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CONVOY HX 282
Departed New York on March 6 -1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 22nd.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 96 ships in this convoy.
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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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Arunah S. Abell
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American
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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–
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Ben F. Dixon
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"
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general
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Loch Ewe f. o.
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Nicholas Biddle
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"
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general
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Loch Ewe f. o.
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–
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William D. Byron
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"
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general
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Loch Ewe f. o.
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–
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John Carver
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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–
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Andrew Carnegie
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"
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general
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Loch Ewe f. o.
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–
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Gilbert Stuart
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"
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general
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Loch Ewe f. o.
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–
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William Pepper
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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–
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James Smith
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"
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general
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Loch Ewe f. o.
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–
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Pierre S. Dupont
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"
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general
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Oban f. o.
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–
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Joshua Thomas
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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–
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Barbara Frietchie
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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–
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George Gale
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"
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general
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Oban f. o.
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–
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Joyce Kilmer
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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–
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Park Holland
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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–
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Benjamin Schlesinger
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"
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general
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Oban f. o.
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–
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Morris Hillquit
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"
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general
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Oban f. o.
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–
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Hawkins Fudske
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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–
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American Builder
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"
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general
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Newport
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From HX 281
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Dolly Madison
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"
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general
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Newport
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From HX 281
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Regent Panther
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British
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Tanker W
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Barry Dock / Mersey
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From HX 281
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Fagerfjell
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Norwegian
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Adm. tanker B
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Belfast / Londonderry
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From HX 281
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Frank Wiggins
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American
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general
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Clyde / Glasgow
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–
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Charles J. Finger
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Steel Trader
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"
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general
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Hull
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–
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Salvador Brau
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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William H. Wilmer
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Washington Allston
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"
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general
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London
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–
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John Drake Sloat
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Aedanus Burke
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"
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general
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Hull / Immingham
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–
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Ephraim W. Baughman
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"
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general
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London
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–
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Samuel Parker
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"
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general
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Cardiff
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–
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Henry Clay
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"
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general
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Cardiff
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–
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John Gallup
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"
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Anson P. K. Safford
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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From HX 281
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Eliphalet Nott
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"
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general
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Glasgow / Avonmouth
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From HX 281
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Abel Parker Upshur
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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From HX 281
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Albert S. Burleson
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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William Wilkins
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"
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general
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Swansea
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–
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John Holmes
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"
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general
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Barry Dock
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–
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Charles J. Folger
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"
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general
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Avonmouth
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–
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Ephraim Brevard
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"
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
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–
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James A. Bayard
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"
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general
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London
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–
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Alcoa Master
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Oliver Evans
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"
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general
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Barry Dock
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–
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Clinton Kelly
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"
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general
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Cardiff
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–
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"
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general
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Mersey f. o.
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Listed in HX 283
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Francis C. Harrington
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"
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general
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Newport
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–
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"
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general
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Mersey f. o.
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Listed in HX 283
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"
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general
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Mersey f. o .
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Listed in HX 283
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John Grier Hibben
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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R. Ney McNeely
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"
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Knute Nelson
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Courageous
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"
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general
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Hull
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–
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Benjamin H. Brewster
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"
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general
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Hull
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–
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Robert Trimble
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"
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general
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London
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–
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James G. Birney
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Robert Lansing
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"
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
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–
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James Ives
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"
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
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–
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Kofresi
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"
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general
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Immingham
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–
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Isaac S. Hopkins
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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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Mersey f. o.
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William A. Jones
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"
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general
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Hull
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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 283
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Alcoa Pointer
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"
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Cape Diamond
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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 283
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Henry L. Ellsworth
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"
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Adm. tanker B & A/C
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Avonmouth (Southampton)
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From HX 280
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Jacob Thompson
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"
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Adm. tanker B & A/C
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Clyde
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–
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William E. Pendleton
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"
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Adm. tanker B
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Avonmouth / Belfast
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–
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Delftdijk
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Dutch
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Villanger
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Norwegian
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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Høyanger
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"
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none given
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Avonmouth
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–
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Morgenen
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"
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Tanker B
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Mersey / Manchester
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–
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"
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Tanker B
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Stanlow
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Listed in HX 283
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Pan Scandia
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"
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Tanker B
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Heysham
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–
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Northumberland
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British
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refrig.- general
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Liverpool
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–
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Gleniffer
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"
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grain - general
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Avonmouth
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–
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City of Florence
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Port Caroline
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"
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refrig. - general
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Liverpool
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–
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Sapperton Park
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"
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timber - general
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London
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–
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Empire Fletcher
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"
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Tanker W
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Mersey / Stanlow
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–
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Empire Viscount
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"
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Adm. tanker B
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Clyde
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–
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City of Canberra
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"
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refrig. - general
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Avonmouth
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–
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"
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Tanker W
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Stanlow
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Listed in HX 283
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Erin
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"
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refrig.
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London
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From CU 16
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Moses Cleaveland
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American
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general
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Swansea
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(See also HX 279)
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Dettifoss
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Icelandic
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general - mail 15
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Loch Ewe for Iceland
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(See also RU 115)
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Empire MacKay
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British
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Tanker B (M.A.C.)
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Clyde
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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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Stanlow / Belfast
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–
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Joining from Halifax - Sailed March 8
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Emily Dickinson
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Amercian
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grain - general
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Hull
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–
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Daniel Hiester
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"
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grain - general
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Leith Dock
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–
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Duala
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Norwegian
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meat
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Bristol
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–
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British
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grain
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London
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Listed in HX 283
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Corrales
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"
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general - meat - metals - mail
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Liverpool
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Commodore's ship
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Empire MacKendrick
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"
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grain
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Liverpool
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–
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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Heysham
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From HX 281
Listed in HX 283 |
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Aruba
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Dutch
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flour
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Glasgow
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–
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William H. Gray
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American
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grain - general
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Manchester
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From HX 281
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Henry H. Richardson
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"
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general
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Cardiff
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From HX 281
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"
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general - pig iron
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Mersey
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From HX 281
Listed in SC 155 |
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"
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general
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Mersey
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From HX 281
Listed in SC 155 |
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"
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general
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Mersey
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To HX 283 - did not sail
Listed in HX 284 |
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City of Yokohama
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British
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general - mail
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Glasgow
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From HX 281
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American
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general
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Mersey
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Caxton
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British
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newsprint
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London
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–
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Daghestan
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"
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flour
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Glasgow
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–
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Idefjord
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Norwegian
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grain - general - meat
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Tyne
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–
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American
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general
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Mersey
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Listed in HX 284
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Sarah Orne Jewett
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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
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Listed in SC 155
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Galveston
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"
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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Put back to St. John's
(Listed in HX 287) |
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Potter
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Panamanian
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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Cavalcade
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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From HX 281
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Renald Fernald
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American
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grain
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London
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From HX 281
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| Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Bury - see Notes below (not mentioned in Advance Sailing Telegram) | ||||
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Notes: The Rescue Vessel Bury was on her 14th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Febr. 13-1944 with the westbound Convoy ONS 29, to Halifax Febr. 29, then returned to Clyde with HX 282, March 8-March 21 ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", 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: Other eastbound N. Atlantic Convoys / 1944 To the next HX convoy in my list HX 283 |
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