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CONVOY SC 143
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. 28-1943 and arrived Liverpool on Oct. 12
(Arnold Hague gives 39 ships)
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Advance Sailing Telegram Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England (his source: Public Records Office, Kew). Further details have been added with the help of:
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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Scorton
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British
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steel - pit props
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Hull
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–
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Estionian / MOWT 1940
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lumber
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Belfast Dock
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Storaa
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Danish / MOWT 1940
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pulp
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London (Gravesend)
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From SC 142
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El Mirlo
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British
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Adm. tanker B
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Scapa
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–
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Empire Gulf
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"
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Adm. tanker B
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Londonderry
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–
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Daylight
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American
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Adm. tanker B - trucks
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Milford Haven f. o. (Devonport)
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–
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Rapana
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British
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Adm. tanker B
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Clyde
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–
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Mount Rhodope
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Greek
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steel - pulp
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Glasgow
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–
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Fjordheim
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Norwegian
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general
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Swansea
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–
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Saluta
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British
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Tanker B
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Clyde
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–
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Western Queen
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American
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sugar
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Liverpool
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–
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Sommerstad
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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Manchester
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From SC 142
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Maud
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"
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sugar
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Greenock
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–
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F. J. Wolfe
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British
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Tanker B
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Liverpool
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–
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Dunav
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Yugoslavian
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steel - lumber
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London
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–
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Tonkana
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British
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Tanker B
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Cardiff
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–
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"(?)
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general
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Bristol
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From SC 142
Listed in SC 144 |
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Empire Defiance
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"
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grain - general
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Liverpool
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–
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Ferncliff
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Norwegian
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Gloucester City
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British
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general
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Bristol
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–
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Jefferson Myers
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American
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
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–
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Suderøy
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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Clyde / Mersey
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–
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Stad Haarlem
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Dutch
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steel - lumber
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London
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–
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West Keene
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American
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sugar
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Liverpool
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–
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W. S. Farish
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"
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Adm. tanker B - aircraft
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Clyde
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–
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Walter Jennings
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"
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Tanker B
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Avonmouth
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–
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Yorkmar
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"
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general
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Cardiff
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Sunk - See Notes
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Dagrun
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Norwegian
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steel - lumber
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Hull
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–
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LST 216
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–
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general
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Liverpool / Clyde
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–
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LST 217
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–
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Tanker
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Liverpool / Clyde
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–
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Joining from Sydney C.B. (SSC 143)
(sailed Sept 29) |
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Archangelos
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Greek
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grain
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Barry Dock
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From SSC 142
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Picotee
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British
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steel - lumber
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Grangemouth
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–
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Yearby
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"
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steel - lumber
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London
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–
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Sréca
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Yugoslavian
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steel - lumber
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Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
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–
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Margit
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Danish / MOWT 1940
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lumber
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Boston (Lincs.)
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–
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Merton
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British
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grain - flour
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Leith Dock
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–
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Lago
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Norwegian
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steel - lumber
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London
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–
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Manø
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Danish / MOWT 1940
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lumber
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Great Yarmouth
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–
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Dallington Court
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British
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grain
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Avonmouth
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–
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Belgian Sailor
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Belgian
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steel - lumber - phosphorus - pulp
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London
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–
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Joining from N.F. (WSC 143)
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John A. Poor
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American
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general
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Avonmouth
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From HX 256
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| Form received from Ted Agar, England - His source: A diary.
The ships listed below are those that sailed from Halifax only. No ships are listed for the 1st and 2nd column (perhaps they were reserved for the Sydney portion?). |
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10
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11
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11
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21
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31
Empire Defiance |
41
Stad Haarlem |
51
Scorton |
61
Sommerstad |
71
Western Queen |
81
West Keene |
91
Ferncliff |
101 Gloucester City |
111 Yorkmar sunk |
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12
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22
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32
Dagrun |
42
Saluta |
52
El Mirlo |
62
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72
Empire Gulf |
82
Daylight |
92
F. J. Wolfe |
102 Walter Jennings |
112 Maud |
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13
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23
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33 Dunav |
43 Suderøy |
53 W. S. Farish |
63 Rapana |
73 Jefferson Myers |
83 Tonkana |
93 Fjordheim |
103 | 113 |
| 14 | 24 | 34 Mount Rhodope |
44 Storaa |
54 LST 216 |
64 | 74 LST 217 |
84 | 94 | 104 | 114 |
Notes: Yorkmar, on a voyage from Boston for Cardiff with 6584 tons grain, dairy produce, truck parts and ammunition, was sunk by U-645 on Oct. 9. She had a crew of 39 and 28 Armed Guard - 13 died. The escorting Polish destroyer Orkan was sunk by U-378 on Oct. 8, with great loss of life, as will be seen by clicking on the external link below. Related external links: To the next SC convoy in my list SC 144 |
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