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CONVOY ON (S) 169
Will be updated - in the meantime please go to ON 169 on this page
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Departed Liverpool on Febr. 22-1943 and arrived New York City on March 21 (Arnold Hague says 36 ships). |
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| List received from Kevin Murphy - his source: Public Records Office.
For info, some of these ships returned to the U.K. with Convoy SC 126, others with SC 127. Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Du=Dutch, Bel=Belgian, Gr=Greek, Am=American, Pa=Panamanian. RV=Rescue Vessel, †=died |
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Empire Launcelot coal (Br) |
21
Heimgar general (Norw) |
31
Manchester Spinner general (Br) |
41
Solstad ballast (Norw) |
51
Lagarto ballast (Br) |
61
Geisha ballast (Norw) |
71
Becheville ballast (Br) |
81
Antonio aircraft - ballast (Br) |
91
Alresford ballast (Br) |
101 Empire Eve (Br) |
111 Empire Cato ballast (Br) |
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Empire Gannet ballast (Br) |
22
Alcor coal (Du) |
32
Persier ballast (Bel) |
42
William Penn ballast (Am) |
52
Sommerstad ballast (Norw) |
62
Vacuum (Am) |
72
Lisbeth ballast (Norw) |
82
Armathia coal (Gr) |
92
Souliotis coal (Gr) |
102 Margarita Chandri coal (Gr) |
112 Bestik (Norw) |
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33 Barron Kinnaird ballast sunk - 42† (Br) |
43 | 53 Van de Velde ballast (Du) |
63 Moscha D. Kydoniefs ballast (Gr) |
73 Empire Franklin ballast (Br) |
83 Ruth I ballast (Norw) |
93 | 103 Cragpool (Br) |
113 Katingo Hadjipatera ballast (Gr) |
| 14 | 24 Empire Lancer ballast (Br) |
34 Acme (Am) oiler |
44 British Lady (Br) oiler |
54 H. M. Flagler (Pa) oiler |
64 Gothland (Br) RV |
74 Leonidas coal (Gr) |
84 | 94 Picotee ballast (Br) |
104 | 114 Cape Howe ballast (Br) |
| Notes: Commodore J. Powell, D.S.O. R.N.R. was in Geisha, Vice Commodore was the captain of Manchester Spinner, Rear Commodore the captain of Alresford. The straggling Baron Kinnaird was sunk by U-621 on March 11-1943, there were no survivors. Jürgen Rohwer's "Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two" states that this U-boat sank "a lone ship steering southwest. The Baron Kinnaird was straggling after 06.03 and reported missing from 07.03". Gothland (requisitioned in Nov.-1941) was on her 7th voyage as rescue vessel. She went to St. John's March 13, after having encountered a survivor on a raft from the American Wade Hampton which had been torpedoed in Convoy HX 227 - then sailed in Convoy JH 42 from St. John's N.F. to Halifax March 15-18 (carrying 64 survivor passengers that had been landed in Newfoundland), and subsequently returned to the UK with SC 125 from Halifax on March 31 to Clyde Apr. 14. ("Convoy Rescue Ships", Arnold Hague). Related external link: To the next available ONS convoy in my list ON 170 |
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