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CONVOY HX 277
Departed New York on Jan. 28-1944 and arrived Liverpool on Febr. 13.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 69 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. See also JW 58 to Murmansk, and the returning RA 59, and this external site for info on JW 57 and the returning RA 58. |
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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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Francis Scott Key
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American
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general
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Liverpool
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From HX 276
(see also JW 58 / RA 59 above) |
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Delrio
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"
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general
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Clyde / London
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From HX 276
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Ferncourt
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Norwegian
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Tanker W
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Clyde
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From HX 276
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Settler
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British
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general
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Lodnon
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Yemassee
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Panamanian
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general
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Loch Ewe / Iceland
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–
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John Woolman
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American
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general
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Clyde f. o. / N. Russia
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From HX 276
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Alexander White
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o. / N. Russia
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From HX 276
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Richard M. Johnson
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o. / N. Russia
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From HX 276
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Nathan Towson
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o. / N. Russia
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From HX 276
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Robert Eden
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o. / N. Russia
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From HX 276
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Stevenson Taylor
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o. / N. Russia
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From HX 276
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John W. Powell
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o. / N. Russia
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–
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Byron Darnton
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o. / N. Russia
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–
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| For more information on the subsequent voyages of the above ships to Russia, please go to the links provided at the top of this table. | ||||
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Charles H. Cramp
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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From HX 276
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Edwin Abbey
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"
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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Leonidas Polk
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"
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general
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Clyde / Hull
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–
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Israel Putman
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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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London
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Listed in HX 279
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Mahlon Pitney
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"
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Rebecca Boone
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"
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general
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Manchester
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From HX 276
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H. G. Blasdel
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"
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general
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London
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–
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Owen Wister
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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John B. Lennon
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"
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general
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Hull
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"
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general
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Mersey f. o.
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Sailed in HX 278
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George M. Cohan
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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George E. Badger
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"
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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William L. Davidson
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"
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Joseph Story
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"
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general
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Mersey / Newport
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–
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Green Mountain
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"
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general
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London
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–
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David Starr Jordan
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"
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general
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Avonmouth
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–
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Steel Traveler
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"
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general
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Immingham
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–
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Hannibal Hamlin
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"
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general
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Mersey / Cardiff
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–
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Thompson Lykes
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"
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general
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Swansea
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–
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Ville D'Anvers
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"
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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Josiah Parker
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"
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general
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Clyde
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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 278
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Lista
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Norwegian
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Reinholt
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"
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general
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Cardiff
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–
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Lechistan
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Polish
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general
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Preston
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–
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Macuba
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Dutch
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Tanker W
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Belfast Dock
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–
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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Clyde
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–
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Mahia
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British
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general - refrig.
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Glasgow
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–
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Rangitiki
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"
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general - refrig.
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Liverpool
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–
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Rangitata
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"
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general - refrig.
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Liverpool
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Commodore Vessel
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Port Campbell
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"
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general - refrig.
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Avonmouth
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–
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Arabian Prince
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"
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sugar - rum
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Liverpool
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–
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Themistocles
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"
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general - refrig.
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Cardiff
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–
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British Gratitude
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"
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Tanker W
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Milford Haven / Falmouth
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–
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Dolabella
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"
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Tanker B
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Clyde / Thameshaven
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Empire Beresford
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"
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Tanker B
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Saltend
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–
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Hopemount
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"
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Tanker B
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Liverpool
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From HX 274
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Chesapeake
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"
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Tanker B
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Avonmouth
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From HX 275
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Albert G. Brown
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American
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Tanker W
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Swansea
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–
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"
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general
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Barry Roads f. o.
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Listed in CU 13
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James Lykes
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"
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general
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Hull
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–
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Sørvard
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Norwegian
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steel - lumber
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Milford Haven / Southampton
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–
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Thorsholm
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"
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Tanker B
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Mersey / Stanlow
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–
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Haakon Hauan
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"
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Tanker B
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Clyde
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–
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Eliza Jane Nicholson
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American
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Tanker B
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Avonmouth / Mersey
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From HX 274
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Joining from Halifax - Sailed Jan. 30
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Capo Olmo
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British
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grain - general
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London
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(Ex. Italian)
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Walter Hines Page
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American
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steel - grain - general
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Cardiff
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From HX 276
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Mount Kyllene
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Greek
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general - metal
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Milford Haven / Southampton
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–
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Abel Stearns
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American
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grain - general
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Avonmouth
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–
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Clan Colqhoun
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British
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meats - metal
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Liverpool
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–
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F. J. Luckenbach
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American
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general
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London
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Samuel de Champlain
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"
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general
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Milford Haven / Plymouth
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From HX 276
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Corner Brook
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British
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newsprint
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London
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–
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Empire Mariner
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"
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general - pitprops - steel
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West Hartlepool
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–
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Fisher Ames
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American
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general
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Barry Dock
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–
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Georgian
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"
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steel - general
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Newport
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–
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James B. Weaver
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"
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general
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Swansea
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–
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Pearl Harbour
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"
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grain - general
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Tyne
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–
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Jacob Luckenbach
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"
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none given
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Newport
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–
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Charles W. Eliot
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"
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grain - general
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London
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–
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Louis D. Brandeis
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"
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general
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Clyde / N. Russia
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From HX 276
See also external link at top of this table |
| Additionally, Rescue Vessel Eddystone - see Notes below (not included in Advance Sailing Telegram). | ||||
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Notes: According to Arnold Hague's "Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", the Rescue Vessel Eddystone also joined this convoy from Halifax. She was on her 3rd voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 219 on Jan. 8-1944, to Halifax Jan. 25 - then returned with HX 277 from Halifax on Jan. 30, to Clyde Febr. 12. Commodore's notes are not available, escorts are not known. Related external links: To the next HX convoy in my list HX 278 |
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