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CONVOY SC 153
Advance Sailing Telegram and Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Febr. 13-1944 and arrived Liverpool on March 2
(Arnold Hague gives 18 ships, but presumably landing barges would not be included in his number)
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Advance Sailing Telegram Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).
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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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Cowrie
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British
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Adm. tanker B
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Belfast / Londonderry
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–
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"
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steel - pit props
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Tyne
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Listed in SC 154
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Dartmouth Park
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"
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aluminium - pulp
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Rochester
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–
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"
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Adm. tanker B
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Clyde
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Listed in SC 154
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Greek
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grain - trucks
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Avonmouth
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Listed in SC 154
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"
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grain - trucks
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Hull
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Listed in SC 154
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British
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Adm. tanker B
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Clyde
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Listed in SC 154
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"
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grain
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Manchester
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Listed in SC 154
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Empire Maccabe
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"
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Adm. tanker B (M.A.C.)
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Clyde
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–
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Empire Puma
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"
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grain - flour
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Hull
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–
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Arizpa
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American
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general - lumber
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Manchester
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–
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Tamaha
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British
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Tanker B
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London (Shellhaven)
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–
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Ampetco
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Belgian
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Tanker B
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Avonmouth
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–
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American
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general - mail
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Mersey f.o.
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Listed in SC 154
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Algic
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"
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general - mail
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Hull
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–
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Aquarius
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"
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general
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Cardiff
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–
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Floridian
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"
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grain - general
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Avonmouth
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–
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British Colonel
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British
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Tanker B
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Clyde
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–
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American
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general
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Cardiff
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Listed in HX 279
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Hercules
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Dutch
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sugar - pitch
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London
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–
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Jefferson Myers
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American
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general
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Barry Dock
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–
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Mount Evans
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Marymar
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"
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general
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Immingham
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–
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British
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general
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Glasgow
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Listed in SC 154
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Yugoslavian
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steel - pit props
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West Hartlepool
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Listed in SC 154
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LST 46
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American
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Falmouth)
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–
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LST 47
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"
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Falmouth)
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–
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LST 48
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"
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Falmouth)
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–
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LST 49
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"
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Falmouth)
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–
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LST 50
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"
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general - fuel oil
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Milford Haven f. o. (Falmouth)
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–
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LST 133
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"
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general - fuel oil
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Milford Haven f. o. (Falmouth)
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–
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LST 134
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"
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
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–
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LST 229
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"
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
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–
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LST 230
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"
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
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–
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LST 280
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"
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general
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Londonderry
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–
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LST 281
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"
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general - mail
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Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
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–
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"
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general - fuel oil
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Milford Haven
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Listed in SC 154
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LST 284
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"
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general - diesel oil
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Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
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–
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LST 501
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"
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Falmouth)
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–
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Nishmaha
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"
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none given
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Immingham
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–
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Delilian
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British
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none given
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Liverpool
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From HX 279
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| The Rescue Vessel Dewsbury (requisitioned July 24-1941) was also with this convoy. She was on her 12th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 220 on Jan. 15-1944 (to Halifax Febr. 1), returning with SC 153 from Halifax on Febr. 13, to Clyde March 1.
According to Arnold Hague, the Norwegian Buenos Aires, which had been sailing in Convoy HX 279, detached from that convoy at some point and joined up with SC 153. See my page about Buenos Aires. |
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| Form received from Ted Agar - His source: Halifax diary. |
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10
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11
Floridian |
21
Empire Puma |
31
Algic |
41
Hercules |
51
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61
Delilian |
71
Marymar |
81
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91
Arizpa |
101 Mount Evans |
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12
Dartmouth Park |
22
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32
Nishmaha |
42
Cowrie |
52
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62
Ampetco |
72
Jefferson Myers |
82
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92
Aquarius |
102 LST 48 |
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13
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23
Tamaha |
33 LST 49 |
43 LST 134 |
53 Empire Maccabe |
63 British Colonel |
73 LST 46 |
83 LST 47 |
93 LST 133 |
103 LST 281 |
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24 LST 501 |
34 LST 299 |
44 Dewsbury (Br) RV |
54 | 64 |
74 LST 230 |
84 LST 280 |
94 LST 50 |
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To the next SC convoy in my list SC 154 |
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