Convoy CU 29 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

CONVOY CU 29 Departed New York on June 24-1944 and arrived Liverpool on July 5.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 30 ships in this convoy.

See also Ships in all CU convoys (includes tonnage of each ship, and year built), and Escorts for all CU convoys.

Transcribed from documents received from Tony Cooper, England. His source: Public Records Office, Kew. These ships were American, except where otherwise noted.
Ship Destination Remarks
Bennington Clyde
Bulkcrude Avonmouth
Callabee Dingle
Esso Camden Bowling
Esso Utica Avonmouth / Mersey
Fairfax Mersey / Bromborough
Fishers Hill Mersey / Bromborough
Fort Cornwallis Avonmouth / Clyde
Fort Cumberland Avonmouth / Mersey
Fort Schuyler Mersey / Bromborough (Dutch)
Karsten Wang Mersey / Stanlow (Norwegian)
Manassas Clyde / Bowling
Moors Fields Swansea / Clyde Listed as Moorsfield in Advance Sailing Telegram
Opequon Avonmouth / Clyde
Powder River Avonmouth To CU 31 - did not sail Listed in CU 32
Red Canyon Avonmouth / Mersey
Stony Point Clyde
Sweetwater Clyde / Avonmouth
Vicksburg Avonmouth / Mersey
Virginia Avonmouth
White River Swansea / Mersey
Wellesley Mersey / Stanlow
Largs Bay Clyde (British) general cargo - troops
Eastern Prince Clyde (British) general cargo - troops
Midnight Barry Dock general cargo - vehicles
Martin Bakke Manchester (Norwegian) general cargo - vehicles
Alcoa Pointer Liverpool general cargo - vehicles
China Mail Glasgow general cargo - vehicles
Cape Horn Belfast f. o. (Cardiff) general cargo - vehicles
Bantam Liverpool (Dutch) general cargo - vehicles - explosives
Exminster Mersey f. o. general cargo - vehicles - explosives Listed in next convoy
Java Mersey f. o. (Dutch) general cargo - vehicles - explosives Listed in next convoy
Sea Serpent Belfast f. o. (Avonmouth) refrigerated
Great Meadows Clyde Listed in next convoy
USS Core Glasgow aircraft
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