CONVOY HX-79
Departed from Halifax on 8 October 1940 Arrived Liverpool on 23 October 1940

Vessel Pdt. Tons Builtt Cargo Notes
ARABIS
ESCORT 19/10 - 23/10
ATHELMONARCH (Br)
75
8,995
1928
MOLASSES
ARR WITH TORPEDO DAMAGE BY U 47
ATLAND (Sw)
72
5,203
1910
IRON ORE
AXEL JOHNSON (Sw)
74
4,915
1925
GENERAL
SD SYDNEY CB
BARON CARNEGIE (Br)
14
3,178
1925
PITPROPS
SD SYDNEY CB
BENWOOD (Nor)
25
3,931
1910
IRON ORE
SD SYDNEY CB
BIAFRA (Br)
82
5,405
1933
GENERAL
BILDERDIJK (Du)
92
6,856
1922
GENERAL
SUNK BY U 47
BLACKFLY
ESCORT 19/10 -
BLAIRNEVIS (Br)
35
4,155
1930
PITPROPS, STEEL
SD SYDNEY SB
BRITTANY (Br)
83
4,772
1928
GENERAL
SD SYDNEY CB
CADILLAC (Br)
91
12,062
1917
PETROL, PARAFFIN
CAIRNVALONA (Br)
43
4,929
1918
GENERAL
SD SYDNEY CB
CAMPUS (Br)
64
3,667
1925
LUMBER
SD SYDNEY CB
CAPE CORSO (Br)
53
3,807
1929
STEEL RAILS
CAPRELLA (Br)
61
8,230
1931
FUEL OIL
SUNK BY U 100
CITY OF LANCASTER (Br)
11
3,041
1924
GENERAL
COREOPSIS
ESCORT 19/10 - 22/10
EGDA (Nor)
42
10,050
1939
PETROL, PARAFFIN
EMPIRE SWAN (Br)
31
7,964
1922
STEEL
EMPIRE TRADER (Br)
45
9,990
1908
FRIG, GENERAL
JOINED EX BHX 79
ENSEIGNE MAURICE PREHAC (Br)
34
4,578
1924
IRON ORE
SD SYDNEY CB
ERNA III (Br)
22
1,590
1930
PITPROPS
RETURNED
FLOWERGATE (Br)
13
5,161
1911
PIG IRON
FRENCH
ESCORT 08/10 - 09/10
GUNDA (Sw)
23
1,770
1930
PITPROPS
HARBURY (Br)
71
5,081
1933
STEEL, SCRAP IRON
HARLESDEN (Br)
21
5,483
1932
STEEL, PITPROPS
HELIOTROPE
ESCORT 19/10 - 23/10
HIBISCUS
ESCORT 19/10 - 23/10
HOYANGER (Nor)
85
4,624
1926
LUMBER, GENERAL
JOINED EX BHX 79
HUSKY
ESCORT 09/10 - 10/10
INDUNA (Br)
15
5,086
1925
PITPROPS, STEEL
SD SYDNEY CB
JANUS (Sw)
63
9,965
1939
FUEL OIL
SUNK BY U 46
JASON
ESCORT 09/10 -
KIRUNA (Sw)
55
5,484
1921
IRON ORE
SD SYDNEY CB
LA ESTANCIA (Br)
94
5,185
1940
SUGAR
JOINED EX BHX 79, SUNK BY U 47
LADY ELSA
ESCORT 19/10 -
LOCH LOMOND (Br)
33
5,452
1934
LUMBER, STEEL
SD SYDNEY CB. SUNK BY U 100
MARATHON (Gk)
52
7,926
1919
WHEAT
MATHERAN (Br)
81
7,653
1919
GENERAL
SUNK BY U 38
MONTCLARE
ESCORT 09/10 - 18/10
O 14
ESCORT 09/10 - 18/10
RAVNEFJELL (Nor)
73
1,339
1938
GENERAL
SD SYDNEY CB
REINDEER
ESCORT 09/10 - 10/10
RIO BLANCO (Br)
54
4,086
1922
LUMBER
SD SYDNEY SB
RUPERRA (Br)
66
4,548
1925
SCRAP IRON
SD SYDNEY CB. SUNK BY U 46
RYDBOHOLM (Sw)
32
3,197
1933
STEEL
SAGUENAY
ESCORT 08/10 - 09/10
SALACIA (Br)
51
5,495
1937
GENERAL
SAN ROBERTO (Br)
12
5,890
1922
FUEL OIL
SANDANGER (Nor)
41
9,432
1938
PETROL, PARAFFIN
SARDONYX
ESCORT 20/10 -
SHIRAK (Br)
36
6,023
1926
PARAFFIN
JOINED EX BHX 79. SUNK BY U 47 & U 48
SIR ERNEST CASSEL (Sw)
65
7,739
1910
IRON ORE
SD SYDNEY CB
SITALA (Br)
57
6,218
1937
CRUDE OIL
JOINED EX BHX 79. SUNK BY U 100
STURDY
ESCORT 19/10 -
THYRA (Nor)
84
1,655
1920
SULPHITE PULP
SD SYDNEY CB
TIBA (Du)
44
5,239
1938
GRAIN
SD SYDNEY CB
TRIBESMAN (Br)
67
6,242
1937
GENERAL
JOINED EX BHX 79
TRITON (Nor)
56
6,607
1930
WHEAT, WOOL, STEEL
JOINED EX BHX 79
UGANDA (Br)
93
4,966
1927
STEEL, LUMBER
SD SYDNEY CB. SUNK BY U 38
WANDBY (Br)
16
4,947
1940
METAL, LUMBER
JOINED EX BHX 79. SUNK BY U 47 WRECK SANK 21
WELLINGTON COURT (Br)
24
4,979
1930
MAIZE
SD SYDNEY CB
WHITEHALL
ESCORT 19/10 - 21/10
WHITFORD POINT (Br)
62
5,026
1928
STEEL
SUNK BY U 47