Methil was the destination port for a lot of North Sea shipping
Methil ?
Just outside Rosyth\Forth of Forth on the SH3 map
HN convoys sailed west from Bergen then south to Methil
ON convoys the reverse
Something like this
Singles left from many ports either side of the North Sea
Of course after a few neutral merc sinkings in the North Sea many neutral mercs sailed in convoy form Bergen under British protection
HN 9A
19 Norwegian, 9 Swedish, 4 Finnish, 4 Estonian, 1 Latvian
Escorts:
HMS Isis (S.O.),
Imogen, Kashmir, Tartar and
Seal (the latter stationed 3 cables abeam of leading ship of port column).
Air Escort - sighted every day
37 neutral mercs and 4 destroyers and a sub
:rotfl:
What a renown hit that convoy would be
Of course thet werent all like that
Convoy HN.2 of eight British and one Finnish steamer departed Bergen and was joined by destroyers ICARUS, IMOGEN, IMPULSIVE. The convoy was covered by battleships NELSON and RODNEY and accompanying forces which departed Rosyth on the 12th. ICARUS was relieved by destroyer IMPERIAL and then proceeded to Rosyth for boiler cleaning