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Ship Movements



AMERIKA (Br)   10,218 tons, built 1930

Departure Convoy Arrival
Halifax, Mar 2, 1940 HX.24 (Halifax - Liverpool) Liverpool, Mar 16, 1940
Liverpool, Jun 8, 1940 OB.163 (Liverpool - Dispersed)  
  Independent Capetown, Jun 29, 1940
Capetown, Jul 7, 1940 Independent Port Elizabeth, Jul 9, 1940
Port Elizabeth, Jul 9, 1940 Independent Durban, Jul 11, 1940
Durban, Jul 17, 1940 Independent Mombasa, Jul 23, 1940
Mombasa, Jul 25, 1940 Independent Colombo, Aug 2, 1940
Colombo, Aug 2, 1940 Independent Calcutta, Aug 7, 1940
Calcutta, Aug 19, 1940 Independent Colombo, Aug 24, 1940
Colombo, Aug 25, 1940 Independent Capetown, Sep 9, 1940
Capetown, Sep 20, 1940 Independent Freetown, Sep 30, 1940
Freetown, Oct 3, 1940 SL.50 (Freetown - Liverpool) Liverpool, Oct 25, 1940
Liverpool, Dec 10, 1940 Independent Swansea, Dec 11, 1940
  Independent Newport, Dec 15, 1940
Swansea, Dec 15, 1940 Independent  
Newport, Jan 1, 1941 Independent Freetown, Jan 18, 1941
Freetown, Jan 20, 1941 Independent Capetown, Jan 31, 1941
Capetown, Feb 1, 1941 Independent Port Elizabeth, Feb 3, 1941
Port Elizabeth, Feb 6, 1941 Independent Durban, Feb 10, 1941
Durban, Feb 15, 1941 Independent Mombasa, Mar 7, 1941
Mombasa, Mar 9, 1941 Independent Aden, Mar 15, 1941
Aden, Mar 18, 1941 US.9/2 (Bombay - Suez) Port Sudan, Mar 20, 1941
Port Sudan, Mar 25, 1941 Independent Suez, Mar 28, 1941
Port Said, Apr 16, 1941 Independent Alexandria, Apr 17, 1941
Alexandria, May 6, 1941 MW.7A (Alexandria - Malta) Malta, May 9, 1941
Malta, Jul 23, 1941 MG.1A (Malta - Gibraltar) Gibraltar, Jul 26, 1941
Gibraltar, Aug 6, 1941 HG.34FA (Gibraltar - Liverpool) Belfast Lough, Aug 13, 1941
  Independent Liverpool, Nov 1, 1941
Belfast Lough, Nov 1, 1941 Independent  
Liverpool, Nov 13, 1941 ON.36 (Liverpool - Dispersed)  
  Independent Bermuda, Nov 30, 1941
Bermuda, Nov 30, 1941 Independent Curacao, Dec 4, 1941
Curacao, Dec 11, 1941 Independent Cristobal, Dec 13, 1941
Balboa, Dec 20, 1941 Independent Melbourne, Jan 15, 1942
Melbourne, Jan 22, 1942 Independent Sydney NSW, Jan 23, 1942
  Independent Newcastle NSW, Feb 1, 1942
Sydney NSW, Feb 1, 1942 Independent  
Newcastle NSW, Feb 5, 1942 Independent Wellington, Feb 10, 1942
Wellington, Feb 19, 1942 Independent Balboa, Mar 15, 1942
Cristobal, Mar 23, 1942 Independent Halifax, Apr 2, 1942
Halifax, Apr 8, 1942 HX.184 (Halifax - Liverpool) Clyde, Apr 20, 1942
Clyde, Aug 6, 1942 ON.119 (Liverpool - NYC) New York, Aug 20, 1942
New York, Sep 3, 1942 NG.302 (NYC - Guantanamo) Guantanamo, Sep 10, 1942
Guantanamo, Sep 13, 1942 GZ.3 (Guantanamo - Cristobal) Cristobal, Sep 17, 1942
Balboa, Sep 19, 1942 Independent Auckland, Oct 11, 1942
Auckland, Oct 22, 1942 Independent Lyttelton, Nov 8, 1942
Wellington, Nov 8, 1942 Independent  
Lyttelton, Nov 16, 1942 Independent Bluff, Nov 18, 1942
Bluff, Nov 22, 1942 Independent Wellington, Nov 27, 1942
Wellington, Dec 1, 1942 Independent Balboa, Dec 22, 1942
Cristobal, Dec 28, 1942 ZG.17 (Cristobal - Guantanamo) Guantanamo, Jan 1, 1943
Guantanamo, Jan 1, 1943 GN.32 (Guantanamo - NYC) New York, Jan 9, 1943
New York, Jan 14, 1943 HX.223 (NYC - Liverpool) Liverpool, Feb 2, 1943
Liverpool, Feb 21, 1943 ON.168 (Liverpool - Dispersed) Belfast Lough, Feb 22, 1943
Belfast Lough, Mar 4, 1943 ON.170 (Liverpool - NYC) Halifax, Mar 19, 1943
Halifax, Apr 14, 1943 HX.234 (NYC - Liverpool)  

Amerika was lost in the N. Atlantic on Apr 22, 1943 whilst sailing as a part of convoy HX.234.
Cause of loss: U 306.

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Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.