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CONVOY HX 275
Departed New York on Jan. 13-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 28th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 62 ships in this convoy.
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Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. The ships are listed in the order in which they appear on the various documents. A 1 form is not available and, therefore, the station numbers are not known. For info, some of the ships in this convoy are also listed in the westbound Convoy ON 212. |
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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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Port Fremantle
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British
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refrig. - general
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Liverpool
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–
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Naranio
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"
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Tanker W
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Belfast / Dublin
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–
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Daphnella
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"
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Tanker W
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Clyde f. o.
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"
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general
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London
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To HX 276 - did not sail
Sailed in HX 277 |
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Chesapeake
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"
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Tanker B
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Clyde
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Returned to New York
Sailed in HX 277 |
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Samuel Bakke
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Norwegian
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Curacao
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Dutch
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Bralanta
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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Clyde / Stanlow
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–
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Fjordaas
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"
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Tanker B
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Dingle
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Ganymedes
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Dutch
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general
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London
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–
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Fagerfjell
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Norwegian
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Admiralty tanker W
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Londonderry
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–
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Fernmoor
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Thomas F. Cunningham
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American
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Tanker B
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Milford Haven / Portland
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–
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James Rumsey
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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From HX 274
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John E. Ward
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"
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general
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London
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From HX 274
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Robert Battey
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"
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general
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London
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From HX 274
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Edwin L. Godkin
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"
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general
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London / Liverpool
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From HX 274
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William Moultrie
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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Marie M. Meloney
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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From HX 274
Later joined JW 57 Febr. 20 (external link above) |
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John Stevenson
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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From HX 274
Later joined JW 57 Febr. 20 |
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Henry B. Brown
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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From HX 274
Later joined JW 57 Febr. 20 |
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George W. Childs
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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From HX 274
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Josiah Nelson Cushing
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"
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general
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Newport
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From HX 274
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Jedediah S. Smith
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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From HX 274
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Joshua B. Lippincott
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"
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general
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Glasgow
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From HX 274
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Charles D. Poston
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"
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general
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Manchester
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From HX 274
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Wilson P. Hunt
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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From HX 274
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Fridtjof Nansen
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Norwegian
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general
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Belfast Dock / Liverpool
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Charles A. Dana
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American
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general
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London
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From HX 274
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Charles Willson Peale
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"
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general
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Cardiff
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From HX 274
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Howell E. Jackson
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Waigstill Avery
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"
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general
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Swansea
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–
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Robert Newell
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"
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general
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Milford Haven / Southampton
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From HX 274
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Henry M. Rice
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"
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general
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Mersey / Cardiff
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–
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Clara Barton
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"
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general
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Mersey / Swansea
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–
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Ezra Weston
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"
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general
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Mersey / Newport
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–
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Henry W. Grady
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"
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general
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Mersey / Swansea
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–
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Francis Asbury
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"
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general
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Mersey / Milford Haven / Plymouth
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–
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F. J. Luckenbach
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"
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general
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London
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Sam Houston II
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"
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general
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Belfast Dock / hull
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–
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Schoharie
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"
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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Frank R. Stockton
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"
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Pierre Gibault
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"
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general
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Belfast Dock / London
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–
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Eugene E. O'Donnell
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"
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Casimir Pulaski
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"
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general
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Mersey / Avonmouth
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–
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William H. Webb
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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Later joined JW 57 Febr. 20
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Charles M. Schwab
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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Later joined JW 57 Febr. 20
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Julien Poydras
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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Edward Sparrow
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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Later joined JW 57 Febr. 20
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F. T. Frelinghuysen
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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–
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Charles Morgan
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Arthur M. Huddell
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"
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general
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London
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–
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"
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general
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Mersey f. o.
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Sailed in HX 276
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"
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general
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Barry Roads f. o.
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Sailed in HX 276
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Ameriki
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Greek
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general
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Belfast Dock / Liverpool
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–
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Thomas J. Jarvis
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American
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general
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Immingham
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–
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"
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general
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Mersey f. o.
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Sailed in HX 276
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Joining from Halifax - Sailed Jan. 15
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Elihu Root
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American
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grain - general
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Hull
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Sailed in HX 276
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Lucy Stone
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"
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general
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Leith Dock
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–
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Corrales
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British
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meats - metal - general
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Bristol
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–
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Empire MacKay
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"
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Tanker B
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Clyde
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–
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Duala
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Norwegian
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meats - general
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Liverpool
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–
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George S. Wasson
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American
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grain - general
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Mersey / Avonmouth
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From HX 274
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"
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general
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Clyde
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From HX 274
Sailed in HX 276 Later joined JW 57 Febr. 20 |
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Ignace Paderewski
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"
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general
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Avonmouth
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–
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Roger Williams
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"
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grain - general
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Avonmouth
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–
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Norwegian
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general - mail
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Liverpool
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Joined HX 276 - returned to port
Listed in HX 279 |
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Westmount Park
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British
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general
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London
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–
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Rapana
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"
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Tanker B
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Clyde
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From SC 151
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| The following are listed on the same document, but these ships may, in fact, have joined from New York (see Norheim). | ||||
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Alexander Hamilton
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American
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general - 3 passengers
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London
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From HX 273
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British Promise
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British
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Tanker W
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Grangemouth
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–
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Norheim
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Norwegian
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Tanker W
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Avonmouth
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–
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Marina Raskova
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American
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general - alcohol
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Mersey
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Returned to New York
Sailed in HX 276 |
| And Rescue Vessel Goodwin - see Notes below. | ||||
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Notes: Arnold Hague's "Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945" also lists the Rescue Vessel Goodwin as joining this convoy from Halifax. She was on her 7th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 217 on Dec. 24-1943, to Halifax Jan. 8-1944, then returned with HX 275 from Halifax on Jan. 15, to Clyde Jan 28. Commodore's notes are not available, escorts unknown. All the Norwegian ships mentioned in this convoy are discussed on this website - use the alphabet index below to find them. Related external link: To the next HX convoy in my list HX 276 |
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