Convoy SC 94

Convoy SC-94 was the 94th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, to Liverpool.^[1] Ships departed Sydney on 31 July 1942^[2] and were met by Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group C-1 consisting of the Canadian River class destroyer Assiniboine with the Flower class corvettes Battleford, Chilliwack, Dianthus, Thornycroft type flotilla leader Broke and the Polish destroyer Blyskawica arrived to reinforce the escort as Dianthus left the convoy to repair damage incurred while ramming and sinking Liverpool on 13 August.^[1]

Ships in convoy

Name[6]	Flag[6]	Dead[5]	Tonnage[6]	Cargo[5]	Notes[6]
Aghios Spyridon (1905)			3,338 gross register tons (GRT)	grain	survived this convoy and convoy SC 104
Anneberg (1902)		(none)	2,537 GRT	3,200 tons woodpulp	sunk by		4,949 GRT	flour
Boston City (1920)			2,870 GRT	general cargo	survived this convoy, convoy ON 127, convoy SC 104 & convoy SC 122
Brisk (1923)			1,594 GRT	flour & general cargo
Cape Race (1930)		(none)	3,807 GRT	13 passengers, 3,979 tons lumber & 1,040 tons steel	sunk by		3,067 GRT	general cargo	veteran of convoy HX 84
Condylis (1914)		9	4,439 GRT	6,924 tons grain & trucks	sunk by		4,640 GRT	general cargo
Drakepool (1924)			4,838 GRT	(in ballast)	survived this convoy and convoy SC 122
Empire Antelope (1919)			4,945 GRT	general cargo	survived to be sunk 2 months later in convoy SC 107
Empire Moonbeam (1941)			6,849 GRT	phosphates	survived to be sunk the following month in convoy ON 127
Empire Reindeer (1919)		(none)	6,259 GRT	5,950 tons woodpulp & general cargo	sunk by Empire Scout (1936)			2,229 GRT	grain	ship's master was convoy vice commodore
Hagood (1919)			6,866 GRT	diesel
Illinoian (1918)			6,473 GRT	mail & general cargo
Inger Lise (1939)			1,582 GRT	lumber	survived this convoy and convoy SC 104
Ingerfem (1912)			3,987 GRT	iron ore	survived this convoy and convoy SC 104
Kaimoku (1919)		4	6,367 GRT	US Army stores	sunk by	3	3,956 GRT	2,000 tons ammunition & 2,618 tons general cargo	sunk by U-176 8 Aug
Mars (1925)			1,582 GRT	flour	survived this convoy and convoy SC 104
Melmore Head (1918)			5,273 GRT	general cargo	veteran of convoy SC 7; survived to be sunk 4 months later in convoy ON 154
Mount Kassion (1918)		(none)	5,273 GRT	9,700 tons general cargo	sunk by U-176 8 Aug
Mount Pelion (1917)			5,655 GRT	general cargo	survived to be sunk 2 months later in convoy SC 107
Norelg (1920)			6,103 GRT	general cargo
Oregon (1920)		11	6,008 GRT	1 passenger & 8,107 tons general cargo	sunk by		1,418 GRT	timber
Panos (1920)			4,914 GRT	coal
Penolver (1912)			3,721 GRT	grain & general cargo
Radchurch (1910)		(none)	3,701 GRT	iron ore	abandoned undamaged & sunk by U-176 9 Aug
Spar (1924)		3	3,616 GRT	mail & 4,900 tons general cargo	sunk by	31	4,817 GRT	3,000 tons steel & 3,000 tons food	carried convoy commodore VADM D F Moir DSO; sunk by U-176 8 Aug
Tynemouth (1940)			3,168 GRT	lumber & steel	survived this convoy, convoy SL 125 & convoy ON 154
Veni (1901)			2,982 GRT	steel & woodpulp	survived this convoy & convoy ON 154
Willemsplein (1910)			5,489 GRT	iron ore	survived this convoy and convoy ON 127

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Hague 2000 p.133
2. ^ Hague 2000 p.135
3. ^ Milner 1985 p.285
4. ^ ^{a b c d e} Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.153
5. ^ ^{a b c d} Hague 2000 p.137
6. ^ ^{a b c d} "SC convoys". Andrew Hague Convoy Database. http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/sc/index.html. Retrieved 2011-05-29. 

References

• Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-019-3. 
• Milner, Marc (1985). North Atlantic Run. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-450-0. 
• Rohwer, J. and Hummelchen, G. (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-105-X.