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CONVOY HG 8
Departed Port Said on Nov. 11-1939 and arrived Liverpool on the 30th.
(The Advance Sailing Telegram gives sailing date as Nov. 22-1939, possibly from Gibraltar)
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 38 ships in this convoy.
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Received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. Commodore's notes and A 1 form are not available to me and, therefore, station numbers and escorts are not known. |
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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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Clan Murray
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British
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general
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London
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–
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Gourko
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"?
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dried fruit
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London
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–
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Gothland
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"
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general
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London
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–
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Yarraville
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"
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tanker
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Le Havre
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–
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Finland
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"?
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fruit pulp
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London
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–
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Baron Blythswood
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"
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pyrites
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Ipswich
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–
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Peisander
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Taiwan
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Norwegian
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raw sugar
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Greenock
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–
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Lassell
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British
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grain - general
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Liverpool
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–
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PLM 23
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French
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iron
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Birkenhead
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–
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Domala
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British
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general
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London
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–
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Longwood
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"
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tanker
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Portsmouth
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–
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Australind
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"
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copper - lead - guns
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London
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–
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Botusk
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"
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barley
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Liverpool
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–
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Eurybates
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Bangalore*
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"
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refrig. - general
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London
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–
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"
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tanker
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Invergordon
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–
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British Power
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"
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tanker
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Jarrow
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–
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Clan Chattan*
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"
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tanker
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London
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* sailed independently Nov. 20
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Mandalay
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"
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general
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London
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–
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City of Lancaster
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"
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cotton
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Liverpool
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–
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"
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oil cake
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Liverpool
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–
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Glenapp
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"
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general
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London
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–
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British Yeoman
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"
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tanker
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Swansea
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–
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British Councillor
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"
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tanker
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Grangemouth
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–
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Eurylochus
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"
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general
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London
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–
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Mentor
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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Listed in HG 9
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British Resolution
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"
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tanker
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Liverpool (Stanlow)
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–
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British Energy
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"
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tanker
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Belfast
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–
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Inverlee
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"
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tanker
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Devonport
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–
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Duffield
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"
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tanker
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Devonport
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–
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Pelayo
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"
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fruit - general
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Liverpool
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–
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Ravelston
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"
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esparto grass
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Granton
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–
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Tintern Abbey
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Ange Schiaffino
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French
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zink
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Rouen
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–
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Athelduchess
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British
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tanker
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Dunkirk
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–
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Roxane
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French
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tanker
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Le Havre
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–
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Notes: Related external link: To the next HG convoy in my list HG 9 |
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