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CONVOY HX 39
Cruising Order & Advance Sailing Telegram
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Departed Halifax on Apr. 30-1940 and arrived Liverpool on May 15 (Arnold Hague says 44 ships). |
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| Transcribed from original A 1 form received from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).
Nationalities have been added with the help of "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan. Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Pa=Panamanian, Fr=French, Gr=Greek, Am=American, Yug=Yugoslavian |
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7
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8
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9
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11
Delilian general Glasgow (Br) |
21
Auditor lumber - cotton Liverpool (Br) |
31
Atlantian general Liverpool (Br) |
41
Kirnwood timber Mersey (Br) |
51
HMS Voltaire Escort (Br) |
61
Diloma gasoline Southampton (Br) |
71 Donacilla lub oil Portland (Br) |
81 Desmoulea gasoline Portland (Br) |
91 Temple Yard wheat Hull (Br) |
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12
Inverlee Admiralty fuel Clyde (Br) |
22
Ainderby wheat Liverpool (Br) |
42
Comanchee lub oil Avonmouth (Br) |
52
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62
Tornus benzine Portland (Br) |
72 Wanderer general Portland (Br) |
82 Tower Field grain London (Br) |
92 Temple Mead steel Portland (Br) |
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13
Oligarch Admiralty fuel Liverpool (Br) |
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Daleby sugar Liverpool (Br) |
33 Tredinnick grain Milford Haven (Br) |
43 Hopemount fuel oil Portland (Br) |
53 | 63 Josiah Macy * diesel oil Falmouth (Pa) |
73 Dalemoor cereals London (Br) |
83 King Robert wheat Portland (Br) |
93 Swiftpool grain - lumber Portland (Br) |
| 14 Aelybryn steel Glasgow (Br) |
24 Ethan Allen* cotton - lumber Liverpool (Am/Br) |
34 Nyland newsprint Avonmouth (Norw) |
44 King Stephen scrap iron Swansea (Br) |
54 | 64 Kalliopi S grain Cork (Gr) |
74 Shekatika wheat Southampton (Br) |
84 Empire Industry lumber London (Br) |
94 Canadolite crude oil Le Havre (Br) |
| 15 Nurtureton grain Liverpool (Br) |
25 Trehata grain Avonmouth (Br) |
35 Nestos timber Cardiff (Gr) |
45 Benwood grain Falmouth (Norw) |
55 | 65 Arthur F. Corwin petrol London (Br) |
75 Oilfield gasoline Avonmouth (Br) |
85 Athelcrown** diesel oil Portland (Br) |
95 Aspasia Nomikou general Le Havre (Gr) |
| 16 | 26 timber Garston did not join** (Yug) |
36 Grayburn lumber - grain Liverpool (Br) |
46 | 56 | 66 | 76 Coptic general Portland (Br) |
86 Westbury iron Portland (Br) |
96 Roussillon oil Le Havre (Fr) |
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* There's a note for Josiah Macy saying "joined late & disappeared". ** A note on the A 1 form states that Kotor did not join - she is, however, listed in the Advance Sailing Telegram. * Ethan Allen became the British Empire Puma. ** See Convoy HX 15 for some notes on Athelcrown. According to Arnold Hague, Josiah Macy straggled on May 7, Kalliopi S on May 12 (his listing for HX 39 is available on the page naming ships in all HX convoys). |
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Advance Sailing Telegram Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
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Ship
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Nationality
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Cargo
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Destination
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Remarks
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Shekatika
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British
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wheat - lumber
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Southampton
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–
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King Robert
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"
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wheat
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Portland / Hull
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–
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Kalliopi S.
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Greek
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grain
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Cork
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From HX 38
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Arthur F. Corwin
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British
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Tanker W
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London (Coryton)
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(Listed as Greek in AST)
From HX 38 |
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Ethan Allen
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American
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steel - cotton - lumber
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Liverpool
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From HX 38
(Became Br. Empire Puma) |
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Trehata
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British
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grain
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Avonmouth
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From HX 38
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Inverlee
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"
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Admiralty tanker
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Scapa / Clyde
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From HX 38
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Delilian
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"
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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Hopemount
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"
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Tanker W
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Portland / Medway
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–
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Oilfield
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"
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Tanker W
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Portland / Avonmouth
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–
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Tower Field
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"
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grain
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London
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–
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Tredinnick
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"
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grain
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Avonmouth
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–
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Aelybryn
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"
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steel
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Glasgow
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–
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Grayburn
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"
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wheat - lumber
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Liverpool
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–
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Daleby
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"
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sugar
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Liverpool
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–
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Atlantian
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"
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cotton - steel - pine oil
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Liverpool
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–
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"
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none given
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Proceeding U.S.A.
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–
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"
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Tanker W
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Southampton
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Listed in HX 40
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Ainderby
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"
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wheat
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Liverpool
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–
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Aspasia Nomikou
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Greek
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general
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Havre
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–
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Auditor
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British
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cotton - pig iron - lumber
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Liverpool
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–
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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Listed in HX 40
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Temple Mead
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"
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steel
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Portland / Middlesbrough
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–
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Tornus
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"
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Tanker W
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Portland / Isle of Grain
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–
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Norwegian
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general
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Liverpool
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Listed in HX 40
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Desmoulea
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British
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Tanker W
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Portland / London
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–
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Donacilla
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"
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Tanker B
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Portland / London
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Vice Commodore Vessel
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Dalemoor
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"
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grain
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London
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–
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Canadolite
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"
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Tanker B
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Havre
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–
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Comanchee
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"
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Tanker B
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Avonmouth
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–
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Norwegian
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lumber - lead - fruit
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Glasgow
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To HX 40 - did not sail
Shows up again in HX 43 |
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King Stephen
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British
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scrap iron
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Swansea
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–
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Norwegian
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general
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Havre
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Listed in HX 40
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"
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Tanker B
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Milford Haven f. o.
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To HX 40 - did not sail
Listed in HX 41 |
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Swiftpool
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British
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wheat - lumber
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Portland / Newcastle
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–
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Norwegian
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copper - fruit
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Liverpool
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Listed in HX 40
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"
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Tanker W
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Milford Haven f. o. / Belfast
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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 40
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"
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scrap iron
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"believed not in convoy"
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Listed in HX 40
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French
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Tanker B
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Havre
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Added again further down in this AST
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Nurtureton
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British
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grain
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Liverpool
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–
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Kotor
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Yugoslavian
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lumber
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Garston
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–
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Norwegian
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whale oil
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To remain at Halifax
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See text for Suderøy
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British
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Adm. tanker
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Scapa
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Nestos
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Greek
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lumber - metal
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Cardiff
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From HX 38
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"
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grain
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Cardiff
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From HX 38
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Oligarch
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British
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Adm. tanker B
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Scapa / Liverpool
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–
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Norwegian
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none given
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Milford Haven / Avonmouth
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–
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Kirnwood
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British
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timber
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Mersey
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Commodore Vessel
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Norwegian
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grain
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Milford Haven / Falmouth
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–
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Diloma
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British
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Tanker W
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Falmouth / Southampton
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–
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Josiah Macy
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Panamanian
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Tanker
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Falmouth / Southampton
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–
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Wanderer
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British
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general
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Portland / London
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–
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Coptic
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"
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general - refrig.
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Portland / London
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–
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Empire Industry
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"
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lumber
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London
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–
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Athelcrown
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"
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Tanker B
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Tyne
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–
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Westbury
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"
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scrap iron
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Portland / Middlesbrough
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–
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Temple Yard
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"
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wheat
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Portland / Hull
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–
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Roussillon
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French
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Tanker B
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Havre
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–
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| Convoy arrived rendezvous on May 12.
Ocean Escort: HMS Voltaire - Fr. S/M Archimede. A. Hague names the following escorts (extracted from this list of HX convoy escorts received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year): To the next HX convoy in my list HX 40 |
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