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CONVOY SC 99
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departed Halifax on Sept. 5-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 20th (Arnold Hague gives 59 ships) |
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| Form received from Ted Agar.
This form shows Halifax ships only (Advance Sailing Telegram is not available, so this info is incomplete). The stations given are the initial convoy stations on departure; these may have changed as the voyage progressed. Some of these ships had been cancelled from the previous convoy, SC 98, others from earlier convoys. Br=British, Am=American, Du=Dutch, Norw=Norwegian, Ice=Icelandic, Yug=Yugoslavian, Gr=Greek, Sw=Swedish, Pan=Panamanian, Fr=French. |
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11
Norwalk (Am) |
21
Yukon (Am) |
31
Hugh Williamson (Am) |
41
Selvistan (Br) |
51
Empire Cranmer (Br) |
61
Empire Bunting (Br) |
71
Baron Fairlie (Br) |
81
Empire Opossum (Br) |
91
Ferncliff (Norw) |
101 Empire Planet (Br) |
111 Algic (Am) |
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12
El Lago (Pan) |
22
Katendrecht (Du) |
32
Delsud (Am) |
42
Timok (Yug) |
52
Empire Impala (Br) |
62
Scottish Musician (Br) |
72
Spinanger (Norw) |
82
Pencarrow (Br) |
92
Astrid (Norw) |
102 Lancaster (Am) |
112 Norse King (Norw) |
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Northern Sword (Am) |
23
Chester Valley (Am) |
33 John H. B. Latrobe (Am) |
43 Jobshaven (Du) |
53 Norjerv (Norw) |
63 Fort Lamy (Fr / MOWT 1940) |
73 Sir James Clark Ross (Norw) |
83 Evanger (Norw) |
93 Parkhaven (Du) |
103 Neva (Sw) |
113 Pacific (Sw) |
| 14 Puerto Rican (Am) |
24 J. L. M. Curry (Am) |
34 William Clark (Am) |
44 Bollsta (Norw) |
54 Empire Wyclif (Br) |
64 Becheville (Br) |
74 Harpefjell (Norw) |
84 Cantal (Fr / MOWT 1941) |
94 Kofresi (Am) |
104 Vojvoda Putnik (Yug) |
114 Armathia (Gr) |
| 15 | 25 Larranga (Am) |
35 Dettifoss (Ice) |
45 Ballot (Pan) |
55 Nicolaos Michalos (Gr) |
65 Evinos (Gr) |
75 Stockport (Br) RV |
85 | 95 Dinara (Yug) |
105 Venus (Du) |
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The ships left Halifax in the following order: The first to leave at 14:40 was Empire Bunting (Commodore ship), followed at 14:45 by Evanger, then with a few minutes between each ship, Hugh Williamson, Norwalk, El Largo, Delsud, Norse King, Baron Fairlie, Ferncliff, Algic, Katendrecht, John H. B. Latrobe, Parkhaven, Chester Valley, Jobshaven, Dettifoss, J. L. M. Curry, Northern Sword, William Clark, Dinara, Larranga, Empire Impala, Spinanger, Selvistan, Scottish Musician, Empire Cranmer, Ballot, Vojvoda Putnik (YTFD), Astrid (ex Empire Pilgrim), Lancaster, Yukon (U.S. transport or supply ship - F9), Puerto Rican, Armathia, Nicolaos Michalos, Neva, Stockport, Empire Opossum, Fort Lamy, Bollsta, Timok, Empire Wyclif, Norfern(?) - then for some reason, Evanger is listed again with the time 17:16, followed by Harpefjell, Becheville, Pencarrow, Pacific, Kofresi, Sir James Clark Ross, Evinos, Venus, Empire Planet, and the last to go out at 18:50 was Cantal. Stockport (requisitioned July 8-1941) was on her 6th voyage as rescue vessel, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound Convoy ON 122 on Aug. 16 (to Halifax Sept. 1), then returned with SC 99 from Halifax Sept. 5 to Clyde Sept. 20. ("Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", Arnold Hague). To the next SC convoy in my list SC 100 |
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