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CONVOY HX 188
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Departed Halifax on May 3-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 15th (Arnold Hague says 28 ships). This does not mean that all the ships arrived that port on that date; some ships had other destinations. |
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| List received from Ted Agar, England
See also this external page. Br=British, Sw=Swedish, Norw=Norwegian, Bel=Belgian, Du=Dutch, Pa=Panamanian. Some of the ships in this convoy returned with Convoy ON 99. |
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11
Empire Rainbow (Br) |
21
Sourabaya (Br) |
31
British Zeal (Br) |
41
Cymbula (Br) |
51
Tilapa (Br) |
61
Charles F. Meyer (Br) |
71
Ocean Valour (Br) |
81
Empire Jet (Br) |
91
Cairnesk (Br) |
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12
Empire Explorer (Br) |
22
Ocean Peace (Br) |
32
Modavia (Br) |
42
Ville de Tamatave (Br) |
52
Beaverhill (Br) |
62
Empire Moonbeam (Br) |
72
Gallia (Norw) |
82
Jamaica Planter (Br) |
92
Norefjord (Norw) |
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13
Ocean Justice (Br) |
23
Belgian Gulf (Pa) |
33 Emile Francqui (Bel) |
43 Norvik (Pa) |
53 Emma Bakke (Norw.) |
63 Gdynia (Sw) |
73 Kollbjørg (Norw) |
83 Tai Shan (Norw) |
93 |
| 14 Fort Nipigon (Br) |
24 | 34 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 74 Ulysses (Du) |
84 | 94 |
The ships sailed in the following order: At 11:05 the British freighter Tilapa went out (Flagship), followed at 11:10 by the British Catapult freighter Empire Rainbow (LUM on Hurricane), then with a few minutes between each ship these vessels went out: Empire Moonbeam (2 bombers on deck), Gdynia, Cymbula, Cairnesk, Gallia, Ocean Valour (2 bomber on deck), Sourabaya (whale oil factory. Tanks and crated aircraft), Kollbjørg, Empire Jet, Ville de Tamatave,Charles F. Meyer, Norvik, Belgian Gulf, Emma Bakke, Emile Francqui, Jamaica Planter (2 open decks [short]), British Zeal, Modavia, Beaverhill (airmen on decks), Tai Shan, Empire Explorer, Norefjord, Ulysses, Ocean Justice, Ocean Peace, Fort Nipigon (at 1:05). All the Norwegian ships mentioned here are further discussed under their respective letter of the alphabet on this website - ref. index below. Norvik is also included (Norwegian managers). To the next HX convoy in my list HX 189 |
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