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CONVOY HX 52
Cruising Order & Advance Sailing Telegram
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Departed Halifax on June 21-1940 and arrived Liverpool on July 6 (Arnold Hague says 29 ships). |
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| Transcribed from A 1 form received from Roger Griffiths (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).
I have added the nationalities with the help of "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939". R. W. Jordan. Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Ca=Canadian, Gr=Greek B = Bermuda portion |
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11
Rowanbank steel Middleton (Br) |
21
Dalveen steel - lumber Liverpool (Br) |
31
Boulderpool steel Manchester (Br) |
41
Nerissa general Liverpool (Br) |
51
Tower Field grain Liverpool (Br) |
61
Cairnesk general Tyne (Br) |
71
Holystone * lumber - steel Tyne (Br) |
81
Parracombe grain Hull (Br) |
91
Magog * lumber Blyth s - 0 † (Ca) Dolabella Falmouth |
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12
Alaska steel - machinery Belfast (Norw) |
22
Dorelian general Avonmouth (Br) |
32
Hardanger scrap iron Swansea (Norw) |
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New York City general Swansea (Br) |
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Lisbeth pulp Portland (Norw) |
62
Carslogie pit props Portland (Br) |
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Point Clear paper Avonmouth (Gr*) |
82
Bur pit props Portland (Norw) |
92
Vera Radcliffe steel - lumber Hull (Br) |
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Fana see station 55 |
33 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 83 | 93 |
| 14 | 24 | 34 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 74 | 84 | 94 |
| 15 B Dalfram pig & scrap iron Swansea (Br) |
25 B British Chivalry Admiralty fuel Sheerness (Br) |
35 B Inverlee Admiralty fuel Devonport (Br) |
45 B Cumberland refrig. London (Br) |
55 B gasoline Milford Haven (Br) Fana |
65 B Siris sugar - cotton Liverpool (Br) |
75 B sulphur Hull (Br) |
85 B Sambre sugar London (Br) |
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| 16 | 26 B fuel oil east-west (Br) |
36 B Luxor gas oil Liverpool (Br) |
46 B aviation fuel Milford Haven f. o. (Norw) |
56 B Coryton scrap iron Ardrossan (Br) |
66 B Leeds City lumber - metal Portland (Br) |
76 | 86 |
96 |
| Dolabella joined at 16:15 on June 21, having sailed late (the convoy departed Halifax at 09:00 that morning).
Valldemosa and Tahchee are not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram. See also HX 51 and SC 6. Commodore & escort, Bermuda portion: |
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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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Halifax section
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Dalveen
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British
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lumber - steel
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Liverpool
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From HX 51
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Greek
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general
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Liverpool
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From HX 51
(does not show up again on this site until HX 73) |
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Holystone
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British
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lumber - steel
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Tyne
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From HX 51
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New York City
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"
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general - special
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Swansea
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From HX 51
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Greek
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timber
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Liverpool
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From HX 51
Listed in HX 53 |
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Norwegian
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lumber
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Falmouth
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"
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pit props
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Glasgow
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From HX 51
See Ravnanger |
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Magog
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Canadian
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lumber
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Blyth
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Torpedoed - See Notes
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Greek
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newsprint
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London
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–
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Nerissa
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British
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general
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Liverpool
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Commodore Vessel
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Bur
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Norwegian
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lumber
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Portland / Tyne
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–
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Dorelian
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British
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general
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Avonmouth
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–
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Dutch
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general
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Liverpool
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Listed in HX 54
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Alaska
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Norwegian
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steel - machinery
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Belfast f. o.
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–
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Cairnesk
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British
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general
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Tyne
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Vice Commodore
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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Listed in HX 53
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Hardanger
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Norwegian
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steel - scrap iron
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Swansea
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–
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Point Clear
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Greek
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paper
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Avonmouth
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See * in Notes
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Parracombe
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British
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grain
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Hull
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–
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Tower Field
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"
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grain
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Liverpool
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–
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Vera Radcliffe
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"
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steel - lumber
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Hull
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–
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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Milford Haven f. o.
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To HX 53 - did not sail
Does not show up again until HX 60 |
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British
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pit props
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Hull
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Listed in HX 53
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"
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pig iron
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Glasgow
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Listed in HX 53
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Lisbeth
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Norwegian
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logs - wood pulp
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Portland / London
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–
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British
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general - special
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Liverpool
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To HX 53 - did not sail
(does not show up again on this site until HX 60) |
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Boulderpool
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"
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steel
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Manchester
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–
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Dutch
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general
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Glasgow
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Listed in HX 54
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Finnish
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lumber
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Cork
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To HX 53 - did not sail
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Rowanbank
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British
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steel - steel scrap
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Middlesbrough
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–
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Carslogie
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"
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pit props
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Portland / Hartlepool
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–
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Dolabella
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"
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Tanker B
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London
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–
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Joining from Bermuda - Sailed June 20
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Siris
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British
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sugar - cotton
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Liverpool
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From HX 51
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British Chivalry
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"
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Adm. tanker B
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Sheerness
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–
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Luxor
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"
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Tanker B
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Liverpool
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–
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"
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sulphur
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Hull
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Listed in HX 54
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Coryton
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"
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scrap iron
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Ardrossan
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–
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Cumberland
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"
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refrig.
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Glasgow |
–
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Inverlee
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"
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Adm tanker B
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Devonport
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–
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Norwegian
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Tanker W
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Milford Haven f. o.
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Listed in HX 59
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Fana
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"
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wood pulp
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Manchester
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–
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Dalfram
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British
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pig iron - scrap
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Swansea
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–
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Sambre
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"
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sugar
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London
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–
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Leeds City
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"
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lumber - metal
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Portland / Leith
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–
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"
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Tanker W
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Milford Haven f. o.
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Notes: Commodore was in Nerissa (Vice Admiral G. McOran?), Vice Commodore was in Cairnesk (Captain E. A. Organ), and Rear Commodore in Cumberland (joining from Bermuda). * The Advance Sailing Telegram lists Point Clear as Greek. R. W. Jordan's "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939" has her has American, while E. Gröner (for 1940) has her as Romanian. It's possible she was sold and changed owners a few times. * The Canadian Magog (originally in station 91) became a straggler on the night of June 21, maintaining only 7 1/2 knots, and Holystone straggled on June 23 in 41 43N 54 30W, speed 8 knots (cruising speed was set at 9 knots). Magog, on a voyage from Halifax for Preston with 512 standards of timber, was torpedoed, shelled and damaged by U-99 on July 5-1940. She had a crew of 23 - there were no casualties. She eventually sank on July 8 ("Lloyd's War Losses", Vol. I, and "Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two", Jürgen Rohwer). The convoy originally had 18 ships, 27 were present on arrival at local escort rendezvous, the Bermuda section having joined at 19:15 on June 25. Commodore's notes on station keeping: Escorts: HMS Aurania (Ocean Escort), destroyers HMS Hurricane, HMS Wolverine, sloop HMS Scarborough, corvette HMS Gardinia. More details on all the Norwegian ships named in this convoy can be found in the alphabetical ship lists of this website. Related external link: To the next HX convoy in my list HX 53 |
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