Convoy arrived safely at Bergen. Departs same day as escort to convoy HN 19 in company with EDINBURGH, CALCUTTA, NUBIAN, GURKHA, FALKNOR and FORTUNE.
CONVOY HN 19 – Norway-U.K.
Departed Norway on March 14-1940 and arrived Methil on March 17
| Transcribed from Advance Sailing Telegram received from Tony Cooper, England – His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
Convoy stations are not known. A document listing all the Norway-U.K. Convoys states that Convoy HN 19 had 3 British, 16 Norwegian, 7 Swedish, 4 Finnish and 5 Estonian ships, for a total of 35, 15 of which were bound for the west coast, denoted (W) in the table below. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination |
| Crown Arun | British | pulp (W) | Ellesmere Port |
| Tore Jarl | Norwegian | ballast | Blyth |
| Ruth I | “ | ore (W) | Workington |
| Heien | “ | timber (W) | Liverpool |
| Mammy | “ | tin | Le Havre Listed in HN 20 |
| Evviva | “ | pulp | London |
| Skotfoss | “ | general (W) | Manchester |
| Iris | “ | passengers – fresh fish | North Shields |
| Inger | “ | ballast | Tyne |
| Granfoss | “ | general (W) | Manchester |
| Meggie | Swedish | paper (W) | Bristol |
| Ester Thordén | Finnish | general | London |
| Newton Ash* | British | ore | Middlesebrough |
| North Devon* | “ | ore (W) | Workington |
| Siak | Norwegian | ballast | Methil |
| Selvik | “ | pulp | Northfleet (Thames) |
| Kongshaug | “ | cod roes (W) | Sables d’Olonne |
| Themis | “ | paper | Aberdeen |
| Vim | “ | ballast | Tyne |
| Svanholm | “ | fresh fish | Newcastle |
| Ingeborg | Swedish | general | Leith |
| Brage | “ | timber (W) | Irvine (Ayrshire) |
| Iris | “ | pulp (W) | Ellesmere Port “should have sailed in HN 17“ |
| Olev | Estonian | telegraph poles (W) | Ellesmere Port |
| Sulev | “ | pulp (W) | Ellesmere Port |
| Kotka | Finnish | ballast | Tyne |
| Anneberg | “ | general (W) | Manchester Listed in HN 20 |
| Carolus* | “ | pulp | London |
| Tor | Swedish | butter – bacon | Hull |
| Saga | “ | general (W) | Glasgow |
| Taberg | “ | general | Hull |
| Solhavn | Norwegian | general (W) | Glasgow |
| Rapid II | “ | paper | Dundee |
| Kalev | Estonian | telegraph poles (W) | Newport |
| Margo | “ | general | Hull |
| Najaden | Finnish | general | London |
| Begonia | Estonian | pit props | Blyth |
| * Newton Ash, North Devon and Carolus joined from Ålesund.
Comparing the above with a list of ships received from D. Kindell, based on the late Arnold Hague’s database, I find that only the Norwegian Iris is included (cargo is given as pulp), not the Swedish ship by this name – both are listed in the Advance Sailing Telegram, the Swedish ship with a note saying “should have sailed in HN 17”. |
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| Notes: All the Norwegian ships mentioned in this convoy are discussed on this website, some are listed in the Homefleet section. The easiest way to find them all is via the Master Ship Index. Report on passage is not available. Escorts mentioned on this page:
At 0824/16th, EDINBURGH made a submarine contact in 59-07N, 00-57W, southeast of Fair Isle, and she and COSSACK attacked the contact. At 1330/16th, COSSACK attacked a contact east of Duncansby Head in 58-36N, 1-35W.This contact had been earlier attacked by aircraft. At 2330, EDINBURGH made an attack off Tod Head in 56-54N, 2-13W. When the convoy split into two sections, FAULKNOR and FORTUNE escorted the west coast section of 15 ships to Cape Wrath where the convoy was dispersed. The destroyers arrived at Scapa Flow on the 17th at 0700. Destroyers FAULKNOR and FORESTER anchored in Longhope pending the clearance of Gutter Sound. The convoy of 20 ships arrived at Methil without incident on the 17th. COSSACK, NUBIAN and GURKHA arrived at Rosyth at 1700/17th. |
