Convoy HX 287 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HX 287
Departed New York on Apr. 12-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 26th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 71 ships in this convoy.
Notes:
Commodore, Captain H. J. Anchor, R.N.R. was in Jamaica Planter.
The Rescue Vessel Pinto was on her 3rd voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on March 15-1944 with the westbound Convoy ON 228, to Halifax March 30, then returned to Clyde with Convoy HX 287, Apr. 14-Apr. 25.
Commodore's notes are not available - escorts not known.
All the Norwegian ships in this convoy are discussed on this website - use alphabet index below to find them.
Related external links:
Liberty Ships - The vast majority of the ships listed as American in the table above were Liberty ships. This website lists them alphabetically. (The Advance Sailing Telegrams do not always spell the names correctly, and I always check the spelling of each and every Liberty Ship against what is found on this site before I upload a convoy).
List of Liberty Ships by Hull No. - Includes info on the men and women for whom the ships were named (from Wikipedia).
Eastbound N. Atlantic Convoys / 1944
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