AS AMC ESCORT. REFIT ON ARRIVAL TO 26.10
ASCANIA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 10/09 - 24/09
ATHELCHIEF (Br)
65
10,000
1939
MOLASSES
7 PASSENGERS
ATHELMONARCH (Br)
16
8,995
1928
MOLASSES
 
BENNEKOM (Du)
76
5,998
1917
GENERAL
12 PASSENGERS
BRANT COUNTY (Nor)
87
5,001
1915
GENERAL
 
BRASIL (Nor)
83
8,130
1935
PETROL
 
BRITISH CONSUL (Br)
45
6,940
1924
FFO
SCAPA FLOW
BRITISH ENDURANCE (Br)
52
8,406
1936
AVGAS
 
BRITISH HUSSAR (Br)
54
6,944
1923
FUEL OIL
 
BRITISH INTEGRITY (Br)
71
8,412
1927
PETROL
 
BRITISH RESOLUTION (Br)
85
8,408
1937
PETROL
 
BRITISH SINCERITY (Br)
75
8,538
1939
PETROL
 
CALOBRE (Pan)
94
6,891
1919
GENERAL
RETURNED
CAMELLIA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 13/09 - 20/09
CARELIA (Br)
42
8,062
1938
PETROL
 
CELANDINE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 13/09 - 20/09
CHURCHILL 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/09 - 20/09
CIRCASSIA (Br)
 
11,136
1937
 
AS AMC ESCORT
CITY OF EXETER (Br)
62
9,654
1914
GENERAL, IRON
61 PASSENGERS
CITY OF HANKOW (Br)
77
7,360
1915
GENERAL
 
CITY OF RIPON (Br)
67
6,368
1915
GENERAL
 
CLAN MURDOCH (Br)
12
5,950
1919
GENERAL
 
CRISTALES (Br)
11
5,389
1926
FRIG, GENERAL
12 PASSENGERS
DAGHILD (Nor)
63
9,272
1927
CRUDE OIL
 
DORELIAN (Br)
31
6,431
1923
GENERAL
 
ELISABETH VAN BELGIE (Bel)
36
4,241
1909
SUGAR
 
EMPIRE ORTOLAN (Br)
92
4,970
1919
STEEL
 
EMPIRE STEEL (Br)
74
8,138
1941
PETROL
 
EYEBRIGHT 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 13/09 - 20/09
GEO W MCKNIGHT (Br)
81
12,502
1933
PETROL
 
GEORGE H JONES (Pan)
32
6,914
1919
POOL OIL
 
GLITTRE (Nor)
24
6,409
1928
DIESO
 
GRAIGLAS (Br)
91
4,312
1940
GRAIN, MT
 
HALIZONES (Br)
96
3,298
1920
GENERAL
1 PASSENGER
HAMILTON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 10/09 - 13/09
HARPEFJELL (Nor)
86
1,333
1939
GENERAL, MT
 
HOPEMOUNT (Br)
25
7,434
1929
FUEL OIL
 
INDUNA (Br)
15
5,086
1925
LUMBER
 
INNEROY (Nor)
35
8,260
1936
PETROL
 
JANETA (Br)
56
4,312
1929
STEEL, LUMBER
 
KOLLBJORG (Nor)
73
8,259
1937
PETROL
 
LECHISTAN (Pol)
72
1,937
1929
GENERAL
 
LISE (Nor)
44
6,826
1931
FUEL OIL
 
LULWORTH HILL (Br)
57
7,628
1940
GENERAL
ROMPER
MALANCHA (Br)
61
8,124
1937
GENERAL
 
MALCOLM 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/09 - 23/09
MONKSHOOD 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 22/09 - 25/09
NORMAN PRINCE (Br)
13
1,913
1940
SUGAR
RETURNED
NORTH KING (Pan)
26
4,934
1903
GENERAL
for N RUSSIA see PQ 001
NORTHERN GEM 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/09 - 25/09
NORTHERN PRIDE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/09 - 25/09
NORTHERN SPRAY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/09 - 25/09
NORVIK (Pan)
84
9,555
1938
FUEL OIL
 
PACIFIC GROVE (Br)
51
7,117
1928
GENERAL
3 PASSENGERS
PETER MAERSK (Br)
14
5,476
1932
GENERAL
 
PETUNIA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/09 - 24/09
PRESIDENT DE VOGUE (Nor)
46
9,320
1935
PETROL
 
RINGSTAD (Nor)
93
4,765
1923
FRIG, GENERAL
6 PASSENGERS
ROBERT F HAND (Br)
82
12,197
1933
PETROL
 
ROYAL STAR (Br)
41
7,900
1919
FRIG
 
SAN ERNESTO (Br)
55
8,078
1939
PETROL
 
SOLARIUM (Br)
34
6,239
1936
PETROL
 
SOMERVILLE (Nor)
66
4,265
1929
GENERAL
 
ST ZENO 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/09 - 17/09
STUART PRINCE (Br)
95
1,911
1940
GENERAL
 
THORSHOLM (Nor)
33
9,937
1937
FFO
 
THORSHOV (Nor)
64
9,955
1935
PETROL
 
TILAPA (Br)
21
5,392
1928
FRIG, GENERAL
12 PASSENGERS
TRICULA (Br)
23
6,221
1936
FFO
HVALFJORD
VALLDEMOSA (Br)
22
7,222
1935
PETROL, PARAFFIN
 
WATCHMAN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/09 - 25/09
WINAMAC (Br)
53
8,621
1926
FFO
 
WINCHELSEA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/09 - 16/09
ZAAFARAN (Br)
 
1,559
1921
 
RESCUE SHIP

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy HX.149:

    18 EG ex ON 16,ASCANIA addl for passage to UK,CELANDINE lent from 25EG
    WEST LOCAL SOE HAMILTON, WEST OCEAN ESCORT 18EG SOE CHURCHILL, EAST OCEAN ESCORT 8EG SOE MALCOLM
    COMMODORE: V-Adm G T C P SWABEY CB DSO IN PACIFIC GROVE
    VICE COMMODORE: R-Adm R G ROWLEY-CONWY CMG IN DORELIAN
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.