1942
Dates |
Route |
Mileage
|
Passage
|
Speed
|
Voyage
|
Captain
|
Notes
T=Troops,
P=Passengers
C=Crew
|
Dec 29, 1941 to
Jan 8, 1942 |
Cape Town to
Trinidad
|
5,368
|
10 days, 0 hours,
18 minutes
|
22.34k
|
WW #11
|
Townley
|
|
Jan 8, 1942 to
Jan 12, 1942 |
Trinidad to
New York
|
1,959
|
3 days, 11 hours,
30minutes
|
23.66k
|
WW #11
|
Townley
|
|
Jan 26, 1942 to
Jan 27, 1942 |
New York to
Boston
|
385
|
0 days, 16 hours,
34 minutes
|
23.22k
|
WW #11
|
Townley
|
|
Jan 27, 1942 to
Feb 8, 1942 |
Drydocked in the Boston Naval Shipyard
|
Feb 18, 1942 to
Feb 22, 1942 |
Boston to
Key West
|
2,369
|
3 days, 21 hours,
27 minutes
|
25.35k
|
WW #12
|
Townley
|
|
Feb 24, 1942 to
March 6, 1942 |
Key West to
Rio
|
5,589
|
9 days, 14 hours,
57 minutes
|
24.20k
|
WW #12
|
Bisset
|
8398(T), 905(C)
(To Sydney)
(more)
|
March 8, 1942 to
March 14, 1942 |
Rio to
Cape Town |
3,383
|
5 days, 7 hours,
39 minutes
|
26.50k
|
WW #12
|
Bisset
|
|
March 15, 1942 to
March 23, 1942 |
Cape Town to
Freemantle
|
4,801
|
7 days, 15 hours,
8 minutes
|
26.22k
|
WW #12
|
Bisset
|
|
March 24, 1942 to
March 28, 1942 |
Freemantle to
Sydney
|
2,356
|
3 days, 21 hours,
2 minutes
|
25.61k
|
WW #12
|
Bisset
|
|
April 6, 1942 to
April 11, 1942 |
Sydney to
Freemantle
|
2,800
|
5 days, 3 hours,
20 minutes
|
22.70k
|
WW #13
|
Bisset
|
58(P), 832(C)
|
April 12, 1942 to
April 21, 1942 |
Freemantle to
Cape Town
|
5,142
|
8 days, 20 hours,
39 minutes
|
24.18k
|
WW #13
|
Bisset
|
|
April 22, 1942 to
April 27, 1942 |
Cape Town to
Rio
|
3,311
|
5 days, 4 hours,
32 minutes
|
26.51k
|
WW #13
|
Bisset
|
|
April 28, 1942 to
May 7, 1942 |
Rio to
New York
|
5,283
|
8 days, 16 hours,
3 minutes
|
25.39k
|
WW #13
|
Bisset
|
|
May 11, 1942 to
May 16, 1942 |
New York to
Clyde |
3,166
|
5 days, 3 hours,
45 minutes
|
25.58k
|
WW #14
|
Bisset
|
9880(T), 875(C)
(more)
|
May 22, 1942 to
May 30, 1942 |
Clyde to
Freetown |
4,137
|
7days, 10hours,
52minutes
|
23.13k
|
WW #15
|
Bisset
|
9537(T) (To Suez)
872(C)
|
May 31, 1942 to
June 6, 1942 |
Freetown to
Cape Town |
3,423
|
5 days, 14 hours,
6 minutes
|
25.52k
|
WW #15
|
Bisset
|
|
June 8, 1942 |
Cape Town to
Simonstown |
84
|
0 days, 3 hours,
9 minutes
|
26.66k
|
WW #15
|
Bisset
|
|
June 10, 1942 to
June 22, 1942 |
Simonstown to
Suez |
5,998
|
11 days, 10 hours,
11 minutes
|
21.88k
|
WW #15
|
Bisset
|
|
June 23, 1942 to
July 5, 1942 |
Suez to
Simonstown |
5,930
|
11 days, 19 hours,
38 minutes
|
20.92k
|
WW #15
|
Bisset
|
2565(P), 871(C)
|
July 7, 1942 to
July 12, 1942 |
Simonstown to
Rio |
3,290
|
5 days, 1 hours,
48 minutes
|
27.01k
|
WW #15
|
Bisset
|
|
July 13, 1942 to
July 21, 1942 |
Rio to
New York |
4,980
|
7 days, 17 hours,
15 minutes
|
26.88k
|
WW #15
|
Bisset
|
|
Aug 2, 1942 to
Aug 7, 1942 |
New York to
Gourock |
3,266
|
5 days, 2 hours,
0 minutes
|
26.77k
|
WW #16
|
Bisset
|
15,125(T), 863(C)
(more)
|
Aug 11, 1942 to
Aug 16, 1942 |
Gourock to
New York |
3,554
|
5 days, 8 hours,
29 minutes
|
27.66k
|
WW #17W
|
Illingsworth
|
|
Sept 5, 1942 to
Sept 11, 1942 |
New York to
Gourock |
3,631
|
5 days, 9 hours,
39 minutes
|
28.01k
|
WW #17E
|
Illingsworth
|
|
Sept 14, 1942 to
Sept 19, 1942 |
Gourock to
New York |
3,581
|
5 days, 15 hours,
11 minutes
|
26.49k
|
WW #18W
|
Illingsworth
|
|
Sept 27, 1942 to
Oct 3, 1942 |
New York to
Gourock |
3,294
|
5 days, 10 hours,
46 minutes
|
25.19k
|
WW #18E
|
Illingsworth
|
|
Oct 8, 1942 to
Oct 14, 1942 |
Gourock to
Boston |
3,387
|
6 days, 13 hours,
43 minutes
|
21.47k
|
WW #19W
|
Illingsworth
|
|
Oct 14, 1942 to
Nov 2, 1942 |
Drydocked at the Boston Navel Shipyard
|
Nov 4, 1942 to
Nov 5, 1942 |
Boston to
New York |
490
|
0 days, 21 hours,
2 minutes
|
23.30k
|
NNO
|
Illingsworth
|
|
Dec 8, 1942 to
Dec 14, 1942 |
New York to
Gourock |
3,677
|
6 days, 0 hours,
37 minutes
|
25.42k
|
WW #19E
|
Bisset
|
10,389(T), 950(C)
|
Dec 23, 1942 to
Dec 29, 1942 |
Gourock to
Freetown |
3,897
|
6 days, 9 hours,
37 minutes
|
25.37k
|
WW #20
|
Bisset
|
10,669(T) (To Massawa)
800 (C)
|
Dec 30, 1942 to
Jan 5, 1943 |
Freetown to
Cape Town |
3,441
|
5 days, 18 hours,
0 minutes
|
24.93k
|
WW #20
|
Bisset
|
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