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CONVOY SC 144
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 Oct. 11-1943 and arrived Liverpool on the 27th
(Arnold Hague gives 38 ships))

Advance Sailing Telegram Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England (his source: Public Records Office, Kew). ~~Crossed out~~ ships did not sail. MOWT = Ministry of War Transport.
Ship	Nationality	Cargo	Destination	Remarks
~~Sulev~~	Estonian / MOWT 1940	lumber	Belfast Dock	From SC 143 Listed in SC 145
~~Benedick~~	British	Tanker B	Clyde	Listed in SC 145
Empire Barrie	"	general	London	–
Beaconstreet	"	Tanker B	Clyde	–
Antietam	American	Tanker B	Scapa	–
Rio Bravo	British	Tanker B	Dundee	–
~~Agwistar~~	American	sugar	Greenock	(See also HX 256) Listed in SC 145
Belgique	Belgian	flour - aluminium	London	–
Grey County	Norwegian	general	Tyne	–
Stal	British (Ex Danish)	pulp	Ellesmere Port	–
Empire Glen	British	steel - lumber	London	–
West Nohno	American	Army - general	Swansea	–
Lagarto	British	general - cotton	Liverpool	–
British Industry	"	Adm tanker B	Liverpool	–
Beaconoil	Panamanian	Tanker B	Clyde	–
Solsten	Norwegian	Tanker B	Mersey	–
Standard	Panamanian	Tanker B	Scapa
Vanja	Norwegian	Tanker B	Clyde	–
Raranga	British	general - refrig.	Avonmouth	–
Prinses Maria-Pia	Belgian / MOWT 1940	sugar - general - mail	Liverpool	–
Caleb Sprague	British	general	Bristol	From SC 143
Vinga	Norwegian	Tanker B	Londonderry	–
Cotton Valley	British	Tanker B	Saltend (Humber)	–
D. L. Harper	British	Tanker W	Avonmouth	–
Evanger	Norwegian	general	London	–
Empire Lancer	British	general - refrig.	Avonmouth	–
Gulf of Mexico	American	Tanker B	Clyde	–
Hardanger	Norwegian	sugar	Greenock	–
Keilehaven	Dutch	steel - general - lumber	Sharpness	–
Marquesa	British	refrig.	Liverpool	–
Nacella	"	Tanker W	Avonmouth	–
Timok	Yugoslavian	steel - lumber	Garston	–
~~Maycrest~~	British	steel - lumber	Hull	Listed in SC 145
Fernbank	Norwegian	steel - lumber	Garston	–
Oregon I	Danish / MOWT 1940	steel - lumber	Glasgow	–
LST 30	American	general	Milford Haven f. o. (Falmouth)	–
LST 36	–	lumber	London	–
LST 33	–	lumber	London	–
LST 37	–	lumber	London	–
LST 35	–	lumber	London	–
Joining from Sydney C.B. (SSC 144)
Baron Maclay	British	steel - lumber	London
Lord Cochrane	"	steel - lumber	London	Putting into ?(illegible) shifting cargo
Not sure if the following 2 ships joined from Sydney or N.F.:
Misoa	British	none igven	Clyde	–
Queen Emma	" (ex Dutch Koningin Emma)	none given	Clyde	–
Joining from N.F. (WSC 144) (sailed Oct. 14)
Bradburn	British	pit props	Garston

Convoy SC 144 Cruising Order
Form received from Ted Agar - His source: A diary. Halifax ships only are shown here. LST 30 is not listed and, therefore, station number is not known.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
11 Belgique	21 Empire Glen	31 Rio Bravo	41 Oregon I	51 Hardanger	61 Empire Lancer	71 Marquesa	81 Lagarto	91 Raranga	101 West Nohno	111 Empire Barrie
12 Fernbank	22 Vanja	32 Beaconoil	42 Beaconstreet	52	62 Vinga	72 Gulf of Mexico	82 British Industry	92 D. L. Harper	102 Nacella	112 Caleb Sprague
13	23 LST 30	33 Solsten	43 Standard	53	63 Antietam	73 Grey County	83 Evanger	93 Cotton Valley	103 Timok	113 Keilehaven
14	24	34 Stal	44 LST 36	54	64 LST 33	74 LST 37	84 Prinses Maria Pia	94 LST 35	104	114

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