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CONVOY SC 87
(Will be updated - please compare with A. Hague's listing for this convoy at ships in all SC convoys. See also SC escorts).
Departed Sydney, C.B. on June 12-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 27th.
(Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 41 ships)
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Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. See also Convoy ON 92.
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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King Frederick
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British
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wheat
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Liverpool
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From SC 86
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El Lago
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Panamanian
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general
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Clyde f. o.
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Detached for Iceland
(See also RU 29) |
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Wichita Falls
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American
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coal - coke
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Iceland
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–
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Alamo
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"
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general
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Iceland
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–
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Malantic
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"
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general
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Iceland
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–
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Aquila
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"
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Army stores
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Iceland
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–
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Clearpool
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British
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grain
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London
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–
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Lisbeth
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Norwegian
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steel - pulp
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Liverpool
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–
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Morska Wola
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Polish
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general
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Manchester
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From SC 86
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Empire Razorbill
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British
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steel - cotton
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Swansea
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(See also SC 82)
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Lagarto
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"
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tin - nitrate - cotton
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Liverpool
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–
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Velox
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Norwegian
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cotton - steel
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Newport
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–
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Selfoss
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Icelandic
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lumber - trucks
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Reykjavik
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–
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Ulla
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Danish / MOWT 1940
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bauxite
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Manchester
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–
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Empire Wolfe
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British
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flour - trucks
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Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
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–
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Empire Porpoise
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"
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general - trucks
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Liverpool
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–
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Llanashe
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"
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sugar
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Liverpool
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–
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Lars Kruse
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Danish / MOWT 1940
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lumber
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London
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From SC 86
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British
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lumber
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Belfast
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Vulcanus
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Dutch
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sugar
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Greenock
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–
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Selvik
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Norwegian
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lumber
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Milford Haven f. o. (Southampton)
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–
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American
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stores - personnel
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Iceland
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Listed in HX 194
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Alresford
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British
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lumber
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Manchester
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–
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Albert L. Ellsworth
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Norwegian
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Adm. tanker B
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Hvalfjord
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–
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Barberrys
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British
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general - mail 1582
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Glasgow
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From SC 86
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Katla
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Icelandic
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general
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Iceland
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–
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Narbo
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American
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general
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Belfast Dock
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–
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Dimitrios Inglessis
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Greek
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wheat
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London
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(See also SC 62)
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Empire Flame
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British
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general
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Manchester
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–
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Borgholm
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Norwegian
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lumber
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Boston
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–
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Saltersgate
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British
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grain - trucks
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Leith
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–
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Titanian
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Norwegian
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grain - trucks
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Barry Dock
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–
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Henrik Ibsen
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"
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steel - pulp
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Manchester
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–
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Odysseus
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Greek
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grain - trucks
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Hull
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–
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Snar
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Norwegian
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lumber
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London
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–
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Lornaston
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British
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grain
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London
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–
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Greek
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grain
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Glasgow
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Listed in SC 88
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Norwegian
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lumber
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Garston
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Joined SC 88 - put into St. John's w/boiler trouble
Listed in WSC 89 |
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Swedish
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wood pulp
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London
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Listed in SC 88
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British
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grain
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Hull
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Listed in SC 88
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Norwegian
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lumber
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Belfast Dock
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Listed in SC 88
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Dutch
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steel - timber
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London
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Listed in SC 88
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Panamanian
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none given
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Not for U.K.
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See also HX 194
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American
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general - gasoline
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Iceland
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Listed in SC 89
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Panamanian
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grain
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London
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Listed in SC 88
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American
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general - gasoline
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Iceland
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Listed in SC 89
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"
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general - gasoline
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Iceland
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Listed in SC 89
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British
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general
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Mersey
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Listed in SC 88
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American
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none given
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Iceland
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Listed in SC 89
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British
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general
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Newport
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Listed in SC 88
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Norwegian
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steel
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Hull
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(Ex Empire Eagle)
Listed in SC 88 |
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Kaweah
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American
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Tanker B
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Iceland
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–
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Ragnhild
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Norwegian
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flour - general
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Swansea (Southampton)
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(Ex Empire Carey)
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Joining from Newfoundland (Convoy WSC 87)
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Widestone
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British
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iron ore
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Middlesbrough
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From SC 86
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Pendeen
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"
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iron ore
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Middlesbrough
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–
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Culebra
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Panamanian
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iron ore
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Cardiff
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–
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Greek
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iron ore
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Newport
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Listed in WSC 88
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Dutch
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nitrates
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London
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Listed in WSC 88
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British
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steel scrap - wood pulp
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Clyde f. o.
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Penrose
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British
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zinc concentrates
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Avonmouth
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–
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Pacific
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"
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timber
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Ardrossan
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–
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Notes: To the next SC convoy in my list SC 88 |
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