At daylight COSSACK and GURKHA joined 9 west coast ships from convoy HN21 en route from Bergen.
CONVOY HN 21 – Norway-U.K.
Departed Norway on March 22-1940 and arrived Methil on March 25
| 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 21 had 7 British, 18 Norwegian, 5 Swedish, 4 Danish, 4 Finnish and 1 Estonian ship for a total of 39, 9 of which were bound for the west coast. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination |
| Lily | Danish | ballast | Port Talbot |
| Vestra | British | pig iron | Grangemouth |
| Eos | Estonian | general | Aberdeen |
| Garm | Swedish | fresh produce | Hull |
| Scania | “ | pulp – props | Blyth |
| Trolla | Norwegian | pulp | Grimsby |
| Kongshavn | “ | cod roe | illegible (looks like Concarneau) |
| Vard | “ | ballast | Blyth |
| Hjalmar Wessel | “ | ballast | Blyth |
| Sollund | “ | talc | Manchester |
| Lab | “ | pulp | Calais (did not sail? See note below) |
| Nurgis | “ | pulp | Dundee |
| Røsten | “ | pyrites | Hull |
| Burgos* | “ | general | London |
| Bjørkhaug | “ | pulp | Rouen |
| Vestmanrød | “ | fish roe | same as Kongshavn |
| Pluto | Finnish | ballast | Barry |
| Rosenborg | “ | pulp | Grimsby |
| Rigmor | Danish | ballast | Blyth |
| Karen | “ | ballast | Tyne |
| Sophie | “ | ballast | Methil |
| Galatea | Norwegian | general | Hull |
| Vestland | “ | ballast | Burntisland |
| Asgerd | “ | paper – timber | Hull |
| Roy | “ | ballast | Tees |
| Navarra | “ | ballast | Swansea |
| Diana | “ | general | Newcastle |
| Mira | “ | fresh fish – passengers – mail | Newcastle |
| Johanna | Swedish | general | Rouen |
| Gwalia | “ | general | Manchester |
| Maud Thordén | Finnish | timber | Liverpool |
| Hague | British | general | Grangemouth |
| King Alfred | “ | ore | Immingham |
| Bradburn | “ | ore | Middlesbrough |
| Grängesberg | Swedish | ore | Middlesbrough |
| Becheville | British | ore | Middlesbrough |
| Wentworth | “ | ore | Immingham |
| Sarmatia | Finnish | pulp | Rochester |
| Erica | Norwegian | pulp | Manchester |
| Fintra | British | general | Grangemouth |
| The above agrees on the whole with a list of ships received from Don Kindell, based on the late Arnold Hague’s database, except A. Hague has not included the Norwegian Lab in this convoy. Note that she also appears in HN 23B. | |||
| * According to my info for Burgos, she struck a mine on March 28 before having reached her destination – see my page about this ship. The external site that I’ve linked to further down on this page (scroll down in the text under March 28) states she was in Convoy FS 31 at the time, and that the sloop Pelican rescued her entire crew. The FS convoys are available on this external site and Burgos is included on this page. As will be seen, the Norwegian Asgerd, Trolla and Bjørkhaug, the Swedish Johanna, the Finnish Rosenborg and Sarmatia, and the British King Alfredand Wentworth (all from Convoy HN 21) are also listed.
All the Norwegian ships mentioned here 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: |
