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CONVOY SC 162
Departed Halifax on Dec. 2-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 17th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 59 ships in this convoy.
(Note that between Convoy SC 161 and SC 162 the following eastbound convoys had sailed:
HX 321, CU 48, HX 322, HX 323 and CU 49).
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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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Senga
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Yugoslavian
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wood pulp
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Avonmouth
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–
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Valldemosa
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British
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Tanker W
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Ardrossan
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From SC 161
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Armathia
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Greek
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lumber
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London
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–
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Elg
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Norwegian
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grain
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Liverpool
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–
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Allerton
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British
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steel - lumber
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London
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–
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Blenheim
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American
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general
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Southend f. o.
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–
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Empire Arun
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British
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steel - general
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Manchester
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–
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Drammensfjord
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Norwegian
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sugar - pulp
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Greenock
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–
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San Francisco
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Swedish
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general
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London
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–
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Dagrun
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Norwegian
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steel - lumber
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Manchester
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–
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Empire Macandrew
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British (MAC)
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grain
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Liverpool
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–
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Stancleeve
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"
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general
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Tyne
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From HX 322
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Yugoslavian
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lumber
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Sharpness
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Listed in SC 163
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Tynemouth
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British
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lumber
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Sharpness
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–
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Maud
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Norwegian
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wood pulp
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Rochester
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–
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HMS Precept
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British
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Navy Stores
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Rosyth
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(See also HX 320)
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British Valour
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"
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Tanker B
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Belfast Dock
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–
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British Colonel
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"
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Tanker B
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Scapa / Clyde
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–
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British Chancellor
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"
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Tanker B
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Mersey
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–
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Everleigh
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"
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sugar - trucks
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London
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–
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El Mirlo
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"
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Tanker B
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Scapa / Clyde
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–
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Empire Gazelle
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"
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steel - lumber
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Manchester
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–
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Empire Conrad
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"
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steel - lumber
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Grangemouth
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–
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Fort Miami
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"
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lumber - lead
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Tyne
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–
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King Neptune
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"
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steel - lumber
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Immingham
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–
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King William
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"
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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Kenmar
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American
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explosives
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Southend f. o.
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–
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Langleecrag
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British
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sugar
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Liverpool
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–
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Oremar
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American
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explosives
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Hull
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–
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Romulus
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Norwegian
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sugar - mail
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Liverpool
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–
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Roanoke
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American
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refrig.
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Southend f. o.
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–
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Solstad
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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Birkenhead / Ellesmere Port
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–
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Torr Head
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British
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general
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Liverpool / Belfast Dock
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–
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Tordene
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"
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steel - lumber
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London
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–
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Tercero
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Norwegian
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Velma
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"
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Tanker B
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Londonderry
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–
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| Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Dundee, not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram. See Notes below. | ||||
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Joining from Sydney, C. B. - Sailed Dec. 3
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Empire Snow
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British
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general
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Tyne
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–
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Geddington Court
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"
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lumber
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London
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–
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Baron Tweedmouth
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"
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pulp
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London
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–
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Capitaine Paul Lemerle
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French
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lumber
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Portishead
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–
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Tilsington Court
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British
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lumber - general
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Tyne
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–
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Empire Sunbeam
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"
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flour
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Liverpool
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–
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Temple Yard
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"
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flour
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London
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–
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Baron Ramsay
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"
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lumber
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London
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–
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Baron Dunmore
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"
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lumber
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London
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–
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Lord Cochrane
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"
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lumber - pit props
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W. Hartlepool
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–
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Danio
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Norwegian
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lumber
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Leith Dock
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–
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Umberleigh
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British
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grain - general
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London
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–
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Langleebrook
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"
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grain
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London
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–
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Uranienborg
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Danish / MOWT 1940
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general - grain
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Avonmouth
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–
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Empire Gale
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British
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flour
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Glasgow
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–
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Empire Rhodes
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"
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grain - beans
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Hull
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–
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Iron Baron
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Norwegian
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flour
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Leith Dock
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–
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Llanberis
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British
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grain
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Glasgow
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–
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"
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grain
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Ipswich
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Listed in SC 163
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Agios Georgios
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Greek
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grain
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Leith Dock
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–
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Blairnevis
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British
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grain
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Cardiff
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–
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Empire Pickwick
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"
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grain
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London
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–
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Gerassimos Vergottis
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Greek
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grain
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Hull
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–
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Nicolaou Virginia
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"
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grain
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Belfast Dock
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–
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Empire Lady
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British
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general - refrig. - mail
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Liverpool
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From HX 322
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Joining from St. John's, N.F.
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British
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iron ore
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Newport
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Listed in SC 163
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Empire Tees
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"
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iron ore
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Ardrossan
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–
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Notes: Related external links: Empire Ships - In alphabetical order. To the next SC convoy in my list SC 163 |
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