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CONVOY SC 24
Departed Halifax on Febr. 28-1941 and arrived Liverpool on March 19.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 26 ships in this convoy.
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Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. Further details have been added with the help of:
MOWT = Ministry of War Transport |
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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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Greek
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grain
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Belfast d. g. / Avonmouth
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Listed in SC 25
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Sheaf Crown
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British
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pig iron - scrap iron
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Middlesbrough
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–
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Treworlas
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"
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phosphates
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London
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From HX 104
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Kyma
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Greek
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wheat
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Avonmouth
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–
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Ledaal
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Norwegian
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lumber
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Milford Haven / Plymouth
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From SC 22
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Star
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"
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lumber
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Belfast
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–
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"
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lumber
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Boston
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From SC 23
Listed in SC 25 |
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Winterswijk
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Dutch
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phosphates
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Grangemouth
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–
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Photinia
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British
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grain
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Ipswich
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From SC 23
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Atlanticos
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Greek
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grain
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Manchester
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From SC 23
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Borgfred
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Norwegian
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pulp
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Gravesend
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From SC 23
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"
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nitrates
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Belfast d. g. / Avonmouth
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Berkel
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Dutch
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phosphates
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Grimsby
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From SC 23
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Swiftpool
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British
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grain
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Hull
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From SC 23
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Framlington Court
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"
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grain
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Newcastle
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From HX 110
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"
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steel - lumber
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Manchester
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From SC 23
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Asiatic
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"
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steel - lumber
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Garston
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From SC 21
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Norwegian
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pit props
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Belfast d. g. / Barry Dock
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Danish / MOWT 1940
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pit props
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Cardiff
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Listed in SC 25
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Flynderborg
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Danish / MOWT 1940
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pit props
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Cardiff
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From SC 23
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Brave Coeur
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American / MOWT 1941
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steel - trucks
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Newport
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(Renamed Empire Gull)
From SC 23 |
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Brisk
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Norwegian
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bauxite
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Larne
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From SC 23
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"
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lumber
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Boston
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Listed in SC 25
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Start Point
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British
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grain
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Hull
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–
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"
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sugar - rum
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Newport
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Bruxelles
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Belgian
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steel
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Middlesbrough
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–
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Victo
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Norwegian
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steel - lumber
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W. Hartlepool
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–
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Thistleglen
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British
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steel - scrap iron
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Glasgow
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From HX 111
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Tilsington Court
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"
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steel - trucks - special
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Newport
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–
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"
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grain
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Manchester
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Listed in SC 25
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Manchester Commerce
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"
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general
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Manchester
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From HX 112
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Bernhard
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Norwegian
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scrap iron
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Ardrossan
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Emmy
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Greek
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pit props
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Swansea
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From SC 20
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Inga I
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Norwegian
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timber
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Belfast
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From SC 21
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Kalypso Vergotti
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Greek
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phosphate
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Avonmouth
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From HX 111
Returned to Halfiax Listed in SC 27 |
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Annavore
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Norwegian
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timber
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Northwich(?) / Sharpness
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From HX 111
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Western Chief
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American / MOWT 1940
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steel - general
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Newport
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Sunk - See Notes
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Notes: Western Chief, on a voyage from New York for Newport with 7400 tons of steel, became a straggler and was sunk on March 14 by the Italian Submarine Emo. She had a crew of 42 and 1 gunner - 22 crew perished. Related external link: To the next SC convoy in my list SC 25 |
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