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CONVOY SC 64
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Jan. 9-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 23rd.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 29 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:
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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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London
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Brand
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Norwegian
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sugar
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Clyde
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From SC 63
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Leighton
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British
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general - timber - 6 passengers
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Manchester
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–
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Hainaut
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Belgian
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sulphur
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Garston
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From SC 63
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Namarib
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American
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general - special
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Loch Ewe f. o.
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From SC 62
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Parthenon
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Greek
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flour
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London
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–
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Fairwater
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British
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general
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Hull
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–
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Aircrest
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"
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iron ore
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Glasgow
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–
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Empire Antelope
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"
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general
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Londonderry
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From SC 63
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Calobre
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Panamanian
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Amakura
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British
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rum - sugar - mail 50
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Liverpool
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–
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Empire Kingsley
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"
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wheat
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Avonmouth
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From SC 63
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Ashbury
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"
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general
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Avonmouth
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From SC 63
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Elisabeth van Belgie
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Belgian
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general
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Glasgow
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From SC 62
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Empire Lynx
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British
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steel
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Ellesmere Port
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–
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Friar Rock
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Panamanian
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general
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Clyde f. o. (Archangel)
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From SC 63
Sunk - See Notes |
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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 63
(See also SC 75) |
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Greek
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iron ore
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Middlesbrough
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Listed in SC 65
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Norwegian
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timber
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London
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Listed in SC 65
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Nemanja
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Yugoslavian
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Picotee
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British
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general - steel
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Cardiff
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–
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Anglo African
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"
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wheat
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Manchester
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–
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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Clyde
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Listed in SC 65
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Silverelm
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British
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general - special
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Holyhead / Manchester
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–
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Greek
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grain
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Leith
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From SC 62
Listed in SC 66 |
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Milos
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Swedish
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phosphates
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Hull
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–
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British Honour
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British
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Adm. tanker B
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Loch Ewe
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–
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Greek
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grain
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Tyne
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Listed in SC 65
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Norwegian
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pulp wood
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Grimsby
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Listed in SC 65
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Pilar de Larrinaga
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British
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general - special
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Holyhead . Manchester
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–
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Danish / MOWT 1940
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flour
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Hull
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To SC 65 - did not sail
Listed in SC 66 |
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Empire Dunlin
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British
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general
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London
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–
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Norwegian
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general
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Liverpool
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Listed in SC 65
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Panamanian
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general
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Archangel
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Johilla
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British
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general - steel - lumber - special
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Liverpool
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–
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Ashworth
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"
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wheat
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Hull
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–
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Norlago
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American
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general
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Loch Ewe f. o.
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–
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Arthur W. Sewall
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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Manchester
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–
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Gloucester City
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British
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steel - cotton - general
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Avonmouth
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From HX 169
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From Wabana
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British
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phosphates - special
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Hull
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Modlin
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Polish
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pulp wood
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Rochester
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From SC 63
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Notes: Friar Rock, on a voyage from New York for Loch Ewe with general cargo, was torpedoed and sunk on Jan. 13-1942 by U 130. 31 died, 6 survived. To the next SC convoy in my list SC 65 |
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