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CONVOY SC 20
Departed Halifax on Jan. 22-1941 and arrived Liverpool on Febr. 8.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 38 ships in this convoy.
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Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. Further details have been added with the help of:
MOWT = Ministry of War Transport |
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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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Inger Toft
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Danish / MOWT 1940
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pit props
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Immingham
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–
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Allende
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British
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steel
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Newport
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–
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Norwegian
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paper pulp
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Ellesmere Port
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Bernhard
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"
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scrap iron
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Ardrossan
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Biafra
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British
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general - special
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Liverpool
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From SC 19
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Blairesk
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"
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steel - lumber
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Grimsby
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From SC 19
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Coultarn
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"
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general - steel - special
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Clyde / Hull
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–
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Cape Corso
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"
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steel - general - special
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Middlesbrough
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–
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Coryton
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"
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grain
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Hull
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From SC 19
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Dione II
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French / MOWT 1940
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iron ore
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Cardiff
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From HX 103
Sunk - See Notes |
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Evviva
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Norwegian
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pit props
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Tyne
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From SC 19
Returned to Halifax Listed in SC 22 |
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Danish / MOWT 1940
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lumber
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London
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From SC 19
Listed in SC 23 |
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Empire Engineer
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British
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steel
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Newport
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Sunk - See Notes
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French / MOWT 1940
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iron ore
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Cardiff
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From SC 19
Listed in SC 21 |
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Flensburg
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Dutch
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scrap metal
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Swansea
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From SC 19
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Hadleigh
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British
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grain
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London
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From SC 19
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Norwegian
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pit props
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Clyde
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To SC 21 - did not sail
Listed in SC 24 |
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Ingertre
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"
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pit props
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W. Hartlepool
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–
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Ioannis M. Embiricos
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Greek
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lumber
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Preston
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Sunk - See Notes
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Kordecki
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Polish
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basswood - steel
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Sharpness
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From SC 19
Returned to port (St. John's) Listed in SC 23 |
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Lars Kruse
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Danish / MOWT 1940
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pit props
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Tyne
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From SC 19
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Maclaren
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British
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lumber
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London
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From SC 19
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Myson
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French / MOWT 1940
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general
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Avonmouth
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–
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Mathilda
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Norwegian
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steel - pit props
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W. Hartlepool
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–
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Maplecourt
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Canadian
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general - special
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Preston
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From HX 103
Sunk - See Notes |
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Narocz
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Polish
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newsprint
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Glasgow
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Rolf Jarl
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Norwegian
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timber
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Belfast for water / Dublin
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From SC 19
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Selbo
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"
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pit props
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Hull
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From SC 19
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"
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Tanker B
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River Mersey
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From SC 19
Listed in SC 21 |
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Sevilla
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British
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grain
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Belfast
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From SC 19
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Rozenburg
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Dutch
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wood pulp
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Methil d. g. / Grimsby
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From SC 19
Returned to Halifax Listed in SC 22 |
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Telesfora de Larrinaga
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British
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steel - special
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London
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From HX 103
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Trident
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"
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grain
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Liverpool
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From SC 19
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"
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grain
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London
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From SC 19
Listed in SC 21 |
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French / MOWT 1940
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dry pulp
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London
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Pilar de Larrinaga
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British
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steel
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Newport
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–
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Ila
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Norwegian
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pulp
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London
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Returned to port (St. John's)
Listed in SC 23 |
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"
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lumber
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Belfast
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Listed in SC 21
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Baron Yarborough
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British
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pit props
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Barry
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–
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French / MOWT 1940
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timber
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Preston
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To SC 21 - did not sail
Listed in SC 23 |
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Polish
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general
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Manchester
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Listed in SC 21
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Fylingdale
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British
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wheat
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Sharpness
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–
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Milcrest
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"
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steel
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Hull
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–
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Flowergate
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"
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steel
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Glasgow
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–
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Pontypridd
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"
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pig iron - trucks
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Middlesbrough
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–
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American / MOWT 1941
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phosphates
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Hull
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Emmy
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Greek
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pit props
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Swansea
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Returned to Halifax for repairs
Listed in SC 24 |
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Einar Jarl
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Norwegian
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pit props
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Hull
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From HX 102
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British
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iron - newsprint
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Liverpool
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Listed in SC 21
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Lylepark
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"
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steel - trucks - special
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London
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Baron Ogilvy
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"
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steel
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Hull
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From HX 105
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Quistconck
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American / MOWT 1941
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scrap - steel
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Middlesbrough
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(Became Empire Falcon)
From HX 104 |
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Maplewood
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"
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grain
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Glasgow
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From HX 103
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Alcor
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Dutch
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grain
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Hull
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From HX 105
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Willesden
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British
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wheat
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Manchester
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–
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Sinnington Court
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"
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steel - special
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London
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In collision - put into St. John's
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Calafatis
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Greek
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steel - special
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Glasgow
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Sunk - See Notes
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Manchester Division
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British
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general
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Manchester
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From HX 105
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| The Rescue Vessel Copeland was with this convoy for a while. She was on her 1st voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Jan. 31-1941 with Convoy OB 280 until Febr. 3, then joined SC 20 on Febr. 4, to Clyde Febr. 7 (having rescued 8 survivors from HMS Crispin from OB 280). | ||||
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Notes: Empire Engineer, on a voyage from Sydney, C.B. for Newport with steel ingots, became a straggler and was sunk on Febr. 4 by U-123. She had a complement of 39, all of whom perished. Dione II, on a voyage from Wabana, N.F. for Cardiff with 2650 tons of iron ore, became a straggler and was bombed & damaged by German aircraft on Febr. 3, later shelled and sunk Febr. 4 by U-93. She had a crew of 30 and 1 gunner - 29 crew and the gunner were lost (numbers vary according to source). Calafatis, on a voyage from Philadelphia for Glasgow with a cargo of steel, was sunk by German aircraft on Febr. 4. 18 died, 13 survived. Ioannis M. Embiricos, on a voyage from Montreal for Preston with 1700 standards of pine, was bombed by German aircraft on Febr. 5, sank Febr. 6 - no casualties. Maplecourt, on a voyage from Montreal for Preston with 3604 tons of general cargo, which included 1540 tons of steel, also became a straggler and was sunk on Febr. 6 by U-107. All 37 on board died. Related external links: To the next SC convoy in my list SC 21 |
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