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CONVOY CU 6
Departed Curacao on Oct 30-1943 (according to Advance Sailing Telegram) and arrived Liverpool on Nov. 12.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" agrees with 19 ships in this convoy, but gives departure date as Oct. 26.

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 - except Port Philip.

For more info on the CU convoys, please see my page about CU 1.

Ship
Destination
Canyon Creek
Clyde
Churubusco
Barry Dock
Conastoga
Swansea
Crown Point
Avonmouth
Delaware
Stanlow
Front Royal
Mersey / Bromborough
Georgia
Clyde
Julesburg
Avonmouth / Belfast Dock
Monocacy
Avonmouth / Mersey
Murfreesboro
Swansea
Pan Pennsylvania
Avonmouth
Pine Ridge
Mersey River / Bromborough
Powder River
Faslane? / Avonmouth
Samoset
Swansea
Seakay
Avonmouth / Clyde
Shiloh
Avonmouth
Ticonderoga
Mersey
Winchester
Mersey / Stanlow
Port Philip
British
Liverpool
w/refrig. - general
Port Jackson
Mersey f. o. (British)

Notes:
Commodore was in Samoset.

Commodore's notes are not available.

Escorts (Dates are European style: day/month/year. Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database):
USS Bull - 29/10/43 to 12/11/43
USS Burke - 26/10/43 to 12/11/43
USS Frament - 26/10/43 to 12/11/43
USS Schmitt - 26/10/43 to 12/11/43
USS Scott - 26/10/43 to 12/11/43
USS Weber - 26/10/43 to 12/11/43

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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