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CONVOY SC 62
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Dec. 27-1941, dispersed Jan. 12-1942.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 28 ships in this convoy.
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Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. See also ON 37 and other ON convoys from the same time period. 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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British
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steel - scrap
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Hull
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Loke
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Norwegian
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grain
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Ipswich
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From SC 61
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Innerton
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British
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general
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Liverpool
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From SC 61
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Dimitrios Inglessis
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Greek
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wheat
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Hull
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From SC 61
Returned (lost rudder) |
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Hainaut
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Belgian
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sulphur
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Garston
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Latvian / MOWT 1940
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lumber
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London
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To SC 63 - returned
(See also ON 35) |
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Empire Breeze
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British
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grain
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Immingham
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From SC 61
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Empire Moon
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"
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grain - general
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Belfast
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From SC 61
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Gudvor
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Norwegian
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general - timber
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Reykjavik
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From SC 61
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Hindoo
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Panamanian
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general
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Reykjavik
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From SC 61
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Empire Lawrence
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British
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wheat
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Liverpool
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From SC 61
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El Grillo
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"
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Tanker B
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Milford Haven / Southampton
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–
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Baron Erskine
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"
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phosphates
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Mersey
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Sunk - See Notes
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Alcor
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Dutch
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general
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Avonmouth
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From SC 61
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Swedish
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general
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Hull
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From SC 61
To SC 63 - returned |
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British
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lumber
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London
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From SC 61
Listed in SC 63 |
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Norwegian
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Adm. tanker B
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Liverpool
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From SC 61
Listed in SC 63 |
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Cowrie
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British
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Adm. tanker B
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Loch Ewe f. o.
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From SC 61
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Batna
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"
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iron ore
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Barrow
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–
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Merchant Royal
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"
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manganese ore
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Middlesbrough
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From SC 61
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Norwegian
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sugar
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Liverpool
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To SC 63 - did not sail
Listed in SC 64 |
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Ivan Topic
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Yugoslavian
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nitrates - hemp
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Liverpool
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From SC 60
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Clio
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Panamanian
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Tanker B
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Glasgow
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–
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Dinara
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Yugoslavian
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general
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Mersey
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From SC 61
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Ingertre
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Norwegian
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phosphates
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Tees
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–
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American
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general
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Reykjavik
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Listed in SC 64
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Spero
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Norwegian
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general
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Bristol
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Baron Graham
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British
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general
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London
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–
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Greek
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general
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London
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Listed in SC 63 (sunk)
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Eastmoor
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British
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general
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Glasgow
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From SC 61
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Maplewood
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"
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general
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Cardiff
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From SC 61
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Marcella
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Nicolaos Michalos
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Greek
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grain
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London
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–
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Aristides
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Panamanian
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general
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Glasgow
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–
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British
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general
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Glasgow
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To SC 63 - did not sail
Listed in SC 64 |
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"
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wheat
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Hull
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To SC 63 - did not sail
Listed in SC 64 |
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Norwegian
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steel - pulp
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Glasgow
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Listed in SC 63
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British
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general
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Hull
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To SC 63 - returned
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Greek
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grain
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London
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Listed in SC 63
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"
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grain
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Leith
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To SC 64 - did not sail
Listed in SC 66 |
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Norwegian
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iron ore
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Middlesbrough
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Listed in SC 63
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Belgian
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general
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Glasgow
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Listed in SC 64
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British
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grain
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London
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To SC 63 - returned
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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Listed in SC 63
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"
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general
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Manchester
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Listed in SC 63
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Melpomene
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French / MOWT 1940
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Tanker B
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Milford Haven / Falmouth
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–
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British
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general
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Archangel
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Listed in SC 63
(See also PQ 13) |
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Yugoslavian
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general
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Cardiff
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To SC 63 - lost touch
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Mount Mycale
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Greek
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iron ore
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Port Talbot
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Joined from Wabana
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Albatross
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American
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none given
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Iceland
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–
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Linnet
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"
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none given
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Iceland
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–
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West Nohno
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"
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general
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Hvalfjord / Archangel
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Joined Convoy PQ 9,
returned with QP 8 |
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Notes: The Rescue Vessel Bury was also with this convoy for a while. She was on her 1st voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Dec. 31-1941 with the westbound Convoy ON 52, to Iceland Jan. 7-1942, then joined Convoy SC 62 from Iceland on Jan. 9-1942 till dispersed on the 12th, returning to Clyde independently with arrival there on Jan. 14. Baron Erskine, on a voyage from Tampa (left Dec. 9-1941) for Loch Ewe and Garston with a cargo of rock and super phosphates, had parted company with the convoy on Jan. 1-1942 due to bad coal (last reported Jan. 2), and was torpedoed and sunk on Jan. 6 by U-701. She had a crew of 33 and 7 gunners, all of whom perished. To the next SC convoy in my list SC 63 |
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