Convoy HX.2

Departed from Halifax on 23 September 1939.
Arrived Liverpool on 10 October 1939.
Hague's records contain 15 merchants and 4 escorts (15 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
BEAVERBURN (Br)
 
9,874
1927
MT
 
BLAIRMORE (Br)
 
4,141
1928
lumber
 
CHARLES L D (Br)
 
5,273
1933
wheat
 
COMANCHEE (Br)
 
6,837
1936
lub oil
 
CORNER BROOK (Br)
 
5,767
1925
paper
 
FRASER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 23/09 - 25/09
KURDISTAN (Br)
 
5,844
1928
wheat
 
LANGUEDOC (Fr)
 
9,512
1937
crude oil
Le Havre
MANCHESTER PORT (Br)
 
7,071
1935
 
INITIALLY WITH HX 2
MILL HILL (Br)
 
4,318
1930
coke
Rouen
NEW YORK CITY (Br)
 
2,710
1917
copper
 
SALTWICK (Br)
 
3,775
1929
unknown
 
SAN MATEO (Fr)
 
5,947
1931
wheat, cotton oil and
copper for Le Havre
SKEENA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 23/09 - 25/09
ST LAURENT 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 23/09 - 25/09
TOWER FIELD (Br)
 
4,241
1935
paper
 
VANDYCK (Br)
 
13,241
1921
general, apples
requisitioned as ABV on arrival
WANDERER (Br)
 
5,079
1925
sugar, general
 
YORK 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 23/09 - 25/09

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy HX.2:

    COMMODORE: R-Adm A H WALKER OBE IN MANCHESTER PORT
    VICE COMMODORE: Cdr W STANFIELD RNR IN BEAVERBURN
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.