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CONVOY HX 281
Departed New York on Febr. 27-1944 and arrived Liverpool on March 15.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 37 ships in this convoy.
Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
A 1 form is not available and, therefore, the station numbers are not known. For info, some of this ships in this convoy later joined JW 58 to Murmansk, returned with RA 59 |
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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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Nassa
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British(?)
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Tanker W
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Dublin
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Mosli
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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Dingle / Heysham
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Spinanger
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"
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Tanker B
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Heysham
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From HX 280
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Leiv Eiriksson
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"
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general
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Barry Roads f. o.
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Thomas Howell
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American
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none given
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Mersey f. o.
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From HX 280
Returned to port (Halifax) To HX 282 - did not sail To HX 283 - did not sail Listed in HX 284 |
David R. Francis
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"
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general
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Clyde / Hull
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From HX 280
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Mary Austin
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"
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general
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Clyde / Tyne
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From HX 280
Returned to port (Halifax) Listed in HX 283 |
Charles Gordon Curtis
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"
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general
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Clyde / N. Russia
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From HX 280
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Thomas Sim Lee
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"
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general
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Clyde / N. Russia
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See links provided above
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Horace Bushnell
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"
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general
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Clyde / N. Russia
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Returned to port (Halifax)
To HX 283 - returned |
John T. Holt
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"
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general
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Clyde / N. Russia
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Returned to port (Halifax)
Listed in HX 283 |
William S. Thayer
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"
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general
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Clyde / N. Russia
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Returned to port (Halifax)
Listed in HX 283 |
James M. Gillis
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"
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general
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Clyde / N. Russia
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Returned to New York
To HX 283 - returned (Boston) |
Eloy Alfaro
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"
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general
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Clyde / N. Russia
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W. R. Grace
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"
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general
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Clyde / N. Russia
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Henry Villard
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"
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general
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Clyde / N. Russia
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Arthur L. Perry
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"
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general
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Clyde / N. Russia
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Returned to port (Halifax)
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Franz Klasen
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Panamanian
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Tanker W
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Avonmouth
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Joseph Goldberger
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American
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Tanker B
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Clyde / Milford Haven f. o. (Portsmouth)
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Delnorte
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"
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general
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Swansea
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Arr. Halifax
Listed in HX 283 |
American Robin
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"
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general
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Barry Dock
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Returned to port (Halifax)
Listed in SC 155 |
Henry H. Richardson
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"
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general
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Barry Roads f. o.
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Returned to port (Halifax)
Listed in HX 282 |
Edwin G. Weed
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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Bartholomew Gosnold
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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Roger Moore
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"
|
general
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Liverpool
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From HX 280
Returned to port (Halifax) Listed in HX 283 |
Cavalcade
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Panamanian
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general
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Liverpool
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Returned to port (Halifax)
Listed in HX 282 |
Mokihana
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American
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general
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Liverpool
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Returned to port (St. John's)
Listed in HX 283 |
Pennsylvanian
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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|
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Panamanian
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general
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Barry Roads f. o.
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Listed in CU 16
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John G. Carlisle
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American
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
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Knute Rockne
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"
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general
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Mersey f. o.
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Returned to port (Halifax)
Listed in HX 283 |
Dudley M. Hughes
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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William Windom
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"
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general
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Mersey f. o.
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Steel Inventor
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"
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general
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Immingham
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William T. Coleman
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"
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general
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Newport
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Returned to port (Halifax)
Listed in HX 286 |
Robert Howe
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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Fort Orange
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Dutch
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general
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Cardiff
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George P. Garrison
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American
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general
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Barry Roads f. o.
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Returned to port (Halifax)
Listed in HX 283 |
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"
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general
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Barry Roads f. o.
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Listed in HX 282
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William M. Rayburn
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"
|
general
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Barry Dock
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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 HX 282
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Empire MacColl
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British
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Tanker B (M.A.C.)
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Clyde
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Ancylus
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"
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Tanker B (M.A.C.)
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Clyde
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Eros
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"
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refrig. - general
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Liverpool
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City of Yokohama
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"
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general
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Mersey f. o.
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Returned to port (Halifax)
Listed in HX 282 |
Opalia
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"
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Tanker W
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Liverpool
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From HX 280
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Cliona
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"
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Tanker W
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London (Thameshaven)
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Empire Emerald
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"
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Tanker W
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Grangemouth
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|
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"
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Tanker W
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Barry Roads f. o.
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Listed in HX 282
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American
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general
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Mersey f. o.
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Listed in HX 282
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"
|
general
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Mersey f. o.
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Listed in HX 282
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"
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general
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Mersey f. o.
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Listed in HX 282
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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Clyde
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Listed in HX 282
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Katy
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"
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Tanker W
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Clyde
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Thomas Kearns
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American
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none given
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Cardiff
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Daniel Drake
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"
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none given
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London
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John Mitchell
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"
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none given
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Mersey f. o.
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Jane A. Delano
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"
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none given
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Mersey f. o.
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Arr. St. John's (date illegible)
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Pleiades
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American
3600 gt |
general
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Londonderry / Loch Ewe for Iceland
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(See also RU 114)
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James Duncan
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American
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general
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Manchester
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Joining from Halifax - Sailed Febr. 29
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Charles Carroll
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American
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general
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Hull
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Harvey Cushing
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"
|
general - mail
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Liverpool
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From HX 278
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Empire Macalpine
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British
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grain (M.A.C.)
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Liverpool
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Tetela
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"
|
meat - general
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London
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Commodore's Vessel
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British
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general - meat - flour - mail
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Glasgow
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Listed in SC 154
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James Fenimore Cooper
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American
|
general
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Swansea
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|
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"
|
grain - general
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Avonmouth
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From HX 280
Listed in HX 282 |
Samuel Chase
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"
|
general
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Avonmouth
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From HX 280
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William James
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"
|
grain - general
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Avonmouth
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|
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"
|
grain - general
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Glasgow
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Listed in HX 282
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Fjallfoss
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Icelandic
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lumber - general
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Loch Ewe for Iceland
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From SC 154
(See also RU 116) |
West Nohno
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American
|
general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
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From SC 154
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Joining from St. John's
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Edward Kavanagh
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American
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wheat - copper - planes
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Mersey / Avonmouth
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Notes: The Rescue Vessel Zamalek was intended for this convoy. She was on her 23rd voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 223 on Febr. 7-1944 (to Halifax Febr. 22), was intended to go back to the U.K. with Convoy HX 281 (Febr. 29), but due to bad weather she was forced to return to Halifax (March 6). She subsequently returned to the UK with Convoy SC 155 ("Convoy Rescue Ships", Arnold Hague). Commodore's notes are not available - escorts not known. All the Norwegian ships in this convoy are discussed on this website - use alphabet index below to find them. Related external links: Similarly, I check the spell of the Empire ships at the site below Eastbound N. Atlantic Convoys / 1944 To the next HX convoy in my list HX 282 |
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