Convoy HX.230

Departed from NYC on 18 March 1943.
Arrived Liverpool on 2 April 1943.
Hague's records contain 46 merchants and 21 escorts (41 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
ABANGAREZ (US)
102
4,538
1909
GENERAL
 
ACAVUS (Br)
113
8,010
1935
GASOIL
 
ALBION STAR (Br)
44
7,946
1919
FRIG, GENERAL
 
AMASTRA (Br)
93
8,031
1935
ALCOHOL, SPIRIT
RETURNED HX WITH DEFECTS
BARONESA (Br)
42
8,663
1918
FRIG EX HALIFAX
 
BENJAMIN CONTEE (US)
64
7,176
1942
STEEL, GENERAL
COLLISION, AFTER ARRIVAL AT LPL, 3.4
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (US)
132
7,176
1942
general
 
BROCKVILLE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 18/03 - 21/03
CAVINA (Br)
82
6,907
1924
FRIG EX HALIFAX
 
CITY OF CANBERRA (Br)
63
7,484
1927
GENERAL
 
COLLEGIAN (Br)
62
7,886
1923
COTTON, GENERAL
 
COMEDIAN (Br)
41
5,122
1929
SUGAR
 
DAHLIA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/03 - 01/04
DELILIAN (Br)
54
6,423
1923
GENERAL EX HALIFAX
1 PASSENGER
EMPIRE CHAPMAN (Br)
92
8,194
1942
PETROL
fitted with AND
EMPIRE CHIVALRY (Br)
33
6,007
1937
GENERAL
 
EMPIRE GRENADIER (Br)
84
9,811
1942
PETROL
 
ESSO CHARLESTON (US)
72
7,949
1938
FFO
 
FORT VERMILLION (Br)
133
7,133
1942
FLOUR EX HALIFAX
 
FRANZ KLASEN (Pan)
103
11,194
1932
GAS OIL EX HALIFAX
 
FREDERICK LYKES (US)
91
7,773
1940
GENERAL
 
FREDERICTON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/03 - 24/03
GRANDMERE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/03 - 24/03
HALIFAX 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 18/03 - 24/03
HMS WOLFE (Br)
61
16,418
1921
NAVAL STORES
 
HOYANGER (Nor)
32
4,624
1926
GENERAL
 
HURRICANE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/03 - 01/04
IMPULSIVE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/03 - 31/03
JAMES BARBOUR (US)
22
7,176
1943
SULPHUR
 
JOHN H EATON (US)
74
7,176
1943
SULPHUR
 
JOSEPH H HOLLISTER (US)
21
7,176
1943
GENERAL
 
KAFIRISTAN (Br)
11
7,248
1941
GENERAL EX HALIFAX
 
KAIPAKI (Br)
101
5,862
1939
GENERAL
 
KALE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/03 - 30/03
KONG HAAKON VII (Nor)
104
7,073
1942
GENERAL
 
LETHBRIDGE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 18/03 - 24/03
LIMOGES (Br)
 
2,306
1919
 
DIGBY
LUCELLUM (Br)
81
9,425
1938
PETROL
 
MEADOWSWEET 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/03 - 01/04
MOLDA (Nor)
43
5,137
1937
GENERAL
 
MONKSHOOD 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/03 - 01/04
MORMACREY (US)
83
5,946
1919
GENERAL
 
NARVIK 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 01/04 - 02/04
NEWBROUGH (Br)
131
5,255
1941
GRAIN
 
NIAGARA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/03 - 24/03
O B SORENSEN (Nor)
122
7,919
1931
PARAFFIN, VAP OIL
 
OBEDIENT 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/03 - 31/03
OFFA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/03 - 31/03
ONSLAUGHT 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/03 - 31/03
OPALIA (Br)
53
6,195
1938
VAP OIL
 
ORIBI 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/03 - 31/03
ORWELL 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/03 - 31/03
PACIFIC SHIPPER (Br)
71
6,290
1924
GENERAL
 
PAN GULF (US)
123
5,599
1918
GENERAL EX HALIFAX
 
PAN-MARYLAND (US)
121
7,701
1938
PARAFFIN, OIL
 
PIERRE SOULE (US)
 
7,191
1943
 
SD ST JOHN NF, DID NOT MEET,RETURNED
ROCKINGHAM 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/03 - 30/03
SAMUEL L FULLER (US)
73
6,950
1921
FFO EX HALIFAX
RETURNED
SANTA BARBARA (US)
111
6,507
1943
GENERAL
 
SKJELBRED (Nor)
12
5,096
1937
SUGAR
 
SOUTHERN SUN (US)
31
8,893
1931
GAS OIL
 
STEEL INVENTOR (US)
51
5,687
1920
GENERAL
 
TAI SHAN (Nor)
94
6,962
1929
GENERAL
 
TEXAS SUN (US)
112
9,933
1937
GASOIL
 
WALLFLOWER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/03 - 01/04
WATCHMAN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 24/03 - 01/04
WILLIAM PIERCE FRYE (US)
52
7,176
1943
GENERAL
STRAGGLED

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy HX.230:

    WLE(S) 24.18.8 SOE LETHBRIDGE, WLE(N) 24.18.8 SOE NIAGARA. NOTER L;ETHBRIDGE & HALIFAX OF WLE(S) JOINED WLE(N) TO WOMP
    OCEAN ESCORT 24.1.15 (B1) SOE HURRICANE. IN SUPPORT 3EG SOE OFFA. LIVERPOOL LOCAL ESCORT NARVIK. 3EG JOINED FROM SC 123
    COMMODORE: Capt I W WHITEHORN RN IN PACIFIC SHIPPER
    VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN KAIPAKI
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.