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CONVOY HG 13
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Departed Gibraltar on Dec. 31-1939 and arrived Liverpool on Jan. 10-1940 (Arnold Hague says 28 ships). |
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| Received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
Captains' names, where known, are in parenthesis. Br=British, Gr=Greek, Eg=Egyptian. |
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Elswick Park iron ore Bona-Workington (J. S. Thompson) (Br) |
21
Comliebank wheat Fremantle-Manchester (A. Ellis) (Br) |
31
Oleander furnace oil fuel Clyde (A. Macdonald) (Br) |
41
Jessmore general Alexandria-Manchester (A. T. Chuch x) (Br) |
51
British Honour diesel oil Abadan-Greenock (J. A. Ferriar) (Br) |
61
City of Cairo general Calcutta-London (C. Avery) (Br) |
71 North Devon wheat Constantza-London (J. Bright) (Br) |
81 *Lorca iron ore Benisaf-London (W. A. Shute) (Br) |
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Baron Haig iron ore Oran-Glasgow (R. Reid) (Br) |
22
Marklyn iron ore Melilla-Birkenhead (H. W. Paske?) (Br) |
32
Uskside iron ore Melilla-Birkenhead (W. B. Smith) (Br) |
42
British Emperor crude oil Haifa-Grangemouth (A. I. Henderson) (Br) |
52
Pikepool ore Abu Zenima-Workington (A. E. Wright) (Br) |
62
Luminetta crude oil Haifa-Dunkirk (J. McNeill) (Br) |
72 Blythmoor manganese ore Vizagapatam-Middlesbrough (H. N. E. Jones) (Br) |
82 Medjerda iron ore La Goulette-Middlesbrough (F. Summers) (Br) |
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Caroline Moller Colombo-Clyde (P. G. Fitzherbert) tug 444 gt (Br) |
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Merkland oranges Jaffa-Liverpool (R. C. Smith) (Br) |
33 Jura iron ore Seville-Glasgow (J. Gray) (Br) |
43 Baron Elgin barley Busreh-Avonmouth (G. A. Fullilove) (Br) |
53 Lapland general - fruit Palma-London (D. Sinclair) (Br) |
63 *Iceland general Leghorn/Naples-London (C. Webster) (Br) |
73 Como general Burghaz-London (E. S. Green) (Br) |
83 *Georges Mabro oranges Jaffa-London (J. Hines) (Eg) |
| 14 | 24 Athelregent Sourabaya-Greenock (Br) |
34 Waziristan Hampton Roads (Br) |
44 Argo citrus fruit Haifa-Liverpool (T. Constantino) (Gr) |
54 *Hydroussa iron ore Manchester (D. Palscorassas?) (Gr) |
64 Egyptian Venice-London (Br) |
74 British General Constantza-Falmouth (Br) |
84 |
| An additional 2 ships were scheduled but did not sail - one looks like Coimbra, the other is illegible.
x See also this external page. |
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Notes: Commodore was in Jessmore, Vice Commodore was in City of Cairo. *The ships in station 13, 54 and 83 lost the convoy in a gale on Jan. 2-1940, while the ships in station 81 and 63 lost the convoy in fog on Jan. 5. Waziristan parted company in 36 00N 12W. HMS Scarborough was among the escorts (the others are illegible). Related external link: To the next HG convoy in my list HGF 15 |
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