1943
Dates |
Route |
Mileage
|
Passage
|
Speed
|
Voyage
|
Captain
|
Notes
T=Troops,
P=Passengers
C=Crew
|
Dec 30, 1942 to
Jan 5, 1943 |
Freetown to
Cape Town |
3,441
|
5 days, 18 hours,
0 minutes
|
24.93k
|
WW #20
|
Bisset
|
|
Jan 7, 1943 to
Jan 15, 1943 |
Cape Town to
Aden |
4,981
|
8 days, 4 hours,
45 minutes
|
25.31k
|
WW #20
|
Bisset
|
|
Jan 15, 1943 to
Jan 18, 1943 |
Aden to
Suez |
1,332
|
2 days, 10 hours,
0 minutes
|
22.96k
|
WW #20
|
Bisset
|
|
Jan 25, 1943 to
Jan 28, 1943 |
Suez to
Massawa |
1,050
|
2 days, 18 hours,
42 minutes
|
15.74k
|
WW #20
|
Bisset
|
9,995(T) (To Sydney),
877(C)
|
Feb 3, 1943 to
Feb 9, 1943 |
Massawa to
Maldive Islands |
2,556
|
6 days, 6 hours,
0 minutes
|
17.04k
|
WW #20
|
Bisset
|
|
Feb 10, 1943 to
Feb 18, 1943 |
Maldive Islands to
Freemantle |
3,149
|
7 days, 20 hours,
30 minutes
|
16.71k
|
WW #20
|
Bisset
|
|
Feb 20, 1943 to
Feb 27, 1943 |
Freemantle to
Sydney |
2,881
|
6 days, 15 hours,
54 minutes
|
18.02k
|
WW #20
|
Bisset
|
|
March 22, 1943 to
March 26, 1943 |
Sydney to
Freemantle |
2,681
|
4 days, 8 hours,
42 minutes
|
28.60k
|
WW #20
|
Bisset
|
8,326(T) (To Gourock),
874(C)
|
March 28, 1943 to
April 6, 1943 |
Freemantle to
Cape Town |
4,903
|
9 days, 1 hours,
21 minutes
|
22.55k
|
WW #20
|
Bisset
|
|
April 9, 1943 to
April 15, 1943 |
Cape Town to
Freetown |
3,446
|
5 days, 18 hours,
0 minutes
|
24.97k
|
WW #20
|
Bisset
|
|
April 16, 1943 to
April 22, 1943 |
Freetown to
Gourock |
3,626
|
6 days, 2 hours,
3 minutes
|
24.83k
|
WW #20
|
Bisset
|
|
May 5, 1943 to
May 11, 1943 |
Gourock to
New York |
3,489
|
5 days, 20 hours,
50 minutes
|
24.78k
|
WW #21W
|
Irving
|
|
May 13, 1943 to
May 19, 1943 |
Drydock in Bayonne, New Jersey
|
June 1, 1943 to
June 6, 1943 |
New York to
Gourock |
3,469
|
5 days, 7 hours,
33 minutes
|
27.19k
|
WW #21E
|
Irving
|
(more)
|
June 10, 1943 to
June 16, 1943 |
Gourock to
New York |
3,358
|
5 days, 13 hours,
24 minutes
|
25.13k
|
WW #22W
|
Bisset
|
6,235(P), 922(C)
|
June 24, 1943 to
June 29, 1943 |
New York to
Gourock |
3,327
|
4 days, 23 hours,
18 minutes
|
27.88k
|
WW #22E
|
Bisset
|
15,281(T), 927(C)
|
July 4, 1943 to
July 9, 1943 |
Gourock to
New York |
3,203
|
5 days, 1 hours,
24 minutes
|
26.39k
|
WW #23W
|
Bisset
|
4,427(P), 908(C)
|
July 23, 1943 to
July 30, 1943 |
New York to
Gourock |
3,231
|
4 days, 20 hours,
42 minutes
|
27.69k
|
WW #23E
|
Bisset
|
15,740(T), 943(C)
|
Aug 5, 1943 to
Aug 9, 1943 |
Gourock to
New York |
2,563
|
4 days, 3 hours,
42 minutes
|
25.71k
|
WW #24W
|
Bisset
|
2,305(P), 1,036(C)
|
Aug 27, 1943 to
Aug 31, 1943 |
New York to
Gourock |
2,607
|
3 days, 23 hours,
18 minutes
|
27.36k
|
WW #24E
|
Bisset
|
15,116(T), 937(C)
|
Sept 5, 1943 to
Sept 10, 1943 |
Gourock to
New York |
3,187
|
5 days, 8 hours,
48 minutes
|
24.74k
|
WW #25W
|
Illingsworth
|
|
Sept 11, 1943 to
Sept 16, 1943 |
Drydocked in Bayonne, New Jersey
|
Sept 20, 1943 to
Sept 25, 1943 |
New York to
Gourock |
3,105
|
4 days, 18 hours,
42 minutes
|
27.07k
|
WW #25E
|
Illingsworth
|
(more)
|
Sept 29, 1943 to
Oct 5, 1943 |
Gourock to
New York |
3,434
|
5 days, 13 hours,
18 minutes
|
25.76k
|
WW #26W
|
Illingsworth
|
|
Oct 9, 1943 to
Oct 15, 1943 |
New York to
Gourock |
3,631
|
5 days, 15 hours,
33 minutes
|
26.79k
|
WW #26E
|
Illingsworth
|
(more)
|
Oct 18, 1943 to
Oct 24, 1943 |
Gourock to
New York |
3,446
|
5 days, 10 hours,
7 minutes
|
26.64k
|
WW #27W
|
Illingsworth
|
|
Oct 24, 1943 to
Nov 2, 1943 |
New York to
Gourock |
3,408
|
5 days, 7 hours,
36 minutes
|
26.71k
|
WW #27E
|
Illingsworth
|
(more)
|
Nov 5, 1943 to
Nov 11, 1943 |
Gourock to
New York |
3,683
|
5 days, 17 hours,
54 minutes
|
26.71k
|
WW #28W
|
Bisset
|
1,475(P), 903(C)
|
Nov 15, 1943 to
Nov 20, 1943 |
New York to
Gourock |
3,120
|
4 days, 18 hours,
0 minutes
|
27.37k
|
WW #28E
|
Bisset
|
12,146(T), 904(C)
|
Nov 24, 1943 to
Nov 30, 1943 |
Gourock to
New York |
3,222
|
5 days, 1 hours,
30 minutes
|
26.52k
|
WW #29W
|
Bisset
|
1,203(P), 910(C)
|
Dec 3, 1943 to
Dec 9, 1943 |
New York to
Gourock |
3,540
|
5 days, 11 hours,
12 minutes
|
26.98k
|
WW #29E
|
Bisset
|
11,907(T), 1,080(C)
(more)
|
Dec 14, 1943 to
Dec 20, 1943 |
Gourock to
New York |
3,635
|
5 days, 15 hours,
36 minutes
|
26.81k
|
WW #30W
|
Bisset
|
2,847(P), 1,087(C)
|
Dec 23, 1943 to
Dec 29, 1943 |
New York to
Gourock |
3,662
|
5 days, 10 hours,
30 minutes
|
28.06k
|
WW #30E
|
Bisset
|
11,990(T), 1,087(C)
(more)
|
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