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CONVOY SC 154
Advance Sailing Telegram and Cruising Order
Departed Halifax on Febr. 28-1944 and arrived Liverpool on March 15
(Arnold Hague gives 30 ships, but LST's would not be included in his number).
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Advance Sailing Telegram Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England (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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British
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Tanker B
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Clyde
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Listed in SC 155
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Camp Debert
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"
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steel - pit props
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Tyne
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From SC 153
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Empire Mouflon
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"
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general
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Avonmouth
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Returned to Halifax
Listed in SC 155 |
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El Ciervo
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"
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Tanker B
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Liverpool
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From SC 153
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Margarita Chandris
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Greek
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grain
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Avonmouth
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From SC 153
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Gerassimos Vergottis
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"
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grain
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Hull
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From SC 153
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Oilreliance
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British
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Tanker B
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Belfast Dock
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From SC 153
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Manchester Spinner
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"
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grain
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Manchester
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From SC 153
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Pacific
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Swedish
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grain - general
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London
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–
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Oremar
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American
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general - mail
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Immingham
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From SC 153
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Icelandic
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general - lumber
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Loch Ewe for Iceland
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Listed in HX 281
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Sveti Vlaho
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Yugoslavian
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steel - pit props
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West Hartlepool
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From SC 153
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British Freedom
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British
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Tanker B
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Londonderry
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–
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San Francisco
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Swedish
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grain - general
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Belfast Dock / Liverpool
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See * in Notes
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Marpessa
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Dutch
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Tanker B
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London / Shellhaven
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–
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Tropic Star
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Norwegian
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Manuel
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Panamanian
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general
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Newport
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–
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Ocean Courier
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British
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general
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Glasgow
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From SC 153
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Salt Flat
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"
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Tanker B
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Jarrow-on-Tyne
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–
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Dutch
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Tanker B
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Ardrossan
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Listed in SC 155
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Michigan
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Panamanian
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general
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Swansea
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–
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West Nilus
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American
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general
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Barry Roads f. o.
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Bernhard
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Norwegian
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sugar
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London
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–
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Beauregard
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American
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general
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Avonmouth
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–
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Bonaire
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Dutch
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general - flour
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Liverpool
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–
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Eleni
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Greek
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grain - flour
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Hull
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–
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Ferncliff
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Norwegian
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general
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Swansea / Avonmouth
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Returned to port (St. John's)
Listed in SC 155 (N.F. portion) |
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Fjordheim
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Gold Shell
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British
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Tanker W
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Dingle
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–
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Minerva
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Norwegian
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Belgian / MOWT 1940
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sugar - pitch
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Liverpool
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Listed in SC 155
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Princ Andrej
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Yugoslavian
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steel - lumber
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London
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–
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Robin Gray
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American
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general
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Newport
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–
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Stirlingville
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Norwegian
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Sahale
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American
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general
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Mersey f. o.
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Returned to Halifax
Listed in SC 155 |
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"
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general
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Barry Roads f. o.
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Listed in HX 281
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William Penn
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"
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Tanker W
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London (Thameshaven)
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–
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LST 283
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"
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general - fuel oil
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Milford Haven f. o. (Falmouth)
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From SC 153
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LST 286
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"
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general - fuel oil
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Milford Haven f. o. (Falmouth)
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–
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LST 491
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"
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
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–
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LST 492
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"
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
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–
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LST 51
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"
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general - fuel oil
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Clyde
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–
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LST 502
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"
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general - fuel oil
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Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
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–
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LST 493
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"
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general
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Clyde
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–
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LST 285
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"
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general
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Milford Haven f. o. (Plymouth)
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–
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LST 503
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"
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general - fuel oil
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Clyde
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–
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Dorelian
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British
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wheat - general
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Glasgow
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From HX 281
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Athelviking
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"
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molasses
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Birkenhead
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From HX 280
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| The Rescue Vessel Dundee (requisitioned Apr. 18-1943) was also with this convoy. She was on her 4th voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde with the westbound convoy ONS 28 on Jan. 28-1944 (to Halifax Febr. 15), then returned to the U.K. with SC 154 on Febr, 28 to Clyde March 15. ("Convoy Rescue Ships", Arnold Hague). | ||||
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| Form received from Ted Agar - His source: Halifax diary.
Athelviking is not included here and, therefore, her station number is not known. |
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10
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11
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11
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21
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31
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41
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51
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61
Bonaire |
71
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81
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91
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101 | 111 |
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12
Bernhard |
22
Camp Debert |
32
Sveti Vlaho |
42
Ocean Courier |
52
Fjordheim |
62
Tropic Star |
72
Robin Gray |
82
Manchester Spinner |
92
Beauregard |
102 Ferncliff |
112 Empire Mouflon |
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13
Princ Andrej |
23
William Penn |
33 Marpessa |
43 El Ciervo |
53 | 63 British Freedom |
73 Oilreliance |
83 Oremar |
93 Stirlingville |
103 Manuel |
113 Margarita Chandri |
| 14 Eleni |
24 Salt Flat |
34 Sahale |
44 Pacific |
54 | 64 |
74 San Francisco |
84 Gold Shell |
94 Minerva |
104 West Nilus |
114 Michigan |
| 15 Gerassimos Vergottis |
25 LST 51 |
35 LST 283 |
45 LST 285 |
55 | 65 LST 502 |
75 LST 493 |
85 LST 492 |
95 LST 503 |
105 LST 286 |
115 LST 491 |
| 16 | 26 | 36 | 46 Dundee (Br) RV |
56 | 66 Dorelian |
76 | 86 | 96 | 106 | 116 |
Notes: Commodore was in Bonaire, Vice Commodore in Manchester Spinner. * There's a handwritten note next to the info for San Francisco in the Advance Sailing Telegram saying (looks like) "on fire". To the next SC convoy in my list SC 155 |
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