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CW (ii)

'CW' (ii) was the designation of Allied convoys (together with a numerical suffix) plying the route from the Panama Canal to Key West, Florida (July 1942).

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There were only two of these 'Cristóbal to Key West' convoys, in the form of CW.2 and CW.3. The first of these, on 3/12 July 1942, comprised the 18,713-ton British Ceramic, 7,176-ton US Fisher Ames, 7,127-ton British Fort Alexandria, 6,479-ton British Lobos, 7,174-ton British Ocean Vista, 5,820-ton British Port Halifax and 2,226-ton Panamanian Vagrant. The second, on 7/13 July, comprised the 5,990-ton US Andrew Jackson, 6,009-ton British City of Christchurch, 7,443-ton British City of Delhi, 7,176-ton US Edwin Markham, 7,623-ton Honduran Francis R. Hart, 7,176-ton US John C. Fremont, 7,176-ton John Hathorn, 4,118-ton British Lord Byron, 7,174-ton British Ocean Vengeance, 7,174-ton British Ocean Volga, 1,738-ton US T. W. Drennen, 6,494-ton US Toloa and 4,938-ton Panamanian Typhoon.

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