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CONVOY SC 142
Advance Sailing Telegram and Cruising Order
(Will be updated - please compare with A. Hague's listing for this convoy at ships in all SC convoys. See also SC escorts).
Departed Halifax on Sept. 15-1943 and arrived Liverpool on the 29th
(Arnold Hague gives 51 ships).
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Advance Sailing Telegram Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).
MOWT = Ministry of War Transport. |
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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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Empire Buttress
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British
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steel - pulp
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Glasgow
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From SC 141
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Suerte
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Panamanian
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steel - pulp
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London
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From SC 141
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Katla
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Icelandic
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lumber - general
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Loch Ewe for Iceland
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–
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Christian Holm
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Danish / MOWT 1941
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Adm. tanker B
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Londonderry
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–
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Stad Arnhem
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Dutch
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steel - lumber
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Dundee
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From SC 141
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Henrik Ibsen
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Norwegian
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grain
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London
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–
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Danae II
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French / MOWT 1940
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lumber
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Hull
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–
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Pacific
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Swedish
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general
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Liverpool
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From SC 141
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Tovelil
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Danish / MOWT 1940
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lumber
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Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
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–
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Estonian / MOWT 1940
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lumber
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Grimsby
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Veni
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Norwegian
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steel - pit props
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Garston
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–
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Norhauk
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"
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general
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Hull
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Ex Empire Beaver
See this page |
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Nancéen
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French
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general
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Swansea
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–
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Oremar
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American
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general
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London
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–
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Commandant Dorise
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French / MOWT 1941
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general
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London
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–
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Rådmansö
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Swedish
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steel - lumber
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London
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–
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Benton Field
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British
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Tanker B
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Dundee
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See this message
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Kenmar
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American
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general - mail
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Tyne
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From HX 256
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Storaa
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Danish / MOWT 1940
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pulp
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London
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Returned to Halifax
Listed in SC 143 |
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American
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general
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Mersey f. o.
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Alcor
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Dutch
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steel - lumber
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London
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–
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British?
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general
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Bristol
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To SC 143 - did not sail
Listed in SC 144 |
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Clan Ranald
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British
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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Empire Norse
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"
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Tanker B
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Swansea
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–
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Fort Binger
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French
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sugar
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Liverpool
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–
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Georgios P
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Greek
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general - mail
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London
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–
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Gausdal
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Norwegian
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sugar - general
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London
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–
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Hercules
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Dutch
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sugar - general - mail
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London
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–
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Ivan Topic
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Yugoslavian
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Loriga
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British
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Mirza
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Dutch
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Tanker B
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Stanlow
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From HX 256
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Norlom
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Norwegian
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sugar
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Liverpool
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Ex Empire Dunlin
See Norlom |
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Para
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"
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sugar
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Greenock
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–
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Petter II
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"
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Tanker B
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Shellhaven / London
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–
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Solstad
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"
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Tanker B
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Birkenhead
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–
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"
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Tanker B
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Manchester
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Listed in SC 143
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Vinland
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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British
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steel - lumber
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Sharpness
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(See also this forum posting)
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Mauna Kea
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American
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general
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Barry Dock
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–
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Joining from Sydney C.B. (SSC 142)
(sailed Sept 16) |
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Elkanah Crowell
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British
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steel - lumber
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Preston
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From SSC 141
(See also forum posting above) |
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Agios Georgios
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Greek
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grain
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Ipswich
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From SSC 141
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Empire Tana
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British
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steel - lumber
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Immingham
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–
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Euthalia
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Greek
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grain
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Leith Dock
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–
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Justin Doane
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British
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steel - lumber
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Grimsby
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(ref. forum posting above)
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Greek
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grain
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London
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Listed in SSC 143
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Jobshaven
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Dutch
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steel - lumber
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West Hartlepool
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–
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Rodney Baxter
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British
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steel - lumber
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Hull
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(ref. forum posting)
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Ville d'Oran
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French
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steel - lumber
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London
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–
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Ioannis Frangos
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Greek
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steel - lumber
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Sharpness
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–
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Ragnhild
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Norwegian
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steel - lumber
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London
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Ex Empire Carey
See Ragnhild |
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Dimitrios Chandris
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Greek
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steel - lumber
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London
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–
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Loke
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Norwegian
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lumber
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Belfast Dock
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–
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Keila
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Estonian
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steel - lumber
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Portishead
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–
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Maliakos
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Greek
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grain
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Hull
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–
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Jesse G. Cotting
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British
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none given
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Sharpness
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(ref. forum posting)
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Empire Planet
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"
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flour - phosphates - aluminium
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London
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–
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Gunvor Mærsk
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Danish (MOWT 1940?)
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lumber
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Grimsby
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–
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Joining from N.F. (WSC 142)
(sailed Sept 17) |
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Fairwater
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British
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pit props
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Immingham
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From WSC 141
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| Form received from Ted Agar - His source: A diary.
Halifax ships only are included here. |
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12
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Point Pelee Park? (Br)* Alcor? |
21
Hercules |
31
Gausdal |
41
Norhauk |
51
Clan Ranald |
61
Mauna Kea |
71
Loriga |
81
Empire Buttress |
91
Norlom |
101 Vinland |
111 Fort Binger |
121 Nancéen |
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12
Storaa |
22
Henrik Ibsen |
32
Rådmansö |
42
Suerte |
52
Christian Holm |
62
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72
Mirza |
82
Petter II |
92
Pacific |
102 Solstad |
112 Empire Norse |
122 Ivan Topic |
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13
Kenmar |
23
Katla |
33 Para |
43 Benton Field |
53 Commandant Dorise |
63 | 73 |
83 Stad Arnhem |
93 Oremar |
103 Tovelil |
113 Georgios P |
123 Veni |
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24 | 34 | 44 Danae II |
54 | 64 | 74 | 84 | 94 | 104 | 114 | 124 |
| * Note that Point Pelee Park is not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram. | |||||||||||
Notes: Commodore was in Loriga, Vice Commodore in Clan Ranald, Rear Commodore in Gausdal. To the next SC convoy in my list SC 143 |
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