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CONVOY HX 226
Departed New York on Febr. 8-1943 and arrived Liverpool on the 24th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 43 ships in this convoy.
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Transcribed from several documents received from Roger Griffiths - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. The ships are listed in the order in which they appear on the various documents. MOWT=Ministry of War Transport For info, some of the ships in this convoy are listed in the westbound Convoy ON 170, which left Liverpool on March 3-1943. |
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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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Fordsdale
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British
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frozen - general
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Belfast Dock / Avonmouth
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–
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"
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wheat - ore - mail
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Belfast f. o.
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Dromore
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"
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general
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Manchester
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From HX 225
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Clan Macilwraith
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"
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general
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Hull
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–
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"
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Tanker W
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Stanlow
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–
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"
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Tanker W
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Avonmouth
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–
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Basil
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"
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general
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Avonmouth
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–
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Empire Cobbett
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"
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Tanker W
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Mersey
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–
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Rimutaka
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"
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frozen - general - 191 passengers - mail
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Avonmouth
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–
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Wayfarer
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"
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sugar
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Liverpool
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–
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Henry Dundas
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"
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Tanker W
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Avonmouth
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–
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"
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general - mail
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Clyde
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See HX 228
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Shirrabank
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Fort Yale
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"
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lumber - general
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Swansea / Southampton
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–
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Egyptian Prince
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"
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general - 3 passengers - mail
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London
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Put back to Halifax
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"
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general
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Leith
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See HX 228
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Cordillera
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"
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frozen
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Liverpool
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–
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British Character
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"
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Tanker W
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Bowling / Ardrossan
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–
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British Gratitude
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"
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Tanker B
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Dublin
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–
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British Tenacity
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"
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Tanker B
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Stanlow
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–
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Port Chalmers
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"
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general - 22 passengers
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Liverpool
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–
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Pacific Enterprise
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"
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general - 15 passengers
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Cardiff
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Vice Commodore
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"
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Tanker W
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Avonmouth
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Listed in HX 228
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Maya
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Honduran
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refrig. - 9 passengers
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Glasgow
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–
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Katy
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Norwegian
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Tanker W
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Stanlow
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–
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O. M. Bernuth
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American
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Tanker W
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Stanlow
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–
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Taria
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Dutch
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Tanker B
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Avonmouth
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From HX 225
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Norwegian
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general
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Liverpool
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Listed in HX 228
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Delhi
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Swedish
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steel
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Tyne
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–
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Dutch
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steel - general
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Clyde f. o.
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Listed in HX 228
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Norwegian
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Tanker W
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Stanlow
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–
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Contessa
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Honduran
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184 passengers
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Barry Dock
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–
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John Lykes
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American
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general
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Newport
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–
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Ville D'Anvers
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Belgian
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general - 134 passengers - mail
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Glasgow
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–
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British
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wheat
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Manchester
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Listed in HX 228
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Robert F. Hand
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"
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Tanker W
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Swansea
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–
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Désirade
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French / MOWT 1940
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frozen - general - mail
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Cardiff
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From HX 225
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Laurits Swenson
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Norwegian
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general
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Swansea
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Commodore Vessel
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Silverwalnut
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British
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refrig. - general - 4 passengers - mail
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Liverpool
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–
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Norsktank
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Norwegian
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Admiralty tanker
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Clyde
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From HX 225
Straggled - went to St. John's |
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Fort Fraser
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British
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grain
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London
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–
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American
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troops
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Iceland
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From HX 225
Listed in HX 228 |
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Elisabeth Bakke
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Norwegian
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none given
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Halifax
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–
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Pennsylvania Sun
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American
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none given
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Halifax
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–
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Sunoil
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"
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none given
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Halifax
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–
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Joining from Halifax
(sailed Febr. 10) |
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Daghestan
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British
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grain
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Liverpool
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From HX 225
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Modavia
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"
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general
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Milford Haven / Southampton
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(Sunk by E-boat after arrival U.K. - Febr. 27)
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Carrillo
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American
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refrig. - general - passengers
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Liverpool
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From HX 225
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Norefjord
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Norwegian
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flour
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Liverpool
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–
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Cairnvalona
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British
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general
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Manchester
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Returned to Halifax
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| The following ships are added by hand on the same document, but may have originated in New York? | ||||
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Patrick Henry
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American
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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–
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Idefjord
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Norwegian
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general
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Garston
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–
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Raphael Semmes
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American
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general - passengers
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Liverpool
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–
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Pan-Delaware
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"
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Tanker W
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Avonmouth
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–
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Fjordaas
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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Clyde
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From HX 225
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G. Harrison Smith
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American
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Tanker B
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Clyde
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From HX 225
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Atenas
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"
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general - passengers - mail
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Garston
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–
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Thorshøvdi
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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Scapa
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–
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Fluor Spar
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American
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general
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Mersey / Manchester
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–
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Betty Zane
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"
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General
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Liverpool
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–
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Notes: Commodore's notes are not available Will be added: HX 227 |
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