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CONVOY HX 40
Cruising Order & Advance Sailing Telegram
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Departed Halifax on May 4-1940 and arrived Liverpool on the 19th (Arnold Hague says 28 ships). |
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| Transcribed from A 1 form received from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).
Please note that the Advance Sailing Telegram has some ships that are not mentioned on this A 1 form. Nationalities have been added with the help of "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan. Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Fr=French, Gr=Greek, Pa=Panamanian |
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7
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8
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9
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11
Teiresias general Liverpool (Br) |
21
Manchester Progress general Manchester (Br) |
41
Nova Scotia general Liverpool (Br) |
51
HMS Esperance Bay Escort (Br) |
61
San Emiliano fuel oil Milford Haven (Br) |
71 Athelregent molasses Hull (Br) |
81 Leopold L-D general Brest (Fr) |
91 Delphinula lub oil London (Br) |
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12
see 64 Holmelea |
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Botwey sulphur Manchester (Br) |
42
Gujarat general Liverpool (Br) |
52
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72 Fernbank lumber London (Norw) |
82 Geddington Court wheat London (Br) |
92 Lista general Le Havre (Norw) |
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13
see 12 |
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Chesapeake petroleum Liverpool (Br) |
33 Tilsington Court grain Liverpool (Br) |
43 Gypsum Queen steel - lumber Manchester (Br) |
53 | 63 Mount Kassion grain Falmouth (Gr) |
73 Esturia gasoline Southampton (Br) |
83 Uffington Court grain London (Br) |
93 Clairy crude oil Dunkirk (Pa) bombed - see Notes |
| 14 | 24 | 34 Kars Liverpool (Br) |
44 Salvage King Liverpool (Br) |
54 | 64 See 44 Graig |
74 Touraine (Fr*) |
84 steel - lumber Newcastle (Br) |
94 Hadleigh grain Hull (Br) |
| * Arnold Hague has listed the ship in station 74 as the Norwegian Touraine, but according to her voyage record, she was in a different part of the world at that time. Hague's listing for HX 40 is available on the page naming ships in all HX convoys. As will be seen, he has not included Graig. | ||||||||
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Advance Sailing Telegram 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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City of Dieppe
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British
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Naval stores
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Devonport / Plymouth
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Not included on A 1 form above
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Nova Scotia
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"
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general
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Liverpool / Manchester
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From HX 39
Commodore Vessel |
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Chesapeake
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"
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Tanker
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Liverpool / Manchester
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–
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Norwegian
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general
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Liverpool
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From HX 39
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"
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copper - fruit
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Liverpool / Manchester
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From HX 39
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"
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lumber - lead - fruit
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Glasgow
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"
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general
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Havre
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From HX 39
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"
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Tanker B
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Milford Haven
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From HX 39
Listed in HX 41 |
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Clairy
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Panamanian
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Tanker B
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Dunkirk
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Bombed - See Notes
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Geddington Court
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British
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grain
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London
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From HX 39
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Holmelea
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"
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scrap iron
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Ardrossan
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From HX 39
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French
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Tanker B
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Havre
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Had sailed in HX 39
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British
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Tanker B
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Liverpool
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To HX 41 - did not sail
Listed in HX 42 |
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Botwey
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"
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sulphur
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Liverpool / Manchester
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–
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Salvage King
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"
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tug
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Liverpool
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–
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Greek
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lead - lumber
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Glasgow
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To HX 41 - did not sail
Shows up again in HX 49 |
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Norwegian
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Tanker W
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"probably total loss"
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See text for Willy
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Delphinula
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British
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Tanker B
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Portland / London
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–
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"
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Tanker B
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London
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To HX 41 - did not sail
Listed in HX 42 |
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Manchester Progress
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"
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Gujarat
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"
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steel - resin - lumber - special
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Liverpool / Garston
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–
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Tilsington Court
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"
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grain
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Liverpool
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–
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Uffington Court
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"
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grain
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London
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–
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Norwegian
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Tanker W
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Milford Haven / Avonmouth
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Not included on A 1 form above
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Hadleigh
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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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sulphur
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Liverpool
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–
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"
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grain
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Avonmouth
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Listed in HX 41
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San Emiliano
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"
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Tanker B
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Milford Haven / Clyde
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–
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"
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sugar
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London
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Listed in HX 41
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Athelregent
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"
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Tanker - molasses
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Hull / Degenham
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Vice Commodore Vessel
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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Havre
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Listed in HX 41
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British
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lumber
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Belfast
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Listed in HX 41
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Kars
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"
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Tanker W
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Liverpool / Manchester
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–
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Gypsum Queen
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"
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steel - lumber
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Manchester / Birkenhead
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–
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Mount Kassion
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Greek
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grain
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Falmouth / Liverpool
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–
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Graig
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British
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timber
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Aberdeen
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Stranded - See Notes
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Norwegian
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lumber
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Portland / London
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Esturia
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British
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Tanker W
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Southampton
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From HX 39
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Touraine
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French
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Tanker W
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Donges
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–
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Leopold L-D
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"
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general - special
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Brest
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–
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British
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steel - lumber
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Newcastle
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Listed in HX 41
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Teiresias
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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| Notes: The British Graig stranded near Egg Island, N.S. on May 5-1940 and broke in two. Clairy was bombed by German aircraft 8-9 m off Bologne on May 21-1940, on fire, abandoned, sank next day ("The World's Merchant Fleets -1939", R.W. Jordan). Convoy arrived rendezvous on May 16. Ocean Escorts: HMS Esperance Bay, French S/M Ajax. A. Hague names the following escorts (extracted from this list of HX convoy escorts received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year): To the next HX convoy in my list HX 41 |
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