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CONVOY SC 8
Departed Sydney, C.B. on Oct. 15-1940 and arrived Liverpool on the 31st.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 40 ships in this convoy.
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Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - 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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Beaumanoir
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French / MOWT 1940
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lumber
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Belfast d. g. / Sharpness
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–
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Norwegian
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lumber
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London
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From SC 7
Listed in SC 9 |
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British
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lumber
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Wisbech
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Joined SC 9 - returned to port
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Gironde
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Belgian
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sulphite - pulp wood
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Ridham Dock
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–
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Mathilda
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Norwegian
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iron ore
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Middlesbrough
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–
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Parthenon
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Greek
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phosphate rock
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Ardrossan
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From SC 7
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Tautra
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Norwegian
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pit props
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Tyne
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From SC 7
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Newton Ash
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British
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steel - lumber
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Liverpool
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From SC 7
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Favorit
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Norwegian
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968 standards lumber
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London
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From HX 78
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Baron Tweedmouth
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British
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phosphate
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Tees
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–
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Kalani
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American / MOWT 1940
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pig iron
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Clyde
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(Renamed Empire Cheetah)
From HX 78 |
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Winona
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British
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lumber
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Glasgow
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From SC 7
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Marga
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Norwegian
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wood pulp
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Grimsby
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From SC 7
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Jura
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British
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lumber
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London
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–
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Empire Springbuck
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"
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steel
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Methil d. g. / Newcastle
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–
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Bifrost
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Swedish
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pulp wood
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Manchester
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–
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Greek
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phosphate rock
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Newport
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Listed in SC 9
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British
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lumber
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Portishead
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Listed in SC 9
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Leonidas Z. Cambanis
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Greek
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maize
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Manchester
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–
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Swedish
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lumber
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Glasgow
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Zephyros
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Greek
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phosphate
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Garston
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From SC 6
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Cara
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British
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lumber
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London
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–
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Norwegian
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newsprint - pulp
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Manchester
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Rushpool
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British
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lumber - grain - canned meat
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Immingham
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From HX 78
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"
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lumber
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Leith
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Listed in SC 9
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Merchant
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"
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lumber - steel - special
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Liverpool
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–
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Vespasian
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Norwegian
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pit props
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West Hartlepool
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–
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Penolver
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British
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pit props
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Hull
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–
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Baron Dechmont
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"
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pit props
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West Hartlepool
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–
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Widestone
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"
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iron ore
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Middlesbrough
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–
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Trompenberg
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Dutch
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pit props
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Hull
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–
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Circe II
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British
(ex French Circe - MOWT 1940) |
iron ore
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Methil d. g. / Tyne
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–
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Facto
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Norwegian
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lumber
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Yarmouth
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–
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Ila
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"
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pit props
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Hull
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From HX 80
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Winterswijk
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Dutch
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wheat
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Cardiff
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From HX 81
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Anvers
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Belgian
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steel
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London
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–
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Thistleglen
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British
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steel
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London
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–
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Dallington Court
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"
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grain
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Leith
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From HX 80
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Lyra
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Norwegian
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paper - aluminium
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Preston
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–
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Michael L. Embiricos
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Greek
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steel - lumber
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Portishead
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From HX 80
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Suecia
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Swedish
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steel
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Newport
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–
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PLM 27
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–
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iron ore
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Cardiff
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–
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Saturnus
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Dutch
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steel
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Newport
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–
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Vassilios A. Polemis
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Greek
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iron ore
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Cardiff
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From SC 7
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Mirupanu
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British
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wheat
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Swansea
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From SC 7
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Philip T. Dodge
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"
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iron - paper
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Avonmouth
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–
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Ringhorn
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Norwegian
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lumber
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Sharpness
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–
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Notes: Related external link: To the next SC convoy in my list SC 9 |
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