Survival at SeaArctic ConvoysThere were 184 British Merchant ships that took part in the Arctic convoys. This list gives the name of the ship, followed by the convoy numbers, and indicates that ships that were lost. Some ships actually sailed indepently, and were not in a convoy. The individual service records for the Merchant Navy are held at the Public Records Office in Kew in the Fifth Register of Merchant Seamans Service in BT382. These records state the names of individuals and the ships and dates they served on them. Cross referenced with the Ships Movement Cards in BT389 would determine whether an individual was on any of the ships during a Convoy to Russia. Many thanks to Billy McGee who supplied this information and list. |
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| Ship's Name | No. | Convoys | Sunk | |
| Adolph S Ochs | 6 | JW-60,
JW-63, JW-64, JW-67, RA-61, RA-65 |
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| * | Aldersdale DERVISH | 2 | PQ-14,
PQ-17 |
Yes |
| * | Atheltemplar | 3 | PQ-14,
PQ-18, QP-11 |
Yes |
| Atlantic | 9 | PQ-1,
PQ-9, PQ-16, QP-2, QP-8, QP-13, JW-52, JW-53, RA-54B |
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| Barrwhin | 2 | PQ-11,
QP-9 |
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| Beaconstreet | 2 | PQ-12,
QP-10 |
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| Black Ranger | 9 | PQ-1,
PQ-16, PQ-18, QP-1, QP-14, JW-64, JW-66, RA-64, RA-66 |
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| Blairnevis | 2 | PQ-1,
QP-2 |
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| Blue Ranger | 6 | JW-63,
JW-65, JW-66, RA-63, RA-65, RA-66 |
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| * | Bolton Castle | 1 | PQ-17 |
Yes |
| * | Botavon | 3 | PQ-7B,
PQ-15, QP-7 |
Yes |
| Briarwood | 8 | PQ-3,
PQ-5, PQ-14, not in convoy, QP-4, QP-11, JW-51A, RA-52 |
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| British Corporal | 1 | PQ-14 |
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| British Governor | 2 | JW-53,
RA-54A |
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| British Merit | 2 | JW-64,
RA-65 |
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| British Patience | 2 | JW-60,
RA-61 |
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| British Pride | 2 | PQ-8,
QP-8 |
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| British Promise | 5 | JW-59,
JW-63, JW-67, RA-60, RA-64 |
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| British Respect | 4 | JW-62,
JW-66, RA-63, RA-67 |
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| British Statesman | 2 | JW-55B,
RA-56 |
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| British Valour | 2 | JW-57,
RA-58 |
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| British Workman | 2 | PQ-8,
QP-8 |
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| * | Cape Corso | 4 | PQ-3,
PQ-14, PQ-15, QP-4 |
Yes |
| Cape Race | 4 | PQ-3,
PQ-15, QP-4, QP-12 |
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| * | Chulmleigh | 3 | PQ-5,
QP-13
not in convoy |
Yes |
| Copeland | 9 | PQ-18,
QP-15, JW-54A, JW-57, JW-66, RA-54B, RA-57, RA-58, RA-66 |
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| Daldorch | 7 | PQ-11,
QP-9, OPFB, JW-51B, JW-54B, RA-52, RA-55B |
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| Dan-Y-Bryn | 8 | PQ-4,
PQ-14, PQ-18, QP4, QP-11, QP-15, JW-52, RA-53 |
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| Daphnella | 2 | JW-57,
RA-58 |
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| Dartford | 2 | PQ-8,
QP-7 |
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| Dolabella | 6 | JW-58, JW-61, JW-65, RA-59, RA-62, RA-66 |
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| Dover Hill | 3 | JW-51B,
JW-53, RA-54B |
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| * | Earlston | 3 | PQ-12,
PQ-17, QP-9 |
Yes |
| El Mirlo | 4 | PQ-6,
PQ-14, QP-4, QP-10 |
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| Elona | 2 | PQ-6, QP-8 |
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| Empire Archer | 6 | JW-51B,
JW-55A, JW-63, RA-53, RA-56, RA-64 |
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| Empire Baffin | 10 | PQ-2,
PQ-11, PQ-16, PQ-18, QP-3, QP-9, QP-13, QP-15, JW-52, JW-53 |
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| Empire Bard | 4 | PQ-14,
PQ-15, RA-57, RA-59A |
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| * | Empire Beaumont | 1 | PQ-18 |
Yes |
| Empire Buttress | 1 | JW-59 |
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| * | Empire Byron | 3 | PQ-12,
PQ-17,
QP-9 |
Yes |
| Empire Carpenter | 3 | JW-54A,
JW-57, RA-55A |
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| Empire Celia | 8 | JW-54A,
JW-57, JW-60, JW-63, RA-55A, RA-58, RA-61, RA-64 |
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| Empire Clarion | 2 | JW-52,
RA-53 |
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| * | Empire Cowper | 2 | PQ-13,
QP-10 |
Yes |
| Empire Elgar | 2 | PQ-16,
RA-59A |
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| Empire Emerald | 3 | JW-51B,
JW-67, RA-53 |
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| Empire Flint | 2 | JW-64,
RA-65 |
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| Empire Fortune | 2 | JW-53,
RA-54A |
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| Empire Galliard | 4 | JW-53,
not in convoy, RA-51, RA-54A |
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| Empire Garrick | 4 | JW-62,
JW-66, RA-63, RA-67 |
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| * | Empire Gilbert | 1 | not
in convoy |
Yes |
| Empire Halley | 2 | PQ-7B,
QP-7 |
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| * | Empire Howard | 3 | PQ-7B,
PQ-14,
QP-6 |
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| Empire Kinsman | 2 | JW-53,
RA-54A |
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| * | Empire Lawrence | 1 | PQ-16
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Yes |
| Empire Lionel | 2 | JW-54B,
RA-56 |
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| Empire Magpie | 2 | PQ-11,
QP-9 |
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| Empire Mavis | 2 | PQ-6,
QP-13 |
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| Empire Meteor | 4 | PQ-4,
QP-13, JW-51A, RA-52 |
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| Empire Morn | 4 | PQ-15,
PQ-18, QP-12, QP-15 |
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| Empire Nigel | 3 | JW-54A,
JW-57, RA-55A |
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| Empire Pickwick | 3 | JW-55A,
RA-56, RA-57 |
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| Empire Ploughman | 2 | JW-56A,
RA-57 |
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| Empire Portia | 2 | JW-52,
RA-54A |
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| Empire Prowess | 3 | JW-58,
JW-67, RA-59A |
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| * | Empire Purcell | 1 | PQ-16 |
Yes |
| * | Empire Ranger | 1 | PQ-13 |
Yes |
| Empire Redshank | 2 | PQ-7B,
QP-6 |
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| Empire Scott | 4 |
not in convoy, JW-53, RA-51, RA-54B |
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| Empire Selwyn | 4 | PQ-9,
PO-16, QP-8, QP-13 |
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| * | Empire Sky | 1 | not
in convoy |
Yes |
| Empire Snow | 4 | PO-18,
QP-15, JW-52, RA-53 |
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| Empire Stalwart | 6 | JW-54B,
JW-62, JW-65, RA-55B, RA-63, RA-66 |
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| * | Empire Starlight | 1 | PQ-13 |
Yes |
| Empire Stevenson | 3 | PQ-5,
PQ-18,
QP-13 |
Yes | |
| Empire Tide | 2 | PQ-17,
QP-14 |
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| * | Empire Tourist | 2 | JW-56B,
RA-57 |
Yes |
| Empire Tristram | 4 | PQ-18,
QP-15, JW-52, RA-53 |
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| Empress of Australia | 2 | JW-61A,
RA-61A |
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| Esneh DERVISH | 1 | QP-1 |
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| Eulima | 3 | PQ-4,
QP-4, QP-5 |
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| Explorer | 3 | PQ-6,
QP-8, JW-53 |
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| Fort Astoria | JW-55A,
RA-56 |
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| * | Fort Bellingham | 1 | JW-56A |
Yes |
| Fort Boise | 4 | JW-62,
JW-65, RA-63, RA-66 |
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| Fort Brule | 2 | JW-57,
RA-59 |
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| Fort Columbia | 4 | JW-54B,
JW-58, RA-55B, RA-59 |
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| Fort Crevecoeur | 6 | JW-56B,
JW-61, JW-64, RA-57, RA-62, RA-65 |
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| Fort Glenora | 2 | JW-59, RA-60 |
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| Fort Hall | 4 | JW-55A,
JW-58, RA-56, RA-59 |
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| Fort Highfield | 3 | JW-62,
JW-67, RA-63 |
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| Fort Island | 2 | JW-62,
RA-63 |
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| Fort Kullyspell | 4 | JW-55B,
JW-58, RA-56, RA-59 |
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| Fort Massac | 4 | JW-62,
JW-65, RA-63, RA-66 |
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| Fort McMurray | 4 | JW-54B,
JW-57, RA-55A, RA-58 |
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| Fort Missanabie | 2 | JW-55A,
RA-56 |
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| Fort Nakasley | 2 | JW-55B,
RA-56 |
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| Fort Norfolk | 2 | JW-56B,
RA-57 |
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| Fort Poplar | 2 | JW-54B,
RA-55B |
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| Fort Romaine | 4 | JW-57,
JW-61, RA-58, RA-62 |
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| Fort Slave | 2 | JW-56A,
RA-57 |
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| Fort Thompson | 2 | JW-55A,
RA-56 |
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| Fort Vercheres | 6 | JW-55B,
JW-58, JW-64, RA-56, RA-59A, RA-65 |
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| Fort Yukon | 8 | JW-54A,
JW-58, JW-61, JW-65, RA-55A, RA-59, RA-62, RA-66 |
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| Gemstone | 2 | PQ-l,
QP-2 |
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| * | Goolistan | 2 | PQ-18,
QP-15 |
Yes |
| * | Gray Ranger | 4 | PQ-15,
PQ-17, PQ-18,
QP-14 |
Yes |
| Harmatris | 2 | PQ-8,
QP-14 |
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| Harmonic | 2 | PQ-1,
QP-2 |
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| * | Harpalion | 4 | PQ-2,
PQ-13, QP-3,
QP-10 |
Yes |
| * | Hartlebury | 5 | PQ-2,
PQ-11, PQ-17, QP-3,
QP-9 |
Yes |
| Hopemount | 2 | PQ-14,
RA-51 |
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| * | Induna | 1 | PQ-13 |
Yes |
| Junecrest | 2 | JW-54A,
RA-55A |
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| * | Jutland | 3 | PQ-7B,
PQ-15,
QP-7 |
Yes |
| Kingswood | 2 | РО-11,
QP-9 |
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| Lacklan | 6 | JW-58,
JW-63, JW-65, RA-59A, RA-63, RA-65 |
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| * | Lancaster Castle | 1 | PQ-12
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Yes |
| Lancastrian Prince DERVISH | 1 | QP-1 |
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| Lapland | 3 | JW-55A,
JW-61, RA-59 |
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| Lars Kruse | 1 | PQ-13 |
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| Laurelwood | 6 | JW-61,
JW-62, JW-66, RA-61, RA-62, RA-67 |
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| Llandaff | 4 |
PQ-12, QP-9, JW-53, RA-54B |
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| Llanstephan Castle DERVISH | 1 |
QP-1 |
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| Longwood | 2 | JW-62,
RA-63 |
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| Lorca | 2 | PQ-l,
QP-2 |
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| * | Lowther Castle | 3 | PQ-11,
PQ-16,
QP-9 |
Yes |
| Lucerna | 8 | JW-55A,
JW-57, JW-60, JW-64, RA-55B, RA-58, RA-61, RA-65 |
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| Luculus | 4 | JW-59,
JW-62, RA-59A, RA-62 |
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| Mano | 1 | PQ-13 |
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| Marylyn | 2 | PQ-11,
QP-9 |
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| Montcalm | 1 | PQ-15 |
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| Nacella | 4 | JW-59,
JW-63, RA-60, RA-64 |
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| * | Navarino | 3 | PQ-12,
PQ-17, QP-10 |
Yes |
| Neritina | 4 | JW-60,
JW-64, RA-61, RA-65 |
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| * | New Westminster City DERVISH | 2 | PQ-13,
QP-1 |
Yes |
| Ocean Faith | 4 | PQ-18,
QP-15, JW-52, RA-53 |
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| * | Ocean Freedom | 3 | PQ-17,
QP-14,
JW-53 |
Yes |
| Ocean Gypsy | 2 | JW-55B,
RA-56 |
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| Ocean Messenger | 2 | JW-55B,
RA-56 |
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| Ocean Pride | 2 | JW-55B,
RA-56 |
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| Ocean Strength | 4 | JW-54B,
JW-57, RA-55A, RA-58 |
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| Ocean Valour | 2 | JW-55B,
RA-56 |
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| Ocean Vanity | 2 | JW-54A,
RA-55A |
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| Ocean Verity | 2 | JW-54A,
RA-55A |
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| Ocean Viceroy | 2 | JW-55B,
RA-56 |
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| * | Ocean Voice | 2 | PQ-16,
QP-14 |
Yes |
| Oligarch | 6 | PQ-18,
QP-14, JW-51A, JW-52, RA-51, RA-53 |
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| Orient City | 2 | PQ-2,
QP-3 |
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| Pontfield | 2 | JW-51B,
RA-54A |
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| Queen City | 2 | PQ-2,
QP-3 |
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| Rathlin | 12 | PQ-17,
QP-14, JW-54B, JW-58, JW-59, JW-62, JW-67, RA-55A, RA-58, RA-60, RA-62,
RA-67 |
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| * | River Afton | 5 | PQ-1,
PQ-13, PQ-17, QP-2,
QP-10 |
Yes |
| Samannan | 2 | JW-59,
RA-60 |
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| Samaritan | 6 | JW-60,
JW-63, JW-66, RA-61, RA-64, RA-67 |
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| Samcalia | 2 | JW-59,
RA-60 |
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| Samconstant | 2 | JW-59,
RA-60 |
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| Samgara | 2 | JW-59,
RA-60 |
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| Samidway | 2 | JW-59,
RA-60 |
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| Samloyal | 2 | JW-59,
RA-60 |
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| Samlyth | 2 | JW-59,
RA-60 |
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| * | Samsuva | 2 | JW-59,
RA-60 |
Yes |
| Samtredy | 2 | JW-59,
RA-60 |
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| San Adolfo | 4 | JW-54B,
JW-56A, RA-55A, RA-57 |
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| San Ambrosio | 7 | PQ-3,
QP-4, QP-5, JW-55A, JW-57, RA-55A, RA-57 |
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| San Cipriano | 2 | JW-51A,
RA-53 |
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| San Cirilo | 2 | JW-56A,
RA-57 |
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| San Venancio | 4 | JW-61,
JW-65, RA-62, RA-66 |
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| Scottish American | 2 | PQ-13,
QP-12 |
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| Scythia | 2 | JW-61
A, RA-61A |
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| Southgate | 4 | PQ-8,
PQ-15, QP-7, QP-12 |
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| St Clears | 2 | PQ-5,
QP-13 |
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| Syrian Prince | 2 | JW-61,
RA-61 |
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| Temple Arch | 8 | PQ-2,
PQ-12, PQ-18, QP-3, QP-10, QP-15, JW-52, RA-53 |
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| Thistledale | 2 | JW-55A,
RA-56 |
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| Trehata DERVISH | 5 |
PQ-5, PQ-14, QP-1, QP-4, QP-11 |
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| Trekieve | 2 | PQ-3,
QP-4 |
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| Trevorian | 2 | PQ-9,
QP-9 |
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| Ville D'Anvers | 2 | PQ-l,
QP-2 |
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| Wanstead | 2 | PQ-3,
QP-4 |
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| * | Waziristan | 1 | PQ-7A |
Yes |
| * | Zaafaran | 1 | PQ-17 |
Yes |
| Zamalek | 5 | PQ-6,
PQ-17, QP-14, JW-60, RA-60 |
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