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CONVOY HG 39
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Departed Gibraltar on July 21-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Aug. 5 (Arnold Hague agrees w/18 ships). |
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| Transcribed from A 1 form received from Tony Cooper, England - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Gr=Greek, Fr=French, Ir=Irish. |
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11
Britannic Clyde / Grangemouth (Br) |
21
Baron Tweedmouth Clyde / Methil (Br) |
31
Clan Macbean Cardiff (Br) |
41
Palomares Liverpool (Br) |
51
David Livingstone Cardiff (Br) |
61
Bruyere Belfast (Br) |
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12
Lisbon Clyde / London (Br) |
22
Baron Renfrew Clyde / Methil (Br) |
32
Bactria Avonmouth (Br) |
42
Erato Manchester (Br) |
52
Avoceta Swansea (Br) |
62
Cortes Liverpool (Br) |
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13
Clyde (Br) Cara |
23
Alcora Silloth (Br) |
33 City of Bremen Liverpool (Ir) |
43 Alpera Garston (Br) |
53 Evviva Liverpool (Norw) |
63 Le Rhin Barry (Fr) |
| Britannic and Lisbon swapped stations on July 25. | |||||
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Advance Sailing Telegram
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Ship
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Nationality
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Cargo
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Destination
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Remarks
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Lisbon
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British
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general
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London
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–
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Alcora
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"
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iron pyrites
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Silloth
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–
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Cortes
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"
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general - wine
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Liverpool
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(See also HG 35)
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City of Bremen
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Irish
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general - wine
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Liverpool
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–
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Britannic
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British
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iron ore
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Grangemouth
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Vice Commodore
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Evviva
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Norwegian
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pit props
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Mersey
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–
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Palomares
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British
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cork - general
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Liverpool
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Commodore Vessel
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Baron Renfrew
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"
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iron ore
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Dagenham
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–
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Bruyere
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"
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general
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Belfast / London
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–
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Alpera
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"
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pyrites
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Garston
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–
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Avoceta
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"
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ballast - passengers
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Swansea
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–
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Erato
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"
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pyrites
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Runcorn
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–
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Le Rhin
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French
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general - explosives
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Milford Haven / Barry
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–
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Greek
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timber
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–
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–
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Baron Tweedmouth
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British
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minerals
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London
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–
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Bactria
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"
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passengers (lunatics)
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Avonmouth
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–
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David Livingstone
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"
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passengers
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Cardiff
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–
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Italian prize
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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(later Empire Resistance*)
Listed in HG 40 |
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Clan Macbean
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British
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passengers
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Cardiff
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–
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Cara
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"
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iron ore
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Glasgow
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–
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| * For more on this ship, see Empire Resistance on this external page. | ||||
Notes: Commodore's notes and narrative are not available and, therefore, names of all the escorts are not known. Escort: Related external link: To the next HG convoy in my list HG 40 |
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