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John Mozolak Jr. NEW YORK SHIPS TO FOREIGN PORTS “C” Ships moz40272@msn.com

9.1939 thru 8.1945 Page 1

C. A. CANFIELD: Am S/T 1913 6,161gt

1941: 5/21; 6/6; 6/22; 7/10; 7/25

1942: 3/21; 8/5R

1943: 1/18

C. F. LILJEVALCH: Swe S/S 1920 5,492gt

Arr 1940: 1/26

8/17/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by Soviet submarine L-3 , one mile south of Kungsgrund, Westervik approach.

Voyage: Lulea (Sweden) in convoy for Germany with iron ore.

C. H. M. JONES: Am (EC2) 1944 7,176gt

1944: 9/27 1945: 1/22

C. H. SPEDDON: Br S/Tug 1931 214gt (ex American 1941)

1941: 8/16

C. J. BARKDULL: Am S/T 1917 6,773gt

1939: 11/4

Arr 1940: As Panamanian 9/20

1941: As Panamanian 4/30 voyage abandoned-clearance cancelled; 5/1; 9/9

1942: As Panamanian 10/19R; 12/10

1/10/1943: As Panamanian ship, torpedoed and sunk by U632 in North Atlantic after dropping out of convoy.

Voyage: New York (lv 12/12/42) in convoy UGS 3 for Casablanca with dirty oil.

C. O. STILLMAN: Pan M/T 1928 13,006gt

1939: 10/9 detained 10/11- will proceed 10/13 clearance cancelled-10/17 detained-will proceed 10/19

Arr 1940: 7/3; 9/4; 9/24; 10/11; 11/1; 11/20; 12/9; 12/31

1941: 1/20; 2/8; 3/29; 4/16; 5/6; 5/27; 6/18; 7/5; 7/26; 8/16; 9/5; 9/24; 10/31; 11/19; 12/8; 12/26

1942: 1/13; 2/5; 3/16; 5/15

6/6/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U68 about 48nm southwest of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico at 17 33N-67 55W.

Voyage: Aruba for New York.

CABEDELLO: Brazil S/S 1912 3,557gt

1941: 10/31 1942: 2/6

2/26/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by Italian submarine Da Vinci in southwest North Atlantic at approx 16N-42 30W.

No survivors. Voyage: New York (lv 2/7), and Philadelphia for Rio de Janeiro with coal and general.

CABEDELO: Brazil S/S Reefer 1945 3,142gt

1945: 8/20

CACALILAO: Am S/T 1919 6,913gt

1943: 3/13; 9/14; 11/23; 12/22

1944: 1/21; 2/21; 8/2; 9/28

CACHAPOAL: Chile S/S 1926 3,010gt

1940: 4/29; 7/18; 10/21

1941: 1/7; 1/14; 4/5; 5/15; 7/16; 10/30

1942: 1/7; 4/11

1944: 7/14

CACIQUE: Am S/S 1918 2,718gt

1939: 9/26

Arr 1940: 1/18; 2/13; 3/11; 4/8; 5/6; 6/3; 7/1; 7/29; 8/26; 9/23; 10/21; 11/18; 12/16

1941: 1/18; 2/12; 3/12; 4/9; 5/7; 6/4; 7/2; 7/30; 8/28; 9/25; 10/22; 11/19; 12/17

1942: 1/17; 3/15; 4/27

1944: 4/20; 6/9; 7/24; 9/7; 10/27; 12/11

1945: 1/27; 3/10; 4/14; 5/24; 6/28; 8/6

CADDO: Am (T2) 1942 10,172gt

1942: 7/25; 9/11

11/23/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U518 in mid-North Atlantic at 42 25N-48 27W. Voyage: Baytown (lv 11/11) and

from Key West sailed independently for Reykjavik with diesel oil, fuel oil and high octane gasoline.


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CADILLAC: Br S/T 1917 12,062gt

Arr 1940: 12/9 1941: 1/14

3/1/1941: Torpedoed and sunk by U552 about 165nm northwest of Butt of Lewis at 59 44N-11 16W.

Voyage: Aruba, and Halifax (lv 2/13) in convoy HX 109 for Avonmouth with aviation gasoline.

CADMUS: Nor S/S 1926 1,855gt

Arr 1940: 7/5; 8/3; 11/19; 11/22; 12/14

1941: 10/6; 10/29; 11/26; 12/30

1942: 3/7; 4/20

7/1/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U129 about 290nm east of Tampico at 22 50N-92 30W.

Voyage: Tela (lv 6/20) for Galveston with bananas.

CADUCEUS: Br S/S 1927 4,364gt

1941: 6/20 1942: 3/7; 9/18

CAESAR RODNEY: Am (EC2) 1942 7,191gt

1942: 11/4R

1943: 7/13; 9/8; 11/4

1944: 1/20; 5/25; 12/8

1945: 4/17; 7/21

CAHAWBA: Am (T2) 1944 10,172gt

1944: 6/15; 7/17; 8/19; 10/12

1945: 4/7; 5/26

CAIRNESK: Br S/S Reefer 1926/5,007gt

1942: 2/9; 4/23; 6/29; 10/17; 12/19

CAIRNVALONA: Br S/S Reefer 1918 4,929gt

1942: 3/9; 5/12; 9/16

10/26/1942: Damaged in air attack north of Firth of Forth. She sailed from Montreal for the Tyne with general cargo.

CAITHNESS: Br M/V 1935 4,970gt

1943: 3/23; 6/22; 8/18

5/11/1941: Damaged in air attack in St. George’s Channel about 10nm north of St. David’s Head at 52 03N-05 24W

Proceeded to Belfast arr 5/12. Voyage: Barry to Freetown with coal.

CALAMARES: Am S/S Reefer 1913 7,622gt

1939: 11/24; 12/8; 12/22

Arr 1940: 1/5; 1/19; 2/2; 2/16; 3/1; 3/15; 4/4; 4/**; 5/9; 5/23; 6/6; 6/**; 7/17; 7/31; 8/14; 8/28; 9/11; 9/25; 10/10; 10/23; 11/**;

12/4; 12/18

1941: 1/3; 1/17; 1/31; 2/14; 2/28; 3/14; 3/29; 4/12; 5/3; 5/24; 7/5; 7/26; 8/15; 8/30; 9/20; 10/11; 11/1; 11/22

1942: 1/7

1942: To USN as stores ship USS Calamares (AF-18).

CALANDA: Switzerland S/S 1913 4,163gt (ex ANITA-Pan 1940; LETTONIA-Latvia 1940)

1941: 3/12; 7/11; 10/11

1942: 4/11

CALEB SPRAGUE: Br S/S (N3-S-A1) 1943 1,813gt

1943: 9/3

1/31/1944: Torpedoed and sunk by E-boat in Dover Strait about 10mi southeast of Beachy Head.

Voyage: London in convoy CW 243 for Newport in ballast.

CALEB STRONG: Am (EC2-LTS) 1942 7,176gt

1943: 3/18; 5/27 1945: 5/22; 8/4

CALGAROLITE: Br/Can M/T 1929 11,941gt

1941: 11/24 delayed-proceeding 11/26; 12/14

1942: 4/29

5/9/1942: Sunk by torpedo and gunfire from U125 about 64nm west of Grand Cayman Island at 19 24N-82 30W.

Voyage: New York (lv 4/30), and Hampton Roads sailing independently for Kingston and Cartagena in ballast.


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CALGARY: Br S/S 1921 7,206gt

Arr 1940: 10/8 1945: 8/4

CALIFORNIA: Am S/T 1921 10,388gt

1942: 2/22 1945: 3/17

CALIFORNIA EXPRESS: Nor M/V Reefer 1934 3,649gt

1942: 4/16 delayed-proceeding 4/18; 5/28; 7/1; 8/8; 9/11; 10/17

1943: 2/15; 9/1; 10/16; 12/31

1944: 1/18; 2/29; 5/20; 7/1; 8/10; 9/19; 10/28

1945: 1/18; 4/23; 5/29 detained engine trouble-proceeding 6/2; 7/7; 8/9

CALIFORNIAN: Am M/V 1922 5,908gt

1939: 10/20

1940: Transferred to UK renamed Empire Kite *. Renamed again Empire Seal *(sunk).

CALLABEE: Am (T2) 1944 10,172gt

1944: 6/17; 6/23; 7/25; 8/26; 9/28

CALLIOPE: Pan M/T 1926 8,426gt

1939: 12/8

Arr 1940: 5/11; 8/16

1941: 3/24; 11/24 delayed-proceeding 11/27

1942: 3/14; 6/23

1943: 2/11 delayed for repairs-expected to proceed 2/17 clearance cancelled-clearing for Aruba with cargo 2/20; 3/27; 5/6;

6/19; 8/19 detained waiting navy orders-now proceeding 8/25; 9/8 detained waiting navy orders-proceeding 9/15; 12/27

1944: 2/2; 3/1; 3/31; 4/29; 5/26; 6/29; 9/2; 9/30; 11/18

1945: 4/17

CALLIROY: Pan S/T 1922 8,432gt (ex SANTA MARIA-Am 1941)

1941: 6/28; 8/30; 9/22; 10/11

1945: 7/12

CALMAR: Am S/S 1920 5,786gt

1942: 10/9

1943: 4/28; 7/20; 11/13

1944: 3/6; 5/10; 7/24; 9/22

1945: Transferred to USSR renamed Samarkand .

CALOBRE: Pan S/S 1919 6,891gt (ex EGREMONT-Am 1941)

1941: 4/25; 8/30; 12/29

1942: 3/28

1943: 5/12; 12/18; 12/29

1944: 9/14; 12/8

1945: Transferred to USSR renamed Borodino.

12/31/1942: Damaged by shellfire from KM pocket battleship Lutzow in the Battle of Barents Sea.

Voyage: Loch Ewe (lv 12/22) in convoy JW51B for Murmansk.

CALORIA: Am S/T 1906 4,095gt

1943: 12/7

CALUMET: Br S/S Reefer 1923 7,268gt

1941: 4/23 1943: 7/15 1944: 9/22; 12/2 1945: 5/19

CALUSA: Am (T2) 1942 10,172gt

1944: 1/27; 3/15

CALVIN AUSTEN: Am (EC2) 1944 7,176gt

1945: 1/2; 5/15

CALVIN COLLIDGE: Am (EC2-LTS) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 2/27; 6/6; 8/21


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6/19/1945: Mined in English Channel about 12nm southeast of Lizard Point at 49 50N-04 57W. Damage light.

Voyage: Le Havre (lv 6/18) for Boston with troops on board.

CALYPSO: Am Schooner No Information

1/25/1943 Cleared for Roseau, Dominica BWI with 31 tons general, 4 crew (Marine Servicing)

CALYPSO: Du S/S 1911 2,258gt

1939: 9/1; 10/6; 11/10; 12/15

Arr 1940: 1/16; 2/19;

1940: Taken over by Germany renamed Norma . 12/27/41: Sunk at Vaagso.

CAMAGUEY: Cuba S/S 1931 1,399gt

1941: 8/26

CAMAMU: Brazil S/S 1911 4,613gt

1939: 9/29; 10/13

Arr 1940: 5/29

1941: 7/11; 9/29; 10/10

1943: 8/9 detained for repairs-proceeding 8/15

1944: 1/26

1945: 5/4

CAMAS MEADOWS: Am (T2) 1943 10,172gt

1943: 10/20 1944: 1/28; 2/16 1945: 5/12

1/6/1944: In collision with and sinking gunboat USS St. Augustine (PG-54) few miles from shore and about 18nm

northeast from Assateague Island Lighthouse, Virginia at 38 04N-75 06W.

CAMBRIDGE: Br S/S Reefer 1916 10,846gt

Arr 1940: 2/26

11/7/1940: Mined about 6nm east of Point Wilson’s Promontory, Bass Strait, Australia. Sank next day. Mines laid by KM

auxiliary minelayer Passat between 10/29 and 11/2.

Voyage: Cardiff for Brisbane with tinplate, sawdust in bags and timber.

CAMBRIDGE: Honduras S/S 1896 1,568gt

1943: 7/28

CAMERATA: Br S/S 1931 4,875gt

1943: 2/11 delayed waiting orders-clearance cancelled 2/13

5/7-8/1943: Torpedoed by Italian two man submersible at Gibraltar. Beached. Total Loss.

Voyage: Arrived at Gibraltar from Lisbon in ballast.

CAMERONIA: Br S/S Pass-Reefer 1920 16,297gt

1939: 9/15; 10/21; 11/21

Arr 1940: 2/13; 4/2; 5/17; 6/24; 7/30; 9/10; 10/29

12/22/1942: Torpedoed by U565 about 21nm northeast of Bougie, Algeria at 37 03N-05 24E. Arr Bougie on same day.

Towed to Gibraltar for TempR. Arr in Glasgow 3/43 for PermR.

Voyage: Algiers in convoy KMF 5 for Bone with troops.

CAMOR: Am S/S 1920 2,397gt

Arr 1940: 6/17

CAMP DEFIANCE: Am (T2) 1944 10,172gt

1944: 10/13; 11/14; 12/16

1945: 1/17; 3/9

CAMP UNION: Am S/T 1945 10,296gt

1945: 5/19

CAMPFIRE: Am S/S 1919/5,671gt (ex IPSWICH*Am 1942)

1942: 5/2

1943: 2/1; 3/24; 5/2; 7/10

1944: 4/17; 7/1; 9/14


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1945: Transferred to USSR renamed Surkov.

CAMPUS: Br S/S 1925 3,667gt

1941: 11/14

1943: 9/10

1944: 1/8; 4/24; 6/21; 7/6; 8/17; 8/30

CANADA: Swe M/V 1921 5,558gt

Arr 1940: 7/25; 9/26 1942: 1/7; 10/7 1944: 4/4

CANADIAN: Pan S/S 1920 5,802gt (ex American 1939)

Arr 1940: 3/30; 6/1; 8/14

1941: Transferred to Japan renamed Hokusei Maru.

CANADIAN CRUISER: Br/Can S/S-Reefer 1921 7,178gt

1939: 10/7 Arr 1940: 1/10

2/21/1941: Sunk by gunfire from KM pocket battleship Admiral Scheer in Indian Ocean about 480nm east of Dar Es Salaam

at 06 36S-47 18E. All 34 on board taken POW. Voyage: Port Sudan for Durban and West Indies.

CANADIAN STAR: Br M/V Reefer 1939 8,293gt

1942: 8/31R

7/20/1941: Damaged by gunfire after two torpedoes from U203 missed southwest of Ireland at 49 15N-21W.

Arr at Curacao 7/30 for repairs. Voyage: Liverpool for Auckland with passengers, general cargo and mail.

3/18/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U221 west of Ireland at 53 24N-28 34W.

Voyage: Sydney NSW, and New York (lv 3/8) in convoy HX 229 for Liverpool with refrigerated cargo.

CANARA: Br M/V 1942 7,024gt

1943: 1/15

CANCALAIS: Br/Can M/V 1920 369gt

1943: 5/22

CANFORD CHINE: Br S/S 1917 3,364gt

Arr 1940: 4/22

2/10/1941: Sunk by torpedo and gunfire from U52 about 180nm WNW of Erris Head, Ireland at approx 55 30N-15W.

No survivors. Voyage: The Clyde, and Cardiff in convoy OG 52 for Buenos Aires with coal and general cargo.

CANTIGNY: Am (T2) 1945 10,296gt

1945: 4/14

CANTUARIA: Brazil S/S (Hog) 1919 5,163gt (ex SCANSTATES*Am 1939)

Arr 1940: 1/25; 2/13; 4/20; 5/3; 7/26; 8/12; 10/26; 11/22

1941: 2/11; 2/21; 5/2; 5/14; 7/19; 7/30; 10/31; 11/12

1942: 1/24; 2/4

1943: 5/6; 10/23

1944: 3/31; 8/28; 12/18

1945: 4/13

CANVASBACK: Am S/S (C2-S-AJ1) 1945 8,258gt

1945: 7/6

CANYON CREEK: Am (T2) 1943 10,172gt

1943: 6/22; 7/8; 7/23; 10/18; 12/2

1944: 1/18; 2/29; 3/18; 4/22; 5/1; 6/15; 7/17; 8/18; 9/16; 11/30

1945: 1/2; 1/17; 2/2; 2/17; 4/7

CAP CANTIN: Br S/S 1913 3,317gt (ex French)

1943: 1/15

CAPAC: Am S/S 1919 5,586gt

Arr 1940: 4/29

1940: Transferred to Panama renamed Cardina *(sunk).


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CAPE ALAVA: Am M/V (C1-B) 1941 6,751gt

1943: 5/11 1945: 7/15

CAPE AVINOFF: Am S/S (C1-A) 1945 5,124gt

1945: 2/17; 6/4; 8/1; 8/29

CAPE BLANCO: Am M/V (C1-A) 1943 5,156gt

1943: 11/1R

CAPE BON: Am S/S (C1-A) 1943 5,419gt

1943: 6/30

CAPE BORDA: Am S/S (C1-A) 1944 5,124gt

1944: 12/16 1945: 4/7; 7/20

CAPE BOYER: Am M/V (C1-A) 1944 5,146gt

1944: 12/5 1945: 1/20

CAPE BRETON: Br S/S 1940 6,044gt

1942: 3/16; 7/6; 9/10; 10/16

1943: 3/6; 5/11; 7/7; 9/14

5/4-5/1941: Damaged in an air attack at Belfast. Sank in dock. Refloated. Repaired.

CAPE CHARLES: Am S/S (C1-A) 1942 5,094gt

1943: 1/7 delayed-awaiting navy orders-will proceed 1/10; 8/18

CAPE CLEAR: Br MV 1939 5,085gt

1942: 11/19 1943: 12/11

2/27/1941: Mined off north Wales coast about 9nm northwest of Great Orme’s Head at 53 27N-04 01W. Arr 3/1 at Liverpool

with engine room damage. Voyage: New Westminster BC for Garston with lumber, zinc and lead.

8/21/1944: Sunk in collision with Henry Dearborn (Am-EC2) in Gulf of Suez, 105nm south of Suez at 28 21N-33 11E.

CAPE COD: Am S/S (C1-B) 1941 6,797gt

1941: 6/25; 8/30; 10/18; 11/29

1942: 12/22

1943: 7/30

CAPE COMFORT: Am S/S (C1-A) 1945 5,124gt

1945:8/14

CAPE CORSO: Br S/S 1929 3,807gt

1939: 10/4; 10/11 Arr 1940: 7/26

5/2/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by aircraft in Norwegian Sea about 80nm south of Bear Island at 73 02N-19 46E.

Voyage: Hull, Oban, and Reykjavik (lv 4/26) in convoy PQ 15 for North Russia with munitions.

CAPE CORWIN: Am S/S (C1-A) 1943 5,124gt

1943: 4/9

1944: 4/17; 6/14; 8/1; 9/27; 11/22; 12/28

1945: 1/2; 2/2; 5/29; 7/17

CAPE CUMBERLAND: Am S/S (C1-B) 1944 6,711gt

1945: 7/7

CAPE DIAMOND: Am S/S (C1-A) 1944 5,124gt

1944: 3/4; 5/4; 7/8; 8/26; 11/16; 12/23

1945: 2/17; 5/28; 7/23

CAPE EDMONT: Am S/S (C1-B) 1944 6,711gt

1945: 7/25

CAPE FALCON: Am M/V (C1-A) 1944 5,154gt

1945: 8/6


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CAPE FARO: Am M/V (C1-A) 1944 5,177gt

1944: 6/20 1945: 7/17

CAPE FLATTERY: Am M/V (C1-B) 1941 6,755gt

1945: 7/11

CAPE GASPE: Hon M/V 1919 266gt (ex Br/Can-1943)

1943: 3/12

CAPE HAWKE: Br M/V 1941 5,081gt

1942: 12/4 1944: 7/10; 9/29

CAPE HENLOPEN: Am S/S (C1-A) 1942 5,094gt

1942: 10/27

3/27/1943: In collision with and sinking freighter Lillian luckenbach *(Am) 10nm east of Nags Head, Hatteras Outer Banks

at 35 58N-75 25W.

CAPE HENRY: Am M/V (C1-A) 1942 5,105gt

1943: 1/10

CAPE HORN: Am S/S (C1-A) 1944 5,124gt

1944: 6/23; 8/18; 10/21; 12/8

1945: 3/30 detained for repairs-proceeding 4/3; 8/21

CAPE IGVAK: Am M/V (C1-A) 1943 5,158gt

1943: 10/15; 11/15

CAPE JUBY: Am M/V (C1-A) 1944 5,163gt

1944: 5/20

CAPE LOOKOUT: Am M/V (C1-A) 1943 5,138gt

1943: 7/9

CAPE LOPEZ: Am M/V (C1-A) 1944 5,163gt

1944: 4/20

CAPE MOHICAN: Am S/S (C1-A) 1942 5,094gt

1942: 11/14

1944: 10/21; 12/8

1945: 1/7; 3/28,10/26

8/21/1943: Torpedoed by Allied submarine about 160nm southeast of Malta at 33 42N-16 43E. Towed to Malta arr 8/24 and

to the Tyne arr 1/7/1944. Voyage: Alexandria (lv 8/19) in convoy MKF 22 for Algiers and UK with chrome ore ballast.

CAPE NEDDICK: Am S/S (C1-B) 1941 6,797gt

1941: 5/26; 7/19; 9/13; 10/29; 12/13

1942: 2/4; 12/4

1943: 1/29; 3/27

5/12/1943: Torpedoed by U195 west of South West Africa at 23 21S-01 22W. A second torpedo missed. Ship’s gun crew

returned fire and the U boat left. Arr in Walvis Bay on 5/15 for TempR. Voyage: New York (lv 3/28) sailing

independently for Durban and Suez with ammunition, tanks, locomotives, vehicles and aircraft.

CAPE NELSON: Br S/S 1929 3,807gt

Arr 1940: 9/5

2/23/1941: Torpedoed and sunk by U95 about 240nm SSW of Vik, Iceland at 59 30N-21W.

Voyage: Hull in convoy OB 288 for New York in ballast.

CAPE NOME: Am S/S (C1-A) 1944 5,124gt

1944: 8/18; 11/30 1945: 5/19; 6/29

CAPE NUN: Am M/V (C1-A) 1944 5,154gt

1945: 7/29


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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: Br M/V 1925 4,963gt

1942: 5/1

5/11/1942: Sunk by torpedo and gunfire from U502 in southwest North Atlantic at 22 48N-58 43W.

Voyage: Sailed independently from New York (lv 5/5) for Cape Town and Persian Gulf with military and general.

CAPE PEMBROKE: Am M/V (C1-A) 1944 5,145gt

1945: 1/9

CAPE PORPOISE: Am M/V (C1-A) 1942 5,105gt

1942: 12/11

1943: 10/4

1944: 2/5

1945: 5/11 detained-awaiting navy orders-proceeding 5/16; 8/22

CAPE POSSESSION: Am S/S (C1-B) 1944 6,711gt

1945: 6/14

CAPE RACE: Br S/S 1930 3,807gt

1939: 9/1 1941: 6/11

8/10/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U660 WNW of Ireland at 56 45N-22 50W.

Voyage: Boston, and Sydney CB (lv 7/31) in convoy SC 94 for Manchester with lumber and steel.

CAPE RACE: Am S/S (C1-A) 1944 5,124gt

1944: 10/21; 12/8

CAPE ROMANO: Am M/V (C1-A) 1942 5,105gt

1942: 9/19 1945: 7/11

10/28/1944: Damaged in air attack at San Pedro Bay. Bombs exploded near the empty ship causing considerable holing and

splinter damage. Voyage: San Francisco (lv 9/10) for San Pedro Bay, Leyte.

11/19/1944: Vessel was anchored in Tacloban Harbor after arriving from Hollandia when a Kamikaze plane crashed into the

ship damaging the bridge, a gun tub and exploded next to the hatch. Arr in San Francisco1/4/1945 for repairs.

CAPE SABLE: Br M/V 1936 4,398gt

1944: 3/21; 4/26

8/1939-3/42: In RN service as decoy ship (Q ship) named Cyprus , later as Armed Merchant Cruiser (AMC).

4/1942: Returned to mercantile service renamed Cape Sable.

CAPE SAN LUCAS: Am M/V (C1-A) 1943 5,163gt

1945: 7/7; 8/21

CAPE SAN MARTIN: Am S/S (C1-B) 1941 6,761gt

1941: 6/28

1943: Renamed Santa Cruz *.

CAPE SEBASTIAN: Am M/V (C1-A) 1944 5,154gt

1944: 10/30 1945: 7/19; 8/20

CAPE ST. ELIAS: Am M/V (C1-A) 1942 5,138gt

1943: 2/21; 8/14; 9/20

CAPE ST. GEORGE: Am M/V (C1-A) 1942 5,105gt

1943: 6/10

CAPE TEXAS: Am M/V (C1-A) 1944 5,146gt

1945: 8/18

CAPE UGAT: Am M/V (C1-A) 1942 5,138gt

1943: 2/21

CAPE WRATH: Br S/S 1940 4,512gt

1942: 9/12


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CAPELLA (AK-13), USS: USN cargo ship (Hog)

1944: 12/27-S

CAPELLA: Swe M/T 1930 9,720gt

Arr 1940: 1/8

1941: 6/19 delayed-proceeding 6/23; 7/29; 8/27

1942: Renamed Grisslehamn (Swe).

CAPETOWN CASTLE: Br M/V Pass-Reefer 1938 27,002gt

1943: 6/28; 9/4; 10/20; 12/4

1944: 1/17

CAPIRA: Pan S/S 1920 5,565gt (ex WEST CAMPGAW-Am 1941)

1941: 4/11; 6/20; 8/30

1942: 8/14

8/31/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U609 about 360nm east of Cape Farewell at 57 13N-33 40W.

Voyage: New York, and Halifax in convoy SC 97 for Glasgow.

CAPITANA: Iceland Aux Barque 3 mast 1927 288gt

1944: 3/7; 5/6

CAPO LENA: Italy S/S 1921 4,820gt

Arr 1940: 1/2

1942: To KM as an auxiliary, renamed Kapolena. 8/18/1944: Scuttled in Charpentier Channel, St. Nazaire.

CAPO OLMO: Br S/S 1923 4,712gt (ex Italian 1940)

1945: 2/1

6/10/1940: As Italian ship, seized by French at Marseilles. Transferred to UK.

11/8/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U67 about 20nm WNW of Galera Point, Trinidad at 10 56N-61 14W. Arr at Trinidad on

same day. TempR. Left 7/19/43 for Baltimore. PermR. Voyage: Mombasa and Cape Town for UK with general.

CAPULIN: Am S/S (Hog) 1920 4,977gt

Arr 1940: 4/30

1941: 2/18; 3/13; 5/20; 8/16

1942: As Panamanian 6/5; 8/15; 11/7

1943: As Panamanian 2/5; 4/10; 4/27

1943: Transferred to Chile renamed Illapel.

CARBELLA: Pan S/S 1891 4,140gt (ex GLACIER-Am 1941)

1942: 5/5; 10/14

1943: 1/18; 5/15; 9/8; 12/31

1944: 2/14; 3/24; 5/15; 6/24; 8/1

CARD (CVE-11), USS: USN Escort Aircraft Carrier 1942

1944: 3/24-S

CARDENAS: Am M/Tug 1943 323gt

1943: 9/27

CARDINA: Pan S/S 1919 5,586gt (ex CAPAC-Am 1940)

1941: 9/6

6/15/1942: Sunk by torpedo and gunfire from Italian submarine Archimede about 450nm north of Parnaiba, Brazil

at 04 45N-40 55W. Voyage: Buenos Aires for Trinidad and New York with linseed.

CARDINAL GIBBONS: Am (EC2) 1942 7,191gt

1943: 7/22; 11/12 1944: 3/30; 8/17 1945: 4/11

5/27/1943: Torpedoed by U154 about 110nm east of Ceara at 03 56S-36 43W.

Voyage: Bahia (lv 5/27) in convoy BT 14 for Trinidad (arr Port of Spain 6/5) in ballast.

CARDITA: Br M/T 1931 8,237gt

1941: 3/1 detained-will proceed 3/5; 7/25

12/31/1941: Torpedoed by U87 about 210nm WNW of Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides at 59 18N-12 50W.


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On 1/3/42 she foundered after drifting northeast for 38nm to position 59 42N-11 58W.

Voyage: Curacao, and Halifax for Shell Haven with gasoline and white spirit.

CARDIUM: Br M/T 1931 8,236gt

1941: 12/18

1944: 1/22; 4/6; 8/12

CARDONIA: Am S/S (Hog) 1920 5,104gt

Arr 1940: 1/9

3/7/1942: Sunk by gunfire from U126 after evading four torpedoes in the Windward Passage. Ship sank a few miles north of

Mole St. Nicolas, Haiti at 19 53N-73 27W. Voyage: Ponce (Porto RicoR) for Guayabal (Cuba) empty.

CARELIA: Br M/T 1938 8,082gt (ex Dutch 1939)

1941: 7/12; 9/4 1942: 11/13 1943: As Dutch 1/7R 1944: As British 8/2

CARIBBEAN: Am (T2) 1942 10,169gt

1943: 3/5; 5/17; 6/5; 7/2; 10/12; 12/6; 12/13

1944: 1/17; 2/29

CARIBEE: Am M/Yacht 1940 88gt

Arr 1940: 8/2; 8/26

CARIBQUEEN: Am S/S (Laker) 1920 2,592gt

1941: 2/3; 3/12; 4/12; 4/19; 6/25; 8/8; 9/18; 10/29; 12/13

1942: 1/23; 3/30; 9/2

1943: 12/27-USAT

1942 ? :Bareboat chartered to US Army as cargo ship USAT Caribqueen .

CARIBSEA: Am S/S (Laker) 1919 2,609gt (ex BUENAVENTURA-Am 1940)

Arr 1940: 11/4; 12/17

1941: 1/22; 2/21; 3/25; 4/28; 5/3; 6/11; 7/23; 8/28; 10/1; 11/13; 12/17

1942: 1/29

3/11/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U158 about 18nm ENE of Cape Lookout at 34 40N-76 10W.

Voyage: Santiago (Cuba) for Baltimore with manganese ore.

CARIBSTAR: Am S/S 1919 2,592gt (ex GUAYAQUIL-Am 1940)

1941: 1/8; 2/11; 4/26; 5/29; 7/18; 9/6; 10/11; 12/2

1942: 1/14; 2/26; 5/9; 9/2

10/4/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U175 about 127nm southeast of Trinidad and 10nm off Venezuelan coast at

08 30N-59 37W. Voyage: Trinidad for Demerara in ballast.

CARINA: Swe M/T 1931 6,405gt

1945: 7/31

CARINTHIA: Br S/S Pass-Reefer 1925 20,277gt

1939: 9/2

6/6/1940: Torpedoed by U46 about 30nm west of Inishmore, Aran Islands at 53 13N-10 40W. Abandoned. She drifted

120nm NNE (55nm NNE of Erris Head) to 55 12N-09 30W, broke up and sank stern first on next day.

Voyage: As an Armed Merchant Cruiser, Gibraltar (lv 6/3) to join the Northern Patrol.

CARL B. EIELSON: Am (EC2) 1944 7,176gt

1945: 3/17

CARL GORTHON: Swe S/S 1939 1,811gt

1941: 4/7; 4/14; 8/7

CARL ZACHARY WEBB: Am (EC2) 1945 7,176gt

1945: 2/6

CARLETON ELLIS: Am (Z-ET) 1943 7,243gt

1944: 6/19; 7/29; 8/23

1945: 4/21; 5/29


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CARLIER: Belgium S/S 1915 7,217gt

Arr 1940: 1/5

11/11/1943: Sunk in air attack about 17nm north of Mostaganem, Algeria at 36 13N-0 05W.

Voyage: Glasgow in convoy KMS 31 for Bombay, Trincomali and Calcutta with mail, general and Government stores.

CARLO MARTINOLICH: Italy S/S 1928 4,207gt

1939: 12/6 Arr 1940: 3/25

1/9/1941: Reported as having been lost on this day.

CARLOS CARILLO: Am (EC2-FTS) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 9/8

CARLOS J. FINLEY: Am (EC2) 1944 7,247gt

1944: 12/8

CARLTON: Am S/S 1920 5,127gt

Arr 1940: 1/2; 4/3; 5/27

5/25/1942: Damaged by near misses of bombs in air attack in Norwegian Sea about 240mi ENE of Jan Mayen Island.

Taken in tow, then under own power, arr at Reykjavik on 5/29. Repaired. Joined next convoy PQ 17.

Voyage: Philadelphia (lv 3/13), and Reykjavik (lv 5/20) in convoy PQ 16 for Murmansk with explosives,

tanks and ammunition.

7/5/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U88 after convoy scattered in Barents Sea about 430nm NNE of Kola Inlet at76 14N-40E.

Voyage: Reykjavik (lv 6/27) in convoy PQ 17 for Archangel with cargo from PQ 16.

CARMAR: Pan S/S (War) 1919 5226gt (ex PIONEER-Belgium 1939)

1939: 11/6

1941: Transferred to Japan, renamed Kaimei Maru.

9/4/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by submarine USS Guardfish off Kuji, northeast Honshu at 40 14N-141 51E.

CARMELFJELL: Nor S/S 1935 1,334gt

Arr 1940: 1/24; 3/25

1942: 12/10

1943: 1/5R; 6/7; 10/12; 11/16; 12/16

1944: 2/14; 3/11; 5/13; 6/8; 7/8; 8/7; 9/1; 10/6; 12/2; 12/30

1945: 1/25; 2/19; 3/19; 4/24; 5/24; 7/16; 8/13

CARMONA: Pan S/S 1919 5,496gt (ex CUZCO-Am 1940)

1941: 10/9 1942: 4/29

7/18/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U160 about 26nm WNW of Galera Point, Trinidad at 10 58N-61 20W.

Voyage: Rosario, and Buenos Aires for Trinidad and Edgewater with linseed.

CARNARVON CASTLE: Br M/V Pass-Reefer 1926 20,123gt

1944: 10/13; 11/22

12/5/1940: As AMC, damaged in gun battle with KM raider Thor while on patrol in South Atlantic about 320nm southeast

of Cape Santa Marta Grande, Brazil approx 31S-43 15W. Vessel caught fire after being hit 38 times by shells.

Put into Montevideo on 12/7 for repairs.

CARNIFEX FERRY: Am (T2) 1945 10,296gt

1945: 3/6; 4/6; 5/10

CAROLA: Pan S/S 1916 3,379gt (ex SZENT GELLERT-Hungary 1940)

1941: 3/28

CAROLINA THORDEN: Fin M/V 1937 3,645gt

1939: 9/19; 9/29; 11/13; 11/24

Arr 1940: 2/17; 2/26; 12/23

1941: 1/17

3/26/1941: Damaged in air attack at entrance to Thorshavn Bay, Faeroes. Caught fire, beached then burnt out. Refloated.

Towed to Kirkwall, later to the Tyne.

Voyage: Petsamo (Finland) for New York with paper, cellulose and general cargo.

4/10/1942: Sunk as a blockship for Scapa Flow at Water Sound, between Burra Island and South Ronaldsay Island, Orkney

Islands at 58 50 30N-02 54 04W.


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CAROLINIAN: Am S/S 1921 6,997gt

1942: 9/4 1943: 5/3; 11/17 1944: 5/4

CAROLUS: Fin S/S 1919 2,375gt

Arr 1940: 12/28 1941: 4/15; 5/23

1941: Seized by UK. Transferred to Canada.

10/9/1942: As Canadian ship, torpedoed and sunk by U69 in middle of St. Lawrence River about 12nm northwest of

Mont Joli at 48 47N-68 10W. Voyage: To Montreal in convoy NL 9.

CAROLYN: Am S/S 1912 3,209gt

1939: 9/9 Arr 1940: 9/23 1941: 1/29

1942: To USN as decoy “Q” ship renamed Atik.

3/27/1942: On a patrol from New York, the Atik was torpedoed around midnight by the U123 about 265nm ENE of Cape

Hatteras at approx 36N-70W. Instead of abandoning ship, she showed her concealed by getting into duel with the

U boat which then disengaged. Four hours later, the U boat surfaced to find the ship abandoned, which minutes later

exploded. No survivors.

CARONI: Venezuela S/T 1928 3,164gt

1939: 11/8

Arr 1940: 7/31; 11/22

1941: 8/12; 11/21; 12/13

1942: 2/2; 3/18

CARPERBY: Br S/S 1928 4,890gt

Arr 1940: 9/6; 12/11 1941: 11/18

3/1/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U588 about 300nm southeast of Sable Island at 39 57N-55 40W. No survivors.

Voyage: Tyne in convoy ON 66, leaving convoy to sailed independently for St Thomas and Buenos Aires with coal.

CARRABULLE: Am S/T (Hog) 1920 5,030gt

1941: 2/27

5/26/1942: Sunk by torpedo and gunfire from U106 about 155nm south of Mississippi River Delta at 26 18N-89 21W.

Voyage: New Orleans (lv 5/25) for San Juan (Porto Rico) with emulsified liquid asphalt.

CARRAS: Gre S/S (War) 1918 5,234gt

Arr 1940: 2/6 1943: 3/4

3/19/1943: Torpedoed by U666 west of Ireland at 54 05N-24 19W after straggling from convoy. Torpedoed and sunk on

same day by U333 day. Voyage: Rosario, and New York in convoy SC 122 for Belfast with wheat.

CARRETA: Pan S/S 1919 5,555gt (ex CHARCAS-Am 1940)

1941: 8/5

1942 1/21; 6/26; 12/14

1943: 5/26; 9/18

1944: 1/21; 5/26; 9/1; 12/2

1945: 3/21; 8/14

CARRIER: Nor S/S 1921 3,036gt

1942: 6/22

1943: 6/3; 9/23; 10/5

1944: 1/6; 2/10; 6/3

1/19/1945: Mined about 33nm ESE of Spurn Head at 53 22N-0 58E. She lost steering in heavy seas then dropped an anchor.

Attempts to tow her were unsuccessful. Sank the next day.

Voyage: London (Barking) (lv 1/17) for the Tyne in ballast.

CARRILLO: Am S/S Pass-Reefer 1911 4,593gt

1939: 10/31; 11/14

Arr 1940: 3/6; 3/23; 5/15; 7/27; 8/17; 9/11; 9/28; 12/9; 12/31

1941: 1/29; 2/20; 3/12; 7/25; 8/15

1942: 7/29, 9/23; 12/4

1943: 1/29; 4/11; 6/11; 9/2

1944: 11/18

1945: 1/26; 7/19


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CARSO: Br S/S 1923 6,275gt (ex CARSO-Italy 1941)

1943: 3/3

2/14/1941: Scuttled by Italians at Kismayu, Italian Somaliland. Salvaged by UK.

Still named Carso when in New York. Probably renamed Empire Tana shortly after.

3/25/1943: In collision with and sinking freighter Atland (Swe) while in convoy about 4nm southeast of Peterhead, Scotland

at 57 28N-01 40W.

2/9/1944: Badly damaged in a multiple collision in fog, outside of Casablanca with Winsum *(Du), Jaarstroom *(Du),

Dunav *(Yug), and Shirrabank *(Br). Found to be unsuitable for further sea service.

6/9/1944: Scuttled as breakwater at Goosebury 5, Normandy.

CARSLOGIE: Br S/S 1924 3,786gt

1941: 9/9 1942: 6/29

CARTAGO: Am S/S Reefer 1908 4,732gt

Arr 1940: 10/23

1941: 6/6; 6/28; 7/23; 8/14; 12/3; 12/20

1942: 2/4; 3/4; 3/28; 7/24; 12/18

1943: 3/4; 5/12; 7/7

1944: 9/27

1945: 2/11; 4/1

CARTER BRAXTON: Am (EC2) 1942 7,191gt

1942: 4/18; 9/10; 10/5R

1945: 2/6

CARTIERDOC: Br/Can S/S 1928 1,919gt

1941: 11/13 1943: 6/1

CARVALHO ARAUJO: Portugal S/S-Pass 1930 4,560gt

1941: 1/11; 4/12; 9/9

1942: 3/27

CASA GRANDE: Am (T2) 1944 10,448gt

1945: 3/20; 5/1

CASIMIR PULASKI: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 8/6 1944: 1/12 1945: 3/8

8/8/1945: Damaged in an explosion of a bomb, or mine, when disturbed by a dredge working near the vessel which was

berthed at a pier in Manila harbor. Voyage: Arrived from New Orleans with Army trucks, jeeps and beer.

CASPER S. YOST: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1944: 6/19 1945: 2/25

CASPIA: Br S/T 1928 6,018gt

1941: 7/18

4/16/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U81 off the Lebanese coast 10 miles south of Beirut.

Voyage: Haifa (4/16) for Tripoli (Syria) with light benzine.

CASSEQUEL: Portugal S/S 1901 4,751gt

1941: 3/25; 5/9; 5/15; 8/13; 8/29

12/14/1941: Torpedoed and sunk by U108 about 155nm southwest of Cape San Vincent, Portugal at 35 08N-11 14W.

Voyage: Lisbon for Angola with general cargo.

CASSIMIR: Am S/T (Hog) 1920 5,030gt

1941: 4/12 1942: 1/13

2/26/1942: Sunk in collision with freighter Lara (Am) close to shore about 5nm NNE of Cape Fear at 33 56N-77 56W.

CASSIUS HUDSON: Am (EC2) 1944 7,198gt

1945: 5/29

CASTALIA: Br S/S-Pass 1906 6,715gt

1943: 1/2 1945: 5/14


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CASTANA: Am S/T Molasses Tanker (Hog) 1920 5,030gt

Arr 1940: 6/8; 10/7

1941: 4/24; 6/19; 7/9; 11/8; 11/29

1942: 1/3; 2/7

1944: 1/21; 3/15

CASTILIAN: Br S/S (War) 1919 3,067gt

1941: 4/5; 7/19; 12/9

1942: 2/26

5/9/1941: Badly damaged by direct bomb hit in an air attack at Hull while laden with general cargo and metal.

2/12/1943: Came ashore in fog and wrecked on East Platters, near Skerries Light House, Angelsey, Wales. Total Loss.

Voyage: Manchester for Lisbon with general cargo.

CASTILLA: Honduras S/S-Reefer 1927 3,910gt

1939: 12/18

Arr 1940: 1/2; 1/15; 1/29; 2/13; 2/26; 3/11; 6/27; 1/16; 12/30

1941: 1/14; 1/27; 3/3; 3/17; 4/1; 10/11; 12/9; 12/23

1942: 1/6; 2/10

6/6/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U107 about 40nm SE of Cabo Corrientes, southwest Cuba at 21 03N-83 30W.

Voyage: Mobile for Kingston (Jamaica) with flour.

CASTOR: Du M/V 1939 1,874gt

1939: 12/22

Arr 1940: 1/22; 2/26; 4/1; 5/4; 6/10; 7/8; 8/5; 9/3; 9/30; 10/26; 12/2; 12/26

1941: 1/2; 1/29; 2/26; 3/26; 4/23; 5/23; 6/25; 7/23; 8/20; 9/19; 10/22; 12/3

1942: 2/4; 5/19; 9/4

1945: 5/26; 8/10

CATAHOULA: Am S/T Molasses Tanker (Hog) 1920 5,030gt

1941: 3/5; 11/10

4/5/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U154 about 45nm NE of Cabo San Rafael (Domincan Rep) at 19 16N-68 12W.

Voyage: San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Rep (lv 4/4) for Wilmington (Delaware) with molasses.

CATANIA (ex FT-26): Br M/V (See APc and FT vessels of RN)

11/16/1943: Cleared for Kingston, Jamaica with 135 tons ballast, 16 crew (Furness-Withy)

CATATUMBO: Venezuela S/T 1928 3,163gt

1939: 9/1

Arr 1940: 5/13; 11/22

1941: 2/17; 5/2; 5/23; 7/2; 9/22; 12/13


CATAWBA FORD: Am (T2) 1944 10,317gt

1944: 5/29; 6/28; 8/2; 9/2; 10/6

1945: 8/23

CATHAM: Am (T2) 1944 10,296gt

1944: 8/26; 10/5; 11/9; 12/14

CATHCART: Br/Can S/S-Reefer 1920/3,708gt

1942: 12/1

1943: 2/20; 4/21; 8/24; 11/13; 12/27

1944: 2/10; 3/25; 5/15; 6/24; 9/22; 11/28

CATHERINE BURKE: Br/Can M/Fishing Vessel 1940 130gt

Arr 1940: 9/17

CATHLAMET: Am S/S 1919 5,869gt

1939: 12/2

Arr 1940: 3/21; 7/17; 11/29

1941: 4/13; 7/26; 10/27

1942: 3/14; 7/18


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1943: 2/14; 5/3; 7/30; 11/23

1944: 3/10; 5/20; 8/2; 12/21

CATRINE: Br M/V 1940 5,218gt

1943: 6/5 1944: 9/12 1945: 8/2

12/29/1940: Mined in Queen’s Channel, Liverpool Bay. Taken in tow but line broke stranding the vessel. Mined in the

channel again next day. Anchored off Tranmere Beach to discharge grain cargo from Sydney.

3/12-13/1941: Damaged in night air attack on Liverpool.

CAVALCADE: Pan M/V 1930 5,038gt (ex GERTRUDE MAERSK-Dmk 1940)

1942: 3/26; 4/7; 10/23 detained-awaiting orders-now proceeding

1943: 8/20; 11/27

1944: 1/14; 2/26; 5/18; 8/2

1945: 3/3; 5/15; 10/16

CAVELIER: Br S/S Reefer 1919 3,663gt

1942: 3/31R; 7/2R; 11/11

1943: 2/5; 4/10; 6/15; 9/3; 11/12

1944: 3/22; 6/14; 8/19; 9/22; 11/15; 12/29

1945: 3/2; 4/12; 6/14

CAYRU: Brazil S/S (Hog) 1919 5,152gt (ex SCANMAIL-Am 1940)

Arr 1940: 3/28; 4/18; 7/10; 7/22; 9/26; 10/9; 12/27

1941: 1/3; 1/10; 3/28; 4/4; 6/19; 6/27; 9/20; 10/3; 12/12; 12/24

3/8/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U94 about 145nm ENE of Cape Henlopen, Delaware at 39 10N-72 02W. Broke in two.

Voyage: Rio de Janeiro, and Para for New York with general cargo.

CAYUSE: Am (T2) 1944 10,172gt

1944: 2/17; 4/24; 5/29; 7/1; 8/2; 9/11

1945: 3/15

CEARALOIDE: Brazil S/S 1912 5,787gt (ex LAURA LAURO-Italy 1942)

1943: 5/21; 9/27; 10/8 detained-awaiting navy orders-proceeding 10/15

1944: 10/2

CECIL N. BEAN: Am (EC2) 1944 7,176gt

1944: 5/4; 10/29 1945: 3/18

CEDAR CREEK: Am (T2) 1943 10,195gt

1944: 1/29; 3/9

1944: Transferred to USSR renamed Taganrog.

CEDAR MILLS: Am (T2) 1943 10,172gt

1943: 7/30; 8/18

1944: 2/21; 4/3; 8/19

CEDAR MOUNTAIN: Am (T2) 1944 10,296gt

1944: 8/2; 9/11; 10/13

CEFALU: Honduras S/S Pass-Reefer 1930 5,228gt

1942: 7/14; 8/20; 10/7; 11/17

1943: 4/10; 6/14; 8/13-USAT

12/11/1942: Lost rudder and propeller damaged in heavy weather west of the Azores while headed from US to UK.

On 12/20, freighter Clunepark *(Br) arrived to tow her near to the port of Horta where Cefalu anchored. A tug from

Gibraltar arrived to tow Cefalu into Horta for TempR. She left Horta on 1/14/43 for New York.

1/1943: Bareboat chartered to US Army as troop transport USAT Cefalu.

CEFN-Y BRYN: Br S/S 1939 5,164gt

1944: 2/25; 4/17

CEIBA: Honduras S/S Reefer 1911 1,698gt

1942: 2/27


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3/17/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U124 about 88nm ENE of Cape Hatteras at 35 43N-73 49W.

Voyage: Kingston (Jamaica) for New York.

CELESTE M.: Br/Can M/V No Information

1941: 5/15; 6/6 1942: 5/27

Cleared all three times for Yarmouth NS with 183 tons bulk or general, 8 crew (J.F.Whitney)

CELTIC MONARCH: Br S/S 1929 5,831gt

1943: 3/24

CELTIC STAR: Br S/S Reefer 1918 5,575gt

1943: 1/22

3/29/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by Italian submarine Finzi about 350nm southwest of Freetown at 04 16N-17 44W.

Sank next day. Voyage: Manchester, Greenock, and from Freetown sailing independently for Montevideo and

Buenos Aries with general cargo and mail.

CEPHEE: France M/V 1938 5,800gt

1943: 11/20 1944: 9/16 1945: 3/8; 6/29

CERES: Du S/S 1919 2,680gt

1942: 5/1; 7/31; 11/9; 11/23


3/13/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U68 about 142nm north of Punta Gallinas, Colombia at 14 50N-71 46W.

Voyage: New York, and Guantanamo in convoy GAT 49 for Curacao and Recife with general.

CERINTHUS: Br S/T 1930 3,878gt

Arr 1940: 8/26 1941: 3/4; 6/27

11/9/1942: Torpedoed by U128, 180mi southwest of Cape Verde Islands at 12 27N-27 45W. Half hour later (next day), sunk

by torpedo and gunfire. Voyage: London, and Oban (lv 10/24) in convoy ON 141, later leaving the convoy to sail

independently for Freetown in ballast.

CERONIA: Du M/T 1939 8,096gt

1941: 8/1; 9/22 1944: 3/1

2/5/1940: Torpedoed by U41 about 130nm southwest of Land’s End at 49 14N-08 45W. Arr Rotterdam on 2/9.

Voyage: Las Piedras (Venezuela) for Amsterdam.

4/6/1943: Mined at Haifa. TempR made at Haifa and Alexandria. PermR made at the Tyne.

CERRO AZUL: Mexico M/T 1928 5,873gt (ex BINTA*Nor 1940)

Arr 1940: 7/29; 8/28; 11/4; 11/30

CERRO GORDO: Am (T2) 1943 10,195gt

1943: 5/12; 11/19

1944: 4/14; 5/13; 6/15; 7/17; 8/18; 9/18; 10/28; 12/2

1945: 1/10; 2/10 clearance cancelled-voyage abandoned 2/15; 3/13

CETUS: Nor S/S 1920 2,614gt

1939: 9/22 Arr 1940: 1/13 1942: 12/5 1943: 1/23

CEYLON: Swe S/S 1911 5,235gt

1945: 8/8

6/19/1942: Mined off Frisian Islands. Taken to a German port.

CHADDS FORD: Am (T2) 1945 10,296gt

1945: 1/17; 3/30; 5/30

CHAGRES: Pan S/S 1919 5,545gt (ex BAKERSFIELD-Am 1940)

1941: 5/9; 8/11; 11/29

1942: 2/20; 6/12; 9/5; 12/1 voyage cancelled-clearance cancelled-clearance surrendered

1943: 1/11; 5/24; 8/21

1944: 4/17; 6/24

1945: 5/26

6/5/1943: In collision with and sinking freighter Reigh Count *(Pan) in fog 30nm south of Halifax at 44 08N-63 13W.


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CHALLENGE: Am S/S (C2) 1939 6,085gt

1939: 11/6

Arr 1940: 2/14; 5/2; 5/29; 6/29; 7/24; 8/21; 9/19; 10/21

10/23/1940: To USN as general stores issue ship renamed USS Castor (AKS-1).

CHALLENGER: Am M/V 1918 7,667gt

1939: 11/29; 12/13

Arr 1940: 3/22; 4/5; 7/23; 8/15; 11/27; 12/17

1941: 5/12; 9/8; 10/5

1942: 2/21; 4/24

5/17/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U155 about 18nm east of Grenada at 12 11N-61 18W. Broke down at sea after leaving

New York. Put into Savannah but finding no repair facilities there, proceeded on to Trinidad.

Voyage: New York for Cape Town and Persian Gulf ports and Bombay with general.

CHAMP CLARK: Am (EC2) 1943 7,196gt

1943: 4/12; 8/6; 12/21

CHAMPIONS HILL: Am (T2) 1944 10,296gt

1944: 12/8

1945: 1/6; 4/23; 5/24

CHAMPLAIN: France S/S Pass 1932 28,124gt

1939: 9/11 Arr 1940: 4/8; 5/27

6/17/1940: Sailed from New York and nearing her destination at La Rochelle when she struck a mine at La Pallice, at the

entrance to the port. She settled on bottom. Torpedoed four days later by U65 and made unsalvageable.

CHAMPOEG: Am (T2) 1943 10,448gt

1944: 5/19; 6/30; 8/18; 9/18; 10/28; 11/30

1945: 1/17

CHANT: Am M/V 1938 5,601gt (ex HULDA MAERSK-Dmk 1940)

1942: 4/21

6/15/1942: Sunk in an air attack about 52nm southeast of Cape Bon, Tunisia at 36 25N-11 40E.

Voyage: Glasgow, and Gibraltar, in HARPOON convoy WS 19Z for Malta with aviation gasoline in 5 gallon

containers, coal, two RAF rescue boats and general cargo.

CHANCELORSVILLE: Am (T2) 1943 10,195gt

1943: 11/19 1945: 3/13

CHANTILLY: Am (T2) 1943 10,195gt

1944: 1/8; 2/11; 3/13; 5/2; 7/17; 8/26; 9/28; 10/28; 11/30

1945: 1/25

CHAPULTEPEC: Am (T2) 1943 10,195gt

1943: 11/24 1944: 12/16

12/26/1943: Torpedoed by U530 about 62nm northeast of Punta Manzanillo, Panama at 10 30N-78 58W. Arr at Cristobal on

same day to discharge cargo. TempR. Proceeded to Galveston for drydocking and PermR.

Voyage: Sailed independently from Aruba (lv 12/24) for Cristobal CZ with fuel oil.

CHARCOT: Br S/Whale catcher 1923 211gt

1943: 9/21

CHARLES A. DANA: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 8/12

1944: 1/11; 4/18; 7/24

1945: 1/27; 3/27; 6/5

CHARLES A. KEFFER: Am (EC2) 1944 7,198gt

1944: 12/28 1945: 5/22

CHARLES A. McALLISTER: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 6/14; 8/21; 12/9


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1944: 4/26; 7/24; 11/8

1945: 2/16

CHARLES A. WARFIELD: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 12/21

1944: 5/8; 8/16; 11/8

1945: 4/7

CHARLES A. WICKLIFFE: Am (Z-ET) 1943 7,218gt

1944: 2/18; 4/17

1945: 4/2; 5/25 diverted to Houston instead of Curacao (6/4)

CHARLES BRANTLEY AYCOCK: Am (EC2-LTS) 1942 7,176gt

1943: 3/31 detained-register surrendered-clearance surrendered; 6/23; 9/30

1944: 4/7; 7/14

1945: 7/17

CHARLES BULLFINCH: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 12/14 1944: 8/24; 12/8 1945: 4/12

CHARLES C. GLOVER: Am (EC2) 1944 7,210gt

1945: 5/21

CHARLES C. JONES: Am (EC2) 1943 7,198gt

1943: 12/9 1944: 3/27

CHARLES C. PINCKNEY: Am (EC2) 1942 7,177gt

1943: 1/12

1/27/1943: Torpedoed by U514 about 160nm southwest of Pico, Azores at 36 37N-30 55W after straggling from convoy in

heavy weather. The U boat surfaced to shell the abandoned ship. Her crew reboarded next morning but was soon

abandoned again when U514 resurfaced to sink the ship with gunfire.

Voyage: New York (lv 1/13) in convoy UGS 4 for Casablanca with military cargo.

CHARLES C. RANDLEMAN: Am (EC2) 1945 7,198gt

1945: 3/28

8/31/1945: Came ashore and wrecked on Apo Reef in Mindoro Strait, Philippine Islands.

Voyage: Liverpool for Manila and San Jose.

CHARLES CARROLL: Am (EC2) 1942 7,191gt

1942: 2/4; 9/29

1943: 5/27; 12/9; 12/21

1944: 5/19; 7/20

CHARLES D. McIVER: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 12/11 1944: 5/4; 7/15 1945: 2/21

3/22/1945: Mined and sunk about 4nm west of Zeebrugge at 51 22 28N-03 04 41E. Ship settled on the bottom. Total Loss.

Voyage: Antwerp in convoy ATM 100 for Southend and New York in ballast.

CHARLES D. POSTON: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1944: 1/12; 3/20 1945: 5/10; 6/13

CHARLES DAURAY: Am (EC2) 1944 7,176gt

1944: 7/15

1945: 2/6; 6/6; 7/21

CHARLES F. MEYER: Br M/T 1938 10,516gt

1941: 8/5; 10/2; 11/28

1942: 4/16; 6/15R; 7/24R; 9/30 voyage cancelled-clearance cancelled-diverted to proceed to Port Arthur10/1; 11/4R

1945: 1/2; 3/23; 5/8

3/4/1940: Struck mine in English Channel about 16nm south of Beachy Head at 50 28N-0 16E.

11/27/1940: Torpedoed by U104 about 165nm northwest of Erris Head, Ireland at 56N-13 52W. Proceeded to the Clyde for

repairs. Voyage: Aruba, and Bermuda in convoy HX 87 for Avonmouth with gasoline.


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CHARLES FORT: Am (EC2) 1943 7,207gt

1944: 9/12; 12/29

CHARLES G. BLACK: Am S/T 1921 14,305gt

1939: 9/5

CHARLES G. COUTANT: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1945: 6/9

CHARLES GOODNIGHT: Am (EC2) 1944 7,244gt

1944: 4/25

CHARLES GOODYEAR: Am (EC2-LTS) 1942 7,176gt

1943: 6/23 1945: 5/22; 8/2

CHARLES GORDON CURTIS: Am (EC2) 1942 7,176gt

1944: 2/26

1944: Transferred to USSR renamed Sergei Kirov.

CHARLES H. CRAMP: Am S/S 1920 6,220gt

1939: 10/11

Arr 1940: 1/16; 4/25; 5/4; 8/25; 9/9; 12/14; 12/26

1941: 4/12; 4/30; 8/17; 8/29; 12/30

1942: 1/17; 6/5; 7/25

1943: 3/31; 6/10 detained for repairs-will proceed 6/16; 9/28

1944: 1/27; 3/31; 9/8; 12/29 detained-awaiting orders-proceeding 1/5/45

1945: 2/21; 7/14

CHARLES H. HERTY: Am (EC2) 1943 7,198gt

1943: 12/30R 1944: 5/26; 7/24 1945: 2/26

CHARLES H. MARSHALL: Am (EC2) 1944 7,176gt

1944: 12/23

CHARLES H. SALTER: Br (N3-S-A1) 1942 1,791gt

1943: 7/9

CHARLES HENDERSON: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 6/5

1944: 2/19; 6/9; 9/19

1/21/1944: Collided with tanker Plattsburg Socony (Am) laden with aviation gasoline south of Cape Cod Canal.

4/9/1945: Exploded while docked at a Bari Harbor discharging 500 and 1000 lb bombs. It is believed a flame in the

hold caused the explosion which did considerable damage done to the city, the port and it’s facilities and to other

ships. Referred to as the Bari disaster.

CHARLES HULL: Am S/S (N3-S-A2) 1944 1,855gt

1945: 3/21

CHARLES J. FINGER: Am (EC2) 1944 7,244gt

1944: 3/4; 5/9; 7/10; 10/17

CHARLES J. FOLGER: Am (EC2) 1943 7,194gt

1943: 10/17 1944: 3/5; 5/9

CHARLES L. D.: Br M/V 1934 5,273gt (ex French 1940)

1942: 11/28R

12/9/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U553 over 300nm east of Cape Farewell at 59 02N-30 45W.

Voyage: Karachi (lv 9/8), and New York (lv 11/27) in convoy HX 217 for Glasgow with general cargo.

CHARLES L. McNARY: Am (EC2) 1944 7,247gt

1944: 12/18 1945: 2/15


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CHARLES M. CONRAD: Am (EC2) 1942 7,181gt

1944: 2/19

CHARLES M. HALL: Am (EC2) 1942 7,181gt

1943: 2/13; 5/18; 7/8

1944: 3/18

1945: 3/1

CHARLES M. SCHWAB: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 5/12; 7/29; 9/14

1944:1/12; 11/28 detained-engine trouble-proceeding 12/9

1945: 4/26

CHARLES MORGAN: Am (EC2) 1943 7,244gt

1944: 1/12

6/10/1944: Sunk by a direct bomb hit in an air attack while anchored about one mile off Utah Beach, Normandy. Stern

settled on bottom, while bow remained afloat. Cargo had already been discharged and in sand ballast. Salvage attempts

were abandoned. Total Loss Voyage: Newport (Wales) (lv 6/6) in convoy EBM 3 for Normandy.

CHARLES N. COLE: Am (EC2) 1945 7,176gt

1945: 3/28; 6/2

CHARLES N. McGROARTY: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1944: 1/11

CHARLES NORDHOFF: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1945: 3/28; 7/5

CHARLES PADDOCK: Am (EC2) 1944 7,207gt

1945: 7/16

CHARLES PIEZ: Am (EC2) 1943 7,191gt

1943: 5/13 1944: 12/8 1945: 4/12

4/11/1944: Slightly damaged by strafing aircraft about 15nm north of Cape Bengut, Algeria at 37 10N-03 45E.

Arr 4/15 at Augusta (Sicily). Voyage: Hampton Roads in convoy for Naples with ammunition.

CHARLES PRATT: Pan S/T 1916 8,982gt (ex American1940)

Arr 1940: 6/27; 11/2

12/21/1940: Torpedoed and sunk by U65 about 210nm west of Freetown at 08 26N-16 50W.

Voyage: Aruba for Freetown with fuel oil.

CHARLES R. HUNTLEY: Br S/S 1926 1,760gt

1942: 12/26R

CHARLES R. McCORMICK: Am S/S 1920 6,027gt

Arr 1940: 6/18; 6/27; 12/2

1941: 3/22; 6/14; 8/27; 9/5; 11/24

1942: 3/31

1943: 3/12; 5/27; 10/23; 12/2

1944: 1/26; 3/31; 8/16; 12/18

CHARLES RACINE: Nor M/T 1937 9,957gt

1941: 2/11; 8/11; 10/10

3/10/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by Italian submarine Finzi in northeast of West Indies at 23 10N-60 28W.

Voyage: Clyde (Bowling) (lv 2/22), in convoy OS 20 for Baytown in ballast.

CHARLES ROBINSON: Am (EC2) 19437,176gt

1944: 2/10; 4/20; 6/22

1945: 2/23

CHARLES S. HAIGHT: Am (EC2) 1944 7,198gt

1944: 10/21 1945: 3/17; 5/16


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CHARLES SCRIBNER: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 12/14 1944: 8/30; 12/8 1945: 5/16

CHARLES SUMNER: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 7/20; 10/4

1944: 3/20; 9/5; 12/18

CHARLES TREADWELL: Br (N3-S-A1) 1943 1,814gt

1943: 7/22

CHARLES TUFTS: Am (EC2) 1944 7,176gt

1945: 2/1

CHARLES W. ELIOT: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 8/26; 11/2 1944: 4/11

6/28/1944: Struck two mines off Juno Beach, Normandy while preparing to join a convoy returning to UK. Broke in two

while being towed to deeper water. Stern settled on the bottom. Forepart sunk by attacking bombers.

Voyage: Arrived off Normandy on 6/26 with troops, cargo discharged on following day.

CHARLES W. STILES: Am (EC2) 1944 7,198gt

1945: 6/5

CHARLES WILLSON PEALE: Am (EC2) 1942 7,176gt

1943: 9/14; 10/12 1944: 1/11; 3/7 1945: 2/24

6/27/1943: Attacked by U199 about 50mi south of Rio de Janeiro. U boat fired fired four torpedoes, all missed.

CHARLESNEST: Br/Can M/V Wood 1938 143gt

1944: 1/8

CHARLESTOWN: Am (T2) 1943 10,195gt

1943: 6/29; 10/12; 12/7

1944: 3/20

1945: 2/6

CHARLTON HALL: Br S/S 1940 5,199gt

1944: 10/17

CHAS. KURZ: Am S/T 1918 5,731gt

1942: 10/23

1943: 1/6; 2/11; 3/17; 4/16; 5/15; 7/24; 8/28; 12/12

CHASSERAL: Switzerland S/S 1897 3,129gt (ex TEGUCIGALPA*Hon 1941)

1941: 8/6; 10/22

4/22/1944: Heavily damaged by British aircraft that attacked the ship in error near the Rhone estuary. Towed to Sete arr

4/23 for repairs. PermR made in Lisbon. Cargo for New York was transshipped on freighter Thetis (Gre).

Voyage: Marseilles for Gibraltar with general cargo, mainly watches.

CHATHAM: Am S/S Pass 1926 5,649gt

1942: 3/14; 4/15; 5/28

8/27/1942: Torpedoed by U165. Torpedoed and sunk by U517 off Wreck Bay at north entrance to Belle Isle Strait at

51 53N-55 48W. Voyage: Sydney CB in convoy SG 6F for Goose Bay and Bluie West with stores and passengers.

CHATAM C. LYON: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 9/1

CHATTANOOGA CITY: Am S/S 1921 5,686gt

1939: 12/28 1942: 7/28

2/22/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U606 in mid-North Atlantic at 46 53N-34 32W.

Voyage: Liverpool in convoy ON 166 for New York in ballast.

CHATTERDON HILL: Am (T2) 1944 10,172gt

1944: 10/13; 11/14; 12/16


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1945: 2/3; 3/10

CHAUCER: Br S/S 1929 5,792gt

Arr 1940: 10/17 1941: 5/31

4/8/1941: Damaged in an air attack near the Humber Light Vessel. Attacked again next day while being towed to Hull.

Voyage: Hull for Halifax and New York in ballast.

7/29/1941: Sunk by KM raider Thor with torpedoes and gunfire in North Atlantic west of the Cape Verde Islands at

16 46N-38 01W. Crew taken prisoner. Voyage: Middlesbrough, and Oban for Buenos Aires in ballast.

CHENANGO: Pan S/S (War) 1919 3,106gt (ex KURIKKA-Fin 1941)

1942: 2/10

4/20/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U84 about 43nm northeast of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina at 36 25N-74 55W.

Voyage: Santos, and St. Thomas for Baltimore with manganese ore.

CHEPO: Pan S/S 1919 5,707gt (ex WEST POCASSET-Am 1941)

1941: 5/16; 8/3; 10/17

1/14/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U43 about 290nm south of Vik, Iceland at 58 30N-19 40W.

Voyage: Liverpool, and Clyde in convoy ON 55 for Boston and New York with general cargo.

CHERNYSHEVSKI: USSR S/S 1919 3,588gt

1943: 6/10

CHEROKEE: Am S/S Pass-Reefer 1925 5,896gt

Arr 1940: 5/16; 5/31; 6/13; 6/28; 7/11; 7/25; 8/22; 9/5; 9/19; 10/3; 10/17; 10/31

1942: 2/7; 2/24; 3/14; 4/2

6/15/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U87 about 60nm northeast of Cape Cod at 42 25N-69 10W.

Voyage: Reykjavik, and Halifax in convoy XB 25 for Boston in ballast.

CHERRY VALLEY: Am (T2) 1942 10,172gt

1943: 1/22; 5/11; 7/6; 7/17

7/22/1943: Damaged by torpedo and gunfire from U66 about 270nm northeast of Grand Turk Island at 25 10N-68 35W.

The tanker escaped when her gun crew began firing at the surfacing U boat. Arr in San Juan, Porto Rico on 7/24..

Voyage: New York (lv 7/19) sailing independently for Aruba in ballast and Army deck cargo.

CHESAPEAKE: Br M/T 1927 8,955gt

1941: 2/11; 5/22; 7/24; 10/1

1943: 5/29; 7/29

1944: 1/12; 3/20; 5/18; 7/15; 9/12; 11/22

1945: 2/10 detained for additional cargo-proceeding 2/17; 6/16 detained-engine problems-proceeding 6/23-further detained for

repairs-proceeding 6/25 voyage cancelled-clearance cancelled; 6/28

11/20/1940: Damaged in an air attack off Lizard Point, southwest England.

4/1/1941: Damaged in an air attack southwest of St. Goven’s Head, Wales. Also attacked earlier north of the Smalls.

Anchored on 4/3 in Walton Bay with unexploded bomb on board and to discharge some cargo.

Voyage: Baltimore for Avonmouth with gasoline.

CHESAPEAKE CAPES: Am (T2) 1944 10,296gt

1945: 1/9; 2/10; 3/14; 5/14; 6/8; 7/16

CHESLEY R.: Br/Can Aux Schooner 3 mast 1905 123gt

1941: 10/2; 11/18 1942: 2/5

CHESTER: Am S/S (Laker) 1931 1,819gt

1939: 9/26; 10/18 1941: 10/8; 11/7

CHESTER O. SWAIN: Am S/T 1921 8,145gt

1941: 6/9; 6/26; 8/17

1942: 4/29; 6/27R; 7/6R; 9/16; 10/31; 12/18

1943: 2/21; 3/19; 5/27; 8/13; 11/10

CHESTER VALLEY: Am S/S (Hog) 1919 5,078gt

1942: 8/24

1943: 6/5; 8/5; 10/14; 11/13; 12/27


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1944: 1/31; 3/20; 5/26; 8/16

1945: 2/1; 4/28

CHICKAMAUGA: Am (T2) 1943 10,195gt

1943: 10/11; 11/19; 12/21

1944: 2/7; 3/23; 8/26; 10/6

1945: 1/1; 2/4; 3/6; 4/16

CHICKASAW CITY: Am S/S 1920 6,196gt

1939: 10/29

Arr 1940: 12/30

1941: 7/31; 8/12; 11/6

1942: 6/4

10/7/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U172 about 70nm SSW of Cape Town at 34 15S-17 11E.

Voyage: Suez, and Aden in convoy for Cape Town with chrome ore, hides and coffee.

CHIEF JOSEPH: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 10/17 1944: 4/25

CHIEF OSCEOLA: Am (EC2) 1944 7,176gt

1945: 2/20

CHILBAR: Am S/T 1919 5,030gt

1942: 11/18R

1943: 10/18

1944: 1/11; 4/20; 5/25

CHILE: Swe M/V Pass-Reefer 1937 5,297gt

Arr 1940: 12/13

1941: 4/3; 7/11; 8/28

CHINA ARROW: Am S/T 1920 8,403gt

1941: 7/7

2/5/1942: Sunk by torpedo and gunfire from U103 about 100nm east of Assateague Island lighthouse, Virginia at

37 44N-73 18W. Voyage: Beaumont for New York with fuel oil.

CHINA MAIL: Am M/V (C2-SU) 1942 8,616gt

1942: 6/14; 7/19

1943: 3/23; 7/3

1944: 5/2; 6/23; 8/10; 9/27; 11/22

1945: 1/12; 4/23; 8/8

3/15/1944: Damaged by shrapnel from exploding bombs during an air attack while anchored in Naples Harbor.

Voyage: Arrived in Naples from Philadelphia with ammunition.

CHINCHA: Am S/S 1912 6,348gt

1939: 9/2

1940: Transferred to Yugoslavia renamed Milena *.

CHINESE PRINCE: Br M/V 1926 8,593gt

1939: 11/11 Arr 1940: 4/1

6/12/1941: Torpedoed and sunk by U552 about 180nm northwest of Erris Head, Ireland at 56 12N-14 18W.

Voyage: Port Said and Cape Town sailing independently for Liverpool with potash, magnesite and general.

CHIPANA: Am S/S 1920 3,280gt

1939: 11/22; 12/20

Arr 1940: 1/16; 2/13; 4/4; 4/16; 6/17; 9/3

1941: 1/24; 3/18; 3/31; 5/28

CHIPPEWA PARK: Br/Can (Park) 1943 7,138gt

1945: 3/7

CHIRIGUI: Am S/S Pass-Reefer 1932 6,963gt


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1939: 9/9; 9/23; 10/11; 10/28; 11/15; 12/2; 12/20

Arr 1940: 1/4; 1/22; 2/9; 2/26; 3/14; 4/1; 4/19; 5/6; 5/24; 6/10; 6/27; 7/15; 8/1; 8/19; 9/5; 10/17; 11/4; 11/22; 12/9; 12/26

1941: 1/15; 2/1; 2/19; 3/17; 3/26; 4/11; 4/30; 5/16

1941: To USN as stores ship renamed USS Tarazed (AF-13).

CHIRRIPO: Honduras S/S Reefer 1920 5,356gt (ex WESERMUNDE-Germany 1941)

1942: 9/17; 10/28; 12/15

1943: 1/16; 2/22; 4/15; 5/21; 8/23; 9/27; 11/1

CHISWICK: Br S/S 1943 6,006gt

1943: 8/12

CHITRAL: Br S/S Pass-Reefer 1925 15,346gt

1944: 9/28

CHOAPA: Chile S/S 1937 1,700gt (ex HELGA*Dmk 1941)

1942: 1/22; 4/15 1944: 6/28

9/21/1944: Sunk in collision with British tankers Voco *and Empire Garrick *about 9nm east of Long Branch, New Jersey

at 40 16N-73 47W some 23nm from New York Harbor.

CHOLUTECA: Am S/S 1921 2,493gt

1941: 3/12; 4/1; 5/13; As Honduran; 5/29; 6/23; 7/19; 8/11; 8/27; 10/29; 12/27

1942: As Honduran 1/14; 3/2

CHOMEDY: Br/Can S/S 1921 6,136gt

1943: 1/4; 3/27; 6/5; 8/19; 11/6

1944: 2/25; 5/24; 8/19; 11/6

CHR. J. KAMPMANN: Nor S/S 1924 2,260gt (ex Danish-1939)

1939: 11/29

1939: Transferred to UK.

11/3/1942: As British, torpedoed and sunk by U160 about 55nm west of Salines Point, Grenada at 12 06N-62 42W.

Voyage: Demerara, and Trinidad in convoy TAG 18 for New York with sugar and rum.

CHR. KNUDSEN: Nor M/V 1925 4,904gt

1942: 4/7

4/10/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U85 off US East Coast.

Voyage: Sailed independently from New York (lv 4/8) for Cape Town and Alexandria with nitrates and general cargo.

CHR. SASS: Dmk M/V 1931 3,812gt

1939: 12/19 Arr 1940: 3/4

1941: Transferred to Uruguay renamed Colonia *.

CHR. TH. BOE: Nor M/T 1930 6,192gt

1941: 10/7

1943: 1/5; 6/5; 8/3; 9/28

1944: 1/14; 4/29; 6/1; 8/30; 10/19; 11/11

1945: 5/9

CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS: Du M/V Pass 1928 16,287gt

1943: 12/28

7/13/1943: In collision with Batory *(Pol) while headed from Sicily to Alexandria.

8/26/1945: Badly damaged, probably by a mine about 14nm north of Zeebrugge, Belgium at 51 35N-03 11E.

Beached on Zuidsteen Bank. Total Loss. Voyage: Antwerp for Rotterdam.

CHRISTIAN HOLM: Br M/T 1927 9,119gt (ex Danish 1940)

1941: 4/16

1942: 3/7 delayed-proceeding 3/10; 9/28R

1943: 3/4; 6/8; 12/2

1944: 7/14; 12/6

1945: 4/4; 7/6 detained for repairs-proceeding 7/9


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CHRISTIAN KROHG: Nor S/S 1917 1,992gt

Arr 1940: 4/10; 6/3

6/10/1941: Torpedoed and sunk by U108 over 350nm east of Newfoundland at 47N-42 20W.

Voyage: London, and Oban (lv 6/1), in convoy OB 328 for Father Point (Canada) in ballast.

CHRISTIAN MICHELSEN: Nor (EC2) 1943/7,176gt (ex JOHN M. T. FINNEY-Am 1943)

1943: 6/22; 9/1

9/26/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U410 about 38nm northeast of Bone, Algeria at 37 12N-08 26E.

Voyage: New York (lv 9/1), and Hampton Roads in convoy UGS 17 for Bizerte and Palermo with ammunition,

bombs, oil, and mail.

CHRISTIANSBORG: Dmk M/V 1922 3,270gt

1939: 12/8 Arr 1940: 2/10

3/21/1940: Torpedoed and sunk by U38 about 34nm west of Wats Ness, Shetland Islands at 60 17N-02 49W. Broke in two.

Forepart sank. Aft part sunk on same day by RN gunfire about 5nm southeast of attack at 60 15N-02 40W.

Voyage: Philadelphia for Frederikshavn and Copenhagen, via UK with maize.

CHRISTINE: Honduras Aux Ketch 1906 213gt (ex Dutch)

1944: 3/8

CHRISTIE & ELINOR: Br/Can Aux Fishing Schooner 1922 143gt

Arr 1940: 5/2

CHRISTINE MARIE: Br S/S 1919 3,895gt

1942: 7/27; 12/4R

CHRISTOPHER GADSDEN: Am (EC2) 1942 7,177gt

1943: 5/13

1944: 11/8

1945: 2/6; 6/8; 8/7

CHRISTOPHER GALE: Am (EC2) 1943 7,177gt

1943: 4/30; 12/9 1944: 3/4; 5/19

CHRISTOPHER L. SHOLES: Am (Z-ET) 1943 7,218gt

1944: 5/25; 7/19; 9/2

CHRISTOPHER S. FLANAGAN: Am (EC2) 1944 7,247gt

1944: 5/4 1945: 6/7

CHRISTY PAYNE: Am S/T 1921 8,155gt

1941: 8/28

1942: 5/27; 9/25; 10/14R

1943: 2/16; 9/28; 12/7

1944: 1/11; 2/15; 3/16; 4/20; 6/9; 9/2; 10/26; 11/20

1945: 3/28

CHRYSLER’S FIELD: Am (T2) 1944 10,296gt

1944: 11/6; 12/8 1945: 1/9; 3/9

CHULMLEIGH: Br S/S 1938 5,445gt

1941: 10/24

11/5/1942: Damaged in an air attack off southern Spitsbergen. Damaged further when aircraft returned to bomb the ship.

Disabled. Stranded in ice off South Cape. Still there on 11/16 when torpedoed and sunk by U625 .

Voyage: Philadelphia to Iceland, sailing independently and in OP FB-East for Murmansk with stores.

CHUNG SHAN: China (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1944: 7/1 1945: 5/11

CHUNG TUNG: China (EC2) 1944 7,210gt

1945: 3/27


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CHURUBUSCO: Am (T2) 1943 10,195gt

1943: 5/11; 9/7; 12/1

1944: 1/4; 1/8; 2/21; 4/23 delayed for repairs-proceeding 5/2; 6/15; 8/18; 10/5; 11/14; 12/16

1945: 1/17; 2/18; 3/22; 4/23; 5/24; 7/9

CILICIA: Br M/V Pass 1938 11,137gt

1944: 9/28

CILTVAIRA: Latvia S/S 1905 3,779gt

1939: 12/22 Arr 1940: 5/31

1/19/1942: Torpedoed by U123 about 14nm NNE of Cape Hatteras at 35 25N-75 23W. Sank while being towed.

Voyage: Corner Brook NF and Norfolk for Savannah with newsprint.

CINGALESE PRINCE: Br M/V 1929 8,474gt

1939: 12/4; 12/15 Arr 1940: 5/2; 9/28

4/6/1941: Damaged in an air attack at Piraeus, Greece. Repairs made at Port Said and Bombay.

9/20/1941: Torpedoed and sunk by U111 in Central Atlantic southeast of St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks at 02S-25 30W.

Voyage: Bombay, and from Cape Town sailed independently for Trinidad and Liverpool with manganese ore,

pig iron and general cargo.

CIRCE SHELL: Br M/T 1931 8,207gt

1941: 6/5

2/21/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U161 about 45nm WNW of Chupara Point, Trinidad at 10 59N-62 05W.

Voyage: Glasgow in convoy ON 60, later left to sail independently for Curacao, instead diverted to Trinidad in ballast.

CISIL: Fin S/S 1889 1,848gt

1939: 11/22

8/23/1941: Mined and sunk in the Baltic while headed from Swinemunde to Danzig.

CISTULA: Du M/T 1939 8,097gt

Arr 1940: 2/27; 7/11

1941: 7/26; 11/19

1943: 1/8; 3/31; 5/21; 9/14; 10/30; 12/21

1944: 3/21 detained-crew trouble-proceeding 3/27; 5/20; 7/21; 9/19

1945: 1/22 detained-waiting orders-proceeding 1/28; 4/21; 7/19

CITIES SERVICE BOSTON: Am S/T 1921 9,347gt

1942: 3/3

5/16/1943: Stranded and wrecked near Shell Harbor, New South Wales, Australia. Total Loss.

CITIES SERVICE EMPIRE: Am S/T 1918 8,103gt

Arr 1940: 8/8; 8/26

1941: 3/10; 4/10; 4/28; 5/15; 6/2; 6/18; 7/5; 7/23

2/22/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U128 about 25nm east of Cape Canaveral at 28 25N-80 02W. Caught fire. Broke in two.

Voyage: Port Arthur for Philadelphia with crude oil.

CITIES SERVICE FUEL: Am S/T 1916 5,543gt

1941: 6/7; 6/23; 9/24; 12/1

1942: 4/11; 8/3; 8/26; 10/9R; 12/5R

1943: 1/13; 2/1; 5/15; 6/15; 7/20; 8/16; 11/6

1944: 3/25; 4/29; 7/18; 9/16; 12/14

CITIES SERVICE KANSAS: Am S/T 1920 7,641gt

1942: 9/1R; 10/1; 12/8R; 12/9

1943: 2/20; 3/22; 4/21; 5/20; 6/25; 7/24; 8/25; 10/8; 12/17

1944: 1/31; 7/3; 8/28; 9/22

1945: 1/9 diverted to Corpus Christi instead of Las Piedras (1/29); 3/17; 4/9

CITIES SERVICE KOOLMOTOR: Am S/T 1918 6,762gt

1939: 9/11

Arr 1940: 9/2

1941: 10/3; 11/13


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1942: 4/30; 8/2; 9/23; 10/26

1943: 1/6; 2/11; 3/13; 4/10; 5/11; 6/9; 7/24; 11/12; 12/17

1944: 1/15; 2/14; 3/15; 5/10; 6/9; 9/27; 10/19

CITIES SERVICES MISSOURI: Am S/T 1920 7,612gt

1941: 2/7; 11/24; 12/15

1942: 1/6

1943: 1/27; 3/2

3/13/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U68 about 142nm north of Punta Gallinas, Colombia at 14 50N-71 46W.

Voyage: New York, and Guantanamo Bay in convoy GAT 49 for Aruba in ballast.

CITIES SEVICE OHIO: Am M/T 1921 7,245gt

Arr 1940: 7/1

1941: 2/9; 7/22; 8/11

1942: 8/11; 10/26

1943: 9/4; 12/2

CITIES SERVICE OKLAHOMA: Am S/T 1920 7,529gt

Arr 1940: 9/11; 10/5

1941: 12/16

1943: 1/18; 3/8; 4/11; 5/11 detained for repairs-proceeding 5/15; 6/15; 7/24; 10/28; 12/17

1944: 1/26; 2/25; 3/25; 4/25; 5/24; 7/29; 9/3

1945: 4/14; 10/13

CITNALTA: Br/Can Schooner 3 mast 1917 470gt

1939: 12/16 Arr 1940: 6/18; 9/16 1941: 6/18; 9/5

CITY OF ADELAIDE: Br S/S 1920 6,589gt

Arr 1940: 4/22; 9/20; 10/18

1941: 5/2

1943: 1/15

3/30/1944: Sunk by torpedo and gunfire from IJN submarine I-8 in mid Indian Ocean at 12 01S-80 27E.

Voyage: Sailed independently from Karachi for Fremantle in ballast.

CITY OF AGRA: Br S/S 1936 6,361gt

Arr 1940: 4/19; 5/21; 10/3

1943: 2/9; 3/6

1944: 10/24

CITY OF ALMA: Am S/S 1920 5,446gt

1939: 11/14 1941: 2/3; 12/13

6/2/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U159 in southwest North Atlantic at 23N-62 30W.

Voyage: Bombay, and Trinidad for Baltimore with manganese ore.

CITY OF ATHENS: Br S/S 1923 6,558gt

Arr 1940: 6/17 1942: 1/26; 7/8

10/8/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U179 about 75nm west of Cape Town at 33 40S-17 03E. Voyage: Sailed independently

from Glasgow and Takoradi for Cape Town and Alexandria with Government stores and general cargo.

CITY OF AUCKLAND: Br S/S 1914 8,336gt

1944: 1/20; 9/25

CITY OF BAGDAD: Br S/S 1919 7,506gt

1939: 9/15

Arr 1940: 2/8; 2/23

7/11/1940: Stopped by gunfire and captured by German raider Atlantis . Sunk with explosive charges west of Sumatra

at 00 16S-90E. Voyage: Oban, Tees, Immingham and Lourenco Marques for Penang and Hongkong.

CITY OF BALTIMORE: Am S/S-Pass 1919 8,378gt

1939: 9/9; 10/21; 12/15

Arr 1940: 1/31; 3/21; 5/10; 6/22; 8/8; 10/1

10/26/1940: To USN as transport renamed USS Heywood (AP-12, reclassified 2/1943 to APA-6.

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CITY OF BARCELONA: Br S/S 1930 5,787gt

Arr 1940: 10/7

1941: 1/17; 4/12; 6/25; 8/30

CITY OF BARODA: Br S/S Pass 1918 7,129gt

1943: 2/1

4/2/1943: Torpedoed by U509 about 210nm west of Luderitz, southwest Africa at 26 56S-15 21E. Heavily damaged.

Beached in Luderitz Bay at 27 20S-15 06E. Broke in two. Total Loss. Voyage: London, Trinidad, and from Walvis

Bay (lv 4/1) in convoy NC 9 for Durban, Colombo and Calcutta with passengers, general cargo and mail.

CITY OF BEDFORD: Br S/S 1924 6,402gt

1939: 12/29

Arr 1940: 1/12; 5/29; 7/2; 11/30; 12/9

12/30/1940: Sunk in collision with, and also sinking freighter Bodnant ( Br) in heavy seas, while in convoy HX 97 about

290nm southwest of Vik, Iceland at 60 03N-23 01W. Both ships were in separate convoys going in opposite directions.

No survivors.

CITY OF BOMBAY: Br S/S 1938 7,140gt

1939: 12/19

Arr 1940: 5/3; 6/6; 10/29; 11/28

1942: 8/24R; 11/14

12/13/1942: Sunk by torpedo and gunfire from U159 in Central Atlantic off northeast Brazil at 02 43S-29 06W.

Voyage: Liverpool to Trinidad, then sailing independently for Saldanha Bay and Karachi with military cargo.

CITY OF BRISBANE: Br S/S Reefer 1920 8,006gt

Arr 1940: 2/21

8/2/1940: Damaged in air attack off South Longsand Buoy, Thames Bay. Came ashore on fire at South Longsand at

51 32 30N-01 23 30E and burned for three days. Total Loss.

Voyage: Port Pirie (Australia) for London with lead ingots, canned fruits, wool, flour and frozen meat.

CITY OF BRISTOL: Br S/S 1943 8,424gt

1944: 11/25

CITY OF CALCUTTA: Br S/S 1940 8,063gt

1941: 1/22; 2/14 1942: 12/28 1943: 10/26

6/12/1942: Damaged in an air attack off Mersa Matruh, Egypt. Put back to Alexandria arr on 6/13.

Voyage: Port Said for Malta.

CITY OF CANBERRA: Br S/S Reefer 1927 7,484gt

1939: 9/2

Arr 1940: 3/20

1941: 4/8; 8/20; 12/19

1942: 4/18

1943: 1/15; 3/16; 11/9

1944: 3/4; 5/29

8/1/1940: Mined about 10nm ESE of Aldeburgh at 52 06N-01 52E. Towed to Hollesley Bay and anchored on same day.

Towed to Tilbury Docks arr 8/7 for repairs. Voyage: Sydney NSW for London with general cargo.

CITY OF CANTON: Br S/S 1916 6,692gt

1942: 12/5

7/16/1943: Torpedoed by U178 near the coast about 75nm north of Mozambique City at 13 52S-41 10E. Sank next day.

Voyage: Liverpool for Beira from where on 7/14 sailed independently to Mombasa with general cargo and coal.

CITY OF CAPE TOWN: Br S/S 1937 8,046gt

Arr 1940: 3/25; 4/8; 8/16

1941: 2/20; 3/8

1942: 9/30

1943: 5/12; 7/3

CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH: Br S/S 1915/6,009gt

1942: 7/29

3/21/1943: Damaged in air attack about 155nm west of Cape Carvoeiro, Portugal at 39 35N-12 46W. She headed southeast


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for about 130nm and sank next day about 30nm west of Cape Raso at 38 42N-10 14W.

Voyage: Newport and Milford Haven in convoy KMS 11G for Algiers with military cargo.

CITY OF CHRISTIANIA: Br S/S 1921 4,940gt

1939: 11/17 Arr 1940: 4/26; 5/1 1943: 1/15

CITY OF CORINTH: Br S/S 1918 5,318gt

1939: 12/30

12/21/1940: Damaged in air attack at Liverpool.

11/17/1942: Torpedoed by U508 about 8nm WNW of Galera Point, Trinidad at 10 55N-61 01W. Sank nearby at

10 52 30N-61 03 30W. Voyage: Calcutta, Cape Town and sailed independently from Pernambuco on 11/7 for

Trinidad and UK with tea, linseed, pig iron and general.

CITY OF DALHART: Am M/V 1921 5,878gt

1939: 12/13

Arr 1940: 1/17; 6/6; 7/1; 11/28

1941: 5/29; 11/8

1942: 1/7; 7/20

1943: 7/30

2/1944: To USN as construction battalion barracks ship USS City Of Dalhart (IX-1 56).

CITY OF DALLAS: Am S/S (Laker) 1919 2,559gt

1941: 9/6; 10/24 1942: 2/5

1942 ? : Bareboat chartered to US Army as cargo ship USAT City Of Dallas.

CITY OF DELHI: Br S/S Reefer 1925 7,443gt

1939: 10/20

Arr 1940: 3/22; 9/7

1941: 3/10

1942: 1/13; 8/8; 9/19

1943: 4/5

CITY OF DERBY: Br S/S 1921 6,675gt

Arr 1940: 9/30

CITY OF DUNDEE: Br S/S 1921 5,273gt

1943: 4/29

CITY OF DUNKIRK: Br S/S 1912 5,681gt

1939: 12/4 1943: 1/6 1944: 6/17; 10/20

CITY OF DURBAN: Br S/S 1921 5,945gt

1942: 12/12 1944: 5/9; 11/13

1939: To RN as decoy vessel (Q Ship) renamed HMS Brutus. Served as Armed Merchant Cruiser from 3/1941 to 4/1942.

CITY OF DURHAM: Br S/S 1945 10,025gt

1945: 4/12

CITY OF EASTBOURNE: Br S/S 1923 5,563gt

1939: 9/11 1943: 4/29

CITY OF EDINBURGH: Br S/S 1938 8,238gt

Arr 1940: 4/29; 5/9; 9/9; 10/9

1941: 2/21; 3/13

1942: 10/10

1943: 3/1

10/29/1939: In collision with freighter Mary Slessor (Br) while in convoy.

1943: To RN as Landing Ship Headquarters (LSH). Renamed HMS Lothian .

CITY OF ELWOOD: Am M/V 1920 6,197gt

Arr 1940: 1/8; 2/13; 6/21; 7/22; 12/16

1941: 1/25; 7/3; 7/23; 12/12


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1942: 6/11

1943: 8/14; 9/18

CITY OF EXETER: Br S/S Pass 1914 9,793gt


1943: 1/18

CITY OF FLINT: Am S/S (Hog) 1920 4,963gt

1939: 9/18; 10/3 1941: 11/9 1942: 5/16; 11/26 1943: 1/5

10/15/1939: Captured for carrying contraband by KG pocket battleship Deutschland about 400mi west of Spain at

45 09N-43 22W. The seized ship was now operated by the Germans and taken to several ports including Narvik and

Tromso, Murmansk and Haugesund. Her cargo was discharged at Bergen. Ship and crew were released on 12/1939.

Voyage: Liverpool (lv 10/3/1939) and Glasgow with general cargo.

1/1/1940: In collision with freighter Baron Blythswood (Br). Repairs completed at Narvik 1/7/1940.

1/25/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U575 about 260nm southwest of Pico, Azores at 34 47N-31 30W after falling behind

convoy when deck cargo shifted in a storm. Voyage: New York (lv 1/13) in convoy UGS 4 for Casablanca with

military cargo, tanks, aircraft, vehicles and gasoline.

CITY OF FLORENCE: Br S/S 1918 6,862gt

1942: 10/17 1944: 3/4; 5/20

CITY OF FORT WORTH: Am S/S (Laker) 1919 2,606gt

1941: 9/9 1942: 12/31-USAT

1942 ?: Bareboat chartered to US Army as cargo ship USAT City of Fort Worth.

CITY OF GLASGOW: Br S/S Reefer 1920 5,321gt

Arr 1940: 1/2; 1/15; 5/25; 11/12

1941: 3/22; 10/29

1942: 1/20; 4/2; 7/11; 12/14

1943: 2/17; 7/7; 9/3

1944: 1/5; 3/20; 6/23; 9/5

1945: 1/27; 4/2; 6/26

CITY OF HANKOW: Br S/S 1915 7,360gt

Arr 1940: 5/27 1942: 9/23

8/26/1940: Damaged in air attack off Peterhead, Scotland.

12/18/1942: Damaged on coming ashore at South Point, 4 miles north of Saldanha Bay.

CITY OF HEREFORD: Br S/S 1927 5,101gt

Arr 1940: 2/16 1943: 3/24

CITY OF HONGKONG: Br S/S Pass 1924 9,606gt

1942: 10/24 1943: 1/14

CITY OF HOUSTON: Am S/S (Laker) 1919 2,609gt

1943: 2/13; 3/22; 5/11; 10/22-USAT

1942 ? : Bareboat chartered to US Army as cargo ship USAT City of Houston .

CITY OF JOHANNESBURG: Br S/S 1920 5,669gt

1941: 2/18; 3/12; 5/26

12/23/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U504 about 90nm ESE of East London at 33 20S-29 30E. Voyage: Sailed independently

from Calcutta and Colombo (lv 10/6) for Cape Town and UK with pig iron and general cargo.

CITY OF KARACHI: Br S/S 1938 7,140gt

Arr 1940: 10/14

4/13/1941: Damaged in an air attack at Volo, Greece while in ballast. Towed next day to a bay southwest of Volo and

beached. Bombed again on 4/15 and wrecked. Total Loss.

CITY OF KEELUNG: Br S/S (War) 1919 5,186gt

1941: 3/26; 8/27

CITY OF KHIOS: Br S/S 1925 5,574gt


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1939: 9/19; 10/24 1943: 1/23; 4/5

CITY OF KIMBERLEY: Br S/S 1925 5,574gt

1939: 9/11; 10/11

Arr 1940: 4/23; 11/12

1942: 12/14

1943: 7/8

1944: 2/5

CITY OF LANCASTER: Br S/S 1924 3,041gt

Arr 1940: 7/23; 9/26; 12/26

1941: 6/24

1942: 9/9R; 11/28R

1944: 5/10; 7/15

CITY OF LEICESTER: Br S/S 1926 3,351gt

1942: 12/28R

CITY OF LILLE: Br M/V 1928 6,588gt

1942: 1/15; 10/13R 1944: 3/25; 9/5 1945: 1/6

CITY OF LINCOLN: Br S/S 1938 8,039gt

Arr 1940: 2/6; 6/20; 7/26; 11/25

1942: 10/21

3/23/1941: Damaged in air attack at Grand Harbor, Malta.

2/19/1945: Mined off the Humber. Returned to Hull under own power. Left on 4/9 for repairs at Birkenhead.

Voyage: Hull for Port Said with military stores.

CITY OF LOS ANGELES: Am S/S Pass (War) 1918 8,378gt

1939: 9/29; 11/17

Arr 1940: 1/6; 2/26; 6/29; 10/28

10/1940: To USN as transport renamed USS George F. Elliot (AP-13).

8/8/1942: As USN transport, sank after Japanese airplane crashed into the ship off Lunga Point, Guadalcanal.

Vessel had completed landing US Marines and was discharging cargo.

CITY OF LYONS: Br S/S 1926 7,063gt

1939: 9/12; 10/16 Arr 1940: 4/5 1943: 1/15 1944: 3/16; 8/24

CITY OF MANCHESTER: Br S/S Reefer 1935 8,917gt

Arr 1940: 6/10

2/28/1942: Sunk by torpedo and gunfire from IJN submarine I-153 south of Tjilatjap, Java at 08 16S-108 52E.

Voyage: Sailed independently from Pekan (Malaya) for Tjilatjap with military stores and general cargo.

CITY OF MANILA: Br S/S 1916 7,452gt

1939: 10/6 Arr 1940: 2/29; 3/12

8/19/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U406 over 300nm WNW of Cape Finisterre at 43 21N-18 20W. Broke in two.

Sank next day. Voyage: Bombay, Cochin, Cape Town, and Freetown (lv 8/4) in convoy SL 118 for the Clyde

with pig iron, groundnuts, general and West African cargo.

CITY OF MOBILE: Br S/S 1912 6,614gt

1939: 11/30; 12/20

9/16/1940: Bombed in Irish Sea about 22nm NW of Spanish Head, Isle of Man at 54 18N-05 16W. Sank one mile north

from position of the attack. Voyage: Glasgow for Liverpool with general, military cargo and gasoline on deck.

CITY OF MONTGOMERY: Am S/S Pass 1910 5,656gt

1942: 10/10

1944: 3/31; 5/25; 7/14; 9/2; 10/21; 12/9

1945: 2/2; 3/22; 5/15; 7/13

1944: Vessel formerly in passenger service was converted to a freighter and carried cargo from 1944 on.

CITY OF NEW YORK: Am M/V Pass 1930 8,272gt

1939: 9/7; 9/30


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Arr 1940: 1/5; 1/31; 5/6; 5/27; 9/6; 9/30

1941: 1/15; 2/3; 5/6; 5/20; 8/9; 8/22; 11/17; 12/27

3/29/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U160 about 55nm east of Cape Hatteras at 35 16N-74 25W.

Voyage: Lourenco Marques, and Cape Town for New York with ore, wool skins, asbestos and passengers.

CITY OF NEWCASTLE: Br S/S 1915 6,921gt

Arr 1940: 8/18 1943: 4/9

CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS: Am S/S Pass (War) 1919 8,378gt

1939: 9/15; 11/3; 12/30

Arr 1940: 4/17; 8/5

11/1940: To USN as transport renamed USS Fuller (AP-14 , reclassified in 1943 to APA-7).

11/8/1943: Damaged in air attack at Empress Augusta Bay, Bouganville, New Guinea.

CITY OF NORFOLK: Am S/S Pass (War) 1918 8,378gt

1939: 9/1; 10/13; 12/1

Arr 1940: 1/22; 5/14; 9/6

12/1940: To USN as transport renamed USS Neville (AP-16 , reclassified in 1943 to APA-9).

CITY OF OMAHA: Am S/S 1920 6,124gt

1943: 1/21

1944: 4/17; 6/24; 8/30

1945: 4/21

CITY OF ORAN: Br S/S 1915 7,323gt

1939: 11/4; 12/15 1943: 2/27

8/2/1943: Torpedoed by U196 in Mozambique Channel about 85nm north of Mozambique City at 13 45S 41 16E.

Sunk by gunfire from RN tug. Voyage: Durban (lv 7/26) in convoy CB 21 for Mombasa and Colombo with coal.

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: Am S/S (Laker) 1919 2,674gt

1943: 3/18; 9/4-USAT

1942 ? : Bareboat chartered to US Army as cargo ship USAT City Of Philadelphia .

CITY OF PITTSBURGH: Br S/S 1922 7,377gt

Arr 1940: 6/21 1941: 9/23

1/11/1942: Came ashore outside Alexandria Harbor, Egypt. Back broken. Total Loss.

CITY OF PRETORIA: Br S/S 1937 8,049gt

1939: 12/11

Arr 1940: 2/23; 6/18; 11/6

1942: 10/7

1943: 2/24 detained waiting orders-now proceeding 2/25

3/4/1943: Torpedoed, blew up and sunk by U172 northwest of the Azores at 41 45N-42 30W. No survivors.

Voyage: Sailed independently from New York for Holyhead and Liverpool with general cargo.

CITY OF RAYVILLE: Am M/V 1920 5,883gt

Arr 1940: 2/19; 7/15; 8/19; 12/12

11/8/1940: Mined, broke in two and sank about 6mi east of Cape Otway, southwest of Melbourne at 38 51S-143 39E.

Mines laid 11/29-31 along Bass Strait by KM auxiliary minelayer Passat.

Voyage: Melbourne and Adelaide for New York with lead ingots, wool, fruit and general cargo.

CITY OF RIPON: Br S/S 1915 6,368gt

1939: 11/14 1941: 11/17

11/11/1942: Sunk by torpedo and gunfire from U160 about 135nm southeast of Trinidad and 25nm off the Venezuelan

coast at 08 40N-59 20W.

Voyage: Port Said, and Cape Town (lv 10/18) sailing independently for Trinidad and New York in ballast.

CITY OF SAN ANTONIO: Am S/S (Laker) 1920 2,689gt

1943: 9/17-USAT

CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO: Am S/S Pass (War) 1919 8,378gt

1939: 10/7; 11/24


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Arr 1940: 1/15; 3/4; 6/25; 10/15

11/1940: To USN as transport renamed USS William P. Biddle (AP-15 , reclassified 1943 as APA-8).

CITY OF SAVANNAH: Am S/S 1907 5,397gt

1942: 11/7

1944: 3/21; 5/10; 7/5; 8/23; 10/13; 11/25

1945: 1/13; 3/2; 4/20; 6/8; 7/28

CITY OF ST. LOUIS: Am S/S Pass 1910 5,425gt

1942: 11/3

1943: 5/31; 10/4

1944: 5/30; 8/21; 12/16

1945: 3/2; 5/22; 6/27; 8/8

1943: Vessel formerly in passenger service was converted to a freighter carrying cargo from 1943 on.

CITY OF SINGAPORE: Br S/S 1923 6,555gt

1939: 12/8; 12/27

5/1/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U515 about 70nm SW of Freetown at 07 55N-14 16W. Voyage: Calcutta and Takoradi

(lv 4/26), in convoy TS 37 for Freetown and Liverpool with pig iron, jute, ground nuts and general.

CITY OF SYDNEY: Br S/S 1930 6,986gt

Arr 1940: 9/21 1941: 9/20 1943: 1/5

CITY OF WELLINGTON: Br S/S 1925 5,733gt

1939: 10/24; 11/27

8/21/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U506 about 100nm southwest of Freetown at 07 29N-14 40W. Voyage: Lourenco

Marques and Mossel Bay (lv 8/6) sailing independently for Freetown and UK with chrome ore, copper ore and general.

CITY OF WINCHESTER: Br S/S Reefer 1917 7,120gt

Arr 1940: 3/1; 9/19

5/9/1941: Torpedoed and sunk by U103 in Central Atlantic southwest of Cape Verde Islands at 08 20N-26 14W.

Voyage: London in convoy OB 313, left to sail independently for Cape Town and Beira with general cargo.

CITY OF WINDSOR: Br S/S 1923 7,218gt

1942: 11/19R 1944: 5/29

CITY OF WORCESTER: Br S/S 1927 5,469gt

1945: 3/17

CITY OF YOKOHAMA: Br S/S 1922 7,341gt

Arr 1940: 1/26; 2/16 1941: 7/5 1943: 2/1 1944: 2/27; 5/29

CIUDAD DE SEVILIA: Spain M/V 1927 6,279gt

1941: 6/12; 9/12

CLAIRTON: Br S/S 1919 6,080gt (ex American 1941)

1941: 6/28

1941: Transferred to UK renamed Empire Reindeer (Br).

8/10/1942: As Empire Reindeer torpedoed and sunk by U660 over 350nm south of Iceland at 57N-22 30W.

Voyage: Montreal, and Sydney CB in convoy SC 94 for Hull with Government stores and general cargo.

CLAIRY: Pan S/T 1916 5,838gt

Arr 1940: 4/17

5/21/1940: Damaged in air attack. Sank next day 8-9mi from port of Boulogne.

Voyage: Guiria and New York for Dunkirk with crude oil.

CLAM: Br M/T 1927 7,404gt

1942: 12/2

1943: 2/12; 4/16; 6/14; 12/14

1944: 2/28; 6/22; 8/5; 8/28; 9/26; 11/3; 12/26

1945: 2/13 diverted to Mobile instead of Galveston; 3/26; 4/25; 5/2; 5/24


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CLAN ALPINE: Br S/S 1918 5,442gt

1939: 12/18 1942: 12/30R

3/13/1943: Torpedoed by U107 about 185nm west of Cape Finisterre at 42 45N-13 31W.

Sunk by two depth charges from sloop HMS Scarborough.

Voyage: Liverpool (lv 3/6) in convoy OS 44 for Walvis Bay and Port Sudan with general cargo and military stores.

CLAN CAMERON: Br S/S 1937 7,250gt

1943: 3/24 1944: 5/18

CLAN COLQUHOUN: Br S/S Reefer (War) 1918 7,914gt

1943: 10/30 1944: 4/4; 6/24

CLAN FARQUHAR: Br S/S Reefer (War) 1918 7,958gt

1942: 11/20R 1943: 10/16 1944: 3/20; 6/19

CLAN FERGUSON: Br S/S 1938 7,347gt

Arr 1940: 5/8 1942: 5/30

8/12/1942: Torpedoed by aircraft and torpedoed and sunk by Italian submarine Alagi 20mi north of Zembra Island, Tunisia.

Voyage: Clyde and Gibraltar in Pedestal convoy for Malta with military cargo, aviation gasoline and high explosives.

CLAN FRASER: Br S/S 1938 7,250gt

1939: 11/25

4/6/1941: Damaged in air attack at Piraeus. Blew up and sunk next day with cargo of vehicles and tires.

CLAN LAMONT: Br S/S 1939 7,250gt

1942: 9/11 1943: 3/3

1943: To RN for conversion to landing ship, infantry (LSI) completed 5/44, renamed HMS Lamont.

8/8-10/1945 served as RN accommodation vessel renamed HMS Ard Patrick.

CLAN MACARTHUR: Br S/S Reefer 1936 10,528gt

1943: 4/30

8/11/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U181 in Indian Ocean about 130nm southwest of Reunion Island at 23S-53 10E.

Voyage: Glasgow, Cape Town, and Durban (lv 8/5) in convoy DN 55, leaving it to sail independently for Mauritius

with mail, general cargo and military stores.

CLAN MACBEAN: Br S/S 1918 5,000gt

1944: 7/19; 8/30

CLAN MACBRAYNE: Br S/S 1916 4,818gt

1943: 5/7 1944: 10/7

CLAN MACDONALD: Br M/V Reefer 1939 9,653gt

1944: 12/14

CLAN MACDOUGALL: Br M/V Reefer 1944 9,725gt

1945: 5/26; 6/6

CLAN MACGILLIVRAY: Br S/S 1911 6,464gt

1943: 1/5

CLAN MACILWRAITH: Br S/S 1924 5,839gt

1943: 2/6

CLAN MACINNES: Br S/S (War) 1920 4,672gt

1942: 10/7 1943: 5/17

5/5-7/1941: Damaged in night air attacks on Liverpool while laden with cargo of copper and sugar.

CLAN MACIVER: Br S/S 1921 4,500gt

1943: 3/29 1945: 5/28

CLAN MACNAIR: Br S/S 1921 6,096gt

1942: 12/18R 1943: 12/11


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CLAN MACNEIL: Br S/S 1922 6,111gt

1942: 12/84

CLAN MATHESON: Br S/S 1919 5,613gt

1941: 7/21 1943: 3/5; 6/4

1943: Renamed Empire Claire (Br).

12/5/1943: Damaged in an air attack at Calcutta after arriving from Bombay with pig iron, jute and tea.

CLAN MURDOCH: Br S/S 1919 5,900gt

1942: 11/18

CLAN MURRAY: Br S/S 1918 5,954gt

Arr 1940: 1/15

CLAN OGILVY: Br S/S 1914 5,802gt

1939: 9/23

6/30/1940: Torpedoed by U65 in Bay of Biscay at 46 17N-14 35W. Arr Falmouth on 7/4 for TempR.

Voyage: Tuticorin (India) for London and the Clyde with groundnuts, tea and manganese.

3/20/1941: Torpedoed and sunk by U105 , 182 miles north of St. Antonio Island, Cape Verde Islands at 20 04N-25 45W.

Voyage: Chittagong, and Freetown (lv 3/13) in convoy SL 68 for London and Glasgow with tea and pig iron.

CLAN RANALD: Br S/S 1917 5,503gt

1943: 9/9

CLAN URQUHART: Br S/S Reefer 1944 9,726gt

1944: 6/5

CLARA: Italy S/S 1922 6,131gt

1939: 9/25 Arr 1940: 1/22; 5/15

8/1940: Taken over by US at Savannah. Transferred to Panama on 6/18/1941, renamed Stone Street *(sunk).

CLARA BARTON: Am (EC2) 1942 7,176gt

1943: 10/30 1944: 1/12; 3/20 1945: 2/1; 5/28

CLARE: Am S/S 1915 3,372gt

1941: 12/13

5/20/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U103 about 20nm southeast of Cabo San Antonio, west Cuba at 21 35N-84 43W.

Voyage: Baltimore for San Juan PR.

CLARE LILLY: Br S/S 1917 3,726gt

1941: 4/2; 11/28 1942: 3/12

3/17/1942: Came ashore and broke in two at Portuguese Cove, Halifax Harbor entrance. Total Loss.

CLARISSA RADCLIFFE: Br S/S 1915 5,754gt

1943: 3/4

3/9/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U663 about 170nm SSE of Halifax at approx 42N-62W. Straggled from convoy.

No survivors. Voyage: Pepel, Freetown, and New York (lv 3/5) in convoy SC 122 for Barrow with iron ore.

CLARK HOWELL: Am (EC2) 1944 7,198gt

1944: 4/25; 7/15

CLARK MILLS: Am (EC2-LTS) 1942 7,176gt

1943: 7/6

3/9/1944: Mined about 22nm east of Bizerte, Tunisia at 37 18N-10 13E. Badly damaged and slowly sinking, down at the

head and the screw ut of water. Taken in tow by a British tug toward Bizerte but one hour later stopped towing and the

ship dropped anchor. Later beached off Bizerte where broke in two. Total Loss.

Voyage: Sailed independently from Tunis for Bizerte in ballast.

CLARKE’S WHARF: Am (T2) 1945 10,296gt

1945: 5/29

CLARKSVILLE VICTORY: Am (VC2) 1945 7,607gt


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1945: 3/13

CLAUSINA: Br M/T 1938 8,028gt (ex Dutch 1939)

1941: 9/15

1942: 11/4R

1943: 3/8; 5/12; 6/17 diverted to Wilmington instead of Philadelphia (6/19)

1944: 3/20; 5/18; 8/8; 10/14; 11/29

1945: 2/10

6/27-28/1943: Collided in dense fog with tanker Skaraas *(Nor) while in convoy HX 245. Both vessels damaged.

CLAVELLA: Du M/T 1939 8,097gt

1942: 10/3

1943: 1/21; 3/18; 4/17; 5/29; 7/14; 9/28

1944: 3/27; 5/17; 7/29

CLAYMONT VICTORY: Am (VC2) 1944 7,607gt

1945: 1/1; 3/22; 6/26

CLEARPOOL: Br S/S 1935 5,404gt

1941: 11/17 1942: 11/17R; 12/17R

6/10/1941: Damaged in an air attack off Scarborough. She proceeded to Tees. Repaired at Hartlepool.

Voyage: London for the Tyne and Trinidad in ballast.

6/4/1944: Came ashore on Skitter Sands in the Humber on leaving Hull for Algiers. Back broken. Wrecked. Total Loss.

CLEARWATER PARK: Br/Can S/T (Park-V) 1944 7,261gt

1944: 3/21; 4/24; 6/20

1945: 3/2

CLEMENT CLAY: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1944: 4/19

CLEODORA: Du M/T 1938 8,026gt

Arr 1940: 7/1

1941: 8/25

1944: 4/4; 5/17; 7/10; 9/7

CLEOPATRA: Swe M/T 1933 6,687gt

1939: 10/4 1945: 7/25

CLEVELAND ABBE: Am (EC2) 1942 7,176gt

1943: 5/27 1944: 4/25

CLEVELANDER: Am M/V (Laker) 1923 1,460gt

1939: 11/17

1941: 5/29

1943: 7/7

1944: 6/10; 7/5; 7/29; 8/24; 9/15; 10/13

1945: 4/19; 6/1; 7/3; 8/13

CLIFFORD: Pan S/T Whale Factory 1917 6,400gt (ex FRANGO-Am 1940)

Arr 1940: 2/24; 4/15; 6/17

1941: Transferred to Japan renamed Hakko Maru.

1/4/1944: As Hakko M aru, torpedoed and sunk by submarine USS Bluefish north of Great Natuna Island at 07 10N-108 25E.

CLIFFORD D. MALLORY: Am (EC2) 1943 7,200gt

1943: 4/14R 1945: 3/23

CLIFFORD E. ASHBY: Am (EC2) 1945 7,247gt

1945: 3/17; 6/1

CLINTON KELLY: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 10/23; 12/21 1944: 3/4; 9/26 1945: 8/11


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CLIO: Pan M/T 1926 8,580gt

1939: 9/12

Arr 1940: 2/5; 3/2; 10/5

1942: 5/1R; 9/1R; 10/2; 10/22R; 12/9

1943: 1/25; 2/1 voyage abandoned-clearance cancelled-proceeding coastwise; 2/3; 3/5; 4/30; 6/19; 8/9; 9/13; 9/24;

10/28 detained for repairs-proceeding 11/4; 12/6

1944: 2/14; 3/11; 4/10; 5/10; 6/9; 8/5; 8/26 diverted to Lake Charles instead of Baytown (9/6); 12/9

1945: 1/7; 2/2; 4/12; 7/13

2/5/1945: In collision with anchored T2 tanker Spring Hill *(Am) in Lower New York Bay.

CLIONA: Br M/T 1931 8,375gt

1941: 1/22

1942: 5/15 delayed-proceeding 5/18

1943: 4/10; 6/12; 7/29; 9/10

1944: 2/26; 6/9

CLIZIA: Italy S/S 1894 3,698gt

1939: 11/10

CLOVERBROOK: Pan S/S 1922 3,609gt (ex TROPICUS-Pan 1942; PRAHOVA-Romania 1941)

1944: 4/5; 5/20; 7/3; 8/23; 9/22

1945: 1/25

CLUMBERHALL: Br S/S 1930 5,198gt

1943: 2/11

CLUNEPARK: Br S/S 1928 3,491gt

1942: 9/3R; 9/22R

1943: 2/11 delayed-proceeding 2/22; 6/10; 7/27

1944: 11/6; 12/9

1945: 2/24; 3/27 detained-crew trouble-proceeding 3/30

CLYDE AUSTIN DUNNING: Am (EC2) 1944 7,247gt

1945: 3/28; 6/1

CLYDE L. SEAVEY: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1945: 4/7

CLYDEBANK: Br M/V 1924 5,149gt

Arr 1940: 5/16 1943: 10/1

CLYDEFIELD: Br M/T 1928 7,365gt

1944: 10/14; 12/8

1945: 5/25 detained-awaiting naval orders-proceeding 5/29

COALDALE VICTORY: Am (VC2) 1945 7,607gt

1945: 7/31; 8/31

COAMO: Am S/S Pass-Reefer 1925 7,057gt

1939: 9/7; 9/21; 10/5; 10/19; 11/2; 11/16; 11/30; 12/14; 12/28

Arr 1940: 1/8; 1/22; 2/6; 2/19; 3/4; 3/18; 4/1; 4/15; 4/29; 5/13; 5/27; 6/10; 6/24; 7/8; 7/22; 8/5; 8/19; 9/3; 9/17; 9/30; 10/14;

10/28; 11/12; 11/25; 12/9; 12/23

1941: 1/9; 1/23; 2/6; 2/20; 3/6; 4/3; 3/20; 4/17; 5/1; 5/15; 5/29; 6/12; 6/26; 7/10; 7/24; 8/7; 8/21; 9/4; 9/18; 10/2; 10/16; 10/30;

11/13; 11/27; 12/11; 12/24

1942: 1/8; 1/22; 10/24

1/1942: Bareboat chartered to US Army as troop transport USAT Coamo .

12/2/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U604 NNE of the Azores after leaving the convoy 150mi west of Ireland to sail

independently on orders from British Admiralty. She had been reported as missing. No survivors.

Voyage: Gibraltar (lv 11/11) in convoy MKF 3 for New York.

COBBLE HILL: Am (T2) 1945 10,296gt

1945: 5/29


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COBETAS: Spain S/S 1914 3,945gt

Arr 1940: 1/5

COCHRANE: Br S/S 1923 7,276gt

1941: 2/15 1943: 9/21 1944: 8/30 1945: 1/22; 4/6

COCKEREL: Pan S/S 1904 3,034gt (ex TASSIA-Gre 1942)

1942: 10/4; 12/18

1943: 9/11

1944: 2/19; 4/15; 10/11

COCLE: Pan S/S 1920 5,630gt (ex JACOB RUPPERT-Am 1941)

1941: 4/21; 7/1; 9/20

5/12/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U94 in mid-North Atlantic at 52 37N-29 13W.

Voyage: Tyne, and Loch Ewe in convoy ON 92 for New York with general cargo.

COELLEDA: Am S/S 1920 4,986gt

Arr 1940: 6/11; 9/16; 10/7 1941: 4/3

1941: Renamed Alcoa Trader *(Am).

COIMBRA: Br S/T 1937 6,768gt


1942: 1/10 delayed-proceeding 1/19

1/15/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U123 about 76nm east of Sandy Hook at 40 25N-72 21W.

Voyage: Sailed independently from New York for UK with lubricating oil.

COLABEE: Am S/S 1920 5,617gt

Arr 1940: 6/7; 6/21; 7/6; 7/24; 8/19

1941: 3/4; 4/21; 5/6; 5/21; 6/5; 6/19; 7/5; 7/19; 8/1; 8/15; 8/28; 9/10; 9/25; 10/17; 11/3; 11/18; 12/2; 12/18

1942: 1/15

1943: 2/17; 8/9

1944: 3/11; 5/25; 7/14 delayed for repairs-proceeding 7/20; 9/2; 11/16

3/12/1942: Torpedoed by U126 in Old Bahama Channel, about 15nm east Caya Romano, Camaguey Archipeligo, Cuba

at 22 10N-77 35W. Partially sunk and grounded on a shoal. Pulled off and towed to Nuevitas arr 3/16. TempR.

PermR made in Mobile. Voyage: Port Tarifa, Cuba (lv 4/20) for Baltimore with sugar.

COLBORNE: Br S/S Reefer 1921 6,230gt

1942: 12/28R

1943: 3/12; 5/11; 7/20; 12/22

1944: 4/10; 9/27

COLD HARBOR: Am S/S (Hog) 1920 5,010gt

1939: 9/6; 10/18; 12/29

Arr 1940: 4/11; 6/19; 9/6; 10/11; 12/5

1941: 1/21; 5/5; 7/25; As Panamanian 11/7

1942: As Panamanian 5/9; 5/22

6/15/1942: As Panamanian ship, torpedoed and sunk by U502 about 70nm WSW of Grenada at 11 40N-62 55W.

Voyage: Philadelphia, and Hampton Roads for Trinidad, Cape Town and Basra with tanks, airplanes and ammunition.

COLIN: Pan M/V 1921 6,255gt (ex VILLARPEROSA- Italy 1942)

1942: 4/6 detained-clearance surrendered-recleared 4/17; 4/26

1943: 3/13; 4/10; 6/19; 8/3; 12/31

1944: 3/6

4/26/1944: Torpedoed and sunk by U859 in North Atlantic at 54 16N-31 58W after straggling from convoy.

Voyage: New Orleans and Halifax in convoy SC 157 for Garston with sulfur, vehicles, aircraft parts and mail.

COLIN ARCHER: Nor M/Cutter wood 1937 17gt

Arr 1940: 9/18

COLIN P. KELLY, JR.: Am (EC2-LTS) 1943 7,176gt

1945: 2/26

6/4/1945: Mined off Ostend at 51 22N-02 35E. Engine room and holds flooded. Settled on bottom. Raised. Towed by tugs to


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the Thames, arr 6/6 at Tillsbury Docks. Total Loss.

Voyage: The Downs in convoy TAM 89 for Antwerp with military food supplies.

COLINA: Am (T2) 1943 10,198gt

1943: 2/6; 5/11; 9/18

1945: 1/5

COLLAMER: Am S/S 1920 5,112gt

1939: 9/16; 11/24

1941: 8/28; 11/17; 11/29

1942: 2/11 diverted to Baltimore and Norfolk instead of Buenos Aires (2/14)

3/5/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U404 about 25nm SE of Halifax at 44 19N-63 09W after becoming separated from the

convoy in heavy seas. Voyage: Philadelphia and Halifax, in convoy HX 178 for the Clyde with general.

COLLEGIAN: Br S/S 1923 7,886gt

Arr 1940: 12/16 1943: 3/17

9/22/1940: Damaged by torpedo and gunfire from U32 west of Ireland while in convoy HX 72.

COLLIN McKINNEY: Am (EC2) 1944 7,176gt

1944: 8/24; 10/30 1945: 4/11

COLLINGSWORTH: Am S/S (Hog) 1920 5,101gt

1942: 6/16; 11/7 detained for repairs

1/9/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U124 about 80nm NNW of Paramaribo at 07 12N-55 37W.

Voyage: New York, Norfolk, and Trinidad in convoy TB 1 for Rio de Janeiro with coal, oil, steel and railroad rails.

COLLIS P. HUNTINGTON: Am (EC2) 1942 7,177gt

1942: 12/10

1943: 2/17; 6/14; 11/12

1944: 3/20; 9/20

1945: 2/10; 5/25

COLOBRE: Pan S/S No Information

8/9/1943: Cleared for Rio de Janeiro and Santos with 5,256 tons general and 40 crew (US Lines)

COLOMBIA: Du M/V Pass-Reefer 1930 10,782gt

1939: 11/17; 12/15

Arr 1940: 1/2; 1/23; 2/13; 3/5; 3/26; 4/15; 5/6; 9/5; 11/26

1940: To Royal Netherlands Navy as submarine tender.

2/27/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U516 along the coast, 45nm southwest of East London at 33 36S-27 29E.

Voyage: East London for Simons Town, South Africa.

COLOMBIA: Swe M/V Reefer 1937 5,297gt

1941: 1/27; 3/6; 8/14

1945: 2/18

COLOMBIE: France S/S Pass 1931 13,391gt

1943: 12/3

1944: 1/17; 2/26; 4/5; 5/6; 7/1; 8/10; 11/9

12/1942: As Vichy French vessel seized by Allies at Bone in North African campaign.

1/1945: Begin conversion to hospital ship USAHS Aleda E. Lutz.

COLONEL JAMES A. MOSS: Br S/S 1925 842gt (ex BELLE ISLAND-Am 1942)

1942: 9/4 1943: As Honduran 3/5

COLONIA: Uruguay M/V 1931 3,812gt (ex CHR. SASS*Dmk 1941)

1942: 7/27

1943: 7/31; 8/10

1944: 1/31; 5/30; 10/12

1945: 3/2; 3/19; 7/14

COLONIAL: Portugal S/S Pass 1908 8,371gt


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1941: 12/6; 12/10

COLONY TRADER: Br/Can S/S 1909 888gt

1939: 11/25; 12/19

Arr 1940: 1/11

1941: 1/17 detained-expected to proceed 1/20; 5/29; 6/7; 7/26; 8/20; 9/12; 10/8

1945: 7/25

COLORADAN: Am S/S 1920 6,557gt

Arr 1940: 3/26; 6/12; 11/18; 11/30

1941: 3/11; 3/25; 7/26 delayed-proceeding 7/31; 11/23; 12/8

1942: 5/29

10/9/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U159 about 230nm southwest of Cape Town at 35 47S-14 34E.

Voyage: Sailed independently from Bandar Shapur, Bahrein and Durban for Trinidad and New York with manganese

ore and small quantity of gold ore and general cargo.

COLORADO: Am S/S (Laker) 1920 2,689gt

1942: 2/17; 4/7

1942 ?: US Army owned troop transport USAT Colorado

COLORADO: Am S/T 1942 9,310gt

1942: 10/22; 12/23

1943: 7/13; 8/12; 10/12; 12/13

1944: 1/18; 3/23; 9/9; 9/16

1945: 5/31

COLUMBIA: Dmk M/V 1928 6,049gt

1939: 12/18 Arr 1940: 4/17

1941: Transferred to Panama renamed Sir Huon *(sunk).

COLUMBIA STAR: Br M/V 1939 8,293gt

1943: 2/16; 8/3 1945: 2/18

COLUMBIAN: Am S/S 1913 4,954gt

1941: 6/11; 10/4; 10/24

1942: 5/15; 12/9

1943: 3/2; 7/29; 12/14

1944: 8/30

1945: Transferred to USSR renamed Kapitan Smirnov.

6/17/1942: Slightly damaged by gunfire from unidentified submarine in Central Atlantic north of Sao Luis, Brazil at

07 18N-41 03W. Submarine broke off attack when fired on. Voyage: New York for Cape Town and Abadan.

COLYTTO: Du S/S 1926 4,408gt

1942: 5/21 1943: 1/5

COMANCHEE: Br M/T 1936 6,837gt

1939: 9/15

Arr 1940: 4/24

1941: 5/10; 7/4; 12/2

1942: 2/2; 3/23; 5/11; 6/24; 9/4R; 10/8R; 12/4

1943: 1/29; 3/30; 5/18; 7/22; 9/1; 1017; 12/9

1944: 2/11; 3/27; 5/9; 7/10; 8/30; 10/19; 12/8

1945: 4/7; 5/17; 6/23; 7/28

7/12/1941: In collision with freighter Biafra *(Br) in dense fog near Cabot Straits, NF.

COMANDANTE LYRA: Brazil S/S (Hog) 1919 5,052gt (ex SOUTHLAND-Am 1939)

Arr 1940: 5/20; 6/1; 11/12; 11/28

1941: 11/28

1942: 2/5; 2/18

1944: 12/8

1945: 4/14; 7/27

5/18/1942: Damaged by torpedo and gunfire from Italian submarine Barbarigo about 180nm NNE of Natal, Brazil at


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02 59S-34 10W. Caught fire after two on board explosions. Towed to Ceara arr 5/25. TempR at Rio de Janeiro.

Voyage: Santos (Brazil) for New Orleans with general cargo.

COMANDANTE PESSOA: Brazil S/S (Hog) 1919 4,955gt (ex MORMACSEA-Am 1939)

Arr 1940: 7/26; 8/19; 10/22; 11/6

1941: 1/15; 1/31; 4/12; 6/30; 7/11; 9/15; 9/26; 12/17; 12/30

1943: 3/22; 4/1

1944: 12/30

1945: 5/21

COMAYAGUA: Am S/S 1921 2,493gt

Arr 1940: 7/23

1941: As Honduran 7/25; 8/24; 9/8; 9/25; 11/20; 12/6

5/14/1942: As Honduran ship, torpedoed and sunk by U125 about 20nm southwest of Grand Cayman Island at 19N-81 37W.

Voyage: Puerto Barrios (Guatemala) for Niquero (Cuba) in ballast.

COMEDIAN: Br S/S 1929 5,122gt

1942: 11/12R

1943: 3/17; 9/1

1944: 7/3; 9/14; 12/6

1945: 1/31

COMERIO: Am S/S 1910 3,349gt

1939: 12/15 Arr 1940: 1/15

1940: Transferred to Panama, renamed Vittorin.

1941: Transferred to US renamed Grey Lag *.

COMET: Am S/S (C2-Cargo) 1940 6,085gt

Arr 1940: 5/21; 6/20; 7/13; 8/7; 9/9; 10/3; 11/1; 12/7

1/16/1941: To USN as general stores ship renamed USS Pollux (AKS-2).

2/18/1942: As USN ship, grounded and wrecked in a storm off St Lawrence Harbor at Laun’s Point NF. Total Loss.

COMET: Am S/T 1930 9,154gt

1944: 4/29 1945: 5/20

COMLIEBANK: Br M/V 1924 5,149gt

1944: 9/14

COMMANDANT DORISE: Br S/S 1917 5,529gt (ex France)

1944: 8/8; 9/22

COMMERCIALTRADER: Am S/S 1919 2,606gt (ex DELAWARE RIVER-Am 1939)

1941: 4/14; 6/28; 9/18; 9/26; 12/13

1942: 3/30; 6/22

9/16/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U558 about 50nm east of Trinidad at 10 30N-60 16W.

Voyage: Sailing independently from Ceara for Trinidad with general cargo and manganese ore.

COMOL CUBA: Pan S/T Molasses Tanker (Hog) 1919 5,036gt

1939: 9/30; 10/21

Arr 1940: 1/16; 4/8; 5/10; 7/23; 11/12; 12/9

1941: 3/16; 4/21; 4/25; 6/21; 7/11; 8/15; 9/6; 9/22; 10/13; 10/29

1942: 1/24; 3/19

1943: 11/17; 12/17

1944: 3/11; 4/4

COMOL RICO: Am S/T Molasses Tanker (Hog) 1919 5,034gt (ex KISHACOQUILLAS-Am 1939)

1939: 12/30

1941: 5/19; 6/26; 7/26; 11/3

4/4/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U154 about 136nm north of Puerto Rico at 20 46N-66 46W.

Voyage: Humacoa PR (lv 4/3) for Boston with molasses in bulk.

CONASTOGA: Am (T2) 1943 10,198gt


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1943: 3/20; 4/3; 4/19; 9/7; 12/13

1944: 2/4; 2/11; 3/18; 4/5; 5/11; 6/15; 7/13; 7/17; 8/18; 9/23

CONGONIAN: Br S/T 1942 6,082gt

1942: 12/18R

CONNAUGHT PARK: Br/Can (Park-V) 1944 7,164gt

1944: 8/16; 12/27

CONNECTICUT: Am S/T 1938 8,684gt

Arr 1940: 7/5

4/22/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by MTB from KM raider Michel in mid South Atlantic.at 23 50S-19 50W. Ship caught fire

and blew up. Voyage: Port Arthur (lv 3/31) for Cape Town, Bombay and Karachi with mostly high octane gasoline,

fuel oil and lubricating oil.

CONNECTOR: Br/Can S/S Reefer 1920 1,789gt

1941: 7/5; 9/25

CONRAD WEISER: Am (EC2-LTS) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 6/22; 9/17 1944: 12/28 1945: 6/26

CONSTANTINOS H.: Gre S/S 1905 4,697gt

1942: 3/4; 5/26

CONSTANTINOS LOULOUDIS: Gre S/S 1922 4,697gt

Arr 1940: 6/19

4/6/1941: Damaged in air attack at Piraeus, Greece. Salvaged by Germans. Renamed Luneburg.

4/28/1944: As German ship Luneburg , torpedoed and sunk by submarine HMS Superman in Aegean Sea, about 5nm

southeast of Ayio Evstratios Island at 39 26N-25 07E.

CONSTELLATION: Am Schooner 4 mast 1918 1,034gt

1943: 7/2 detained for repairs-now proceeding

7/30/1942: Wrecked on coastal reefs of northwest Bermuda. Reported to have been carrying cement, 700 cases of

Scotch whiskey and drug ampules. Wreck used in 1977 film “The Deep”.

CONSUELO: Br S/S 1937 4,854gt

Arr 1940: 1/8; 3/16; 7/9; 9/4; 11/15

1942: 3/11; 5/13; 12/19

1943: 2/27; 4/29; 7/7; 8/26

1944: 9/2; 10/16

1945: 2/27

CONSUL CORFITZON: Swe S/S 1912 2,870gt

Arr 1940: 2/17 1945: 7/24

CONSULTOR II: Am M/Tug 1941 182gt

1941: 4/23

CONTE DI SAVOIA: Italy S/S Pass-Reefer 1932 48,502gt

1939: 9/26; 10/24; 11/25; 12/27

Arr 1940: 2/2; 3/1; 3/29; 4/26; 5/24

9/11/1943: Sunk in air attack by Allied aircraft at Malamocco near Venice. Ship caught fire, heeled over and sank.

CONTESSA: Honduras S/S Reefer 1930 5,512gt

1942: As Honduran 7/24; 9/16

1943: As Honduran 2/5; 3/31; 5/24; As American? 8/6-USAT

1/1943: Bareboat chartered to US Army as troop transport USAT Contessa .

10/1942: At sea headed for North Africa to participate in Operation Torch, the ship on orders left the convoy to sail alone to

the Sebou River, Morocco. Once there, to proceed upriver to a captured French airfield where US Army troops, aerial

bombs and gasoline will be discharged. While going up river to the destination, the hull is damaged by scraping the

bottom in the shallow river. TempR at Gibraltar. Returned to New York.


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CONTINENT: Br/Can M/V (Schooner?) 1931 466gt

1939: 10/10

Arr 1940: 12/18

1941: 4/10; 4/28; 5/13; 6/12; 8/29; 12/13

1942: 1/9

1/10/1942: Sunk in collision with tanker Byron D. Benson (Am) 7.3 miles east of Sea Bright, New Jersey.

CONTRACTOR: Br S/S 1930 6,004gt

1942: 10/6

3/11-12/1941: Damaged in night air raid at Manchester when bomb exploded alongside flooding the engine rooms.

8/7/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U371 about 8nm north of Cape Takouch (west of Bone) Algeria at 37 15N-07 21E.

Voyage: Glasgow, and Gibraltar (lv 8/4) in convoy GTX 5 for Bombay, Trincomali and Calcutta with general cargo,

Government stores and mail.

CONTRERAS: Am (T2) 1943 10,195gt

1943: 6/10; 6/29; 8/6; 10/18; 11/11

1944: 1/8; 2/11; 4/29

COOMBE HILL: Br M/V 1942 7,268gt

1943: 7/23

6/22/1944: Damaged by gunfire from German shore batteries at Sword Beach, Normandy.

COPACABANA: Belgium M/V Pass-Reefer 1938 7,340gt

1943: 1/29

COPIAPO: Chile M/V Pass-Reefer 1937 7,216gt

1939: 11/3; 12/30

Arr 1940: 2/21; 4/16; 7/24; 11/12; 12/31

1941: 1/4; 2/22; 4/12; 5/31; 7/19; 9/6; 10/25; 12/13

1942: 1/31; 3/23; 5/17

1942 ? : Bareboat chartered to US Army as troop transport USAT Copiapo

COPTIC: Br M/V Reefer 1928 10,629gt

1943: 3/18; 9/13

1944: 1/20; 5/4; 6/29; 8/8

1945: 5/7

CORABELLA: Br/Can S/S 1937 5,682gt

1942: 12/14

4/30/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U515 about 80nm SSW of Freetown at 07 15N-13 49W.

Voyage: Takoradi (lv 4/26) in convoy TS 37 for Freetown and UK with manganese ore.

CORACERO: Br S/S Reefer 1923 7,252gt

1942: 11/10R


3/17/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U384 in mid North Atlantic at 51 04N-33 20W.

Voyage: Buenos Aires, Valparaiso and New York (lv 3/8) in convoy HX 229 for Liverpool with refrigerated cargo.

CORBIS: Br M/T 1931 8,132gt

1941: 7/30; 10/10 1942: 1/14

4/18/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U180 about 330nm SE of Durban at 34 56S-34 03E. Voyage: Abadan (lv 3/21), and

Bandar Abbas (lv 3/25), sailing independently for Cape Town with diesel oil and aviation gasoline.

CORDELIA: Br M/T 1932 8,190gt

1942: 8/13R; 10/7; 11/12R; 12/28R

1943: 1/23

10/20/1941: Mined off Great Castle Head, Milford Haven. Arr Milford Haven on same day.

Voyage: Trinidad for Milford Haven with furnace oil.

2/3/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U632 in mid-North Atlantic at 56 37N-22 58W after straggling from convoy.

Voyage: Curacao and, New York (lv 1/22) in convoy HX 224 for the Clyde with Admiralty fuel oil.

CORDILLERA: Br S/S Reefer 1920 6,865gt


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1943: 2/5

CORFU: Br S/S Pass-Reefer 1931 14,170gt

1945: 3/14

1940: In a collision with aircraft carrier HMS Hermes off Freetown. Repaired at Freetown.

CORILLA: Du M/T 1939 8,096gt

1942: 11/21

1943: 2/17 detained-awaiting navy orders-proceeding 2/28; 4/13; 6/14; 8/21

1944: 9/19; 11/9

1945: 5/11

2/2/1942: Torpedoed by U751 along the coast about 80nm ENE of Halifax at 44 49N-61 37W. Returned to Halifax on

same day. Drydocked 5/1. Voyage: Curacao, and Halifax in convoy HX 173 for Manchester with gasoline.

CORINTH: Am (T2) 1943 10,195gt

1943: 9/28 1944: 3/27

CORINTHIC: Br S/S 1924 4,823gt

Arr 1940: 5/1; 6/27; 9/23

4/13/1941: Torpedoed and sunk by U124 about 80nm west of Freetown at 08 10N-14 40W.

Voyage: Rosario (Argentina) sailing independently for Freetown and UK with grain.

CORINTO: Nicaragua S/S 1900 1,109gt (ex CORISCO-Hon 1942)

1941: 11/13; 12/8 1942: 1/21; 2/19

CORISCO: Honduras S/S 1900 1,109gt

1939: 9/18; 11/25

Arr 1940: 6/25; 11/13

1941: 8/28; 9/23; 10/18

1941: Transferred to Nicaragua renamed Corinto *.

CORNELIA: Am S/S Reefer 1916 3,129gt

1941: 6/7; 7/2

1943: 1/9; 2/11; 4/1; 5/6; 6/15; 7/20; 8/28; 10/4; 11/17; 12/22

1944: 1/26; 3/1; 4/10; 6/14; 7/22; 8/23; 9/22; 12/20

1945: 1/15; 3/17

CORNELIUS FORD: Am (EC2) 1944 7,176gt

1944: 9/28; 12/3 1945: 2/26; 5/2

CORNELIUS GILLIAM: Am (EC2-LTS) 1942 7,176gt

1943: 3/2; 5/ 14; 8/2

1944: 7/10; 10/4

1945: 3/3

CORNELIUS HARNETT: Am (EC2-LTS) 1942 7,177gt

1942: 12/19 1943: 4/27; 7/20 1944: 4/18

CORNELL: Am (T3-S-A1) 1943 10,180gt

1943: 4/7; 5/29; 6/13; 6/29; 11/19; 12/9

1944: 5/31; 7/17; 10/13; 10/30

1945: 2/15; 6/18

CORNER BROOK: Br/Can S/S 1925 5,767gt

Arr 1940: 4/2; 4/26 1941: 7/26

CORNEVILLE: Nor M/V 1930 4,544gt

1942: 12/1

5/9/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U515 about 35m east of Takoradi at 04 50N-01 10W.

Voyage: Calcutta, and Trincomalee (lv 4/6), to Cape Town (arr 4/26-lv 4/28) sailing independently for Takoradi and

Liverpool with pig iron, tea and general cargo.


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CORNISH CITY: Br M/V 1936 4,952gt

Arr 1940: 10/14 1942: 12/7

11/8/1940: Torpedoed by an unidentified submarine about 295nm WNW of Erris Head, Ireland at 55 57N-18 20W.

Arr 11/1 at the Clyde. Voyage: New York for Liverpool and Newport with steel.

7/29/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U177 about 300nm southeast from southern Madagascar at 27 20S-52 10E.

Voyage: Lorenco Marques, and Durban (lv 7/22) for Aden and Suez with coal.

CORNWALL: Br S/S Reefer 1920 10,605gt

1942: 7/25; 9/19 detained-awaiting orders-proceeding 9/24

1943: 7/7; 9/24

1944: 2/4; 8/24; 11/6

8/31/1940: Damaged in an air attack about 15nm west of Elephonisi Island off southwest Crete at 35 15N-23 15E.

Arr 9/2 at Malta extensively damaged. Left Malta on 11/26 for Australia. Drydocked at Sydney.

Voyage: Rockhampton (Australia) and Bombay for UK with general cargo.

CORNWALLIS: Br S/S 1921 5,458gt

1943: 11/15 1944: 2/18; 5/20

9/11/1942: Torpedoed by U514 in Carlisle Bay, Barbados at 13 05N-59 36W. Left Barbados on 12/16 in tow for Mobile for

repairs. Voyage: Trinidad for Barbados with general.

12/3/1944: Torpedoed and sunk by U1230 about 25nm south of Bar Harbor, Maine at 43 59N-68 20W.

Voyage: Sailed independently from Barbados for Saint John NB with sugar in bags and molasses in barrels.

CORONDA: Br S/T 1899 7,503gt

1941: 8/4

9/15/1940: Damaged in an air attack about 100nm WSW of Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides at 58 07N-09 24W. Towed to the

Clyde arr 9/16. Beached 9/18 at Kames Bay. Later used as a stores ship at Greenock.

Voyage: Siglufjord (Iceland) for Liverpool with herring oil.

COROZAL: Am S/S 1911 3,109gt

1939: 11/21

Arr 1940: 2/16

1941: 1/18; 2/21; 3/26; 4/25; 8/14; 10/4; 11/8; 12/6

1942: 1/4; 2/3; 3/22; 4/28

CORRALES: Br S/S Reefer 1929 5,362gt

1941: 7/15 1942: 1/3

CORTE REAL: Portugal S/S 1922 2,044gt

Arr 1940: 8/27; 11/7

1941: 1/28; 4/4; 5/21; 7/18; 9/9

10/12/1941: Torpedoed and sunk by U83 after being stopped and searched for contraband 80 miles west of Lisbon. She

Voyage: Lisbon for Madeira and New York with cork, dyes, watches, wine and canned food.

CORVALLIS: Am (T2) 1943 10,448gt

1944: 2/11; 3/18; 5/2; 5/31

CORVUS: Nor S/S 1921 1,317gt

1941: 10/17

2/27/1945: Torpedoed and sunk by U1018 about 7nm southwest of Lizard Point at 49 55N-05 22W.

Voyage: Garston 2/23, and Mumbles in convoy BTC 81 for Plymouth with coal.

COSTA RICA VICTORY: Am (VC2) 1944 7,607gt

1945: 7/28; 8/28

COTATI: Br S/S Reefer 1919 5,963gt

1941: 10/4

1942: Renamed Empire Avocet .

9/29/1942: As Empire Avocet , torpedoed and sunk by U125 in Central Atlantic N of Ascension Island at 04 05N-13 23W.

Voyage: River Plate and River Grande do Sul for Freetown with meats.

COTTICA: Du S/S Pass 1927 3,989gt

1939: 10/20; 12/1


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1942: 5/7

1944: 6/9; 7/29; 9/17; 11/6

1945: 1/6; 2/24; 4/16; 6/1; 7/14; 8/28

COTTON MATHER: Am (EC2) 1942 7,200gt

1942: 12/23R 1943: 9/12 1944: 4/4 1945: 3/3

10/5/1943: Damaged in an air attack about 15 miles north of Cape Tenes, Algeria. Arr in Algiers on same day.

Voyage: Norfolk (lv 9/15) in convoy UGS 18 for Khorramshahr (Persia) with ammunition and vehicles.

COTTONWOOD CREEK: Am (T2) 1944 10,172gt

1944: 12/8

1945: 1/9; 2/10; 3/14; 4/14; 5/14

COULBEG: Br S/S 1940 5,237gt

1942: 5/29 1943: 3/23

COULGORM: Br S/S 1942 6,997gt

1945: 4/2

COULMORE: Br S/S 1936 3,670gt

1943: 2/4; 2/22 1945: 6/28; 8/14

3/9/1943: Torpedoed by U229 about 280nm south of Vik, Iceland at 58 48N-22 00W. Towed to Karmes Bay arr 3/20.

Arr in Glasgow 3/23 for repairs. Voyage: Philadelphia in convoy SC 121 for London with general cargo.

COULTARN: Br M/V 1938 3,759gt

Arr 1940: 10/4; 12/18

3/30/1941: Torpedoed and sunk by U69 about 290nm southwest of Keflavik, Iceland at 60 18N-29 28W.

Voyage: Hull in convoy OB 302 for Mobile in ballast.

COUNCIL GROVE: Am (T2) 1945 10,172gt

1945: 7/14; 8/8

COURAGEOUS: Am M/V (War) 1918 7,572gt

1942: 3/15; 3/24; 11/23R; 12/16

1943: 2/11; 8/27; 10/8; 11/6

1944: 1/6; 3/3

6/8/1944: Scuttled as a breakwater blockship in Gooseberry 2 off Omaha Beach, St. Laurent, Normandy.

COWRIE: Br M/T 1931 8,198gt

1942: 11/4

1943: 2/12

1944: 8/30; 11/1; 12/26

1945: 3/30; 5/23; 10/10

COYA: Am S/S 1919 4,954gt

1940: 4/6

1940: Transferred to UK renamed Empire Tiger.

As Empire Tiger, radioed SOS on 2/27/1941 from position 62 05N-19 50W about 80nm SSW of Vik, Iceland, that she was

in heavy seas with lifeboats gone. Considered lost to marine causes. No survivors.

Voyage: Philadelphia, and Halifax for the Clyde and Tyne with steel.

CRAFT TRANSPORT NO. 2: Br/Can M/V 1905 150gt

1939: 9/5; 9/27; 11/1; 12/5

Arr 1940: 1/6; 5/31; 6/28; 8/3; 10/11

CRAGPOOL: Br S/S 1928 5,128gt

Arr 1940: 1/22 1942: 1/14

CRANFORD: Am S/S 1919 6,096gt

Arr 1940: 9/3

1941: 2/11; 6/20; 12/31

7/30/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U155 about 260nm ESE of Barbados at 12 17N-55 11W.


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Voyage: Mersin (Turkey), and Cape Town for Trinidad with chrome ore and cotton.

CRANSTON VICTORY: Am (VC2) 1944 7,608gt

1944: 11/24 1945: 1/9; 8/1

CRAWFORD ELLIS: Nor S/S 1930 2,200gt

1939: 11/27

Arr 1940: 11/30

1941: 11/3; 11/25; 12/13

1942: 1/3; 1/20; 2/9

CRAWFORD W. LONG: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1943: 6/22 1944: 5/31

CRESCENT PARK: Br/Can (Scan) 1943 2,873gt

1943: 1/7; 11/26

1944: 2/3; 3/31; 5/9; 7/19

1945: Transferred to Sweden renamed Julia.

CRIJNSSEN: Du S/S Pass 1919 4,282gt

1939: 9/29; 11/3 1941: 3/12 1942: 4/20

6/11/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U504 about 135nm north of Cabo Camaron, Honduras at 18 14N-85 11W.

Voyage: Demerara, and Curacao for New Orleans.

CRINGLE REEFER: Am M/V (C1-M) 1944 3,805gt (ex JAMES W. REESE-Am 1945)

1945: 4/20

CRIPPLE CREEK: Am S/S 1919 6,320gt

1942: 6/27

8/13/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U752 about 360nm southwest of Freetown at 04 55N-18 30W.

Voyage: Philadelphia, New York and Trinidad for Cape Town and Basra with military cargo of aircraft and tanks.

CRISPIN: Br S/S 1935 5,051gt

1939: 11/1; 11/11

Arr 1940: 1/11; 7/3

2/3/1941: As RN Ocean Boarding Vessel, torpedoed by U107 west of Ireland at 56 38N-20 05W. She sank on following day

after having drifted 15nm northwest to 56 52N-20 22W.

CRISTALES: Br S/S Reefer 1926 5,389gt

1942: 3/28

5/12/1942: Torpedoed by U124 in mid-North Atlantic at 52 55N-29 50W. Badly damaged. Sunk by RN escort.

Voyage: Newport, and Milford Haven in convoy ON 92 for Montreal with mail, china clay and general cargo.

CRISTOBAL: Am S/S Pass 1939 10,021gt

1939: 9/7; 9/28; 10/19; 11/9; 11/30; 12/21

Arr 1940: 1/8; 1/29; 2/19; 3/11; 4/1; 4/22; 5/13; 6/3; 6/24; 7/15; 8/5; 8/26; 9/16; 10/7; 10/28; 11/18; 12/9; 12/30

1941: 1/2; 1/23; 2/13; 3/6; 3/27; 4/17; 5/8; 5/29; 6/19; 7/10; 7/31; 8/21; 9/11; 10/2; 10/23; 11/13; 12/4; 12/26

1/11/1942: To US Army ownership as troop transport USAT Cristobal.

CRITON: France S/S 1927 4,564gt

Arr 1940: 2/2

5/9/1941: Captured by AMC HMS Cilisian about 450nm WNW of Freetown at 10 11N-20 17W. Taken to Freetown arr 5/11

and detained. Taken over as British vessel, left Freetown in a convoy but fell behind, returning to Freetown. At sea on

6/20 she was stopped by a Vichy French warship and ordered to go to Conakry. On refusing the order she was sunk by

gunfire on 6/21 about 45nm NNW of Freetown at 09 06N-13 40W.

Voyage: Pepel in convoy for Belfast with iron ore.

CROMARTY: Br M/V 1936 4,974gt

1942: 10/14R 1944: 1/10 1945: 6/30

CROMWELL PARK: Br/Can (Park) 1945 7,100gt

1945: 8/18


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CROSBY S. NOYES: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1944: 12/8 1945: 5/22

CROSS KEYS: Am (T2) 1943 10,195gt

1943: 10/12; 11/10; 11/19; 12/24

1944: 1/29; 2/29 diverted to Chester instead of Philadelphia to Halifax (3/3); 3/3; 4/14; 5/13; 5/20; 6/27; 8/10; 9/11; 10/13;

11/22; 12/24

1945: 1/25

CROW WING: Am (T2) 1945 10,172gt

1945: 2/18; 3/22; 6/16 diverted to Houston instead of Galveston to Cristobal (6/25).

CROWN CITY: Am M/V 1920 5,433gt

1939: 10/11 Arr 1940: 2/14

9/1/1942: Stranded and wrecked at Sledge Island Light, near Nome, Alaska. Total Loss.

CROWN POINT: Am (T2) 1943 10,195gt

1943: 12/1

1944: 1/4 diverted to Chester instead of Wilmington to Liverpool (1/8); 2/11; 3/18; 5/11; 7/17; 8/16; 9/28; 10/28; 11/30

1945: 4/23; 6/7

CROWN REEFER: Am M/V (C1-M) 1944 3,805gt

1945: 6/2

CRUSADER: Am S/Tug 1908 294gt

Arr 1940: 12/7

CRYSTAL PARK: Br/Can (Park-V) 1944 7,161gt

1944: 6/23; 12/16 1945: 5/5

CSIKOS: Hungary S/S 1913 3,938gt

Arr 1940: 1/30

1940: Transferred to Panama

4/18/1941: As Panamanian ship, damaged in air attack 70nm northwest of Erris Head, Ireland at 55N-11 46W. Arrived next

day in tow at Lough Foyle. Repaired at Androssan and Glasgow.

Voyage: New Orleans for Ardrossan with steel plates and scrap.

1942: Transferred to UK renamed Vinriver , later in 1942, renamed Vinlake.

6/8/1944: Scuttled as a breakwater at Normandy.

CT-3: Br/Can Tug No Information

5/23/1943 Cleared for Oswego New York with 21 tons ballast (Texas Transport)

CT-4: Br/Can Tug No Information

5/22/1943 Cleared for Oswego New York with 21 tons ballast (Texas Transport)

CUBA: Br S/S Pass 1923 11,420gt (ex French)

1944: 4/5; 10/28

4/6/1945: Torpedoed and sunk by U1195 in English Channel about 13nm east St.Catherine’s Point at 50 36N-0 57W.

Voyage: Le Havre in coastal convoy VWP 16 for Southampton in ballast.

CUBANO: Nor S/S 1921 5,810gt

1939: 11/10 Arr 1940: 3/27

10/19/1940: Torpedoed by U124 southwest of Iceland at 57 55N-24 57W after convoy dispersed on previous day.

Sank next day. Voyage: Manchester for Montreal in ballast, joining convoy OB 229 at sea on 10/15.

CUBORE: Am M/V Ore Carrier 1920 7,051gt

1939: 12/2

Arr 1940: 1/15

1943: 1/15; 4/26; 10/4; 11/13

1944: 1/6; 2/25; 4/15; 5/30; 7/4; 8/8; 9/12; 10/17

1945: 8/30


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CULEBRA: Pan S/S (War) 1919 5,030gt (ex HELENI D-Gre 1939)

1944: 9/22 1945: 3/22

CULPEPPER: Pan S/T 1941 7,417gt (ex VICTORIA*Arg 1942; CARLANTIC*Am 1941)

1942: 9/5

1945: 8/6 diverted to Baltimore instead of Norfolk (8/14).

CUNENE: Portugal S/S 1911 5,875gt

1941: 2/17; 4/26

CURACA: Am S/S 1920 3,280gt

1939: 12/18

Arr 1940: 1/24; 2/29; 8/31; 11/27

1941: 2/3; 4/9

1943: 3/27

CURACAO: Du S/S Reefer 1930 8,269gt (ex VANCOUVER-Germany 1940)

1943: 1/30; 8/19; 10/16

1944: 1/12; 3/20; 5/26; 9/20; 11/18

1945: 3/18

CUSTODIAN: Br S/S 1928 5,881gt

1942: 12/1 1945: 5/20; 12/8

CUYABA: Brazil S/S Pass 1906 6,489gt

Arr 1940: 3/1; 3/13

1941: 4/25; 5/7

1942: 1/3; 1/16

8/25/1943: In collision with and sinking freighter Siqueira Campos (Brz) 4 miles off Caponga (Brazil).

CUZCO: Am S/S 1919 5,496gt

Arr 1940: 5/18

1940: Transferred to Panama renamed Carmonia *(sunk).

CYGNET: Pan S/S 1911 3,726gt (ex THEOSKEPASTI-Gre 1943)

1944: 8/12

7/10/1943: Grounded near Cape d’Or. Refloated but taking on water. Beached at Port Greville, Nova Scotia. Subsequently

refloated and taken to drydock. Repaired. Put back in service.

CYMBULA: Br M/T 1938 8,033gt (ex Dutch)

1942: 3/3; 4/27

1943: 1/21; 8/6; 10/16; 12/8

1944: 2/4; 3/20; 5/4; 6/17; 8/16; 9/30

1945: 4/17

CYPRESS HILLS PARK: Br/Can S/T (Park-V) 1944 7,262gt

1944: 5/25 1945: 2/13; 4/24

CYPRIA: Nor M/V 1931 4,366gt

1939: 10/11; 10/30

Arr 1940: 1/24; 2/5; 4/25; 6/24; 8/15

1941: 1/24

1942: 5/21; 12/14R

1945: 3/16

CYRUS FIELD: Br S/S Cable Ship 1924 1,288gt

1942: 4/23; 6/3R; 9/16; 11/23R

1943: 1/25 delayed-awaiting orders-expected to proceed 1/29; 5/6

1944: 1/7; 2/10; 2/28

1945: 3/1 from West Indies diverted to Key West; 3/26; 5/8; 5/24

CYRUS H. K. CURTIS: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt


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1943: 12/1 1944: 3/26; 4/4 1945: 7/7

6/22/1944: Struck mine while anchored off Sword Beach discharging cargo. Moved to Juno Beach and where anchored.

Struck another mine on the following day. Damages were light.

Voyage: Vessel arrived from Southend at Normandy off Sword Beach with troops and general cargo.

CYRUS H. McCORMICK: Am (EC2) 1942 7,181gt

1943: 5/18; 10/21

1944: 4/4 detained-awaiting orders-proceeding 4/10; 4/11; 9/5

1945: 2/1; 4/2

4/18/1945: Torpedoed and sunk by U1107 about 81nm west of Pointe de Penmarche, France at 47 47N-06 26W.

Voyage: New York (lv 4/2) in convoy HX 348 for the Downs with building materiel, locomotives and machinery.

CYRUS SEARS: Br (N3-S-A1) 1943 1,791gt

1943: 7/14

CYRUS T. BRADY: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1944: 4/26; 7/15

CYRUS W. FIELD: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt

1943:11/6 1944: 5/10

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