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CONVOY CU 10
Departed New York on Dec. 26-1943 and arrived Liverpool on Jan. 6-1944.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" agrees with 16 ships in this convoy.

See also Ships in all CU convoys (includes tonnage of each ship, and year built), and Escorts for all CU convoys.

Transcribed from documents received from Tony Cooper, England.
His source: Public Records Office, Kew & Lloyd's List.

All these ships were American, except Erin (British) and Maya (Honduran).
Ship
Had arr. New York
on / from:
Arrived U.K.:
Erin
Dec. 14 from Glasgow
(British)
Liverpool Jan. 6-1944
w/refrig. cargo
Vicksburg
Dec. 22 from Texas City
Liverpool Jan. 7
Kenyon
Dec. 24 from Aruba
Avonmouth Jan. 7
Appomattox
Dec. 20 from Bowling
Bowling Jan. 6
(voyage from Philadelphia)
Kenesaw Mountain
Dec. 20 from Avonmouth
Avonmouth Jan. 7
(voyage from Philadelphia)
Red Canyon
Dec. 20 from Liverpool
Avonmouth Jan. 7
(voyage from Philadelphia)
Occidental
Dec. 20 from Liverpool
Liverpool Jan. 7
Stanlow Jan. 8
(also carried mail)
Robin Locksley
–
Barry (for Dock)
w/general cargo
Sweetwater
Dec. 22 from Baytown
Liverpool Jan. 7
Stanlow Jan. 8
Rosebud
Dec. 20 from Bowling
Bowling Jan. 6
Greenock Jan. 7
Old Kirkpatrick Jan. 7
Cross Keys
Dec. 20 from Belfast
Avonmouth Jan. 7
Fairfax
Dec. 24 from Aruba
Avonmouth Jan. 7
Chickamauga
Dec. 20 from Liverpool
Bowling Jan. 8
Great Meadows
Dec. 22 from Bowling
Glasgow Jan. 6
Bowling Jan. 7
Spottsylvania
Dec. 22 from Aruba
Avonmouth Jan. 7
Belfast Jan. 10
Sharpsburg
Dec. 20 from Avonmouth
Avonmouth Jan. 7
Maya
Dec. 4 from Reykjavik
(Honduran)
Refrig. cargo
Returned to New York Dec. 28 for repairs
Left Dec. 29 for Avonmouth.
Arrived Jan. 14-1944 - Convoy HX 273
Marine Eagle
–
From CU 9
Returned to New York Dec. 28 for repairs
(carried vehicles)
Left again on Dec 29 - See Notes


Notes:
Marine Eagle is listed as sailing in the New York-Clyde Convoy UT 6 (external link), leaving New York on Dec. 29-1943, arriving Clyde Jan. 8-1944, and later returned with Convoy UC 11 at the end of that month - see UC 11 on my page naming ships in all UC convoys.

No further details are available on this convoy.

Escorts (Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database):
USS Fogg
USS Foss
USS Gantner
USS George W. Ingram
USS Ira Jeffery
USS Lee Fox
All joined on Dec. 26-1943 and remained until Jan. 6-1944.

Related external link:
North America–U.K. Convoys 1943

List of T2 Tankers

The T 2 Tanker Page

CU convoys

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