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CONVOY HG 87
Departed Gibraltar on Aug. 7-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 18th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 23 ships in this convoy
(when including the 3 vessels being towed, the total adds up to 23 ships).
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Transcribed from documents received from Tony Cooper, England - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. |
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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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Empire Darwin
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British
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iron ore
(C.A.M.) |
Birkenhead
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–
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Uskside
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"
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iron ore
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Barrow
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–
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Antonio
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"
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iron ore
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Middlesbrough
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Towing Petit Annik
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Baron Ramsay
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"
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iron ore
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Barrow
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Towing Belle Bretagne
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Domby
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"
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iron ore
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Middlesbrough
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–
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Badjestan
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"
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iron ore
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Immingham
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–
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"
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iron ore
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Glasgow
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Sailed in HG 88
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Cara
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"
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iron ore
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Ardrossan
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–
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Southgate
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"
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iron ore - pyrites
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Manchester
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–
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"
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iron ore
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Hull
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Sailed in HG 88
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Dalcroy
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"
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iron ore
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Glasgow
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–
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"
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iron ore - cork
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Garston
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Sailed in HG 88
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Empire Kestrel
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"
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iron ore - cork
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Mersey
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–
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Baron Forbes
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"
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iron ore - cork
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Glasgow
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–
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"
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iron ore - cork
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Mersey
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Sailed in HG 88
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Finland
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"
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iron ore - cork - mercury
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Manchester
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–
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Merkland
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"
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mercury - general
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Glasgow
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–
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Shetland
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"
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mercury - wolfram
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Bristol
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–
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Empire Tern
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Imber
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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Towing Grouin du Cou
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Coxwold
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"
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scrap
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Preston
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–
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Port Madoc
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–
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ballast
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Belfast / Cardiff
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Trawler
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Port Jackson
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–
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ballast
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Belfast / Cardiff
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Trawler
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Grodno
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British
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potash - cork
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Liverpool
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–
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Notes: No further details are available on this convoy. Related external link: To the next HG convoy in my list HG 88 |
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