British Escort Movements WW2 - Armed Merchant Cruisers

Convoy Escort Histories of Royal and Dominion Navy Vessels in World War 2
by Don Kindell

ARMED MERCHANT CRUISERS, Part 1 of 3

above left, HMS Alaunia as repair ship, converted in 1944

(NavyPhotos, click photos for enlargements)

Part 1

Alaunia, Alcantara, Antenor, Arawa, Ascania, Aurania, Ausonia, Bulolo, California, Canton, Carnarvon Castle, Carthage, Cathay, Cheshire

Part 2

Chitral, Cilicia, Circassia, Comorin, Corfu, Derbyshire, Dunvegan Castle, Esperance Bay, Hector, Jervis Bay, Kanimbla (RAN), Laconia, Letitia, Maloja, Manoora (RAN), Montclare

Part 3

Mooltan, Moreton Bay, Pretoria Castle, Prince David (RCN), Prince Henry (RCN), Prince Robert (RCN), Queen Of Bermuda, Rajputana, Ranchi, Ranpura, Salopian, Voltaire, Westralia (RAN), Wolfe, Worcestershire

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HMS ALAUNIA

Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
05/10/39	05/10/39	HG 002	13/10/39	13/10/39
17/11/39	17/11/39	HXF 009	26/11/39	29/11/39
10/12/39	10/12/39	HXF 012	22/12/39	24/12/39
28/01/40	28/01/40	HXF 018	06/02/40	08/02/40
18/02/40	18/02/40	HX 021	01/03/40	04/03/40
29/03/40	29/03/40	HX 031	09/04/40	13/04/40
22/04/40	22/04/40	HX 037	06/05/40	07/05/40
25/06/40	25/06/40	HX 053	07/07/40	10/07/40
22/07/40	22/07/40	BHX 060	27/07/40	27/07/40
03/08/40	03/08/40	BHX 063	08/08/40	08/08/40
15/08/40	15/08/40	BHX 066	20/08/40	20/08/40
28/08/40	28/08/40	HX 069	08/09/40	12/09/40
24/09/40	24/09/40	BHX 076	29/09/40	29/09/40
06/10/40	06/10/40	BHX 079	11/10/40	11/10/40
20/10/40	20/10/40	HX 082	31/10/40	06/11/40
14/11/40	14/11/40	HX 087	26/11/40	29/11/40
12/12/40	12/12/40	BHX 096	18/12/40	18/12/40
24/12/40	24/12/40	BHX 099	29/12/40	29/12/40
26/12/40	26/12/40	HX 099	06/01/41	11/01/41
21/01/41	21/01/41	BHX 104	09/02/41	09/02/41
17/02/41	17/02/41	BHX 110	23/02/41	23/02/41
05/03/41	05/03/41	HX 113	16/03/41	21/03/41
20/04/41	20/04/41	HX 122	04/05/41	08/05/41
29/05/41	29/05/41	BHX 130	05/06/41	05/06/41
04/09/41	04/09/41	HX 148	15/09/41	17/09/41
10/03/42	10/03/42	KR 001	17/03/42	20/03/42
02/10/42	04/10/42	CM 032A	08/10/42	unknown
04/11/42	04/11/42	PB 010	11/11/42	11/11/42
17/05/43	17/05/43	BA 044	25/05/43	25/05/43
27/07/43	27/07/43	KA 008	02/08/43	02/08/43
08/08/43	08/08/43	AB 009	13/08/43	13/08/43
25/08/43	25/08/43	BA 047	31/08/43	31/08/43
08/09/43	08/09/43	AB 010	14/09/43	14/09/43
09/02/44	09/02/44	BM 085A	12/02/44	12/02/44


HMS ALCANTARA

Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
03/10/40	26/10/40	SL 050	03/10/40	unknown
12/10/40	12/10/40	SL 051	31/10/40	31/10/40
31/10/41	31/10/41	CF 003	03/11/41	16/11/41
19/12/42	20/12/42	CF 010	29/12/42	31/12/42


HMS ANTENOR

Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
02/08/40	02/08/40	WS 001	06/08/40	06/08/40
10/08/40	10/08/40	BN 003	15/08/40	23/08/40
10/09/40	10/09/40	BN 005	19/09/40	26/09/40
19/09/40	20/09/40	BN 005A	20/09/40	29/09/40
23/09/40	25/09/40	BN 006	01/10/40	11/10/40
10/10/40	10/10/40	BN 007	16/10/40	26/10/40
25/10/40	25/10/40	BN 008	03/11/40	11/11/40
20/02/41	20/02/41	BA 001	unknown	unknown
04/03/41	04/03/41	BM 004	12/03/41	07/03/41
08/03/41	08/03/41	BM 004/1	16/03/41	16/03/41
20/03/41	20/03/41	BN 022	26/03/41	07/04/41
24/03/41	24/03/41	BM 004/2	26/03/41	26/03/41
21/04/41	21/04/41	BP 001	unknown	29/04/41
09/05/41	09/05/41	BP 003	unknown	15/05/41
23/05/41	23/05/41	BP 004	unknown	30/05/41
02/06/41	02/06/41	BP 005	unknown	09/06/41
11/06/41	11/06/41	BA 003	20/06/41	20/06/41
25/06/41	25/06/41	BP 007	unknown	02/07/41
03/07/41	03/07/41	BP 008	unknown	10/07/41
24/08/41	28/08/41	BM 008	31/08/41	02/09/41


HMS ARAWA

Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
28/09/40	28/09/40	BM 001S	01/10/40	01/10/40
27/10/40	27/10/40	SL 053	17/11/40	18/11/40
30/01/41	30/01/41	SL 064	17/02/41	22/02/41
23/03/41	23/03/41	SL 069	14/04/41	unknown
09/05/41	12/05/41	HP	25/05/41	24/05/41
08/06/41	08/06/41	SL 077	02/07/41	03/07/41


HMS ASCANIA

Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
08/11/39	08/11/39	HXF 008	19/11/39	21/11/39
02/12/39	02/12/39	HXF 011	12/12/39	15/12/39
27/12/39	27/12/39	HXF 014	05/01/40	08/01/40
20/01/40	20/01/40	HXF 017	29/01/40	01/02/40
13/03/40	13/03/40	HX 027	25/03/40	28/03/40
06/04/40	06/04/40	HX 033	15/04/40	20/04/40
26/04/40	26/04/40	HX 038	08/05/40	12/05/40
31/05/40	31/05/40	BHX 047	08/06/40	08/06/40
16/06/40	16/06/40	BHX 051	21/06/40	21/06/40
11/07/40	11/07/40	HX 057	23/07/40	26/07/40
04/08/40	04/08/40	HX 063	16/08/40	19/08/40
27/08/40	27/08/40	BHX 069	01/09/40	01/09/40
13/09/40	13/09/40	HX 073	24/09/40	28/09/40
10/10/40	10/10/40	BHX 080	15/10/40	15/10/40
24/10/40	24/10/40	HX 083	02/11/40	07/11/40
23/11/40	23/11/40	BHX 091	28/11/40	28/11/40
04/12/40	04/12/40	BHX 094	09/12/40	09/12/40
25/01/41	25/01/41	HX 105	06/02/41	09/02/41
18/02/41	18/02/41	SC 023	08/03/41	09/03/41
21/03/41	21/03/41	HX 116	04/04/41	09/04/41
06/05/41	06/05/41	HX 125A	18/05/41	22/05/41
18/06/41	18/06/41	BHX 134	23/06/41	23/06/41
28/06/41	28/06/41	BHX 136	03/07/41	03/07/41
30/06/41	30/06/41	HX 136	13/07/41	18/07/41
22/07/41	22/07/41	HX 140	02/08/41	06/08/41
31/07/41	05/08/41	ON 003	08/08/41	14/08/41
10/09/41	10/09/41	HX 149	24/09/41	25/09/41
13/09/42	13/09/42	HX 207	24/09/42	25/09/42


HMS AURANIA

Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
27/05/40	27/05/40	BHX 046	02/06/40	02/06/40
28/05/40	02/06/40	HX 046	09/06/40	12/06/40
21/06/40	21/06/40	HX 052	02/07/40	06/07/40
18/07/40	18/07/40	BHX 059	23/07/40	23/07/40
31/07/40	31/07/40	HX 062	11/08/40	15/08/40
24/08/40	24/08/40	HX 068	04/09/40	08/09/40
21/09/40	21/09/40	HX 075	03/10/40	07/10/40
14/10/40	14/10/40	BHX 081	19/10/40	19/10/40
03/12/40	13/12/40	HX 093	11/12/40	18/12/40
12/01/41	12/01/41	SC 019	26/01/41	02/02/41
07/02/41	07/02/41	BHX 108	12/02/41	12/02/41
23/02/41	23/02/41	HX 111	07/03/41	12/03/41
06/04/41	06/04/41	HX 119A	15/04/41	22/04/41
10/05/41	10/05/41	HX 126	21/05/41	28/05/41
11/06/41	17/06/41	OB 334	20/06/41	25/06/41
11/07/41	11/07/41	HX 138	14/07/41	27/07/41
12/07/41	13/07/41	SC 037	14/07/41	28/07/41


HMS AUSONIA

Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
12/12/39	12/12/39	HX 012	25/12/39	27/12/39
12/01/40	12/01/40	HXF 016	21/01/40	24/01/40
04/02/40	04/02/40	HXF 019	14/02/40	17/02/40
26/02/40	26/02/40	HX 023	09/03/40	12/03/40
21/03/40	21/03/40	HX 029	02/04/40	04/04/40
20/05/40	20/05/40	HX 044	30/05/40	03/06/40
09/06/40	10/06/40	HX 049	20/06/40	24/06/40
06/07/40	06/07/40	BHX 056	11/07/40	11/07/40
23/07/40	23/07/40	HX 060	04/08/40	07/08/40
16/08/40	16/08/40	HX 066	27/08/40	31/08/40
12/09/40	12/09/40	BHX 073	17/09/40	17/09/40
18/10/40	18/10/40	BHX 082	22/10/40	22/10/40
30/10/40	30/10/40	BHX 085	04/11/40	04/11/40
14/11/40	14/11/40	HX 088	25/11/40	30/11/40
10/12/40	10/12/40	HX 095	22/12/40	27/12/40
05/01/41	05/01/41	HX 101	17/01/41	22/01/41
01/02/41	01/02/41	BHX 107	07/02/41	07/02/41
13/02/41	13/02/41	HX 109	26/02/41	04/03/41
20/06/41	20/06/41	SC 035	04/07/41	09/07/41
06/07/41	12/07/41	OB 343	20/07/41	21/07/41
01/08/41	01/08/41	HX 142	12/08/41	18/08/41
11/08/41	17/08/41	ON 006	24/08/41	24/08/41
05/09/41	05/09/41	SC 043	08/09/41	20/09/41


HMS BULOLO

Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
24/01/40	24/01/40	SL 018	09/02/40	12/02/40
22/02/40	22/02/40	SL 021F	04/03/40	07/03/40
15/04/40	15/04/40	SL 028	29/04/40	unknown
23/05/40	23/05/40	SL 033	06/06/40	09/06/40
25/07/40	25/07/40	SL 041	08/08/40	08/08/40
28/07/40	08/08/40	SL 041F	10/08/40	14/08/40
03/09/40	03/09/40	SL 046	19/09/40	23/09/40
21/11/40	21/11/40	SL 056	08/12/40	12/12/40
01/01/41	01/01/41	SL 061	18/01/41	24/01/41
10/02/41	10/02/41	SL 065	02/03/41	08/03/41
23/03/41	26/03/41	SL 069	29/03/41	unknown
29/03/41	31/03/41	SL 070	19/04/41	23/04/41
10/05/41	10/05/41	SL 074	29/05/41	04/06/41
11/06/41	20/06/41	OB 334	25/06/41	25/06/41
21/02/44	21/02/44	SNF 015	24/02/44	24/02/44


HMS CALIFORNIA

Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
27/02/41	27/02/41	BHX 112	04/03/41	04/03/41
17/03/41	17/03/41	HX 115	28/03/41	03/04/41
16/04/41	16/04/41	HX 121	27/04/41	03/05/41
20/05/41	20/05/41	HX 128	unknown	06/06/41
11/06/41	20/06/41	OB 334	25/06/41	25/06/41
30/06/41	30/06/41	HX 136	13/07/41	18/07/41
11/07/41	16/07/41	OB 345	24/07/41	26/07/41
16/08/41	16/08/41	HX 145	25/08/41	31/08/41
30/08/41	04/09/41	ON 011	11/09/41	11/09/41
26/01/42	29/01/42	CARNIVAL	01/02/42	04/02/42


HMS CANTON

Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
20/07/40	20/07/40	SL 040F	01/08/40	01/08/40
16/07/40	01/08/40	SL 040	02/08/40	08/08/40
18/08/40	18/08/40	SL 044	05/09/40	07/09/40
10/09/40	27/09/40	AP 003/1	09/10/40	22/10/40
28/11/40	28/11/40	SL 057	15/12/40	19/12/40
20/01/41	20/01/41	SL 063	09/02/41	09/02/41
12/03/41	12/03/41	SL 068	21/03/41	21/03/41
03/07/41	03/07/41	SL 080	07/07/41	29/07/41
17/10/41	17/10/41	CT 004	21/10/41	23/10/41
15/03/43	15/03/43	CM 040/1	19/03/43	unknown
22/03/43	26/03/43	CM 040	30/03/43	01/04/43
30/03/43	30/03/43	CM 040B	08/04/43	08/04/43
10/04/43	10/04/43	BA 042	15/04/43	15/04/43
10/04/43	10/04/43	PB 035	unknown	17/04/43
04/05/43	04/05/43	AB 008	10/05/43	10/05/43
26/05/43	29/05/43	US 019	04/06/43	04/06/43


HMS CARNARVON CASTLE

Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
25/11/39	25/11/39	SL 010F	08/12/39	08/12/39
27/12/39	27/12/39	SL 014F	08/01/40	11/01/40
16/01/40	16/01/40	SL 017	31/01/40	04/02/40
17/04/40	17/04/40	SL 028F	22/04/40	22/04/40
01/05/40	01/05/40	SL 030	15/05/40	18/05/40
31/05/40	31/05/40	SL 034	14/06/40	15/06/40
01/07/40	01/07/40	SL 038	17/07/40	20/07/40
10/09/40	10/09/40	SL 047	26/09/40	28/09/40
10/09/40	unknown	AP 003/1	04/10/40	22/10/40
22/11/41	22/11/41	CF 003/2	01/12/41	01/12/41
05/11/43	05/11/43	SR 007/1	12/11/43	12/11/43
31/10/43	16/11/43	MKF 025A	21/11/43	24/11/43


HMS CARTHAGE

Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
06/09/40	06/09/40	AK 001/1	17/09/40	17/09/40
10/09/40	09/10/40	AP 003/1	15/10/40	22/10/40
08/10/40	15/10/40	SW 002	22/10/40	22/10/40
29/10/40	01/11/40	WS 003	07/11/40	16/11/40
03/10/40	01/11/40	WS 003A	07/11/40	27/10/40
01/11/40	10/11/40	WS 003C	16/11/40	16/11/40
09/12/40	09/12/40	CM 007	unknown	15/12/40
07/06/41	09/06/41	CM 011	unknown	19/06/41
13/10/41	13/10/41	SW 010	19/10/41	19/10/41
21/10/41	21/10/41	SW 010/1	27/10/41	27/10/41
31/12/41	31/12/41	BA 012	06/01/42	06/01/42
09/11/42	09/11/42	CM 034	21/11/42	21/11/42
10/01/43	10/01/43	MC 003	23/01/43	23/01/43
08/05/43	08/05/43	BA 043	16/05/43	16/05/43
30/05/43	30/05/43	CM 042	10/06/43	10/06/43
15/06/43	15/06/43	KR 005	27/06/43	27/06/43
17/09/43	18/09/43	MKF 024	23/09/43	07/10/43


HMS CATHAY

Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
23/06/40	23/06/40	BN 001	04/07/40	12/07/40
17/07/40	17/07/40	BN 002	26/07/40	05/08/40
26/08/40	26/08/40	SL 045	14/09/40	15/09/40
15/12/40	20/12/40	SL 059	31/12/40	05/01/41
17/05/41	17/05/41	SL 075	12/06/41	13/06/41
05/08/41	05/08/41	SL 083	28/08/41	28/08/41


HMS CHESHIRE

Date convoy sailed	Joined convoy as escort	Convoy No.	Left convoy	Date convoy arrived
13/01/40	13/01/40	SL 016F	24/01/40	27/01/40
14/02/40	14/02/40	SL 020F	28/02/40	28/02/40
14/03/40	14/03/40	SL 024	29/03/40	31/03/40
06/06/41	06/06/41	HX 131	17/06/41	23/06/41
16/06/41	23/06/41	OB 335	24/06/41	02/07/41
04/07/41	04/07/41	BHX 137	10/07/41	10/07/41
06/07/41	09/07/41	HX 137	10/07/41	22/07/41
04/08/42	07/08/42	SL 118	21/08/42	26/08/42

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revised 22/10/08