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CONVOY SC 160
Departed Halifax on Nov. 2-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 17th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 47 ships in this convoy.
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Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - 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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Ragnhildsholm
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Swedish
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grain - general
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London
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–
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Redgate
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British
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steel - lumber
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Port Talbot
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From SC 159
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Katla
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Icelandic
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general - lumber
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Loch Ewe for Iceland
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From SC 159
(See also RU 145) |
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Rigoletto
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Swedish
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pit props - lumber
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Immingham
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–
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Riley
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British
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sugar
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Liverpool
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From SC 159
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Empire Grebe
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"
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sugar - general
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London
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(Listed as West Wauna in some earlier convoys on this site)
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Charlton Hall
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"
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general - steel
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Glasgow
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–
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British Commodore
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"
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Adm tanker B
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Clyde
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–
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Empire Wycliff
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Jan van Goyen
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Dutch
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steel - lumber
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London
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–
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Beaconstreet
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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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Sheridan
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"
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general - explosives
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Liverpool
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–
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Kronprinsessan Margareta
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Swedish
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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Fort Souris
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British
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steel - lumber
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Tyne
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–
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Empire MacMahon
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"
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Adm. tanker B
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Clyde
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–
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"
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steel - lumber
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Portishead
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Listed in SC 161
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Cowrie
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"
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Adm. tanker B
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Scapa
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–
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Dramatist
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"
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general - sulphur - cotton
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Liverpool
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–
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Empire Cougar
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"
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sugar
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Greenock
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(Listed as West Saginaw in some earlier convoys on this site)
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Empire Balfour
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"
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general - meat - mail
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Avonmouth
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–
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Empire Planet
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"
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grain - general
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Avonmouth
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–
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Guinean
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"
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cotton - general
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Manchester
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–
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Ingleton
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"
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sugar
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Liverpool
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–
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Norsktank
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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Mersey / Manchester
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–
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Norbryn
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"
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steel - lumber - general
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Garston
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–
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Raranga
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British
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general - refrig. - mail
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Liverpool
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–
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Stirlingville
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Norwegian
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general
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London
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–
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Scottish American
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British
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Adm. tanker B
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Londonderry
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–
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Stamos
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Greek
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lumber
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London
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–
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| Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Goodwin, not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram. See Notes below. | ||||
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Joining from Sydney, C. B. - Sailed Nov. 3
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Baron Elgin
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British
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lumber
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London
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–
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Empire Magpie
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"
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steel - lumber
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London
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–
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Empire Mouflon
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"
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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Monkleigh
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"
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flour
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Liverpool
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–
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Empire Cameron
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"
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lumber
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W. Hartlepool
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–
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Baron Haig
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"
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lumber
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London
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–
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Olaf Bergh
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Norwegian
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grain
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Avonmouth
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–
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Northleigh
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British
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grain - mail
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London
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–
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Nailsea Moor
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"
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lumber
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Mersey
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–
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Epiros
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Greek
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pulp
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Rochester
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–
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Dan-y-Bryn
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British
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lumber
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Hull
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–
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Mount Rhodope
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Greek
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lumber
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Ellesmere Port
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–
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Dimitrios Inglessis
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"
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general - grain
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Liverpool
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–
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Archangelos
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"
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lumber
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London
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–
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Dinara
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Yugoslavian
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lumber
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W. Hartlepool
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–
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North Devon
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British
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pit props
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Hull
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–
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Cetus
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Norwegian
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lumber
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Sharpness
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–
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Joining from St. John's, N.F. - Sailed Nov. 6
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Caithness
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British
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paper
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London
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–
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"
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concentrates
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Avonmouth
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–
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French
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general
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London
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| * Appledore is crossed out on the form, but then added in by hand further down on the document, so it looks like she may have sailed afterall. | ||||
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Notes: Related external links: Empire Ships - In alphabetical order. To the next SC convoy in my list SC 161 |
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