Convoy HX.168

Departed from Halifax on 2 January 1942.
Dispersed on 13 January 1942.
Hague's records contain 40 merchants and 13 escorts (36 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
AMSTERDAM (Du)
43
7,329
1922
PETROL
RETURNED
AUBRETIA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 12/01 - 13/01
BRITISH ENGINEER (Br)
32
6,993
1922
PETROL
 
CAPE BRETON (Br)
14
6,044
1940
GRAIN
 
CAPE VERDE (Br)
15
6,914
1941
GENERAL, 537 MAILS
 
CITY OF DERBY (Br)
31
6,616
1921
GENERAL
 
CLAYOQUOT 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 02/01 - 04/01
CORNER BROOK (Br)
51
5,767
1925
STEEL, PAPER
 
CYMBULA (Br)
73
8,082
1938
BENZINE
 
DALHOUSIE (Br)
13
7,072
1940
GENERAL, 8 MAI;
 
DALTONHALL (Br)
91
7,250
1941
GRAIN
CAM SHIP
DELILIAN (Br)
41
6,423
1923
GENERAL
 
EASTERN CITY (Br)
11
5,185
1941
GRAIN
CAM SHIP
EKNAREN (Sw)
55
5,243
1922
GENERAL
 
EL LAGO (Pan)
23
4,221
1920
GENERAL
ICELAND
EMPIRE SAILOR (Br)
61
6,140
1926
GENERAL
 
EMPIRE SPRING (Br)
81
6,946
1941
GRAIN
CAM SHIP
F J WOLFE (Br)
54
12,190
1932
FFO
 
FERNMOOR (Nor)
72
4,268
1928
GENERAL
 
G C BROVIG (Nor)
53
9,718
1930
FFO
 
G S WALDEN (Br)
82
10,627
1935
PETROL
 
HAMILTON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 02/01 - 04/01
JEAN L D (Br)
64
5,795
1935
FRIG, GENERAL
 
KIEV (Russ)
24
5,823
1917
GENERAL
ICELAND & ONWARD TO N RUSSIA
LANCASTRIAN PRINCE (Br)
84
1,914
1940
GENERAL
 
MAHOUT (Br)
52
7,921
1925
GENERAL
 
MOUNT KYLLENE (Gk)
74
3,703
1917
GENERAL
 
N T NIELSEN-ALONSO (Nor)
42
9,348
1900
FUEL OIL
 
NARRAGANSETT (Br)
63
10,389
1936
PETROL
 
NOVELIST (Br)
21
6,133
1940
GENERAL
CAM SHIP
OCEAN VANGUARD (Br)
93
7,174
1941
GENERAL
RETURNED,AFTER COLLISION WITH TOLTEN
PACHESHAM (Br)
 
6,090
1920
STEEL, NEWSPRINT
JOINED EX WABANA
RED DEER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 02/01 - 04/01
RENONCULE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 11/01 - 13/01
ROSELYS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 11/01 - 13/01
SEMINOLE (Br)
44
10,389
1936
PETROL
 
STENTOR (Br)
62
6,148
1926
GENERAL, 399 MAILS
78 PASSENGERS
TAI SHAN (Nor)
92
6,962
1929
GENERAL
10 PASSENGERS
THESEUS (Br)
12
6,527
1908
GENERAL, 649 MAILS
83 PASSENGERS
TOLTEN (Br)
94
5,348
1930
GENERAL
COLLISION WITH OCEAN VANGUARD,RETURNED
TORTUGUERO (Br)
71
5,285
1921
FRIG, GENERAL
 
TOWARD (Br)
 
1,571
1923
 
RESCUE SHIP, DISPERSED ARR CLYDE 16.1
TRITON (Nor)
83
6,607
1930
ZINC, WOOL, 334 MAILS
 
USS BAINBRIDGE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 04/01 - 10/01
USS BROOME 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 04/01 - 10/01
USS DICKERSON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 04/01 - 10/01
USS PEGASUS (US)
22
1,889
1936
GENERAL
ICELAND
USS TRUXTUN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 04/01 - 10/01
USS WOOLSEY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 04/01 - 10/01
VERVAIN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 11/01 - 13/01
WANDERER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 13/01 - 13/01
WINAMAC (Br)
33
8,621
1926
FFO
 
YNGAREN (Sw)
34
5,246
1921
MANGANESE
STRAGGLED, SUNK

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy HX.168:

    WEST LOCAL SOE HAMILTON, WEST OCEAN ESC TU 4.1.6 SOE BAINBRIDGE, EAST ESC 3EG SOE WANDERER
    COMMODORE: R-Adm K E L CREIGHTON MVO IN CORNER BROOK
    VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN CITY OF DERBY
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.