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CONVOY SC 147
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 Nov. 19-1943 and arrived Liverpool on Dec. 4
(Arnold Hague gives 50 ships in this convoy)

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
Christine Marie	British	wood pulp	Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)	From SC 146
Margarita Chandris	Greek	general - grain	Liverpool	–
Floridian	American	general	Avonmouth	From SC 146
Empire Gulf	British	Tanker B	Londonderry	–
El Mirlo	"	Tanker B	Loch Ewe f. o. (Iceland)	(See also RU 101)
Pacific	Swedish	general - grain	London	–
Cetus	Norwegian	wood pulp	London	From SC 146
~~Empire Advocate~~	British	steel - pit props	Immingham	Listed in SC 148
Empire Gannet	"	pit props - lumber	Tyne	–
Fort de Troyon	French / MOWT 1940	lumber - steel	London	–
Mirza	Dutch	Tanker B	Stanlow	–
Egba	British	general	London	(Later became Empire Severn)
Seven Sisters	"	Tanker B	Jarrow-on-Tyne	(See this message) From SC 146
Cantal	French / MOWT 1941	flour	Tyne	–
Beaconoil	Panamanian	Tanker B	Clyde / Rosyth	–
Rapana	British (M.A.C.)	Tanker B	Clyde	–
Danae II	French / MOWT 1940	wood pulp	Rochester	–
Armathia	Greek	steel - pit props	Barry Dock	–
Bangkok II	French / MOWT 1942	general	London	–
Bestik	Norwegian	wood pulp	London (Gravesend)	–
Hindoo	Panamanian	general	Loch Ewe for Iceland	(See also RU 101)
Karabagh	British	Tanker W	Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)	–
Romulus	Norwegian	pulp - mail - sugar	Liverpool	–
~~Rouseville~~	British	Tanker B	Jarrow-on-Tyne	Listed in SC 148
Stirlingville	Norwegian	general	London	–
Stalowa Wola	Polish	general	Liverpool	–
Sommerstad	Norwegian	Tanker B	Stanlow / Barton	–
~~Belgian Trader~~	Belgian	steel - lumber	Garston	Listed in SC 148
~~Arosa~~	Norwegian	pit props	Garston	To SC 148 - did not sail Listed in SC 149
Bailey Foster	British	steel - lumber	Grimsby	See this forum posting
Stanwell	"	pit props	Garston	–
Iron Baron	Norwegian	pit props	West Hartlepool	–
Walter Jennings	American	Tanker W	Stanlow	–
Marymar	"	general	Barry Dock	–
Joining from Sydney C.B. (SSC 147) (sailed Nov. 20)
~~LST 264~~	American	–	Clyde f. o.	From SC 145 Listed in SSC 148
Novasli	Norwegian	steel - lumber	London	–
Barrington Court	British	grain	Clyde f. o.	–
Norse Lady	Norwegian	steel - lumber	London	–
Peleus	Greek	grain	London	–
Empire Conrad	British	flour - copper	Hull	–
Generton	"	steel - pulp	Rochester	–
Empire Puma	"	flour - grain	Avonmouth	–
Mimosa	Greek	lumber	Belfast Dock	–
Sheaf Holme	British	steel - lumber	London	–
Danby	"	copper - timber	Manchester	–
Empire Caxton	"	lumber	Sharpness	–
Gurden Gates	"	steel - lumber	Sharpness	See this forum posting
Nicolaou Virginia	Greek	wheat	Avonmouth	–
Snar	Norwegian	steel - lumber	Grimsby	–
Epiros	Greek	wood pulp	London	–
~~Hopestar~~	British	steel - lumber	Loch Ewe f. o.	Listed in SSC 148
John Wanamaker	American	general	Clyde f. o.	–
Empire Melody	British	lumber	Portishead	–
Joining from St. John's N.F. (WSC 147) (sailed Nov. 21)
Empire Opossum	British	fish - concentrates	Avonmouth	–
Tilsington Court	"	pit props	Manchester	–
Stamos	Greek	pulp	Grimsby	–

Convoy SC 147 Cruising Order
Form received from Ted Agar, England - His source: A diary. The ships listed below are those that sailed from Halifax only. There are no ships listed for the 1st and 2nd columns (may have been taken up later by the Sydney, C.B. and Newfoundland ships?).
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
11	21	31 Christine Marie	41 Empire Gannet	51 Stanwell	61 Egba	71 Cantal	81 Floridian	91 Romulus	101 Stirlingville	111 Bangkok II
12	22	32 Fort de Troyon	42 El Mirlo	52	62 Empire Gulf	72 Mirza	82 Beaconoil	92 Sommerstad	102 Karabagh	112 Margarita Chandris
13	23	33 Bailey Foster	43	53 Rapana	63 Seven Sisters	73 Marymar	83 Walter Jennings	93 Stalowa Wola	103 Armathia	113
14	24	34 Hindoo	44 Bestik	54	64 Danae II	74	84 Cetus	94 Pacific	104 unknown *probably Iron Baron (Norw)	114
* Iron Baron, listed in the Advance Sailing Telegram as sailing from Halifax, is the only ship not named in this form, so I'm assuming she's the unknown ship in station 104.

Notes:
Commodore was in Egba.

All Norwegian ships are listed on this website - ref. alphabet index below.

Related external link:
The Emprie Ships

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