Port Arrivals and Departures  

Using the 'Search All Areas' for a particular vessel will show her movements from 1939 - 1945. This is based on the port records recorded by the world's ports. The records of ships' arrival and departure dates for various ports was collected by the late Arnold Hague and his co-workers. The convoy database provides much information on ship movements but many vessels sailed independently rather than in convoy and thus their voyages are unrecorded. Much of the information for Independents is contained in the records maintained by the various port authorities which are presented here. However, it should not be inferred that the records are complete. For lists of the ports included please consult the relevant area.

Area	total	in convoy	escorted	in tow	other/ unknown	independents	last updated
Mediterranean	143,714	73,918	4,390	79	7,023	58,304 (40%)	Jun 6, 2008
Caribbean/ S. America	130,185	53,815	76	89	1,918	74,287 (57%)	Aug 24, 2008
Australasia/ Pacific	68,181	19,378	536	34	879	47,354 (69%)	Jun 4, 2008
Africa	100,831	26,509	468	69	1,220	72,565 (71%)	May 30, 2008
Indian Ocean/ Far East	74,237	14,728	293	26	607	58,583 (78%)	Jun 1, 2008
UK/ Ireland	301,077	234,125	771	506	9,565	56,110 (18%)	Jun 9, 2008
North America	182,681	99,446	68	122	1,869	81,176 (44%)	May 24, 2008
Europe / Arctic	34,741	25,772	446	61	1,630	6,832 (19%)	May 24, 2008
Total	1,035,647	547,691	7,048	986	24,711	455,211 (43%)

Data collected from database September 7, 2008 13:44 GMT