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CONVOY SC 68
Departed Halifax on Febr. 4-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 20th (Arnold Hague says 20 ships).
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Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England (his source: Public Records Office, Kew). Station numbers are stations upon departure Halifax; may have changed as the voyage progressed.
MOWT = Ministry of War Transport |
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Ship
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Nationality
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Cargo
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Station
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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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From SC 66
Listed in SC 69 |
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Lieutenant St. Loubert Bié
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French / MOWT 1941
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general
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41
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Liverpool
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Commodore
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British
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general
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–
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Londonderry
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To SC 69 - did not sail
Listed in SC 70 |
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Bridgepool
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"
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grain
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12
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Hull
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From SC 67
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Senga
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Yugoslavian
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general
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23
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Milford Haven / Southampton
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From SC 67
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Belgian
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nitrates
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Milford Haven f. o.
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From SC 67
Listed in SC 69 |
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Norwegian
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grain
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–
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Ipswich
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From SC 67
Listed in SC 69 |
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British
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steel
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Cardiff
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To SC 69 - did not sail
Listed in SC 73 |
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Arosa
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Norwegian
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wheat
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82
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Barry Docks
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From SC 67
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Gallant Fox
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Panamanian
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general
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62
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Clyde / N. Russia
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From SC 67
(Later joined Convoy PQ 13) |
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Colytto
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Dutch
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iron ore
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42
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Middlesbrough
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From SC 67
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British
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general
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–
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Liverpool
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"
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general
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–
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Holyhead / Liverpool
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From SC 67
To SC 69 - did not sail Listed in SC 70 |
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Oilreliance
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"
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Adm. fuel oil
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22
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Scapa
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From SC 67
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Fjordheim
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Norwegian
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general
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72
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Avonmouth
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From SC 67
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Greek
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grain
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–
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London
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From SC 67
Listed in SC 70 |
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Lord Byron
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British
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grain
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11
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London
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From SC 67
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"
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iron ore
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–
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Barrow
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To SC 69 - returned
To SC 70 - did not sail Listed in SC 71 |
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Grey County
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Norwegian
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general
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71
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Avonmouth
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From HX 171(?)
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Empire Gannet
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British
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steel - general
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21
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Hull
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–
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La Paz
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"
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general
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33
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Liverpool
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–
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Athelduchess
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"
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Tanker - molasses
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51
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Liverpool
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–
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Danish / MOWT 1940
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railway ties
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–
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London
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Listed in SC 69
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Norwegian
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Tanker B
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–
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Grangemouth
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Listed in SC 69
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Dutch
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general
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–
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Liverpool
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To SC 69 - did not sail
Listed in SC 70 |
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Irish Willow
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Irish
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general
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83
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Dublin
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–
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American
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general
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Archangel
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British
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general
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–
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Tail of the Bank
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Listed in HX 174
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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Listed in SC 70
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Pennington Court
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British
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iron ore
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13
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Immingham
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–
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American
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general
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–
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Archangel
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Listed in SC 69
(Later joined PQ 13 - sunk) |
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Kingman
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Panamanian
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general
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34
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Reykjavik
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From HX 173
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Alcedo
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"
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general
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43
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Reykjavik
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From SC 67
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| Ted's diary also lists the Norwegian Tore Jarl (station 32), the Belgian Brabo (53) and the British Empire Liberty (63) as cancelled from this convoy - these ships are not mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram. All 3 are listed in the next convoy, SC 69. | |||||
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Joining from Newfoundland (Convoy WSC 68)
Sailed Febr. 7 |
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Baron Ruthven
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British
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iron ore
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not known
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Newport
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From SC 66
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Empire Cabot
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"
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phosphates
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not known
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Hull
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From SC 66
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"
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general
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not known
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Londonderry
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From SC 66
Listed in SC 69 |
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Panamanian
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general
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not known
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Clyde / North Russia
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Spero
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Norwegian
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general
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not known
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Bristol
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From SC 67
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Notes: The French Lieutenant St. Loubert Bié, which was the Commodore Ship for SC 68, had been stopped on May 18-1941 off St. Helena by the Royal Navy and became a British prize on May 29, then sailed under the control of Ministry of War Transport. (Returned to France on May 9-1945). Source: "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan. The ships departed in the following order (according to Ted's diary): To the next SC convoy in my list SC 69 |
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