Convoy HX.196

Departed from Halifax on 29 June 1942.
Arrived Liverpool on 10 July 1942.
Hague's records contain 49 merchants and 10 escorts (42 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
AGASSIZ 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 02/07 - 10/07
ARLETTA (Br)
32
4,870
1925
PETROL
 
ASKOT (Nor)
75
1,323
1938
GENERAL
DETACHED TO ST JOHNS NF
AXEL JOHNSON (Sw)
94
4,915
1925
GENERAL
37 PASSENGERS
BARONESA (Br)
81
8,663
1918
GENERAL
 
BELLE ISLE (US)
65
1,960
1932
GENERAL
DETACHED TO ST JOHNS NF
BITTERSWEET 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 02/07 - 10/07
BRIMANGER (Nor)
44
4,883
1929
GENERAL
1 PASSENGER
BRITISH ARDOUR (Br)
92
7,124
1928
PETROL
 
BRITISH HARMONY (Br)
61
8,453
1941
PETROL
 
BRITISH POWER (Br)
31
8,451
1936
AVGAS
 
BRITISH RESOLUTION (Br)
62
8,408
1937
PETROL
 
BRITISH STATESMAN (Br)
63
6,991
1923
AVGAS
 
BUTSER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT
CISTULA (Du)
93
8,097
1939
PETROL
 
CLAN MACINDOE (Br)
71
4,635
1920
SUGAR, 3 MAILS
 
COLLINGWOOD 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 02/07 - 10/07
COMANCHEE (Br)
95
6,837
1936
LUB OIL
 
DELHI (Sw)
15
4,571
1925
STEEL, COTTON
 
DELPHINULA (Br)
33
8,120
1939
GAS OIL
 
DRUPA (Br)
42
8,102
1939
PETROL
 
EMMA BAKKE (Nor)
25
4,721
1929
GENERAL
 
EMPIRE BRONZE (Br)
41
8,142
1940
PETROL
 
EMPIRE EMERALD (Br)
73
8,032
1941
PETROL
 
EMPIRE SAPPHIRE (Br)
53
8,028
1941
VAP OIL
 
EMPIRE SPRAY (Br)
11
7,242
1941
GRAIN
CAM SHIP
EURYADES (Br)
34
5,801
1913
GENERAL
 
FORT FRASER (Br)
13
7,126
1942
GENERAL
 
FORT TOWNSHEND (Br)
55
3,489
1936
GENERAL
DETACHED TO ST JOHNS NF
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (US)
 
7,191
1941
 
ST JOHNS NF
G S WALDEN (Br)
91
10,627
1935
PETROL
 
GOTHLAND (Br)
54
1,286
1932
 
RESCUE SHIP
GYDA (Br)
64
1,695
1934
GENERAL
 
HELGOY (Nor)
74
5,614
1920
GENERAL
 
HOEGH HOOD (Nor)
22
9,351
1936
FFO
 
J L LUCKENBACH (US)
104
6,369
1919
STEEL, GENERAL
 
JAMAICA PLANTER (Br)
101
4,098
1936
GENERAL
22 PASSENGERS
KAMSACK 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/06 - 02/07
MAYFLOWER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 02/07 - 10/07
MIDLAND 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/06 - 02/07
OCEAN MIGHT (Br)
14
7,173
1942
GENERAL
FITTED WITH AND
ORNEFJELL (Nor)
12
1,334
1937
GENERAL
 
OTINA (Br)
83
6,217
1938
PETROL
 
PACIFIC GROVE (Br)
51
7,117
1928
GENERAL
 
PAN-MAINE (US)
84
7,237
1936
DIESO
 
REGENT PANTHER (Br)
23
9,556
1937
VAP OIL
 
ROBERT F HAND (Br)
82
12,197
1933
PETROL
 
SALAMIS (Nor)
43
8,286
1939
LUB OIL
 
SEMINOLE (Br)
72
10,389
1936
PETROL
 
SOREL 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/06 - 02/07
TEESBANK (Br)
24
5,136
1937
SUGAR
 
TILAPA (Br)
21
5,392
1928
BACON
 
TOPDALSFJORD (Nor)
103
4,271
1921
SUGAR
 
TUDOR PRINCE (Br)
102
1,914
1940
GENERAL
 
TYNDAREUS (Br)
52
11,361
1916
GENERAL, 3128 MAILS
102 PASSENGERS
USCGC CAMPBELL 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 02/07 - 10/07
USCGC SPENCER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 02/07 - 10/07
VANQUISHER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/06 - 02/07
ZEBULON B VANCE (US)
45
7,177
1942
BALLAST
DETACHED TO BOTWOOD NF

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy HX.196:

    WEST LOCAN ESC TU 24.18.8 SOE VANOC, MID OCEAN ESCORT TU 24.1.3 (A3) SOE USS CAMBELL, EAST LOCAL ESCORT BUTSER
    COMMODORE: Capt J ELLIOT DSO RD RNR IN PACIFIC GROVE
    VICE COMMODORE: Capt R A MELHUISH RIN IN BARONESA
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.