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CONVOY CU 3
Departed Curacao on July 10-1943 and arrived Liverpool on the 24th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" agrees with 23 ships in this convoy, giving departure date as July 11.

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.
His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

Crossed out ships did not sail.

All these ships were American tankers - exact cargo not known.

For more info on the CU convoys, please see my page about CU 1.
Ship
Destination
Bennington
Clyde
Birch Coulie
Clyde
Bunker Hill
Clyde
Caribbean
Swansea
Cerro Gordo
Avonmouth
Chapultepec
Swansea
Charlestown
Swansea
Churubusco
Swansea
Colina
Milford Haven / Pembroke
Conastoga
Swansesa
Contreras
Clyde
(See TAG 72 and GN 72,
external links)
Cornell
Avonmouth
Dartmouth
Swansea
Esso Rochester
Avonmouth
Esso Wilmington
Bowling
Arickaree
Mersey / Manchester
Molino del Rey
Swansea
Monmouth
Dingle
Pan Massachusetts
Avonmouth
Pueblo
Clyde
R. C. Stoner
Avonmouth
Sachem
Avonmouth
Vera Cruz
Avonmouth
Virginia
Avonmouth

Notes:
No further details are available.

Escorts (Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database):
USS Broome
USS Charles F. Hughes
USS Lansdale
USS Madison
USS Simpson
USS Sims
They all joined when convoy left and remained until July 24.

Related external links:
HX, SC and CU Convoys 1943 - In chronological order.

List of T2 Tankers

The T 2 Tanker Page

CU convoys

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